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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Mauritius	Samoa	Mauritius	Samoa
1960	680,331	112,490	-	-
1961	680,757	115,496	0.06%	2.67%
1962	700,349	118,597	2.88%	2.68%
1963	718,861	121,764	2.64%	2.67%
1964	736,381	124,894	2.44%	2.57%
1965	753,000	127,978	2.26%	2.47%
1966	768,813	131,073	2.1%	2.42%
1967	783,917	133,764	1.96%	2.05%
1968	798,413	136,020	1.85%	1.69%
1969	812,405	138,233	1.75%	1.63%
1970	826,000	140,400	1.67%	1.57%
1971	839,230	142,503	1.6%	1.5%
1972	852,053	144,538	1.53%	1.43%
1973	864,819	146,516	1.5%	1.37%
1974	878,042	149,431	1.53%	1.99%
1975	892,000	153,344	1.59%	2.62%
1976	906,507	157,113	1.63%	2.46%
1977	921,379	159,753	1.64%	1.68%
1978	933,499	161,375	1.32%	1.02%
1979	949,888	162,882	1.76%	0.93%
1980	966,039	164,322	1.7%	0.88%
1981	980,462	165,678	1.49%	0.83%
1982	992,521	166,484	1.23%	0.49%
1983	1,001,691	166,714	0.92%	0.14%
1984	1,012,221	166,796	1.05%	0.05%
1985	1,020,528	166,849	0.82%	0.03%
1986	1,028,360	167,061	0.77%	0.13%
1987	1,036,082	167,661	0.75%	0.36%
1988	1,043,239	168,346	0.69%	0.41%
1989	1,051,260	168,768	0.77%	0.25%
1990	1,058,775	169,042	0.71%	0.16%
1991	1,070,266	169,368	1.09%	0.19%
1992	1,084,441	170,331	1.32%	0.57%
1993	1,097,374	171,774	1.19%	0.85%
1994	1,112,846	173,159	1.41%	0.81%
1995	1,122,457	174,571	0.86%	0.82%
1996	1,133,996	176,071	1.03%	0.86%
1997	1,148,284	177,547	1.26%	0.84%
1998	1,160,421	178,905	1.06%	0.76%
1999	1,175,267	180,275	1.28%	0.77%
2000	1,186,873	181,685	0.99%	0.78%
2001	1,196,287	183,166	0.79%	0.82%
2002	1,204,621	184,471	0.7%	0.71%
2003	1,213,370	185,430	0.73%	0.52%
2004	1,221,003	186,249	0.63%	0.44%
2005	1,228,254	186,978	0.59%	0.39%
2006	1,233,996	187,709	0.47%	0.39%
2007	1,239,630	188,753	0.46%	0.56%
2008	1,244,121	190,107	0.36%	0.72%
2009	1,247,429	191,513	0.27%	0.74%
2010	1,250,400	193,023	0.24%	0.79%
2011	1,252,404	194,713	0.16%	0.88%
2012	1,255,882	196,498	0.28%	0.92%
2013	1,258,927	198,268	0.24%	0.9%
2014	1,261,208	200,037	0.18%	0.89%
2015	1,262,879	201,782	0.13%	0.87%
2016	1,263,747	203,499	0.07%	0.85%
2017	1,264,887	205,415	0.09%	0.94%
2018	1,265,577	207,582	0.05%	1.05%
2019	1,265,985	209,780	0.03%	1.06%
2020	1,266,014	211,944	0.002%	1.03%
2021	1,266,334	213,779	0.03%	0.87%
2022	1,262,523	215,261	-0.3%	0.69%
2023	1,261,041	216,663	-0.12%	0.65%
2024	1,259,509	218,019	-0.12%	0.63%
2025	1,256,649	219,302	-0.23%	0.59%
2026	1,253,457	220,530	-0.25%	0.56%
2027	1,250,062	221,772	-0.27%	0.56%
2028	1,246,502	223,104	-0.28%	0.6%
2029	1,242,774	224,504	-0.3%	0.63%
2030	1,238,963	225,968	-0.31%	0.65%
2031	1,234,965	227,581	-0.32%	0.71%
2032	1,230,623	229,298	-0.35%	0.75%
2033	1,225,970	231,110	-0.38%	0.79%
2034	1,220,995	233,061	-0.41%	0.84%
2035	1,215,701	235,172	-0.43%	0.91%
2036	1,210,085	237,415	-0.46%	0.95%
2037	1,204,158	239,730	-0.49%	0.98%
2038	1,197,926	242,155	-0.52%	1.01%
2039	1,191,299	244,653	-0.55%	1.03%
2040	1,184,262	247,196	-0.59%	1.04%
2041	1,176,870	249,796	-0.62%	1.05%
2042	1,169,165	252,427	-0.65%	1.05%
2043	1,161,119	255,023	-0.69%	1.03%
2044	1,152,733	257,609	-0.72%	1.01%
2045	1,144,071	260,250	-0.75%	1.03%
2046	1,135,101	262,849	-0.78%	1%
2047	1,125,881	265,365	-0.81%	0.96%
2048	1,116,431	267,836	-0.84%	0.93%
2049	1,106,794	270,291	-0.86%	0.92%
2050	1,097,042	272,711	-0.88%	0.9%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Mauritius increased by 34,625 people (a 2.82% growth), while Samoa gained 14,804 people (a 7.92% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Mauritius lost -6,230 (a 0.49% decline), while Samoa's population increased by 18,506 (a 9.17% growth).

Mauritius was ranked 151st most populous country in 2005 and is 157th in 2025. Samoa was ranked 176th in 2005 and ranked 177th 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 Samoa will increase by 23.8% to 272,711 people and rank change from 177th to 176th.