The latest officially reported population of Mauritius was 1,259,509 in 2024 vs 10,590,927 people in Tajikistan in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Mauritius' population is 1,256,649 people compared to 10,940,854 in Tajikistan.
Population statistics:
- Tajikistan's population is 8.71 times bigger than Mauritius'.
- Mauritius is ranked the 157th most populous country in the world, while Tajikistan is the 88th.
- The countries together account for 0.15% of the world: 0.02% for Mauritius vs 0.13% for Tajikistan.
- For the last 10 years, Mauritius has had an average growth rate of +0.004% per year vs +2.33% in Tajikistan.
- Since 2005, the population of Mauritius has increased from 1.23M people to 1.26M (2.31% growth), while Tajikistan has grown from 6.92M to 10.9M (58% growth).
- Tajikistan is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 20.2M people, while Mauritius' population already peaked in 2021 at 1.27M people and is projected to decrease to 576K people by 2100.
Mauritius vs Tajikistan: live population counter
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| Current population |
1256649
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10940854
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| Population rank | 157/197 | 88/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.02% | 0.13% |
| One net population change |
5.72 hours
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2.61 minutes
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| One birth every |
40.9 minutes
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1.94 minutes
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| One death every |
44.3 minutes
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11 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
3.14 hours
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24.8 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -2,787 | -21,236 |
| Daily growth/decline | -4 | +551 |
| Annual growth/decline | -1,532 | +201,128 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.12% | +1.94% |
| Population growth rate rank | 172/197 | 57/197 |
Mauritius and Tajikistan: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 680,331 | 2,112,131 | - | - |
| 1961 | 680,757 | 2,181,805 | 0.06% | 3.3% |
| 1962 | 700,349 | 2,255,026 | 2.88% | 3.36% |
| 1963 | 718,861 | 2,331,736 | 2.64% | 3.4% |
| 1964 | 736,381 | 2,411,260 | 2.44% | 3.41% |
| 1965 | 753,000 | 2,492,998 | 2.26% | 3.39% |
| 1966 | 768,813 | 2,577,184 | 2.1% | 3.38% |
| 1967 | 783,917 | 2,664,130 | 1.96% | 3.37% |
| 1968 | 798,413 | 2,753,848 | 1.85% | 3.37% |
| 1969 | 812,405 | 2,845,273 | 1.75% | 3.32% |
| 1970 | 826,000 | 2,936,779 | 1.67% | 3.22% |
| 1971 | 839,230 | 3,028,837 | 1.6% | 3.13% |
| 1972 | 852,053 | 3,123,691 | 1.53% | 3.13% |
| 1973 | 864,819 | 3,222,290 | 1.5% | 3.16% |
| 1974 | 878,042 | 3,324,499 | 1.53% | 3.17% |
| 1975 | 892,000 | 3,430,425 | 1.59% | 3.19% |
| 1976 | 906,507 | 3,540,076 | 1.63% | 3.2% |
| 1977 | 921,379 | 3,653,265 | 1.64% | 3.2% |
| 1978 | 933,499 | 3,768,508 | 1.32% | 3.15% |
| 1979 | 949,888 | 3,882,691 | 1.76% | 3.03% |
| 1980 | 966,039 | 3,995,256 | 1.7% | 2.9% |
| 1981 | 980,462 | 4,109,022 | 1.49% | 2.85% |
| 1982 | 992,521 | 4,227,171 | 1.23% | 2.88% |
| 1983 | 1,001,691 | 4,350,874 | 0.92% | 2.93% |
| 1984 | 1,012,221 | 4,480,026 | 1.05% | 2.97% |
| 1985 | 1,020,528 | 4,619,003 | 0.82% | 3.1% |
| 1986 | 1,028,360 | 4,772,139 | 0.77% | 3.32% |
| 1987 | 1,036,082 | 4,939,059 | 0.75% | 3.5% |
| 1988 | 1,043,239 | 5,114,989 | 0.69% | 3.56% |
| 1989 | 1,051,260 | 5,267,249 | 0.77% | 2.98% |
| 1990 | 1,058,775 | 5,398,768 | 0.71% | 2.5% |
| 1991 | 1,070,266 | 5,541,205 | 1.09% | 2.64% |
| 1992 | 1,084,441 | 5,649,400 | 1.32% | 1.95% |
| 1993 | 1,097,374 | 5,724,993 | 1.19% | 1.34% |
| 1994 | 1,112,846 | 5,825,368 | 1.41% | 1.75% |
| 1995 | 1,122,457 | 5,948,584 | 0.86% | 2.12% |
| 1996 | 1,133,996 | 6,066,523 | 1.03% | 1.98% |
| 1997 | 1,148,284 | 6,139,829 | 1.26% | 1.21% |
| 1998 | 1,160,421 | 6,176,397 | 1.06% | 0.6% |
| 1999 | 1,175,267 | 6,208,370 | 1.28% | 0.52% |
| 2000 | 1,186,873 | 6,284,735 | 0.99% | 1.23% |
| 2001 | 1,196,287 | 6,407,377 | 0.79% | 1.95% |
| 2002 | 1,204,621 | 6,531,669 | 0.7% | 1.94% |
| 2003 | 1,213,370 | 6,658,575 | 0.73% | 1.94% |
| 2004 | 1,221,003 | 6,790,547 | 0.63% | 1.98% |
| 2005 | 1,228,254 | 6,924,720 | 0.59% | 1.98% |
| 2006 | 1,233,996 | 7,057,566 | 0.47% | 1.92% |
| 2007 | 1,239,630 | 7,194,477 | 0.46% | 1.94% |
| 2008 | 1,244,121 | 7,338,403 | 0.36% | 2% |
| 2009 | 1,247,429 | 7,490,230 | 0.27% | 2.07% |
| 2010 | 1,250,400 | 7,652,141 | 0.24% | 2.16% |
| 2011 | 1,252,404 | 7,824,785 | 0.16% | 2.26% |
| 2012 | 1,255,882 | 8,014,084 | 0.28% | 2.42% |
| 2013 | 1,258,927 | 8,216,724 | 0.24% | 2.53% |
| 2014 | 1,261,208 | 8,425,552 | 0.18% | 2.54% |
| 2015 | 1,262,879 | 8,643,840 | 0.13% | 2.59% |
| 2016 | 1,263,747 | 8,865,631 | 0.07% | 2.57% |
| 2017 | 1,264,887 | 9,085,946 | 0.09% | 2.49% |
| 2018 | 1,265,577 | 9,307,333 | 0.05% | 2.44% |
| 2019 | 1,265,985 | 9,529,966 | 0.03% | 2.39% |
| 2020 | 1,266,014 | 9,749,310 | 0.002% | 2.3% |
| 2021 | 1,266,334 | 9,966,908 | 0.03% | 2.23% |
| 2022 | 1,262,523 | 10,182,222 | -0.3% | 2.16% |
| 2023 | 1,261,041 | 10,389,799 | -0.12% | 2.04% |
| 2024 | 1,259,509 | 10,590,927 | -0.12% | 1.94% |
| 2025 | 1,256,649 | 10,786,735 | -0.23% | 1.85% |
| 2026 | 1,253,457 | 10,978,598 | -0.25% | 1.78% |
| 2027 | 1,250,062 | 11,168,387 | -0.27% | 1.73% |
| 2028 | 1,246,502 | 11,356,920 | -0.28% | 1.69% |
| 2029 | 1,242,774 | 11,545,276 | -0.3% | 1.66% |
| 2030 | 1,238,963 | 11,733,066 | -0.31% | 1.63% |
| 2031 | 1,234,965 | 11,920,472 | -0.32% | 1.6% |
| 2032 | 1,230,623 | 12,110,150 | -0.35% | 1.59% |
| 2033 | 1,225,970 | 12,302,290 | -0.38% | 1.59% |
| 2034 | 1,220,995 | 12,496,888 | -0.41% | 1.58% |
| 2035 | 1,215,701 | 12,695,586 | -0.43% | 1.59% |
| 2036 | 1,210,085 | 12,899,096 | -0.46% | 1.6% |
| 2037 | 1,204,158 | 13,104,339 | -0.49% | 1.59% |
| 2038 | 1,197,926 | 13,308,237 | -0.52% | 1.56% |
| 2039 | 1,191,299 | 13,511,372 | -0.55% | 1.53% |
| 2040 | 1,184,262 | 13,713,948 | -0.59% | 1.5% |
| 2041 | 1,176,870 | 13,915,192 | -0.62% | 1.47% |
| 2042 | 1,169,165 | 14,115,137 | -0.65% | 1.44% |
| 2043 | 1,161,119 | 14,311,598 | -0.69% | 1.39% |
| 2044 | 1,152,733 | 14,504,865 | -0.72% | 1.35% |
| 2045 | 1,144,071 | 14,694,858 | -0.75% | 1.31% |
| 2046 | 1,135,101 | 14,879,388 | -0.78% | 1.26% |
| 2047 | 1,125,881 | 15,059,869 | -0.81% | 1.21% |
| 2048 | 1,116,431 | 15,236,594 | -0.84% | 1.17% |
| 2049 | 1,106,794 | 15,408,032 | -0.86% | 1.13% |
| 2050 | 1,097,042 | 15,574,643 | -0.88% | 1.08% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Mauritius increased by 34,625 people (a 2.82% growth), while Tajikistan gained 1,719,120 people (a 24.8% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Mauritius lost -6,230 (a 0.49% decline), while Tajikistan's population increased by 2,297,014 (a 26.6% growth).
Mauritius was ranked 151st most populous country in 2005 and is 157th in 2025. Tajikistan was ranked 99th in 2005 and ranked 88th 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 Tajikistan will increase by 42.4% to 15,574,643 people and rank change from 88th to 83rd.
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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| City | Population |
| Dushanbe | 863K |
| Khujand | 199K |
| Qurghonteppa | 127K |
| Istaravshan | 64.3K |
| Konibodom | 54.4K |
| Tursunzoda | 46.7K |
| Panjakent | 33K |
| Buston | 29.8K |
| Ghafurov | 18.4K |
| Istiklol | 14.2K |
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Population differences between Mauritius and Tajikistan
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| Life expectancy | 75.3 years | 72.1 years |
| Average age | 39.2 years | 26.3 years |
| Median age | 38.5 years | 23 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.9:50.1 | 49.1:50.9 |
| Fertility rate | 1.39 births per woman | 3.07 births per woman |
| Population density | 1,634 ppl/mi² | 197.6 ppl/mi² |
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