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	1,248,647	8,460,512	-1.1%	2.22%
2024	1,245,779	8,642,022	-0.23%	2.15%
2025	1,242,950	8,819,789	-0.23%	2.06%
2026	1,239,793	8,996,743	-0.25%	2.01%
2027	1,236,435	9,174,695	-0.27%	1.98%
2028	1,232,914	9,349,021	-0.28%	1.9%
2029	1,229,227	9,520,811	-0.3%	1.84%
2030	1,225,457	9,694,851	-0.31%	1.83%
2031	1,221,502	9,870,295	-0.32%	1.81%
2032	1,217,208	10,047,193	-0.35%	1.79%
2033	1,212,606	10,221,006	-0.38%	1.73%
2034	1,207,685	10,391,485	-0.41%	1.67%
2035	1,202,449	10,563,163	-0.43%	1.65%
2036	1,196,894	10,734,341	-0.46%	1.62%
2037	1,191,031	10,902,263	-0.49%	1.56%
2038	1,184,867	11,066,143	-0.52%	1.5%
2039	1,178,313	11,230,060	-0.55%	1.48%
2040	1,171,352	11,398,391	-0.59%	1.5%
2041	1,164,041	11,566,213	-0.62%	1.47%
2042	1,156,420	11,728,787	-0.65%	1.41%
2043	1,148,461	11,887,934	-0.69%	1.36%
2044	1,140,167	12,049,424	-0.72%	1.36%
2045	1,131,600	12,208,872	-0.75%	1.32%
2046	1,122,728	12,363,446	-0.78%	1.27%
2047	1,113,607	12,512,739	-0.81%	1.21%
2048	1,104,261	12,659,609	-0.84%	1.17%
2049	1,094,728	12,805,136	-0.86%	1.15%
2050	1,085,083	12,948,320	-0.88%	1.12%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Mauritius increased by 29,751 people (a 2.41% growth), while Sierra Leone gained 1,580,862 people (a 28.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Mauritius lost -23,954 (a 1.9% decline), while Sierra Leone's population increased by 1,793,359 (a 24.9% growth).

Mauritius was ranked 151st most populous country in 2006 and is 157th in 2026. Sierra Leone was ranked 106th in 2006 and ranked 102nd 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 Sierra Leone will increase by 43.9% to 12,948,320 people and rank change from 102nd to 91st.