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Population in Mauritius compared to the United States: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Mauritius was 1,259,509 in 2024 vs 340,110,988 people in the United States in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Mauritius' population is 1,256,649 people compared to 343,323,530 in the United States.

Population statistics:

  • The United States' population is 273.2 times bigger than Mauritius'.
  • Mauritius is ranked the 157th most populous country in the world, while the United States is the 3rd.
  • The countries together account for 4.17% of the world: 0.02% for Mauritius vs 4.15% for the United States.
  • For the last 10 years, Mauritius has had an average growth rate of +0.004% per year vs +0.67% in the United States.
  • Since 2005, the population of Mauritius has increased from 1.23M people to 1.26M (2.31% growth), while the United States has grown from 296M to 343M (16.2% growth).
  • The United States is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 415M people, while Mauritius' population already peaked in 2021 at 1.27M people and is projected to decrease to 576K people by 2100.

Mauritius vs United States: live population counter

Mauritius United States
Current population
1256649
343323530
Population rank 157/197 3/197
Percent of world population 0.02% 4.15%
One net population change
5.72 hours
6.07 seconds
One birth every
40.9 minutes
8.8 seconds
One death every
44.3 minutes
10.2 seconds
One migration net change every
3.14 hours
24.5 seconds
Annual migration change -2,787 +1,286,132
Daily growth/decline -4 +14,236
Annual growth/decline -1,532 +5,196,093
Annual growth/decline rate -0.12% +1.55%
Population growth rate rank 172/197 72/197

Mauritius and the United States: population history and growth rate by year chart

Mauritius
Population

Growth rate
United States
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Mauritius United States Mauritius United States
1900 - 76,094,000 - -
1901 - 77,584,000 - 1.96%
1902 - 79,163,000 - 2.04%
1903 - 80,632,000 - 1.86%
1904 - 82,166,000 - 1.9%
1905 - 83,822,000 - 2.02%
1906 - 85,450,000 - 1.94%
1907 - 87,008,000 - 1.82%
1908 - 88,710,000 - 1.96%
1909 - 90,490,000 - 2.01%
1910 - 92,407,000 - 2.12%
1911 - 93,863,000 - 1.58%
1912 - 95,335,000 - 1.57%
1913 - 97,225,000 - 1.98%
1914 - 99,111,000 - 1.94%
1915 - 100,546,000 - 1.45%
1916 - 101,961,000 - 1.41%
1917 - 103,268,000 - 1.28%
1918 - 103,208,000 - -0.06%
1919 - 104,514,000 - 1.27%
1920 - 106,461,000 - 1.86%
1921 - 108,538,000 - 1.95%
1922 - 110,049,000 - 1.39%
1923 - 111,947,000 - 1.72%
1924 - 114,109,000 - 1.93%
1925 - 115,829,000 - 1.51%
1926 - 117,397,000 - 1.35%
1927 - 119,035,000 - 1.4%
1928 - 120,509,000 - 1.24%
1929 - 121,767,000 - 1.04%
1930 - 123,076,741 - 1.08%
1931 - 124,039,648 - 0.78%
1932 - 124,840,471 - 0.65%
1933 - 125,578,763 - 0.59%
1934 - 126,373,773 - 0.63%
1935 - 127,250,232 - 0.69%
1936 - 128,053,180 - 0.63%
1937 - 128,824,829 - 0.6%
1938 - 129,824,939 - 0.78%
1939 - 130,879,718 - 0.81%
1940 - 132,122,446 - 0.95%
1941 - 133,402,471 - 0.97%
1942 - 134,859,553 - 1.09%
1943 - 136,739,353 - 1.39%
1944 - 138,397,345 - 1.21%
1945 - 139,928,165 - 1.11%
1946 - 141,388,566 - 1.04%
1947 - 144,126,071 - 1.94%
1948 - 146,631,302 - 1.74%
1949 - 149,188,130 - 1.74%
1950 - 152,271,417 - 2.07%
1951 - 154,877,889 - 1.71%
1952 - 157,552,740 - 1.73%
1953 - 160,184,192 - 1.67%
1954 - 163,025,854 - 1.77%
1955 - 165,931,202 - 1.78%
1956 - 168,903,031 - 1.79%
1957 - 171,984,130 - 1.82%
1958 - 174,881,904 - 1.68%
1959 - 177,829,628 - 1.69%
1960 680,331 180,671,158 - 1.6%
1961 680,757 183,691,481 0.06% 1.67%
1962 700,349 186,537,737 2.88% 1.55%
1963 718,861 189,241,798 2.64% 1.45%
1964 736,381 191,888,791 2.44% 1.4%
1965 753,000 194,302,963 2.26% 1.26%
1966 768,813 196,560,338 2.1% 1.16%
1967 783,917 198,712,056 1.96% 1.09%
1968 798,413 200,706,052 1.85% 1%
1969 812,405 202,676,946 1.75% 0.98%
1970 826,000 205,052,174 1.67% 1.17%
1971 839,230 207,660,677 1.6% 1.27%
1972 852,053 209,896,021 1.53% 1.08%
1973 864,819 211,908,788 1.5% 0.96%
1974 878,042 213,853,928 1.53% 0.92%
1975 892,000 215,973,199 1.59% 0.99%
1976 906,507 218,035,164 1.63% 0.95%
1977 921,379 220,239,425 1.64% 1.01%
1978 933,499 222,584,545 1.32% 1.06%
1979 949,888 225,055,487 1.76% 1.11%
1980 966,039 226,542,250 1.7% 0.66%
1981 980,462 229,465,744 1.49% 1.29%
1982 992,521 231,664,432 1.23% 0.96%
1983 1,001,691 233,792,014 0.92% 0.92%
1984 1,012,221 235,824,908 1.05% 0.87%
1985 1,020,528 237,923,734 0.82% 0.89%
1986 1,028,360 240,132,831 0.77% 0.93%
1987 1,036,082 242,288,936 0.75% 0.9%
1988 1,043,239 244,499,004 0.69% 0.91%
1989 1,051,260 246,819,222 0.77% 0.95%
1990 1,058,775 250,131,894 0.71% 1.34%
1991 1,070,266 253,492,503 1.09% 1.34%
1992 1,084,441 256,894,189 1.32% 1.34%
1993 1,097,374 260,255,352 1.19% 1.31%
1994 1,112,846 263,435,673 1.41% 1.22%
1995 1,122,457 266,557,091 0.86% 1.18%
1996 1,133,996 269,667,391 1.03% 1.17%
1997 1,148,284 272,911,760 1.26% 1.2%
1998 1,160,421 276,115,288 1.06% 1.17%
1999 1,175,267 279,294,713 1.28% 1.15%
2000 1,186,873 282,162,411 0.99% 1.03%
2001 1,196,287 284,968,955 0.79% 0.99%
2002 1,204,621 287,625,193 0.7% 0.93%
2003 1,213,370 290,107,933 0.73% 0.86%
2004 1,221,003 292,805,298 0.63% 0.93%
2005 1,228,254 295,516,599 0.59% 0.93%
2006 1,233,996 298,379,912 0.47% 0.97%
2007 1,239,630 301,231,207 0.46% 0.96%
2008 1,244,121 304,093,966 0.36% 0.95%
2009 1,247,429 306,771,529 0.27% 0.88%
2010 1,250,400 309,327,143 0.24% 0.83%
2011 1,252,404 311,583,481 0.16% 0.73%
2012 1,255,882 313,877,662 0.28% 0.74%
2013 1,258,927 316,059,947 0.24% 0.7%
2014 1,261,208 318,386,329 0.18% 0.74%
2015 1,262,879 320,738,994 0.13% 0.74%
2016 1,263,747 323,071,755 0.07% 0.73%
2017 1,264,887 325,122,128 0.09% 0.63%
2018 1,265,577 326,838,199 0.05% 0.53%
2019 1,265,985 328,329,953 0.03% 0.46%
2020 1,266,014 331,526,933 0.002% 0.97%
2021 1,266,334 331,893,745 0.03% 0.11%
2022 1,262,523 333,271,411 -0.3% 0.42%
2023 1,261,041 334,914,895 -0.12% 0.49%
2024 1,259,509 340,110,988 -0.12% 1.55%
2025 1,256,649 341,931,772 -0.23% 0.54%
2026 1,253,457 343,664,369 -0.25% 0.51%
2027 1,250,062 345,331,185 -0.27% 0.49%
2028 1,246,502 346,981,137 -0.28% 0.48%
2029 1,242,774 348,601,982 -0.3% 0.47%
2030 1,238,963 350,176,974 -0.31% 0.45%
2031 1,234,965 351,725,612 -0.32% 0.44%
2032 1,230,623 353,249,060 -0.35% 0.43%
2033 1,225,970 354,749,644 -0.38% 0.42%
2034 1,220,995 356,234,239 -0.41% 0.42%
2035 1,215,701 357,694,316 -0.43% 0.41%
2036 1,210,085 359,119,002 -0.46% 0.4%
2037 1,204,158 360,517,853 -0.49% 0.39%
2038 1,197,926 361,895,407 -0.52% 0.38%
2039 1,191,299 363,229,908 -0.55% 0.37%
2040 1,184,262 364,512,364 -0.59% 0.35%
2041 1,176,870 365,753,139 -0.62% 0.34%
2042 1,169,165 366,969,419 -0.65% 0.33%
2043 1,161,119 368,146,925 -0.69% 0.32%
2044 1,152,733 369,258,123 -0.72% 0.3%
2045 1,144,071 370,318,770 -0.75% 0.29%
2046 1,135,101 371,328,255 -0.78% 0.27%
2047 1,125,881 372,299,116 -0.81% 0.26%
2048 1,116,431 373,230,539 -0.84% 0.25%
2049 1,106,794 374,119,803 -0.86% 0.24%
2050 1,097,042 374,986,259 -0.88% 0.23%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Mauritius increased by 34,625 people (a 2.82% growth), while the United States gained 25,222,395 people (a 8.54% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Mauritius lost -6,230 (a 0.49% decline), while the United States' population increased by 22,584,536 (a 7.04% growth).

Mauritius was ranked 151st most populous country in 2005 and is 157th in 2025. The United States was ranked 3rd in 2005 and still ranked 3rd 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 the United States will increase by 9.22% to 374,986,259 people and will still be ranked 3rd.

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