Population in Mauritius compared to the Seychelles: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Mauritius and the Seychelles: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Mauritius	Seychelles	Mauritius	Seychelles
1960	680,331	41,700	-	-
1961	680,757	42,889	0.06%	2.85%
1962	700,349	44,042	2.88%	2.69%
1963	718,861	45,176	2.64%	2.57%
1964	736,381	46,322	2.44%	2.54%
1965	753,000	47,500	2.26%	2.54%
1966	768,813	48,699	2.1%	2.52%
1967	783,917	49,911	1.96%	2.49%
1968	798,413	51,134	1.85%	2.45%
1969	812,405	52,365	1.75%	2.41%
1970	826,000	53,600	1.67%	2.36%
1971	839,230	54,695	1.6%	2.04%
1972	852,053	56,029	1.53%	2.44%
1973	864,819	56,892	1.5%	1.54%
1974	878,042	57,937	1.53%	1.84%
1975	892,000	59,292	1.59%	2.34%
1976	906,507	60,504	1.63%	2.04%
1977	921,379	61,786	1.64%	2.12%
1978	933,499	62,150	1.32%	0.59%
1979	949,888	62,686	1.76%	0.86%
1980	966,039	63,261	1.7%	0.92%
1981	980,462	64,035	1.49%	1.22%
1982	992,521	64,413	1.23%	0.59%
1983	1,001,691	64,335	0.92%	-0.12%
1984	1,012,221	64,717	1.05%	0.59%
1985	1,020,528	65,244	0.82%	0.81%
1986	1,028,360	65,652	0.77%	0.63%
1987	1,036,082	68,499	0.75%	4.34%
1988	1,043,239	68,755	0.69%	0.37%
1989	1,051,260	69,167	0.77%	0.6%
1990	1,058,775	69,507	0.71%	0.49%
1991	1,070,266	70,439	1.09%	1.34%
1992	1,084,441	70,763	1.32%	0.46%
1993	1,097,374	72,253	1.19%	2.11%
1994	1,112,846	74,205	1.41%	2.7%
1995	1,122,457	75,304	0.86%	1.48%
1996	1,133,996	76,417	1.03%	1.48%
1997	1,148,284	77,319	1.26%	1.18%
1998	1,160,421	78,846	1.06%	1.97%
1999	1,175,267	80,410	1.28%	1.98%
2000	1,186,873	81,131	0.99%	0.9%
2001	1,196,287	81,202	0.79%	0.09%
2002	1,204,621	83,723	0.7%	3.1%
2003	1,213,370	82,781	0.73%	-1.13%
2004	1,221,003	82,475	0.63%	-0.37%
2005	1,228,254	82,858	0.59%	0.46%
2006	1,233,996	84,600	0.47%	2.1%
2007	1,239,630	85,033	0.46%	0.51%
2008	1,244,121	86,956	0.36%	2.26%
2009	1,247,429	87,298	0.27%	0.39%
2010	1,250,400	89,770	0.24%	2.83%
2011	1,252,404	87,441	0.16%	-2.59%
2012	1,255,882	88,303	0.28%	0.99%
2013	1,258,927	89,949	0.24%	1.86%
2014	1,261,208	91,359	0.18%	1.57%
2015	1,262,879	93,419	0.13%	2.25%
2016	1,263,747	94,677	0.07%	1.35%
2017	1,264,887	95,843	0.09%	1.23%
2018	1,265,577	96,762	0.05%	0.96%
2019	1,265,985	97,625	0.03%	0.89%
2020	1,266,014	98,462	0.002%	0.86%
2021	1,266,334	99,258	0.03%	0.81%
2022	1,262,523	119,878	-0.3%	20.8%
2023	1,248,647	119,773	-1.1%	-0.09%
2024	1,245,779	121,354	-0.23%	1.32%
2025	1,242,950	123,549	-0.23%	1.81%
2026	1,239,793	125,581	-0.25%	1.64%
2027	1,236,435	127,380	-0.27%	1.43%
2028	1,232,914	128,883	-0.28%	1.18%
2029	1,229,227	130,011	-0.3%	0.87%
2030	1,225,457	130,635	-0.31%	0.48%
2031	1,221,502	130,989	-0.32%	0.27%
2032	1,217,208	131,305	-0.35%	0.24%
2033	1,212,606	131,578	-0.38%	0.21%
2034	1,207,685	131,816	-0.41%	0.18%
2035	1,202,449	132,027	-0.43%	0.16%
2036	1,196,894	132,202	-0.46%	0.13%
2037	1,191,031	132,348	-0.49%	0.11%
2038	1,184,867	132,467	-0.52%	0.09%
2039	1,178,313	132,552	-0.55%	0.06%
2040	1,171,352	132,631	-0.59%	0.06%
2041	1,164,041	132,681	-0.62%	0.04%
2042	1,156,420	132,700	-0.65%	0.01%
2043	1,148,461	132,698	-0.69%	-0.001%
2044	1,140,167	132,665	-0.72%	-0.03%
2045	1,131,600	132,613	-0.75%	-0.04%
2046	1,122,728	132,531	-0.78%	-0.06%
2047	1,113,607	132,415	-0.81%	-0.09%
2048	1,104,261	132,264	-0.84%	-0.11%
2049	1,094,728	132,085	-0.86%	-0.14%
2050	1,085,083	131,885	-0.88%	-0.15%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Mauritius increased by 29,751 people (a 2.41% growth), while the Seychelles gained 10,077 people (a 11.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Mauritius lost -23,954 (a 1.9% decline), while the Seychelles' population increased by 30,923 (a 32.7% growth).

Mauritius was ranked 151st most populous country in 2006 and is 157th in 2026. The Seychelles was ranked 184th in 2006 and ranked 181st 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 the Seychelles will increase by 5% to 131,885 people and will still be ranked 181st.