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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Mauritius	Tanzania	Mauritius	Tanzania
1960	680,331	9,901,419	-	-
1961	680,757	10,187,886	0.06%	2.89%
1962	700,349	10,487,756	2.88%	2.94%
1963	718,861	10,799,528	2.64%	2.97%
1964	736,381	11,127,826	2.44%	3.04%
1965	753,000	11,470,728	2.26%	3.08%
1966	768,813	11,827,459	2.1%	3.11%
1967	783,917	12,200,109	1.96%	3.15%
1968	798,413	12,602,076	1.85%	3.29%
1969	812,405	13,036,700	1.75%	3.45%
1970	826,000	13,492,677	1.67%	3.5%
1971	839,230	13,971,451	1.6%	3.55%
1972	852,053	14,479,308	1.53%	3.63%
1973	864,819	15,010,101	1.5%	3.67%
1974	878,042	15,561,630	1.53%	3.67%
1975	892,000	16,138,361	1.59%	3.71%
1976	906,507	16,736,211	1.63%	3.7%
1977	921,379	17,352,929	1.64%	3.68%
1978	933,499	17,976,566	1.32%	3.59%
1979	949,888	18,592,038	1.76%	3.42%
1980	966,039	19,189,769	1.7%	3.21%
1981	980,462	19,784,703	1.49%	3.1%
1982	992,521	20,398,571	1.23%	3.1%
1983	1,001,691	21,079,874	0.92%	3.34%
1984	1,012,221	21,779,066	1.05%	3.32%
1985	1,020,528	22,501,693	0.82%	3.32%
1986	1,028,360	23,258,959	0.77%	3.37%
1987	1,036,082	24,030,378	0.75%	3.32%
1988	1,043,239	24,769,686	0.69%	3.08%
1989	1,051,260	25,438,759	0.77%	2.7%
1990	1,058,775	26,110,207	0.71%	2.64%
1991	1,070,266	26,780,436	1.09%	2.57%
1992	1,084,441	27,457,588	1.32%	2.53%
1993	1,097,374	28,332,692	1.19%	3.19%
1994	1,112,846	29,442,356	1.41%	3.92%
1995	1,122,457	30,383,497	0.86%	3.2%
1996	1,133,996	30,945,762	1.03%	1.85%
1997	1,148,284	31,578,089	1.26%	2.04%
1998	1,160,421	32,420,458	1.06%	2.67%
1999	1,175,267	33,300,330	1.28%	2.71%
2000	1,186,873	34,260,139	0.99%	2.88%
2001	1,196,287	35,198,299	0.79%	2.74%
2002	1,204,621	36,121,304	0.7%	2.62%
2003	1,213,370	37,089,555	0.73%	2.68%
2004	1,221,003	38,109,668	0.63%	2.75%
2005	1,228,254	39,182,076	0.59%	2.81%
2006	1,233,996	40,294,902	0.47%	2.84%
2007	1,239,630	41,435,512	0.46%	2.83%
2008	1,244,121	42,570,728	0.36%	2.74%
2009	1,247,429	43,633,982	0.27%	2.5%
2010	1,250,400	44,758,488	0.24%	2.58%
2011	1,252,404	46,029,367	0.16%	2.84%
2012	1,255,882	47,374,260	0.28%	2.92%
2013	1,258,927	48,824,128	0.24%	3.06%
2014	1,261,208	50,351,512	0.18%	3.13%
2015	1,262,879	52,020,962	0.13%	3.32%
2016	1,263,747	53,824,013	0.07%	3.47%
2017	1,264,887	55,652,890	0.09%	3.4%
2018	1,265,577	57,437,145	0.05%	3.21%
2019	1,265,985	59,174,891	0.03%	3.03%
2020	1,266,014	60,972,798	0.002%	3.04%
2021	1,266,334	62,830,412	0.03%	3.05%
2022	1,262,523	64,711,821	-0.3%	2.99%
2023	1,261,041	66,617,606	-0.12%	2.95%
2024	1,259,509	68,560,157	-0.12%	2.92%
2025	1,256,649	70,545,858	-0.23%	2.9%
2026	1,253,457	72,563,773	-0.25%	2.86%
2027	1,250,062	74,604,804	-0.27%	2.81%
2028	1,246,502	76,670,483	-0.28%	2.77%
2029	1,242,774	78,773,192	-0.3%	2.74%
2030	1,238,963	80,913,118	-0.31%	2.72%
2031	1,234,965	83,087,927	-0.32%	2.69%
2032	1,230,623	85,293,126	-0.35%	2.65%
2033	1,225,970	87,520,491	-0.38%	2.61%
2034	1,220,995	89,788,673	-0.41%	2.59%
2035	1,215,701	92,091,418	-0.43%	2.56%
2036	1,210,085	94,420,808	-0.46%	2.53%
2037	1,204,158	96,775,766	-0.49%	2.49%
2038	1,197,926	99,156,465	-0.52%	2.46%
2039	1,191,299	101,567,525	-0.55%	2.43%
2040	1,184,262	103,999,350	-0.59%	2.39%
2041	1,176,870	106,448,475	-0.62%	2.35%
2042	1,169,165	108,926,272	-0.65%	2.33%
2043	1,161,119	111,433,788	-0.69%	2.3%
2044	1,152,733	113,966,263	-0.72%	2.27%
2045	1,144,071	116,525,463	-0.75%	2.25%
2046	1,135,101	119,109,670	-0.78%	2.22%
2047	1,125,881	121,721,018	-0.81%	2.19%
2048	1,116,431	124,351,294	-0.84%	2.16%
2049	1,106,794	126,981,394	-0.86%	2.12%
2050	1,097,042	129,621,083	-0.88%	2.08%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Mauritius increased by 34,625 people (a 2.82% growth), while Tanzania gained 12,838,886 people (a 32.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Mauritius lost -6,230 (a 0.49% decline), while Tanzania's population increased by 20,145,844 (a 38.7% growth).

Mauritius was ranked 151st most populous country in 2005 and is 157th in 2025. Tanzania was ranked 31st in 2005 and ranked 20th 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 Tanzania will increase by 79.6% to 129,621,083 people and rank change from 20th to 15th.