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	1,261,041	20,723,965	-0.12%	2.83%
2024	1,259,509	21,314,956	-0.12%	2.85%
2025	1,256,649	21,913,869	-0.23%	2.81%
2026	1,253,457	22,521,905	-0.25%	2.77%
2027	1,250,062	23,138,716	-0.27%	2.74%
2028	1,246,502	23,761,368	-0.28%	2.69%
2029	1,242,774	24,389,681	-0.3%	2.64%
2030	1,238,963	25,024,887	-0.31%	2.6%
2031	1,234,965	25,666,496	-0.32%	2.56%
2032	1,230,623	26,311,946	-0.35%	2.51%
2033	1,225,970	26,960,073	-0.38%	2.46%
2034	1,220,995	27,611,621	-0.41%	2.42%
2035	1,215,701	28,266,887	-0.43%	2.37%
2036	1,210,085	28,925,103	-0.46%	2.33%
2037	1,204,158	29,583,482	-0.49%	2.28%
2038	1,197,926	30,240,549	-0.52%	2.22%
2039	1,191,299	30,895,586	-0.55%	2.17%
2040	1,184,262	31,550,394	-0.59%	2.12%
2041	1,176,870	32,204,340	-0.62%	2.07%
2042	1,169,165	32,856,596	-0.65%	2.03%
2043	1,161,119	33,510,500	-0.69%	1.99%
2044	1,152,733	34,165,920	-0.72%	1.96%
2045	1,144,071	34,821,101	-0.75%	1.92%
2046	1,135,101	35,475,795	-0.78%	1.88%
2047	1,125,881	36,129,270	-0.81%	1.84%
2048	1,116,431	36,782,260	-0.84%	1.81%
2049	1,106,794	37,434,667	-0.86%	1.77%
2050	1,097,042	38,083,369	-0.88%	1.73%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Mauritius increased by 34,625 people (a 2.82% growth), while Zambia gained 4,680,270 people (a 39.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Mauritius lost -6,230 (a 0.49% decline), while Zambia's population increased by 6,003,202 (a 36.6% growth).

Mauritius was ranked 151st most populous country in 2005 and is 157th in 2025. Zambia was ranked 71st in 2005 and ranked 62nd 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 Zambia will increase by 70% to 38,083,369 people and rank change from 62nd to 53rd.