Population in Mauritius compared to Sierra Leone: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Mauritius and Sierra Leone: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Mauritius	Sierra Leone	Mauritius	Sierra Leone
1960	680,331	2,268,356	-	-
1961	680,757	2,304,227	0.06%	1.58%
1962	700,349	2,342,242	2.88%	1.65%
1963	718,861	2,382,258	2.64%	1.71%
1964	736,381	2,424,390	2.44%	1.77%
1965	753,000	2,468,666	2.26%	1.83%
1966	768,813	2,514,638	2.1%	1.86%
1967	783,917	2,562,384	1.96%	1.9%
1968	798,413	2,611,532	1.85%	1.92%
1969	812,405	2,661,365	1.75%	1.91%
1970	826,000	2,712,286	1.67%	1.91%
1971	839,230	2,763,222	1.6%	1.88%
1972	852,053	2,814,388	1.53%	1.85%
1973	864,819	2,866,955	1.5%	1.87%
1974	878,042	2,920,459	1.53%	1.87%
1975	892,000	2,974,657	1.59%	1.86%
1976	906,507	3,028,820	1.63%	1.82%
1977	921,379	3,085,354	1.64%	1.87%
1978	933,499	3,145,517	1.32%	1.95%
1979	949,888	3,207,499	1.76%	1.97%
1980	966,039	3,272,089	1.7%	2.01%
1981	980,462	3,338,940	1.49%	2.04%
1982	992,521	3,408,183	1.23%	2.07%
1983	1,001,691	3,481,646	0.92%	2.16%
1984	1,012,221	3,558,758	1.05%	2.21%
1985	1,020,528	3,638,438	0.82%	2.24%
1986	1,028,360	3,728,380	0.77%	2.47%
1987	1,036,082	3,829,718	0.75%	2.72%
1988	1,043,239	3,934,517	0.69%	2.74%
1989	1,051,260	4,034,037	0.77%	2.53%
1990	1,058,775	4,196,828	0.71%	4.04%
1991	1,070,266	4,246,267	1.09%	1.18%
1992	1,084,441	4,166,366	1.32%	-1.88%
1993	1,097,374	4,157,130	1.19%	-0.22%
1994	1,112,846	4,173,105	1.41%	0.38%
1995	1,122,457	4,179,179	0.86%	0.15%
1996	1,133,996	4,199,210	1.03%	0.48%
1997	1,148,284	4,253,716	1.26%	1.3%
1998	1,160,421	4,295,785	1.06%	0.99%
1999	1,175,267	4,318,043	1.28%	0.52%
2000	1,186,873	4,423,611	0.99%	2.44%
2001	1,196,287	4,692,716	0.79%	6.08%
2002	1,204,621	4,971,435	0.7%	5.94%
2003	1,213,370	5,177,687	0.73%	4.15%
2004	1,221,003	5,355,717	0.63%	3.44%
2005	1,228,254	5,501,712	0.59%	2.73%
2006	1,233,996	5,624,466	0.47%	2.23%
2007	1,239,630	5,749,352	0.46%	2.22%
2008	1,244,121	5,894,722	0.36%	2.53%
2009	1,247,429	6,055,646	0.27%	2.73%
2010	1,250,400	6,222,714	0.24%	2.76%
2011	1,252,404	6,387,251	0.16%	2.64%
2012	1,255,882	6,551,080	0.28%	2.56%
2013	1,258,927	6,714,051	0.24%	2.49%
2014	1,261,208	6,876,385	0.18%	2.42%
2015	1,262,879	7,037,655	0.13%	2.35%
2016	1,263,747	7,205,328	0.07%	2.38%
2017	1,264,887	7,379,299	0.09%	2.41%
2018	1,265,577	7,554,563	0.05%	2.38%
2019	1,265,985	7,731,991	0.03%	2.35%
2020	1,266,014	7,912,558	0.002%	2.34%
2021	1,266,334	8,094,602	0.03%	2.3%
2022	1,262,523	8,276,807	-0.3%	2.25%
2023	1,261,041	8,460,512	-0.12%	2.22%
2024	1,259,509	8,642,022	-0.12%	2.15%
2025	1,256,649	8,819,789	-0.23%	2.06%
2026	1,253,457	8,996,743	-0.25%	2.01%
2027	1,250,062	9,174,695	-0.27%	1.98%
2028	1,246,502	9,349,021	-0.28%	1.9%
2029	1,242,774	9,520,811	-0.3%	1.84%
2030	1,238,963	9,694,851	-0.31%	1.83%
2031	1,234,965	9,870,295	-0.32%	1.81%
2032	1,230,623	10,047,193	-0.35%	1.79%
2033	1,225,970	10,221,006	-0.38%	1.73%
2034	1,220,995	10,391,485	-0.41%	1.67%
2035	1,215,701	10,563,163	-0.43%	1.65%
2036	1,210,085	10,734,341	-0.46%	1.62%
2037	1,204,158	10,902,263	-0.49%	1.56%
2038	1,197,926	11,066,143	-0.52%	1.5%
2039	1,191,299	11,230,060	-0.55%	1.48%
2040	1,184,262	11,398,391	-0.59%	1.5%
2041	1,176,870	11,566,213	-0.62%	1.47%
2042	1,169,165	11,728,787	-0.65%	1.41%
2043	1,161,119	11,887,934	-0.69%	1.36%
2044	1,152,733	12,049,424	-0.72%	1.36%
2045	1,144,071	12,208,872	-0.75%	1.32%
2046	1,135,101	12,363,446	-0.78%	1.27%
2047	1,125,881	12,512,739	-0.81%	1.21%
2048	1,116,431	12,659,609	-0.84%	1.17%
2049	1,106,794	12,805,136	-0.86%	1.15%
2050	1,097,042	12,948,320	-0.88%	1.12%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Mauritius increased by 34,625 people (a 2.82% growth), while Sierra Leone gained 1,535,943 people (a 27.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Mauritius lost -6,230 (a 0.49% decline), while Sierra Leone's population increased by 1,924,277 (a 27.3% growth).

Mauritius was ranked 151st most populous country in 2005 and is 157th in 2025. Sierra Leone was ranked 106th in 2005 and ranked 102nd 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 Sierra Leone will increase by 44.5% to 12,948,320 people and rank change from 102nd to 91st.