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	1,261,041	18,358,615	-0.12%	3.13%
2024	1,259,509	19,009,151	-0.12%	3.54%
2025	1,256,649	19,654,737	-0.23%	3.4%
2026	1,253,457	20,305,905	-0.25%	3.31%
2027	1,250,062	20,959,056	-0.27%	3.22%
2028	1,246,502	21,601,810	-0.28%	3.07%
2029	1,242,774	22,247,714	-0.3%	2.99%
2030	1,238,963	22,915,042	-0.31%	3%
2031	1,234,965	23,589,793	-0.32%	2.94%
2032	1,230,623	24,258,789	-0.35%	2.84%
2033	1,225,970	24,921,830	-0.38%	2.73%
2034	1,220,995	25,593,666	-0.41%	2.7%
2035	1,215,701	26,294,943	-0.43%	2.74%
2036	1,210,085	27,009,199	-0.46%	2.72%
2037	1,204,158	27,731,170	-0.49%	2.67%
2038	1,197,926	28,455,755	-0.52%	2.61%
2039	1,191,299	29,167,897	-0.55%	2.5%
2040	1,184,262	29,896,286	-0.59%	2.5%
2041	1,176,870	30,635,956	-0.62%	2.47%
2042	1,169,165	31,350,028	-0.65%	2.33%
2043	1,161,119	32,057,980	-0.69%	2.26%
2044	1,152,733	32,780,417	-0.72%	2.25%
2045	1,144,071	33,510,163	-0.75%	2.23%
2046	1,135,101	34,248,030	-0.78%	2.2%
2047	1,125,881	34,996,366	-0.81%	2.19%
2048	1,116,431	35,743,960	-0.84%	2.14%
2049	1,106,794	36,474,683	-0.86%	2.04%
2050	1,097,042	37,206,497	-0.88%	2.01%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Mauritius increased by 34,625 people (a 2.82% growth), while Somalia gained 3,162,735 people (a 29.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Mauritius lost -6,230 (a 0.49% decline), while Somalia's population increased by 6,370,843 (a 46.1% growth).

Mauritius was ranked 151st most populous country in 2005 and is 157th in 2025. Somalia was ranked 75th in 2005 and ranked 66th 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 Somalia will increase by 84.4% to 37,206,497 people and rank change from 66th to 57th.