Population in Mauritius compared to Palau: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Mauritius and Palau: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Mauritius	Palau	Mauritius	Palau
1960	680,331	9,328	-	-
1961	680,757	9,555	0.06%	2.43%
1962	700,349	9,793	2.88%	2.49%
1963	718,861	10,037	2.64%	2.49%
1964	736,381	10,292	2.44%	2.54%
1965	753,000	10,547	2.26%	2.48%
1966	768,813	10,805	2.1%	2.45%
1967	783,917	10,988	1.96%	1.69%
1968	798,413	11,080	1.85%	0.84%
1969	812,405	11,159	1.75%	0.71%
1970	826,000	11,368	1.67%	1.87%
1971	839,230	11,759	1.6%	3.44%
1972	852,053	12,194	1.53%	3.7%
1973	864,819	12,552	1.5%	2.94%
1974	878,042	12,687	1.53%	1.08%
1975	892,000	12,655	1.59%	-0.25%
1976	906,507	12,598	1.63%	-0.45%
1977	921,379	12,525	1.64%	-0.58%
1978	933,499	12,440	1.32%	-0.68%
1979	949,888	12,337	1.76%	-0.83%
1980	966,039	12,271	1.7%	-0.53%
1981	980,462	12,402	1.49%	1.07%
1982	992,521	12,694	1.23%	2.35%
1983	1,001,691	13,006	0.92%	2.46%
1984	1,012,221	13,337	1.05%	2.54%
1985	1,020,528	13,688	0.82%	2.63%
1986	1,028,360	14,024	0.77%	2.45%
1987	1,036,082	14,334	0.75%	2.21%
1988	1,043,239	14,645	0.69%	2.17%
1989	1,051,260	14,945	0.77%	2.05%
1990	1,058,775	15,259	0.71%	2.1%
1991	1,070,266	15,614	1.09%	2.33%
1992	1,084,441	15,989	1.32%	2.4%
1993	1,097,374	16,372	1.19%	2.4%
1994	1,112,846	16,770	1.41%	2.43%
1995	1,122,457	17,195	0.86%	2.53%
1996	1,133,996	17,654	1.03%	2.67%
1997	1,148,284	18,108	1.26%	2.57%
1998	1,160,421	18,524	1.06%	2.3%
1999	1,175,267	18,901	1.28%	2.04%
2000	1,186,873	19,178	0.99%	1.47%
2001	1,196,287	19,352	0.79%	0.91%
2002	1,204,621	19,503	0.7%	0.78%
2003	1,213,370	19,659	0.73%	0.8%
2004	1,221,003	19,820	0.63%	0.82%
2005	1,228,254	19,819	0.59%	-0.005%
2006	1,233,996	19,593	0.47%	-1.14%
2007	1,239,630	19,302	0.46%	-1.49%
2008	1,244,121	19,009	0.36%	-1.52%
2009	1,247,429	18,709	0.27%	-1.58%
2010	1,250,400	18,396	0.24%	-1.67%
2011	1,252,404	18,078	0.16%	-1.73%
2012	1,255,882	17,765	0.28%	-1.73%
2013	1,258,927	17,648	0.24%	-0.66%
2014	1,261,208	17,715	0.18%	0.38%
2015	1,262,879	17,770	0.13%	0.31%
2016	1,263,747	17,797	0.07%	0.15%
2017	1,264,887	17,812	0.09%	0.08%
2018	1,265,577	17,814	0.05%	0.01%
2019	1,265,985	17,798	0.03%	-0.09%
2020	1,266,014	17,792	0.002%	-0.03%
2021	1,266,334	17,783	0.03%	-0.05%
2022	1,262,523	17,759	-0.3%	-0.13%
2023	1,248,647	17,727	-1.1%	-0.18%
2024	1,245,779	17,695	-0.23%	-0.18%
2025	1,242,950	17,663	-0.23%	-0.18%
2026	1,239,793	17,618	-0.25%	-0.25%
2027	1,236,435	17,564	-0.27%	-0.31%
2028	1,232,914	17,504	-0.28%	-0.34%
2029	1,229,227	17,436	-0.3%	-0.39%
2030	1,225,457	17,376	-0.31%	-0.34%
2031	1,221,502	17,299	-0.32%	-0.44%
2032	1,217,208	17,228	-0.35%	-0.41%
2033	1,212,606	17,163	-0.38%	-0.38%
2034	1,207,685	17,092	-0.41%	-0.41%
2035	1,202,449	17,012	-0.43%	-0.47%
2036	1,196,894	16,940	-0.46%	-0.43%
2037	1,191,031	16,858	-0.49%	-0.48%
2038	1,184,867	16,779	-0.52%	-0.47%
2039	1,178,313	16,689	-0.55%	-0.54%
2040	1,171,352	16,604	-0.59%	-0.51%
2041	1,164,041	16,510	-0.62%	-0.57%
2042	1,156,420	16,403	-0.65%	-0.65%
2043	1,148,461	16,302	-0.69%	-0.61%
2044	1,140,167	16,202	-0.72%	-0.62%
2045	1,131,600	16,097	-0.75%	-0.65%
2046	1,122,728	15,977	-0.78%	-0.74%
2047	1,113,607	15,863	-0.81%	-0.71%
2048	1,104,261	15,749	-0.84%	-0.72%
2049	1,094,728	15,632	-0.86%	-0.74%
2050	1,085,083	15,515	-0.88%	-0.75%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Mauritius increased by 29,751 people (a 2.41% growth), while Palau lost 1,796 people (a 9.17% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Mauritius lost -23,954 (a 1.9% decline), while Palau's population decreased by -179 (a 1.01% decline).

Mauritius was ranked 151st most populous country in 2006 and is 157th in 2026. Palau was ranked 194th in 2006 and still ranked 194th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Mauritius' population will shrink by 12.5% to 1,085,083 people with a rank change from 157th to 160th. The population of Palau will decrease by 11.9% to 15,515 people and rank change from 194th to 195th.