Population in Mauritius compared to the Vatican: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Mauritius and the Vatican: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Mauritius	Vatican	Mauritius	Vatican
1960	680,331	-	-	-
1961	680,757	-	0.06%	-
1962	700,349	-	2.88%	-
1963	718,861	-	2.64%	-
1964	736,381	-	2.44%	-
1965	753,000	-	2.26%	-
1966	768,813	-	2.1%	-
1967	783,917	-	1.96%	-
1968	798,413	-	1.85%	-
1969	812,405	-	1.75%	-
1970	826,000	-	1.67%	-
1971	839,230	-	1.6%	-
1972	852,053	-	1.53%	-
1973	864,819	-	1.5%	-
1974	878,042	-	1.53%	-
1975	892,000	-	1.59%	-
1976	906,507	-	1.63%	-
1977	921,379	-	1.64%	-
1978	933,499	-	1.32%	-
1979	949,888	-	1.76%	-
1980	966,039	-	1.7%	-
1981	980,462	-	1.49%	-
1982	992,521	-	1.23%	-
1983	1,001,691	-	0.92%	-
1984	1,012,221	-	1.05%	-
1985	1,020,528	-	0.82%	-
1986	1,028,360	-	0.77%	-
1987	1,036,082	-	0.75%	-
1988	1,043,239	-	0.69%	-
1989	1,051,260	-	0.77%	-
1990	1,058,775	-	0.71%	-
1991	1,070,266	-	1.09%	-
1992	1,084,441	-	1.32%	-
1993	1,097,374	-	1.19%	-
1994	1,112,846	-	1.41%	-
1995	1,122,457	-	0.86%	-
1996	1,133,996	-	1.03%	-
1997	1,148,284	-	1.26%	-
1998	1,160,421	-	1.06%	-
1999	1,175,267	-	1.28%	-
2000	1,186,873	880	0.99%	-
2001	1,196,287	890	0.79%	1.14%
2002	1,204,621	900	0.7%	1.12%
2003	1,213,370	911	0.73%	1.22%
2004	1,221,003	921	0.63%	1.1%
2005	1,228,254	921	0.59%	0%
2006	1,233,996	932	0.47%	1.19%
2007	1,239,630	821	0.46%	-11.9%
2008	1,244,121	824	0.36%	0.37%
2009	1,247,429	826	0.27%	0.24%
2010	1,250,400	829	0.24%	0.36%
2011	1,252,404	832	0.16%	0.36%
2012	1,255,882	836	0.28%	0.48%
2013	1,258,927	839	0.24%	0.36%
2014	1,261,208	842	0.18%	0.36%
2015	1,262,879	1,000	0.13%	18.8%
2016	1,263,747	-	0.07%	0%
2017	1,264,887	1,000	0.09%	0%
2018	1,265,577	-	0.05%	0%
2019	1,265,985	1,000	0.03%	0%
2020	1,266,014	987	0.002%	-1.29%
2021	1,266,334	970	0.03%	-1.68%
2022	1,262,523	944	-0.3%	-2.66%
2023	1,248,647	922	-1.1%	-2.34%
2024	1,245,779	933	-0.23%	1.2%
2025	1,242,950	939	-0.23%	0.59%
2026	1,239,793	952	-0.25%	1.37%
2027	1,236,435	974	-0.27%	2.32%
2028	1,232,914	985	-0.28%	1.13%
2029	1,229,227	983	-0.3%	-0.19%
2030	1,225,457	976	-0.31%	-0.75%
2031	1,221,502	968	-0.32%	-0.75%
2032	1,217,208	968	-0.35%	0%
2033	1,212,606	988	-0.38%	2.09%
2034	1,207,685	992	-0.41%	0.37%
2035	1,202,449	1,000	-0.43%	0.74%
2036	1,196,894	998	-0.46%	-0.18%
2037	1,191,031	1,003	-0.49%	0.55%
2038	1,184,867	1,022	-0.52%	1.83%
2039	1,178,313	1,060	-0.55%	3.78%
2040	1,171,352	1,095	-0.59%	3.3%
2041	1,164,041	1,127	-0.62%	2.86%
2042	1,156,420	1,149	-0.65%	1.96%
2043	1,148,461	1,169	-0.69%	1.76%
2044	1,140,167	1,186	-0.72%	1.42%
2045	1,131,600	1,209	-0.75%	2.02%
2046	1,122,728	1,224	-0.78%	1.22%
2047	1,113,607	1,248	-0.81%	1.95%
2048	1,104,261	1,272	-0.84%	1.92%
2049	1,094,728	1,296	-0.86%	1.88%
2050	1,085,083	1,325	-0.88%	2.27%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Mauritius increased by 29,751 people (a 2.41% growth), while the Vatican gained 68 people (a 7.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Mauritius lost -23,954 (a 1.9% decline), while the Vatican's population decreased by -48 (a 4.8% decline).

Mauritius was ranked 151st most populous country in 2006 and is 157th in 2026. The Vatican was ranked 197th in 2006 and still ranked 197th 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 the Vatican will increase by 39.2% to 1,325 people and will still be ranked 197th.