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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Mauritius	Portugal	Mauritius	Portugal
1960	680,331	8,857,716	-	-
1961	680,757	8,929,316	0.06%	0.81%
1962	700,349	8,993,985	2.88%	0.72%
1963	718,861	9,030,355	2.64%	0.4%
1964	736,381	9,035,365	2.44%	0.06%
1965	753,000	8,998,595	2.26%	-0.41%
1966	768,813	8,930,990	2.1%	-0.75%
1967	783,917	8,874,520	1.96%	-0.63%
1968	798,413	8,836,650	1.85%	-0.43%
1969	812,405	8,757,705	1.75%	-0.89%
1970	826,000	8,680,431	1.67%	-0.88%
1971	839,230	8,643,756	1.6%	-0.42%
1972	852,053	8,630,430	1.53%	-0.15%
1973	864,819	8,633,100	1.5%	0.03%
1974	878,042	8,754,365	1.53%	1.4%
1975	892,000	9,093,470	1.59%	3.87%
1976	906,507	9,355,810	1.63%	2.88%
1977	921,379	9,455,675	1.64%	1.07%
1978	933,499	9,558,250	1.32%	1.08%
1979	949,888	9,661,265	1.76%	1.08%
1980	966,039	9,766,312	1.7%	1.09%
1981	980,462	9,851,362	1.49%	0.87%
1982	992,521	9,911,771	1.23%	0.61%
1983	1,001,691	9,957,865	0.92%	0.47%
1984	1,012,221	9,996,232	1.05%	0.39%
1985	1,020,528	10,023,613	0.82%	0.27%
1986	1,028,360	10,032,734	0.77%	0.09%
1987	1,036,082	10,030,031	0.75%	-0.03%
1988	1,043,239	10,019,610	0.69%	-0.1%
1989	1,051,260	10,005,000	0.77%	-0.15%
1990	1,058,775	9,983,218	0.71%	-0.22%
1991	1,070,266	9,960,235	1.09%	-0.23%
1992	1,084,441	9,952,494	1.32%	-0.08%
1993	1,097,374	9,964,675	1.19%	0.12%
1994	1,112,846	9,991,525	1.41%	0.27%
1995	1,122,457	10,026,176	0.86%	0.35%
1996	1,133,996	10,063,945	1.03%	0.38%
1997	1,148,284	10,108,977	1.26%	0.45%
1998	1,160,421	10,160,196	1.06%	0.51%
1999	1,175,267	10,217,828	1.28%	0.57%
2000	1,186,873	10,289,898	0.99%	0.71%
2001	1,196,287	10,362,722	0.79%	0.71%
2002	1,204,621	10,419,631	0.7%	0.55%
2003	1,213,370	10,458,821	0.73%	0.38%
2004	1,221,003	10,483,861	0.63%	0.24%
2005	1,228,254	10,503,330	0.59%	0.19%
2006	1,233,996	10,522,288	0.47%	0.18%
2007	1,239,630	10,542,964	0.46%	0.2%
2008	1,244,121	10,558,177	0.36%	0.14%
2009	1,247,429	10,568,247	0.27%	0.1%
2010	1,250,400	10,573,100	0.24%	0.05%
2011	1,252,404	10,557,560	0.16%	-0.15%
2012	1,255,882	10,514,844	0.28%	-0.4%
2013	1,258,927	10,457,295	0.24%	-0.55%
2014	1,261,208	10,401,062	0.18%	-0.54%
2015	1,262,879	10,358,076	0.13%	-0.41%
2016	1,263,747	10,325,452	0.07%	-0.31%
2017	1,264,887	10,300,300	0.09%	-0.24%
2018	1,265,577	10,283,822	0.05%	-0.16%
2019	1,265,985	10,286,263	0.03%	0.02%
2020	1,266,014	10,297,081	0.002%	0.11%
2021	1,266,334	10,361,831	0.03%	0.63%
2022	1,262,523	10,434,332	-0.3%	0.7%
2023	1,248,647	10,578,174	-1.1%	1.38%
2024	1,245,779	10,694,681	-0.23%	1.1%
2025	1,242,950	10,680,873	-0.23%	-0.13%
2026	1,239,793	10,663,982	-0.25%	-0.16%
2027	1,236,435	10,646,150	-0.27%	-0.17%
2028	1,232,914	10,625,957	-0.28%	-0.19%
2029	1,229,227	10,604,587	-0.3%	-0.2%
2030	1,225,457	10,584,552	-0.31%	-0.19%
2031	1,221,502	10,564,548	-0.32%	-0.19%
2032	1,217,208	10,542,600	-0.35%	-0.21%
2033	1,212,606	10,519,640	-0.38%	-0.22%
2034	1,207,685	10,496,056	-0.41%	-0.22%
2035	1,202,449	10,472,033	-0.43%	-0.23%
2036	1,196,894	10,447,836	-0.46%	-0.23%
2037	1,191,031	10,423,350	-0.49%	-0.23%
2038	1,184,867	10,398,185	-0.52%	-0.24%
2039	1,178,313	10,371,223	-0.55%	-0.26%
2040	1,171,352	10,342,789	-0.59%	-0.27%
2041	1,164,041	10,314,869	-0.62%	-0.27%
2042	1,156,420	10,287,416	-0.65%	-0.27%
2043	1,148,461	10,257,925	-0.69%	-0.29%
2044	1,140,167	10,226,892	-0.72%	-0.3%
2045	1,131,600	10,195,202	-0.75%	-0.31%
2046	1,122,728	10,162,323	-0.78%	-0.32%
2047	1,113,607	10,128,572	-0.81%	-0.33%
2048	1,104,261	10,094,854	-0.84%	-0.33%
2049	1,094,728	10,059,522	-0.86%	-0.35%
2050	1,085,083	10,022,734	-0.88%	-0.37%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Mauritius increased by 29,751 people (a 2.41% growth), while Portugal lost 196,836 people (a 1.87% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Mauritius lost -23,954 (a 1.9% decline), while Portugal's population increased by 338,530 (a 3.28% growth).

Mauritius was ranked 151st most populous country in 2006 and is 157th in 2026. Portugal was ranked 78th in 2006 and ranked 92nd 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 Portugal will decrease by 6.01% to 10,022,734 people and rank change from 92nd to 97th.