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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Mauritius	Zambia	Mauritius	Zambia
1960	680,331	3,153,729	-	-
1961	680,757	3,254,086	0.06%	3.18%
1962	700,349	3,358,099	2.88%	3.2%
1963	718,861	3,465,907	2.64%	3.21%
1964	736,381	3,577,017	2.44%	3.21%
1965	753,000	3,692,086	2.26%	3.22%
1966	768,813	3,812,003	2.1%	3.25%
1967	783,917	3,936,343	1.96%	3.26%
1968	798,413	4,065,593	1.85%	3.28%
1969	812,405	4,197,116	1.75%	3.24%
1970	826,000	4,321,718	1.67%	2.97%
1971	839,230	4,442,525	1.6%	2.8%
1972	852,053	4,569,309	1.53%	2.85%
1973	864,819	4,702,693	1.5%	2.92%
1974	878,042	4,842,746	1.53%	2.98%
1975	892,000	4,990,086	1.59%	3.04%
1976	906,507	5,143,842	1.63%	3.08%
1977	921,379	5,302,480	1.64%	3.08%
1978	933,499	5,465,374	1.32%	3.07%
1979	949,888	5,631,728	1.76%	3.04%
1980	966,039	5,802,833	1.7%	3.04%
1981	980,462	5,983,289	1.49%	3.11%
1982	992,521	6,178,637	1.23%	3.26%
1983	1,001,691	6,381,038	0.92%	3.28%
1984	1,012,221	6,580,490	1.05%	3.13%
1985	1,020,528	6,780,953	0.82%	3.05%
1986	1,028,360	6,986,471	0.77%	3.03%
1987	1,036,082	7,191,282	0.75%	2.93%
1988	1,043,239	7,391,440	0.69%	2.78%
1989	1,051,260	7,589,216	0.77%	2.68%
1990	1,058,775	7,786,169	0.71%	2.6%
1991	1,070,266	7,981,650	1.09%	2.51%
1992	1,084,441	8,176,680	1.32%	2.44%
1993	1,097,374	8,373,921	1.19%	2.41%
1994	1,112,846	8,576,269	1.41%	2.42%
1995	1,122,457	8,785,763	0.86%	2.44%
1996	1,133,996	9,004,053	1.03%	2.48%
1997	1,148,284	9,237,063	1.26%	2.59%
1998	1,160,421	9,482,408	1.06%	2.66%
1999	1,175,267	9,740,005	1.28%	2.72%
2000	1,186,873	10,017,631	0.99%	2.85%
2001	1,196,287	10,325,185	0.79%	3.07%
2002	1,204,621	10,647,949	0.7%	3.13%
2003	1,213,370	10,983,595	0.73%	3.15%
2004	1,221,003	11,338,198	0.63%	3.23%
2005	1,228,254	11,718,819	0.59%	3.36%
2006	1,233,996	12,129,553	0.47%	3.5%
2007	1,239,630	12,565,085	0.46%	3.59%
2008	1,244,121	13,021,324	0.36%	3.63%
2009	1,247,429	13,490,389	0.27%	3.6%
2010	1,250,400	13,965,594	0.24%	3.52%
2011	1,252,404	14,437,796	0.16%	3.38%
2012	1,255,882	14,913,629	0.28%	3.3%
2013	1,258,927	15,398,997	0.24%	3.25%
2014	1,261,208	15,895,315	0.18%	3.22%
2015	1,262,879	16,399,089	0.13%	3.17%
2016	1,263,747	16,914,423	0.07%	3.14%
2017	1,264,887	17,441,320	0.09%	3.12%
2018	1,265,577	17,973,569	0.05%	3.05%
2019	1,265,985	18,513,839	0.03%	3.01%
2020	1,266,014	19,059,395	0.002%	2.95%
2021	1,266,334	19,603,607	0.03%	2.86%
2022	1,262,523	20,152,938	-0.3%	2.8%
2023	1,248,647	20,723,965	-1.1%	2.83%
2024	1,245,779	21,314,956	-0.23%	2.85%
2025	1,242,950	21,913,869	-0.23%	2.81%
2026	1,239,793	22,521,905	-0.25%	2.77%
2027	1,236,435	23,138,716	-0.27%	2.74%
2028	1,232,914	23,761,368	-0.28%	2.69%
2029	1,229,227	24,389,681	-0.3%	2.64%
2030	1,225,457	25,024,887	-0.31%	2.6%
2031	1,221,502	25,666,496	-0.32%	2.56%
2032	1,217,208	26,311,946	-0.35%	2.51%
2033	1,212,606	26,960,073	-0.38%	2.46%
2034	1,207,685	27,611,621	-0.41%	2.42%
2035	1,202,449	28,266,887	-0.43%	2.37%
2036	1,196,894	28,925,103	-0.46%	2.33%
2037	1,191,031	29,583,482	-0.49%	2.28%
2038	1,184,867	30,240,549	-0.52%	2.22%
2039	1,178,313	30,895,586	-0.55%	2.17%
2040	1,171,352	31,550,394	-0.59%	2.12%
2041	1,164,041	32,204,340	-0.62%	2.07%
2042	1,156,420	32,856,596	-0.65%	2.03%
2043	1,148,461	33,510,500	-0.69%	1.99%
2044	1,140,167	34,165,920	-0.72%	1.96%
2045	1,131,600	34,821,101	-0.75%	1.92%
2046	1,122,728	35,475,795	-0.78%	1.88%
2047	1,113,607	36,129,270	-0.81%	1.84%
2048	1,104,261	36,782,260	-0.84%	1.81%
2049	1,094,728	37,434,667	-0.86%	1.77%
2050	1,085,083	38,083,369	-0.88%	1.73%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Mauritius increased by 29,751 people (a 2.41% growth), while Zambia gained 4,784,870 people (a 39.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Mauritius lost -23,954 (a 1.9% decline), while Zambia's population increased by 5,614,223 (a 33.2% growth).

Mauritius was ranked 151st most populous country in 2006 and is 157th in 2026. Zambia was ranked 71st in 2006 and ranked 62nd 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 Zambia will increase by 69% to 38,083,369 people and rank change from 62nd to 53rd.