Population in Mauritius compared to South Africa: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Mauritius and South Africa: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Mauritius	South Africa	Mauritius	South Africa
1960	680,331	16,440,172	-	-
1961	680,757	16,908,035	0.06%	2.85%
1962	700,349	17,418,522	2.88%	3.02%
1963	718,861	17,954,564	2.64%	3.08%
1964	736,381	18,511,361	2.44%	3.1%
1965	753,000	19,089,380	2.26%	3.12%
1966	768,813	19,690,087	2.1%	3.15%
1967	783,917	20,314,066	1.96%	3.17%
1968	798,413	20,957,287	1.85%	3.17%
1969	812,405	21,614,676	1.75%	3.14%
1970	826,000	22,279,984	1.67%	3.08%
1971	839,230	22,942,143	1.6%	2.97%
1972	852,053	23,609,456	1.53%	2.91%
1973	864,819	24,294,263	1.5%	2.9%
1974	878,042	24,989,108	1.53%	2.86%
1975	892,000	25,690,940	1.59%	2.81%
1976	906,507	26,395,450	1.63%	2.74%
1977	921,379	27,118,952	1.64%	2.74%
1978	933,499	27,869,507	1.32%	2.77%
1979	949,888	28,634,162	1.76%	2.74%
1980	966,039	29,518,857	1.7%	3.09%
1981	980,462	30,541,044	1.49%	3.46%
1982	992,521	31,615,339	1.23%	3.52%
1983	1,001,691	32,739,304	0.92%	3.56%
1984	1,012,221	33,892,788	1.05%	3.52%
1985	1,020,528	35,042,093	0.82%	3.39%
1986	1,028,360	36,180,515	0.77%	3.25%
1987	1,036,082	37,326,190	0.75%	3.17%
1988	1,043,239	38,480,649	0.69%	3.09%
1989	1,051,260	39,628,575	0.77%	2.98%
1990	1,058,775	40,746,268	0.71%	2.82%
1991	1,070,266	41,687,898	1.09%	2.31%
1992	1,084,441	42,443,509	1.32%	1.81%
1993	1,097,374	43,297,156	1.19%	2.01%
1994	1,112,846	44,004,139	1.41%	1.63%
1995	1,122,457	44,541,554	0.86%	1.22%
1996	1,133,996	45,123,018	1.03%	1.31%
1997	1,148,284	45,666,838	1.26%	1.21%
1998	1,160,421	46,223,880	1.06%	1.22%
1999	1,175,267	46,730,335	1.28%	1.1%
2000	1,186,873	47,159,719	0.99%	0.92%
2001	1,196,287	47,566,800	0.79%	0.86%
2002	1,204,621	48,019,415	0.7%	0.95%
2003	1,213,370	48,500,348	0.73%	1%
2004	1,221,003	48,991,421	0.63%	1.01%
2005	1,228,254	49,490,033	0.59%	1.02%
2006	1,233,996	49,998,277	0.47%	1.03%
2007	1,239,630	50,528,584	0.46%	1.06%
2008	1,244,121	51,114,599	0.36%	1.16%
2009	1,247,429	51,728,516	0.27%	1.2%
2010	1,250,400	52,344,051	0.24%	1.19%
2011	1,252,404	52,995,205	0.16%	1.24%
2012	1,255,882	53,782,567	0.28%	1.49%
2013	1,258,927	54,678,791	0.24%	1.67%
2014	1,261,208	55,594,838	0.18%	1.68%
2015	1,262,879	56,723,537	0.13%	2.03%
2016	1,263,747	57,259,551	0.07%	0.94%
2017	1,264,887	57,635,162	0.09%	0.66%
2018	1,265,577	58,613,001	0.05%	1.7%
2019	1,265,985	59,587,885	0.03%	1.66%
2020	1,266,014	60,562,381	0.002%	1.64%
2021	1,266,334	61,502,603	0.03%	1.55%
2022	1,262,523	62,378,410	-0.3%	1.42%
2023	1,261,041	63,212,384	-0.12%	1.34%
2024	1,259,509	64,007,187	-0.12%	1.26%
2025	1,256,649	64,747,317	-0.23%	1.16%
2026	1,253,457	65,453,086	-0.25%	1.09%
2027	1,250,062	66,143,018	-0.27%	1.05%
2028	1,246,502	66,830,384	-0.28%	1.04%
2029	1,242,774	67,506,850	-0.3%	1.01%
2030	1,238,963	68,161,357	-0.31%	0.97%
2031	1,234,965	68,798,574	-0.32%	0.93%
2032	1,230,623	69,426,441	-0.35%	0.91%
2033	1,225,970	70,040,484	-0.38%	0.88%
2034	1,220,995	70,641,572	-0.41%	0.86%
2035	1,215,701	71,234,749	-0.43%	0.84%
2036	1,210,085	71,816,372	-0.46%	0.82%
2037	1,204,158	72,387,807	-0.49%	0.8%
2038	1,197,926	72,949,611	-0.52%	0.78%
2039	1,191,299	73,496,152	-0.55%	0.75%
2040	1,184,262	74,035,615	-0.59%	0.73%
2041	1,176,870	74,575,444	-0.62%	0.73%
2042	1,169,165	75,111,899	-0.65%	0.72%
2043	1,161,119	75,641,512	-0.69%	0.71%
2044	1,152,733	76,164,461	-0.72%	0.69%
2045	1,144,071	76,681,448	-0.75%	0.68%
2046	1,135,101	77,199,542	-0.78%	0.68%
2047	1,125,881	77,716,650	-0.81%	0.67%
2048	1,116,431	78,215,323	-0.84%	0.64%
2049	1,106,794	78,699,584	-0.86%	0.62%
2050	1,097,042	79,177,329	-0.88%	0.61%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Mauritius increased by 34,625 people (a 2.82% growth), while South Africa gained 7,233,504 people (a 14.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Mauritius lost -6,230 (a 0.49% decline), while South Africa's population increased by 8,590,709 (a 15.1% growth).

Mauritius was ranked 151st most populous country in 2005 and is 157th in 2025. South Africa was ranked 24th in 2005 and still ranked 24th 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 South Africa will increase by 21.2% to 79,177,329 people and rank change from 24th to 23rd.