The latest officially reported population of Mauritius was 1,259,509 in 2024 vs 51,751,065 people in South Korea in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Mauritius' population is 1,256,649 people compared to 51,700,480 in South Korea.
Population statistics:
- South Korea's population is 41.1 times bigger than Mauritius'.
- Mauritius is ranked the 157th most populous country in the world, while South Korea is the 31st.
- The countries together account for 0.64% of the world: 0.02% for Mauritius vs 0.63% for South Korea.
- For the last 10 years, Mauritius has had an average growth rate of +0.004% per year vs +0.24% in South Korea.
- Since 2005, the population of Mauritius has increased from 1.23M people to 1.26M (2.31% growth), while South Korea has grown from 48.2M to 51.7M (7.3% growth).
- Both countries are in a period of decline and in 50 years are projected to lose 33.8% of the population in Mauritius and 38.1% in South Korea.
Mauritius vs South Korea: live population counter
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| Current population |
1256649
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51700480
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| Population rank | 157/197 | 31/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.02% | 0.63% |
| One net population change |
5.72 hours
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13.7 minutes
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| One birth every |
40.9 minutes
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2.26 minutes
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| One death every |
44.3 minutes
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1.69 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
3.14 hours
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6.92 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -2,787 | +75,963 |
| Daily growth/decline | -4 | +105 |
| Annual growth/decline | -1,532 | +38,446 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.12% | +0.07% |
| Population growth rate rank | 172/197 | 159/197 |
Mauritius and South Korea: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 680,331 | 25,012,374 | - | - |
| 1961 | 680,757 | 25,765,673 | 0.06% | 3.01% |
| 1962 | 700,349 | 26,513,030 | 2.88% | 2.9% |
| 1963 | 718,861 | 27,261,747 | 2.64% | 2.82% |
| 1964 | 736,381 | 27,984,155 | 2.44% | 2.65% |
| 1965 | 753,000 | 28,704,674 | 2.26% | 2.57% |
| 1966 | 768,813 | 29,435,571 | 2.1% | 2.55% |
| 1967 | 783,917 | 30,130,983 | 1.96% | 2.36% |
| 1968 | 798,413 | 30,838,302 | 1.85% | 2.35% |
| 1969 | 812,405 | 31,544,266 | 1.75% | 2.29% |
| 1970 | 826,000 | 32,240,827 | 1.67% | 2.21% |
| 1971 | 839,230 | 32,882,704 | 1.6% | 1.99% |
| 1972 | 852,053 | 33,505,406 | 1.53% | 1.89% |
| 1973 | 864,819 | 34,103,149 | 1.5% | 1.78% |
| 1974 | 878,042 | 34,692,266 | 1.53% | 1.73% |
| 1975 | 892,000 | 35,280,725 | 1.59% | 1.7% |
| 1976 | 906,507 | 35,848,523 | 1.63% | 1.61% |
| 1977 | 921,379 | 36,411,795 | 1.64% | 1.57% |
| 1978 | 933,499 | 36,969,185 | 1.32% | 1.53% |
| 1979 | 949,888 | 37,534,236 | 1.76% | 1.53% |
| 1980 | 966,039 | 38,123,775 | 1.7% | 1.57% |
| 1981 | 980,462 | 38,723,248 | 1.49% | 1.57% |
| 1982 | 992,521 | 39,326,352 | 1.23% | 1.56% |
| 1983 | 1,001,691 | 39,910,403 | 0.92% | 1.49% |
| 1984 | 1,012,221 | 40,405,956 | 1.05% | 1.24% |
| 1985 | 1,020,528 | 40,805,744 | 0.82% | 0.99% |
| 1986 | 1,028,360 | 41,213,674 | 0.77% | 1% |
| 1987 | 1,036,082 | 41,621,690 | 0.75% | 0.99% |
| 1988 | 1,043,239 | 42,031,247 | 0.69% | 0.98% |
| 1989 | 1,051,260 | 42,449,038 | 0.77% | 0.99% |
| 1990 | 1,058,775 | 42,869,283 | 0.71% | 0.99% |
| 1991 | 1,070,266 | 43,295,704 | 1.09% | 0.99% |
| 1992 | 1,084,441 | 43,747,962 | 1.32% | 1.04% |
| 1993 | 1,097,374 | 44,194,628 | 1.19% | 1.02% |
| 1994 | 1,112,846 | 44,641,540 | 1.41% | 1.01% |
| 1995 | 1,122,457 | 45,092,991 | 0.86% | 1.01% |
| 1996 | 1,133,996 | 45,524,681 | 1.03% | 0.96% |
| 1997 | 1,148,284 | 45,953,580 | 1.26% | 0.94% |
| 1998 | 1,160,421 | 46,286,503 | 1.06% | 0.72% |
| 1999 | 1,175,267 | 46,616,677 | 1.28% | 0.71% |
| 2000 | 1,186,873 | 47,008,111 | 0.99% | 0.84% |
| 2001 | 1,196,287 | 47,370,164 | 0.79% | 0.77% |
| 2002 | 1,204,621 | 47,644,736 | 0.7% | 0.58% |
| 2003 | 1,213,370 | 47,892,330 | 0.73% | 0.52% |
| 2004 | 1,221,003 | 48,082,519 | 0.63% | 0.4% |
| 2005 | 1,228,254 | 48,184,561 | 0.59% | 0.21% |
| 2006 | 1,233,996 | 48,438,292 | 0.47% | 0.53% |
| 2007 | 1,239,630 | 48,683,638 | 0.46% | 0.51% |
| 2008 | 1,244,121 | 49,054,708 | 0.36% | 0.76% |
| 2009 | 1,247,429 | 49,307,835 | 0.27% | 0.52% |
| 2010 | 1,250,400 | 49,554,112 | 0.24% | 0.5% |
| 2011 | 1,252,404 | 49,936,638 | 0.16% | 0.77% |
| 2012 | 1,255,882 | 50,199,853 | 0.28% | 0.53% |
| 2013 | 1,258,927 | 50,428,893 | 0.24% | 0.46% |
| 2014 | 1,261,208 | 50,746,659 | 0.18% | 0.63% |
| 2015 | 1,262,879 | 51,014,947 | 0.13% | 0.53% |
| 2016 | 1,263,747 | 51,217,803 | 0.07% | 0.4% |
| 2017 | 1,264,887 | 51,361,911 | 0.09% | 0.28% |
| 2018 | 1,265,577 | 51,585,058 | 0.05% | 0.43% |
| 2019 | 1,265,985 | 51,764,822 | 0.03% | 0.35% |
| 2020 | 1,266,014 | 51,836,239 | 0.002% | 0.14% |
| 2021 | 1,266,334 | 51,769,539 | 0.03% | -0.13% |
| 2022 | 1,262,523 | 51,672,569 | -0.3% | -0.19% |
| 2023 | 1,261,041 | 51,712,619 | -0.12% | 0.08% |
| 2024 | 1,259,509 | 51,751,065 | -0.12% | 0.07% |
| 2025 | 1,256,649 | 51,700,480 | -0.23% | -0.1% |
| 2026 | 1,253,457 | 51,633,793 | -0.25% | -0.13% |
| 2027 | 1,250,062 | 51,552,198 | -0.27% | -0.16% |
| 2028 | 1,246,502 | 51,456,707 | -0.28% | -0.19% |
| 2029 | 1,242,774 | 51,347,230 | -0.3% | -0.21% |
| 2030 | 1,238,963 | 51,221,713 | -0.31% | -0.24% |
| 2031 | 1,234,965 | 51,081,220 | -0.32% | -0.27% |
| 2032 | 1,230,623 | 50,924,233 | -0.35% | -0.31% |
| 2033 | 1,225,970 | 50,747,132 | -0.38% | -0.35% |
| 2034 | 1,220,995 | 50,549,508 | -0.41% | -0.39% |
| 2035 | 1,215,701 | 50,333,286 | -0.43% | -0.43% |
| 2036 | 1,210,085 | 50,098,951 | -0.46% | -0.47% |
| 2037 | 1,204,158 | 49,845,669 | -0.49% | -0.51% |
| 2038 | 1,197,926 | 49,573,234 | -0.52% | -0.55% |
| 2039 | 1,191,299 | 49,283,770 | -0.55% | -0.58% |
| 2040 | 1,184,262 | 48,980,369 | -0.59% | -0.62% |
| 2041 | 1,176,870 | 48,661,905 | -0.62% | -0.65% |
| 2042 | 1,169,165 | 48,331,004 | -0.65% | -0.68% |
| 2043 | 1,161,119 | 47,990,085 | -0.69% | -0.71% |
| 2044 | 1,152,733 | 47,634,183 | -0.72% | -0.74% |
| 2045 | 1,144,071 | 47,263,526 | -0.75% | -0.78% |
| 2046 | 1,135,101 | 46,881,228 | -0.78% | -0.81% |
| 2047 | 1,125,881 | 46,482,133 | -0.81% | -0.85% |
| 2048 | 1,116,431 | 46,063,595 | -0.84% | -0.9% |
| 2049 | 1,106,794 | 45,626,805 | -0.86% | -0.95% |
| 2050 | 1,097,042 | 45,172,356 | -0.88% | -1% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Mauritius increased by 34,625 people (a 2.82% growth), while South Korea gained 2,830,386 people (a 5.87% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Mauritius lost -6,230 (a 0.49% decline), while South Korea's population increased by 685,533 (a 1.34% growth).
Mauritius was ranked 151st most populous country in 2005 and is 157th in 2025. South Korea was ranked 25th in 2005 and ranked 31st 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 Korea will decrease by 12.6% to 45,172,356 people and rank change from 31st to 48th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Port Louis | 149K |
| Quatre Bornes | 81.8K |
| Curepipe | 77.5K |
| Triolet | 23.4K |
| Goodlands | 20.7K |
| Centre de Flacq | 15.8K |
| Mahebourg | 15.8K |
| Bambous | 15.3K |
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Population differences between Mauritius and South Korea
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| Life expectancy | 75.3 years | 84.5 years |
| Average age | 39.2 years | 44.8 years |
| Median age | 38.5 years | 46.1 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.9:50.1 | 49.9:50.1 |
| Fertility rate | 1.39 births per woman | 0.72 births per woman |
| Population density | 1,634 ppl/mi² | 1,373 ppl/mi² |
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