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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Mauritius	Tonga	Mauritius	Tonga
1960	680,331	66,170	-	-
1961	680,757	68,037	0.06%	2.82%
1962	700,349	69,940	2.88%	2.8%
1963	718,861	71,885	2.64%	2.78%
1964	736,381	73,879	2.44%	2.77%
1965	753,000	75,924	2.26%	2.77%
1966	768,813	78,002	2.1%	2.74%
1967	783,917	79,814	1.96%	2.32%
1968	798,413	81,353	1.85%	1.93%
1969	812,405	82,885	1.75%	1.88%
1970	826,000	84,401	1.67%	1.83%
1971	839,230	85,896	1.6%	1.77%
1972	852,053	87,356	1.53%	1.7%
1973	864,819	88,805	1.5%	1.66%
1974	878,042	90,683	1.53%	2.11%
1975	892,000	93,017	1.59%	2.57%
1976	906,507	95,325	1.63%	2.48%
1977	921,379	96,725	1.64%	1.47%
1978	933,499	97,204	1.32%	0.5%
1979	949,888	97,544	1.76%	0.35%
1980	966,039	97,769	1.7%	0.23%
1981	980,462	97,909	1.49%	0.14%
1982	992,521	97,980	1.23%	0.07%
1983	1,001,691	97,998	0.92%	0.02%
1984	1,012,221	97,990	1.05%	-0.008%
1985	1,020,528	97,984	0.82%	-0.006%
1986	1,028,360	98,010	0.77%	0.03%
1987	1,036,082	98,376	0.75%	0.37%
1988	1,043,239	98,969	0.69%	0.6%
1989	1,051,260	99,403	0.77%	0.44%
1990	1,058,775	99,700	0.71%	0.3%
1991	1,070,266	99,895	1.09%	0.2%
1992	1,084,441	100,022	1.32%	0.13%
1993	1,097,374	100,103	1.19%	0.08%
1994	1,112,846	100,166	1.41%	0.06%
1995	1,122,457	100,225	0.86%	0.06%
1996	1,133,996	100,275	1.03%	0.05%
1997	1,148,284	100,674	1.26%	0.4%
1998	1,160,421	101,388	1.06%	0.71%
1999	1,175,267	102,046	1.28%	0.65%
2000	1,186,873	102,677	0.99%	0.62%
2001	1,196,287	103,288	0.79%	0.6%
2002	1,204,621	103,874	0.7%	0.57%
2003	1,213,370	104,464	0.73%	0.57%
2004	1,221,003	105,071	0.63%	0.58%
2005	1,228,254	105,671	0.59%	0.57%
2006	1,233,996	106,253	0.47%	0.55%
2007	1,239,630	106,726	0.46%	0.45%
2008	1,244,121	107,020	0.36%	0.28%
2009	1,247,429	107,203	0.27%	0.17%
2010	1,250,400	107,400	0.24%	0.18%
2011	1,252,404	107,570	0.16%	0.16%
2012	1,255,882	107,460	0.28%	-0.1%
2013	1,258,927	107,078	0.24%	-0.36%
2014	1,261,208	106,609	0.18%	-0.44%
2015	1,262,879	106,095	0.13%	-0.48%
2016	1,263,747	105,524	0.07%	-0.54%
2017	1,264,887	105,356	0.09%	-0.16%
2018	1,265,577	105,567	0.05%	0.2%
2019	1,265,985	105,669	0.03%	0.1%
2020	1,266,014	105,704	0.002%	0.03%
2021	1,266,334	105,490	0.03%	-0.2%
2022	1,262,523	105,042	-0.3%	-0.42%
2023	1,261,041	104,597	-0.12%	-0.42%
2024	1,259,509	104,175	-0.12%	-0.4%
2025	1,256,649	103,744	-0.23%	-0.41%
2026	1,253,457	103,290	-0.25%	-0.44%
2027	1,250,062	102,899	-0.27%	-0.38%
2028	1,246,502	102,568	-0.28%	-0.32%
2029	1,242,774	102,280	-0.3%	-0.28%
2030	1,238,963	102,069	-0.31%	-0.21%
2031	1,234,965	101,927	-0.32%	-0.14%
2032	1,230,623	101,837	-0.35%	-0.09%
2033	1,225,970	101,807	-0.38%	-0.03%
2034	1,220,995	101,806	-0.41%	-0.001%
2035	1,215,701	101,833	-0.43%	0.03%
2036	1,210,085	101,895	-0.46%	0.06%
2037	1,204,158	101,993	-0.49%	0.1%
2038	1,197,926	102,173	-0.52%	0.18%
2039	1,191,299	102,367	-0.55%	0.19%
2040	1,184,262	102,568	-0.59%	0.2%
2041	1,176,870	102,805	-0.62%	0.23%
2042	1,169,165	103,038	-0.65%	0.23%
2043	1,161,119	103,306	-0.69%	0.26%
2044	1,152,733	103,612	-0.72%	0.3%
2045	1,144,071	103,928	-0.75%	0.3%
2046	1,135,101	104,232	-0.78%	0.29%
2047	1,125,881	104,502	-0.81%	0.26%
2048	1,116,431	104,744	-0.84%	0.23%
2049	1,106,794	104,975	-0.86%	0.22%
2050	1,097,042	105,193	-0.88%	0.21%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Mauritius increased by 34,625 people (a 2.82% growth), while Tonga gained 424 people (a 0.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Mauritius lost -6,230 (a 0.49% decline), while Tonga's population decreased by -2,351 (a 2.22% decline).

Mauritius was ranked 151st most populous country in 2005 and is 157th in 2025. Tonga was ranked 182nd in 2005 and ranked 183rd 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 Tonga will increase by 1.4% to 105,193 people and will still be ranked 183rd.