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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Mauritius	Spain	Mauritius	Spain
1960	680,331	30,455,000	-	-
1961	680,757	30,739,250	0.06%	0.93%
1962	700,349	31,023,366	2.88%	0.92%
1963	718,861	31,296,651	2.64%	0.88%
1964	736,381	31,609,195	2.44%	1%
1965	753,000	31,954,292	2.26%	1.09%
1966	768,813	32,283,194	2.1%	1.03%
1967	783,917	32,682,947	1.96%	1.24%
1968	798,413	33,113,134	1.85%	1.32%
1969	812,405	33,441,054	1.75%	0.99%
1970	826,000	33,814,531	1.67%	1.12%
1971	839,230	34,224,490	1.6%	1.21%
1972	852,053	34,604,469	1.53%	1.11%
1973	864,819	34,988,947	1.5%	1.11%
1974	878,042	35,373,335	1.53%	1.1%
1975	892,000	35,757,900	1.59%	1.09%
1976	906,507	36,137,812	1.63%	1.06%
1977	921,379	36,511,638	1.64%	1.03%
1978	933,499	36,864,898	1.32%	0.97%
1979	949,888	37,191,330	1.76%	0.89%
1980	966,039	37,491,165	1.7%	0.81%
1981	980,462	37,758,631	1.49%	0.71%
1982	992,521	37,986,012	1.23%	0.6%
1983	1,001,691	38,171,525	0.92%	0.49%
1984	1,012,221	38,330,364	1.05%	0.42%
1985	1,020,528	38,469,512	0.82%	0.36%
1986	1,028,360	38,584,624	0.77%	0.3%
1987	1,036,082	38,684,815	0.75%	0.26%
1988	1,043,239	38,766,939	0.69%	0.21%
1989	1,051,260	38,827,764	0.77%	0.16%
1990	1,058,775	38,867,322	0.71%	0.1%
1991	1,070,266	38,966,376	1.09%	0.25%
1992	1,084,441	39,157,685	1.32%	0.49%
1993	1,097,374	39,361,262	1.19%	0.52%
1994	1,112,846	39,549,108	1.41%	0.48%
1995	1,122,457	39,724,050	0.86%	0.44%
1996	1,133,996	39,889,852	1.03%	0.42%
1997	1,148,284	40,057,389	1.26%	0.42%
1998	1,160,421	40,223,509	1.06%	0.41%
1999	1,175,267	40,386,875	1.28%	0.41%
2000	1,186,873	40,567,864	0.99%	0.45%
2001	1,196,287	40,850,412	0.79%	0.7%
2002	1,204,621	41,431,558	0.7%	1.42%
2003	1,213,370	42,187,645	0.73%	1.82%
2004	1,221,003	42,921,895	0.63%	1.74%
2005	1,228,254	43,653,155	0.59%	1.7%
2006	1,233,996	44,397,319	0.47%	1.7%
2007	1,239,630	45,226,803	0.46%	1.87%
2008	1,244,121	45,954,106	0.36%	1.61%
2009	1,247,429	46,362,946	0.27%	0.89%
2010	1,250,400	46,576,897	0.24%	0.46%
2011	1,252,404	46,742,697	0.16%	0.36%
2012	1,255,882	46,773,055	0.28%	0.06%
2013	1,258,927	46,604,197	0.24%	-0.36%
2014	1,261,208	46,460,733	0.18%	-0.31%
2015	1,262,879	46,422,303	0.13%	-0.08%
2016	1,263,747	46,458,139	0.07%	0.08%
2017	1,264,887	46,571,232	0.09%	0.24%
2018	1,265,577	46,782,011	0.05%	0.45%
2019	1,265,985	47,118,501	0.03%	0.72%
2020	1,266,014	47,359,424	0.002%	0.51%
2021	1,266,334	47,443,821	0.03%	0.18%
2022	1,262,523	47,786,102	-0.3%	0.72%
2023	1,248,647	48,352,528	-1.1%	1.19%
2024	1,245,779	48,848,840	-0.23%	1.03%
2025	1,242,950	48,827,866	-0.23%	-0.04%
2026	1,239,793	48,787,930	-0.25%	-0.08%
2027	1,236,435	48,738,456	-0.27%	-0.1%
2028	1,232,914	48,683,694	-0.28%	-0.11%
2029	1,229,227	48,619,674	-0.3%	-0.13%
2030	1,225,457	48,542,955	-0.31%	-0.16%
2031	1,221,502	48,454,221	-0.32%	-0.18%
2032	1,217,208	48,362,482	-0.35%	-0.19%
2033	1,212,606	48,271,264	-0.38%	-0.19%
2034	1,207,685	48,177,551	-0.41%	-0.19%
2035	1,202,449	48,077,695	-0.43%	-0.21%
2036	1,196,894	47,970,911	-0.46%	-0.22%
2037	1,191,031	47,860,116	-0.49%	-0.23%
2038	1,184,867	47,747,343	-0.52%	-0.24%
2039	1,178,313	47,629,540	-0.55%	-0.25%
2040	1,171,352	47,504,152	-0.59%	-0.26%
2041	1,164,041	47,373,061	-0.62%	-0.28%
2042	1,156,420	47,234,914	-0.65%	-0.29%
2043	1,148,461	47,092,497	-0.69%	-0.3%
2044	1,140,167	46,942,712	-0.72%	-0.32%
2045	1,131,600	46,778,501	-0.75%	-0.35%
2046	1,122,728	46,604,170	-0.78%	-0.37%
2047	1,113,607	46,421,312	-0.81%	-0.39%
2048	1,104,261	46,230,109	-0.84%	-0.41%
2049	1,094,728	46,024,720	-0.86%	-0.44%
2050	1,085,083	45,808,469	-0.88%	-0.47%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Mauritius increased by 29,751 people (a 2.41% growth), while Spain gained 2,060,820 people (a 4.64% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Mauritius lost -23,954 (a 1.9% decline), while Spain's population increased by 2,329,791 (a 5.01% growth).

Mauritius was ranked 151st most populous country in 2006 and is 157th in 2026. Spain was ranked 28th in 2006 and ranked 32nd 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 Spain will decrease by 6.11% to 45,808,469 people and rank change from 32nd to 47th.