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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Mauritius	Suriname	Mauritius	Suriname
1960	680,331	263,918	-	-
1961	680,757	272,791	0.06%	3.36%
1962	700,349	283,912	2.88%	4.08%
1963	718,861	297,034	2.64%	4.62%
1964	736,381	309,041	2.44%	4.04%
1965	753,000	320,000	2.26%	3.55%
1966	768,813	331,135	2.1%	3.48%
1967	783,917	342,679	1.96%	3.49%
1968	798,413	354,616	1.85%	3.48%
1969	812,405	366,906	1.75%	3.47%
1970	826,000	379,442	1.67%	3.42%
1971	839,230	391,932	1.6%	3.29%
1972	852,053	397,413	1.53%	1.4%
1973	864,819	395,772	1.5%	-0.41%
1974	878,042	393,676	1.53%	-0.53%
1975	892,000	391,170	1.59%	-0.64%
1976	906,507	388,289	1.63%	-0.74%
1977	921,379	385,067	1.64%	-0.83%
1978	933,499	381,502	1.32%	-0.93%
1979	949,888	377,602	1.76%	-1.02%
1980	966,039	375,377	1.7%	-0.59%
1981	980,462	375,459	1.49%	0.02%
1982	992,521	376,555	1.23%	0.29%
1983	1,001,691	378,746	0.92%	0.58%
1984	1,012,221	382,193	1.05%	0.91%
1985	1,020,528	386,972	0.82%	1.25%
1986	1,028,360	392,330	0.77%	1.38%
1987	1,036,082	396,911	0.75%	1.17%
1988	1,043,239	402,227	0.69%	1.34%
1989	1,051,260	408,409	0.77%	1.54%
1990	1,058,775	412,493	0.71%	1%
1991	1,070,266	415,013	1.09%	0.61%
1992	1,084,441	417,589	1.32%	0.62%
1993	1,097,374	419,352	1.19%	0.42%
1994	1,112,846	422,375	1.41%	0.72%
1995	1,122,457	429,606	0.86%	1.71%
1996	1,133,996	438,830	1.03%	2.15%
1997	1,148,284	448,067	1.26%	2.1%
1998	1,160,421	457,406	1.06%	2.08%
1999	1,175,267	466,916	1.28%	2.08%
2000	1,186,873	476,643	0.99%	2.08%
2001	1,196,287	486,560	0.79%	2.08%
2002	1,204,621	496,551	0.7%	2.05%
2003	1,213,370	506,414	0.73%	1.99%
2004	1,221,003	513,923	0.63%	1.48%
2005	1,228,254	519,313	0.59%	1.05%
2006	1,233,996	524,997	0.47%	1.09%
2007	1,239,630	531,016	0.46%	1.15%
2008	1,244,121	537,245	0.36%	1.17%
2009	1,247,429	543,568	0.27%	1.18%
2010	1,250,400	549,923	0.24%	1.17%
2011	1,252,404	556,269	0.16%	1.15%
2012	1,255,882	562,633	0.28%	1.14%
2013	1,258,927	569,020	0.24%	1.14%
2014	1,261,208	575,373	0.18%	1.12%
2015	1,262,879	581,627	0.13%	1.09%
2016	1,263,747	587,757	0.07%	1.05%
2017	1,264,887	593,713	0.09%	1.01%
2018	1,265,577	599,513	0.05%	0.98%
2019	1,265,985	605,768	0.03%	1.04%
2020	1,266,014	612,317	0.002%	1.08%
2021	1,266,334	617,896	0.03%	0.91%
2022	1,262,523	623,164	-0.3%	0.85%
2023	1,248,647	628,886	-1.1%	0.92%
2024	1,245,779	634,431	-0.23%	0.88%
2025	1,242,950	639,852	-0.23%	0.85%
2026	1,239,793	645,257	-0.25%	0.84%
2027	1,236,435	650,564	-0.27%	0.82%
2028	1,232,914	655,783	-0.28%	0.8%
2029	1,229,227	660,793	-0.3%	0.76%
2030	1,225,457	665,650	-0.31%	0.74%
2031	1,221,502	670,421	-0.32%	0.72%
2032	1,217,208	675,070	-0.35%	0.69%
2033	1,212,606	679,573	-0.38%	0.67%
2034	1,207,685	683,911	-0.41%	0.64%
2035	1,202,449	688,189	-0.43%	0.63%
2036	1,196,894	692,343	-0.46%	0.6%
2037	1,191,031	696,213	-0.49%	0.56%
2038	1,184,867	699,908	-0.52%	0.53%
2039	1,178,313	703,569	-0.55%	0.52%
2040	1,171,352	707,156	-0.59%	0.51%
2041	1,164,041	710,619	-0.62%	0.49%
2042	1,156,420	713,900	-0.65%	0.46%
2043	1,148,461	716,999	-0.69%	0.43%
2044	1,140,167	719,920	-0.72%	0.41%
2045	1,131,600	722,759	-0.75%	0.39%
2046	1,122,728	725,322	-0.78%	0.35%
2047	1,113,607	727,726	-0.81%	0.33%
2048	1,104,261	730,038	-0.84%	0.32%
2049	1,094,728	732,021	-0.86%	0.27%
2050	1,085,083	733,898	-0.88%	0.26%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Mauritius increased by 29,751 people (a 2.41% growth), while Suriname gained 62,760 people (a 12% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Mauritius lost -23,954 (a 1.9% decline), while Suriname's population increased by 57,558 (a 9.79% growth).

Mauritius was ranked 151st most populous country in 2006 and is 157th in 2026. Suriname was ranked 164th in 2006 and ranked 165th 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 Suriname will increase by 13.7% to 733,898 people and will still be ranked 165th.