Population in Mauritius compared to Saint Lucia: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Mauritius and Saint Lucia: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Mauritius	Saint Lucia	Mauritius	Saint Lucia
1960	680,331	92,585	-	-
1961	680,757	93,490	0.06%	0.98%
1962	700,349	94,505	2.88%	1.09%
1963	718,861	95,519	2.64%	1.07%
1964	736,381	96,505	2.44%	1.03%
1965	753,000	97,493	2.26%	1.02%
1966	768,813	98,463	2.1%	0.99%
1967	783,917	99,504	1.96%	1.06%
1968	798,413	100,675	1.85%	1.18%
1969	812,405	101,879	1.75%	1.2%
1970	826,000	103,165	1.67%	1.26%
1971	839,230	104,564	1.6%	1.36%
1972	852,053	106,002	1.53%	1.38%
1973	864,819	107,498	1.5%	1.41%
1974	878,042	109,076	1.53%	1.47%
1975	892,000	110,725	1.59%	1.51%
1976	906,507	112,425	1.63%	1.54%
1977	921,379	114,135	1.64%	1.52%
1978	933,499	115,834	1.32%	1.49%
1979	949,888	117,528	1.76%	1.46%
1980	966,039	119,290	1.7%	1.5%
1981	980,462	121,166	1.49%	1.57%
1982	992,521	123,087	1.23%	1.59%
1983	1,001,691	125,044	0.92%	1.59%
1984	1,012,221	127,067	1.05%	1.62%
1985	1,020,528	129,159	0.82%	1.65%
1986	1,028,360	131,239	0.77%	1.61%
1987	1,036,082	133,227	0.75%	1.51%
1988	1,043,239	135,000	0.69%	1.33%
1989	1,051,260	136,512	0.77%	1.12%
1990	1,058,775	137,857	0.71%	0.99%
1991	1,070,266	139,520	1.09%	1.21%
1992	1,084,441	141,617	1.32%	1.5%
1993	1,097,374	143,726	1.19%	1.49%
1994	1,112,846	145,890	1.41%	1.51%
1995	1,122,457	148,208	0.86%	1.59%
1996	1,133,996	150,436	1.03%	1.5%
1997	1,148,284	152,569	1.26%	1.42%
1998	1,160,421	154,677	1.06%	1.38%
1999	1,175,267	156,702	1.28%	1.31%
2000	1,186,873	158,616	0.99%	1.22%
2001	1,196,287	160,237	0.79%	1.02%
2002	1,204,621	161,641	0.7%	0.88%
2003	1,213,370	162,976	0.73%	0.83%
2004	1,221,003	164,239	0.63%	0.77%
2005	1,228,254	165,450	0.59%	0.74%
2006	1,233,996	166,639	0.47%	0.72%
2007	1,239,630	167,758	0.46%	0.67%
2008	1,244,121	168,808	0.36%	0.63%
2009	1,247,429	169,869	0.27%	0.63%
2010	1,250,400	170,906	0.24%	0.61%
2011	1,252,404	171,801	0.16%	0.52%
2012	1,255,882	172,587	0.28%	0.46%
2013	1,258,927	173,369	0.24%	0.45%
2014	1,261,208	174,138	0.18%	0.44%
2015	1,262,879	174,905	0.13%	0.44%
2016	1,263,747	175,646	0.07%	0.42%
2017	1,264,887	176,342	0.09%	0.4%
2018	1,265,577	177,017	0.05%	0.38%
2019	1,265,985	177,661	0.03%	0.36%
2020	1,266,014	178,250	0.002%	0.33%
2021	1,266,334	178,522	0.03%	0.15%
2022	1,262,523	178,781	-0.3%	0.15%
2023	1,261,041	179,285	-0.12%	0.28%
2024	1,259,509	179,744	-0.12%	0.26%
2025	1,256,649	180,148	-0.23%	0.23%
2026	1,253,457	180,489	-0.25%	0.19%
2027	1,250,062	180,771	-0.27%	0.16%
2028	1,246,502	181,003	-0.28%	0.13%
2029	1,242,774	181,198	-0.3%	0.11%
2030	1,238,963	181,360	-0.31%	0.09%
2031	1,234,965	181,463	-0.32%	0.06%
2032	1,230,623	181,495	-0.35%	0.02%
2033	1,225,970	181,458	-0.38%	-0.02%
2034	1,220,995	181,354	-0.41%	-0.06%
2035	1,215,701	181,177	-0.43%	-0.1%
2036	1,210,085	180,948	-0.46%	-0.13%
2037	1,204,158	180,636	-0.49%	-0.17%
2038	1,197,926	180,230	-0.52%	-0.22%
2039	1,191,299	179,781	-0.55%	-0.25%
2040	1,184,262	179,296	-0.59%	-0.27%
2041	1,176,870	178,760	-0.62%	-0.3%
2042	1,169,165	178,187	-0.65%	-0.32%
2043	1,161,119	177,593	-0.69%	-0.33%
2044	1,152,733	176,937	-0.72%	-0.37%
2045	1,144,071	176,243	-0.75%	-0.39%
2046	1,135,101	175,520	-0.78%	-0.41%
2047	1,125,881	174,726	-0.81%	-0.45%
2048	1,116,431	173,877	-0.84%	-0.49%
2049	1,106,794	172,991	-0.86%	-0.51%
2050	1,097,042	172,081	-0.88%	-0.53%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Mauritius increased by 34,625 people (a 2.82% growth), while Saint Lucia gained 9,455 people (a 5.71% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Mauritius lost -6,230 (a 0.49% decline), while Saint Lucia's population increased by 5,516 (a 3.15% growth).

Mauritius was ranked 151st most populous country in 2005 and is 157th in 2025. Saint Lucia was ranked 177th in 2005 and ranked 178th 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 Saint Lucia will decrease by 4.62% to 172,081 people and rank change from 178th to 179th.