The latest officially reported population of Mauritius was 1,259,509 in 2024 vs 19,069,340 people in Romania in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Mauritius' population is 1,256,649 people compared to 18,962,595 in Romania.
Population statistics:
- Romania's population is 15.1 times bigger than Mauritius'.
- Mauritius is ranked the 157th most populous country in the world, while Romania is the 69th.
- The countries together account for 0.24% of the world: 0.02% for Mauritius vs 0.23% for Romania.
- For the last 10 years, Mauritius has had an average growth rate of +0.004% per year vs -0.42% in Romania.
- Since 2005, the population of Mauritius has increased from 1.23M people to 1.26M (2.31% growth), while Romania has declined from 21.3M to 19M (11.1% decline).
- Both countries are in a period of decline and in 50 years are projected to lose 33.8% of the population in Mauritius and 31.4% in Romania.
Mauritius vs Romania: live population counter
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| Current population |
1256649
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18962595
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| Population rank | 157/197 | 69/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.02% | 0.23% |
| One net population change |
5.72 hours
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53.3 minutes
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| One birth every |
40.9 minutes
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3.45 minutes
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| One death every |
44.3 minutes
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2.17 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
3.14 hours
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18.5 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -2,787 | -28,466 |
| Daily growth/decline | -4 | +27 |
| Annual growth/decline | -1,532 | +9,861 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.12% | +0.05% |
| Population growth rate rank | 172/197 | 162/197 |
Mauritius and Romania: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 680,331 | 18,406,905 | - | - |
| 1961 | 680,757 | 18,555,250 | 0.06% | 0.81% |
| 1962 | 700,349 | 18,676,550 | 2.88% | 0.65% |
| 1963 | 718,861 | 18,797,850 | 2.64% | 0.65% |
| 1964 | 736,381 | 18,919,126 | 2.44% | 0.65% |
| 1965 | 753,000 | 19,031,576 | 2.26% | 0.59% |
| 1966 | 768,813 | 19,215,450 | 2.1% | 0.97% |
| 1967 | 783,917 | 19,534,242 | 1.96% | 1.66% |
| 1968 | 798,413 | 19,799,831 | 1.85% | 1.36% |
| 1969 | 812,405 | 20,009,141 | 1.75% | 1.06% |
| 1970 | 826,000 | 20,250,398 | 1.67% | 1.21% |
| 1971 | 839,230 | 20,461,567 | 1.6% | 1.04% |
| 1972 | 852,053 | 20,657,957 | 1.53% | 0.96% |
| 1973 | 864,819 | 20,835,681 | 1.5% | 0.86% |
| 1974 | 878,042 | 21,029,429 | 1.53% | 0.93% |
| 1975 | 892,000 | 21,293,583 | 1.59% | 1.26% |
| 1976 | 906,507 | 21,551,634 | 1.63% | 1.21% |
| 1977 | 921,379 | 21,756,096 | 1.64% | 0.95% |
| 1978 | 933,499 | 21,951,464 | 1.32% | 0.9% |
| 1979 | 949,888 | 22,090,488 | 1.76% | 0.63% |
| 1980 | 966,039 | 22,207,282 | 1.7% | 0.53% |
| 1981 | 980,462 | 22,353,070 | 1.49% | 0.66% |
| 1982 | 992,521 | 22,475,741 | 1.23% | 0.55% |
| 1983 | 1,001,691 | 22,560,478 | 0.92% | 0.38% |
| 1984 | 1,012,221 | 22,640,547 | 1.05% | 0.35% |
| 1985 | 1,020,528 | 22,732,999 | 0.82% | 0.41% |
| 1986 | 1,028,360 | 22,836,841 | 0.77% | 0.46% |
| 1987 | 1,036,082 | 22,949,430 | 0.75% | 0.49% |
| 1988 | 1,043,239 | 23,057,662 | 0.69% | 0.47% |
| 1989 | 1,051,260 | 23,161,458 | 0.77% | 0.45% |
| 1990 | 1,058,775 | 23,201,835 | 0.71% | 0.17% |
| 1991 | 1,070,266 | 23,001,155 | 1.09% | -0.86% |
| 1992 | 1,084,441 | 22,794,284 | 1.32% | -0.9% |
| 1993 | 1,097,374 | 22,763,280 | 1.19% | -0.14% |
| 1994 | 1,112,846 | 22,730,211 | 1.41% | -0.15% |
| 1995 | 1,122,457 | 22,684,270 | 0.86% | -0.2% |
| 1996 | 1,133,996 | 22,619,004 | 1.03% | -0.29% |
| 1997 | 1,148,284 | 22,553,978 | 1.26% | -0.29% |
| 1998 | 1,160,421 | 22,507,344 | 1.06% | -0.21% |
| 1999 | 1,175,267 | 22,472,040 | 1.28% | -0.16% |
| 2000 | 1,186,873 | 22,442,971 | 0.99% | -0.13% |
| 2001 | 1,196,287 | 22,131,970 | 0.79% | -1.39% |
| 2002 | 1,204,621 | 21,730,496 | 0.7% | -1.81% |
| 2003 | 1,213,370 | 21,574,326 | 0.73% | -0.72% |
| 2004 | 1,221,003 | 21,451,748 | 0.63% | -0.57% |
| 2005 | 1,228,254 | 21,319,685 | 0.59% | -0.62% |
| 2006 | 1,233,996 | 21,193,760 | 0.47% | -0.59% |
| 2007 | 1,239,630 | 20,882,982 | 0.46% | -1.47% |
| 2008 | 1,244,121 | 20,537,875 | 0.36% | -1.65% |
| 2009 | 1,247,429 | 20,367,487 | 0.27% | -0.83% |
| 2010 | 1,250,400 | 20,246,871 | 0.24% | -0.59% |
| 2011 | 1,252,404 | 20,147,528 | 0.16% | -0.49% |
| 2012 | 1,255,882 | 20,058,035 | 0.28% | -0.44% |
| 2013 | 1,258,927 | 19,983,693 | 0.24% | -0.37% |
| 2014 | 1,261,208 | 19,908,979 | 0.18% | -0.37% |
| 2015 | 1,262,879 | 19,815,616 | 0.13% | -0.47% |
| 2016 | 1,263,747 | 19,702,267 | 0.07% | -0.57% |
| 2017 | 1,264,887 | 19,588,715 | 0.09% | -0.58% |
| 2018 | 1,265,577 | 19,473,970 | 0.05% | -0.59% |
| 2019 | 1,265,985 | 19,371,648 | 0.03% | -0.53% |
| 2020 | 1,266,014 | 19,265,250 | 0.002% | -0.55% |
| 2021 | 1,266,334 | 19,122,059 | 0.03% | -0.74% |
| 2022 | 1,262,523 | 19,048,502 | -0.3% | -0.38% |
| 2023 | 1,261,041 | 19,059,479 | -0.12% | 0.06% |
| 2024 | 1,259,509 | 19,069,340 | -0.12% | 0.05% |
| 2025 | 1,256,649 | 18,962,595 | -0.23% | -0.56% |
| 2026 | 1,253,457 | 18,854,232 | -0.25% | -0.57% |
| 2027 | 1,250,062 | 18,744,883 | -0.27% | -0.58% |
| 2028 | 1,246,502 | 18,634,894 | -0.28% | -0.59% |
| 2029 | 1,242,774 | 18,523,736 | -0.3% | -0.6% |
| 2030 | 1,238,963 | 18,411,878 | -0.31% | -0.6% |
| 2031 | 1,234,965 | 18,299,820 | -0.32% | -0.61% |
| 2032 | 1,230,623 | 18,187,406 | -0.35% | -0.61% |
| 2033 | 1,225,970 | 18,074,282 | -0.38% | -0.62% |
| 2034 | 1,220,995 | 17,960,330 | -0.41% | -0.63% |
| 2035 | 1,215,701 | 17,845,182 | -0.43% | -0.64% |
| 2036 | 1,210,085 | 17,728,480 | -0.46% | -0.65% |
| 2037 | 1,204,158 | 17,611,384 | -0.49% | -0.66% |
| 2038 | 1,197,926 | 17,493,684 | -0.52% | -0.67% |
| 2039 | 1,191,299 | 17,375,991 | -0.55% | -0.67% |
| 2040 | 1,184,262 | 17,258,810 | -0.59% | -0.67% |
| 2041 | 1,176,870 | 17,140,535 | -0.62% | -0.69% |
| 2042 | 1,169,165 | 17,022,168 | -0.65% | -0.69% |
| 2043 | 1,161,119 | 16,904,427 | -0.69% | -0.69% |
| 2044 | 1,152,733 | 16,786,029 | -0.72% | -0.7% |
| 2045 | 1,144,071 | 16,667,734 | -0.75% | -0.7% |
| 2046 | 1,135,101 | 16,550,066 | -0.78% | -0.71% |
| 2047 | 1,125,881 | 16,431,566 | -0.81% | -0.72% |
| 2048 | 1,116,431 | 16,312,099 | -0.84% | -0.73% |
| 2049 | 1,106,794 | 16,192,424 | -0.86% | -0.73% |
| 2050 | 1,097,042 | 16,072,989 | -0.88% | -0.74% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Mauritius increased by 34,625 people (a 2.82% growth), while Romania lost 1,504,069 people (a 7.05% decline).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Mauritius lost -6,230 (a 0.49% decline), while Romania's population decreased by -853,021 (a 4.3% decline).
Mauritius was ranked 151st most populous country in 2005 and is 157th in 2025. Romania was ranked 50th in 2005 and ranked 69th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Mauritius' population will shrink by 12.7% to 1,097,042 people with a rank change from 157th to 160th. The population of Romania will decrease by 15.2% to 16,072,989 people and rank change from 69th to 81st.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Port Louis | 149K |
| Quatre Bornes | 81.8K |
| Curepipe | 77.5K |
| Triolet | 23.4K |
| Goodlands | 20.7K |
| Centre de Flacq | 15.8K |
| Mahebourg | 15.8K |
| Bambous | 15.3K |
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Population differences between Mauritius and Romania
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| Life expectancy | 75.3 years | 76.2 years |
| Average age | 39.2 years | 42.5 years |
| Median age | 38.5 years | 43.8 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.9:50.1 | 48.4:51.6 |
| Fertility rate | 1.39 births per woman | 1.71 births per woman |
| Population density | 1,634 ppl/mi² | 214.7 ppl/mi² |
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