Population in Mauritius compared to Sri Lanka: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Mauritius and Sri Lanka: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Mauritius	Sri Lanka	Mauritius	Sri Lanka
1960	680,331	9,661,389	-	-
1961	680,757	9,899,372	0.06%	2.46%
1962	700,349	10,143,754	2.88%	2.47%
1963	718,861	10,395,040	2.64%	2.48%
1964	736,381	10,653,397	2.44%	2.49%
1965	753,000	10,916,965	2.26%	2.47%
1966	768,813	11,183,928	2.1%	2.45%
1967	783,917	11,457,328	1.96%	2.44%
1968	798,413	11,736,088	1.85%	2.43%
1969	812,405	12,013,858	1.75%	2.37%
1970	826,000	12,287,110	1.67%	2.27%
1971	839,230	12,551,910	1.6%	2.16%
1972	852,053	12,809,205	1.53%	2.05%
1973	864,819	13,060,916	1.5%	1.97%
1974	878,042	13,305,693	1.53%	1.87%
1975	892,000	13,548,984	1.59%	1.83%
1976	906,507	13,796,770	1.63%	1.83%
1977	921,379	14,049,371	1.64%	1.83%
1978	933,499	14,310,128	1.32%	1.86%
1979	949,888	14,579,614	1.76%	1.88%
1980	966,039	14,847,974	1.7%	1.84%
1981	980,462	15,099,414	1.49%	1.69%
1982	992,521	15,286,567	1.23%	1.24%
1983	1,001,691	15,388,794	0.92%	0.67%
1984	1,012,221	15,441,860	1.05%	0.34%
1985	1,020,528	15,544,154	0.82%	0.66%
1986	1,028,360	15,731,256	0.77%	1.2%
1987	1,036,082	15,916,576	0.75%	1.18%
1988	1,043,239	16,078,621	0.69%	1.02%
1989	1,051,260	16,248,557	0.77%	1.06%
1990	1,058,775	16,352,458	0.71%	0.64%
1991	1,070,266	16,475,354	1.09%	0.75%
1992	1,084,441	16,739,284	1.32%	1.6%
1993	1,097,374	17,025,918	1.19%	1.71%
1994	1,112,846	17,275,773	1.41%	1.47%
1995	1,122,457	17,564,068	0.86%	1.67%
1996	1,133,996	17,905,018	1.03%	1.94%
1997	1,148,284	18,248,200	1.26%	1.92%
1998	1,160,421	18,596,003	1.06%	1.91%
1999	1,175,267	18,944,731	1.28%	1.88%
2000	1,186,873	19,293,054	0.99%	1.84%
2001	1,196,287	19,600,362	0.79%	1.59%
2002	1,204,621	19,805,752	0.7%	1.05%
2003	1,213,370	19,951,521	0.73%	0.74%
2004	1,221,003	20,087,605	0.63%	0.68%
2005	1,228,254	20,216,524	0.59%	0.64%
2006	1,233,996	20,352,411	0.47%	0.67%
2007	1,239,630	20,492,545	0.46%	0.69%
2008	1,244,121	20,629,378	0.36%	0.67%
2009	1,247,429	20,756,435	0.27%	0.62%
2010	1,250,400	20,879,089	0.24%	0.59%
2011	1,252,404	21,009,048	0.16%	0.62%
2012	1,255,882	21,169,458	0.28%	0.76%
2013	1,258,927	20,585,000	0.24%	-2.76%
2014	1,261,208	20,778,000	0.18%	0.94%
2015	1,262,879	20,970,000	0.13%	0.92%
2016	1,263,747	21,209,000	0.07%	1.14%
2017	1,264,887	21,453,000	0.09%	1.15%
2018	1,265,577	21,670,000	0.05%	1.01%
2019	1,265,985	21,803,000	0.03%	0.61%
2020	1,266,014	21,919,000	0.002%	0.53%
2021	1,266,334	22,156,000	0.03%	1.08%
2022	1,262,523	22,181,000	-0.3%	0.11%
2023	1,248,647	22,037,000	-1.1%	-0.65%
2024	1,245,779	21,916,000	-0.23%	-0.55%
2025	1,242,950	22,035,440	-0.23%	0.54%
2026	1,239,793	22,148,172	-0.25%	0.51%
2027	1,236,435	22,255,601	-0.27%	0.49%
2028	1,232,914	22,357,682	-0.28%	0.46%
2029	1,229,227	22,453,922	-0.3%	0.43%
2030	1,225,457	22,546,245	-0.31%	0.41%
2031	1,221,502	22,635,106	-0.32%	0.39%
2032	1,217,208	22,720,118	-0.35%	0.38%
2033	1,212,606	22,802,043	-0.38%	0.36%
2034	1,207,685	22,879,527	-0.41%	0.34%
2035	1,202,449	22,952,739	-0.43%	0.32%
2036	1,196,894	23,022,027	-0.46%	0.3%
2037	1,191,031	23,088,877	-0.49%	0.29%
2038	1,184,867	23,152,480	-0.52%	0.28%
2039	1,178,313	23,211,633	-0.55%	0.26%
2040	1,171,352	23,265,986	-0.59%	0.23%
2041	1,164,041	23,315,260	-0.62%	0.21%
2042	1,156,420	23,359,578	-0.65%	0.19%
2043	1,148,461	23,398,752	-0.69%	0.17%
2044	1,140,167	23,433,096	-0.72%	0.15%
2045	1,131,600	23,464,943	-0.75%	0.14%
2046	1,122,728	23,492,738	-0.78%	0.12%
2047	1,113,607	23,512,629	-0.81%	0.08%
2048	1,104,261	23,525,953	-0.84%	0.06%
2049	1,094,728	23,533,940	-0.86%	0.03%
2050	1,085,083	23,538,230	-0.88%	0.02%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Mauritius increased by 29,751 people (a 2.41% growth), while Sri Lanka gained 856,589 people (a 4.21% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Mauritius lost -23,954 (a 1.9% decline), while Sri Lanka's population increased by 940,346 (a 4.43% growth).

Mauritius was ranked 151st most populous country in 2006 and is 157th in 2026. Sri Lanka was ranked 55th in 2006 and ranked 63rd 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 Sri Lanka will increase by 6.27% to 23,538,230 people and rank change from 63rd to 70th.