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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Mauritius	Somalia	Mauritius	Somalia
1960	680,331	2,876,331	-	-
1961	680,757	2,952,054	0.06%	2.63%
1962	700,349	3,030,091	2.88%	2.64%
1963	718,861	3,110,361	2.64%	2.65%
1964	736,381	3,192,796	2.44%	2.65%
1965	753,000	3,277,874	2.26%	2.66%
1966	768,813	3,365,106	2.1%	2.66%
1967	783,917	3,454,537	1.96%	2.66%
1968	798,413	3,546,590	1.85%	2.66%
1969	812,405	3,641,015	1.75%	2.66%
1970	826,000	3,738,448	1.67%	2.68%
1971	839,230	3,837,691	1.6%	2.65%
1972	852,053	3,939,436	1.53%	2.65%
1973	864,819	4,045,592	1.5%	2.69%
1974	878,042	4,151,842	1.53%	2.63%
1975	892,000	4,257,535	1.59%	2.55%
1976	906,507	4,365,812	1.63%	2.54%
1977	921,379	4,484,050	1.64%	2.71%
1978	933,499	4,814,892	1.32%	7.38%
1979	949,888	5,449,117	1.76%	13.2%
1980	966,039	5,936,154	1.7%	8.94%
1981	980,462	5,982,849	1.49%	0.79%
1982	992,521	6,003,840	1.23%	0.35%
1983	1,001,691	6,198,430	0.92%	3.24%
1984	1,012,221	6,428,389	1.05%	3.71%
1985	1,020,528	6,693,289	0.82%	4.12%
1986	1,028,360	6,974,788	0.77%	4.21%
1987	1,036,082	7,228,302	0.75%	3.63%
1988	1,043,239	7,235,360	0.69%	0.1%
1989	1,051,260	7,114,817	0.77%	-1.67%
1990	1,058,775	7,082,811	0.71%	-0.45%
1991	1,070,266	6,813,760	1.09%	-3.8%
1992	1,084,441	6,495,107	1.32%	-4.68%
1993	1,097,374	6,681,399	1.19%	2.87%
1994	1,112,846	7,026,797	1.41%	5.17%
1995	1,122,457	7,285,007	0.86%	3.67%
1996	1,133,996	7,554,474	1.03%	3.7%
1997	1,148,284	7,824,525	1.26%	3.57%
1998	1,160,421	8,155,417	1.06%	4.23%
1999	1,175,267	8,492,059	1.28%	4.13%
2000	1,186,873	8,838,713	0.99%	4.08%
2001	1,196,287	9,198,493	0.79%	4.07%
2002	1,204,621	9,550,063	0.7%	3.82%
2003	1,213,370	9,909,157	0.73%	3.76%
2004	1,221,003	10,280,998	0.63%	3.75%
2005	1,228,254	10,644,228	0.59%	3.53%
2006	1,233,996	10,975,502	0.47%	3.11%
2007	1,239,630	11,322,582	0.46%	3.16%
2008	1,244,121	11,663,084	0.36%	3.01%
2009	1,247,429	11,961,201	0.27%	2.56%
2010	1,250,400	12,261,756	0.24%	2.51%
2011	1,252,404	12,348,830	0.16%	0.71%
2012	1,255,882	12,461,160	0.28%	0.91%
2013	1,258,927	12,869,594	0.24%	3.28%
2014	1,261,208	13,339,491	0.18%	3.65%
2015	1,262,879	13,806,963	0.13%	3.5%
2016	1,263,747	14,348,740	0.07%	3.92%
2017	1,264,887	14,916,629	0.09%	3.96%
2018	1,265,577	15,452,487	0.05%	3.59%
2019	1,265,985	16,030,971	0.03%	3.74%
2020	1,266,014	16,651,191	0.002%	3.87%
2021	1,266,334	17,271,431	0.03%	3.72%
2022	1,262,523	17,801,897	-0.3%	3.07%
2023	1,248,647	18,358,615	-1.1%	3.13%
2024	1,245,779	19,009,151	-0.23%	3.54%
2025	1,242,950	19,654,737	-0.23%	3.4%
2026	1,239,793	20,305,905	-0.25%	3.31%
2027	1,236,435	20,959,056	-0.27%	3.22%
2028	1,232,914	21,601,810	-0.28%	3.07%
2029	1,229,227	22,247,714	-0.3%	2.99%
2030	1,225,457	22,915,042	-0.31%	3%
2031	1,221,502	23,589,793	-0.32%	2.94%
2032	1,217,208	24,258,789	-0.35%	2.84%
2033	1,212,606	24,921,830	-0.38%	2.73%
2034	1,207,685	25,593,666	-0.41%	2.7%
2035	1,202,449	26,294,943	-0.43%	2.74%
2036	1,196,894	27,009,199	-0.46%	2.72%
2037	1,191,031	27,731,170	-0.49%	2.67%
2038	1,184,867	28,455,755	-0.52%	2.61%
2039	1,178,313	29,167,897	-0.55%	2.5%
2040	1,171,352	29,896,286	-0.59%	2.5%
2041	1,164,041	30,635,956	-0.62%	2.47%
2042	1,156,420	31,350,028	-0.65%	2.33%
2043	1,148,461	32,057,980	-0.69%	2.26%
2044	1,140,167	32,780,417	-0.72%	2.25%
2045	1,131,600	33,510,163	-0.75%	2.23%
2046	1,122,728	34,248,030	-0.78%	2.2%
2047	1,113,607	34,996,366	-0.81%	2.19%
2048	1,104,261	35,743,960	-0.84%	2.14%
2049	1,094,728	36,474,683	-0.86%	2.04%
2050	1,085,083	37,206,497	-0.88%	2.01%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Mauritius increased by 29,751 people (a 2.41% growth), while Somalia gained 3,373,238 people (a 30.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Mauritius lost -23,954 (a 1.9% decline), while Somalia's population increased by 5,964,303 (a 41.6% growth).

Mauritius was ranked 151st most populous country in 2006 and is 157th in 2026. Somalia was ranked 75th in 2006 and ranked 66th 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 Somalia will increase by 83.2% to 37,206,497 people and rank change from 66th to 57th.