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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Mauritius	Zimbabwe	Mauritius	Zimbabwe
1960	680,331	3,809,389	-	-
1961	680,757	3,930,401	0.06%	3.18%
1962	700,349	4,055,959	2.88%	3.19%
1963	718,861	4,185,877	2.64%	3.2%
1964	736,381	4,320,006	2.44%	3.2%
1965	753,000	4,458,462	2.26%	3.2%
1966	768,813	4,601,217	2.1%	3.2%
1967	783,917	4,748,307	1.96%	3.2%
1968	798,413	4,900,440	1.85%	3.2%
1969	812,405	5,058,181	1.75%	3.22%
1970	826,000	5,215,918	1.67%	3.12%
1971	839,230	5,374,712	1.6%	3.04%
1972	852,053	5,542,445	1.53%	3.12%
1973	864,819	5,720,404	1.5%	3.21%
1974	878,042	5,908,328	1.53%	3.29%
1975	892,000	6,098,658	1.59%	3.22%
1976	906,507	6,287,105	1.63%	3.09%
1977	921,379	6,449,512	1.64%	2.58%
1978	933,499	6,543,575	1.32%	1.46%
1979	949,888	6,647,556	1.76%	1.59%
1980	966,039	7,041,303	1.7%	5.92%
1981	980,462	7,498,635	1.49%	6.49%
1982	992,521	7,796,496	1.23%	3.97%
1983	1,001,691	8,098,404	0.92%	3.87%
1984	1,012,221	8,391,488	1.05%	3.62%
1985	1,020,528	8,686,813	0.82%	3.52%
1986	1,028,360	8,982,578	0.77%	3.4%
1987	1,036,082	9,284,644	0.75%	3.36%
1988	1,043,239	9,583,094	0.69%	3.21%
1989	1,051,260	9,864,798	0.77%	2.94%
1990	1,058,775	10,137,281	0.71%	2.76%
1991	1,070,266	10,404,816	1.09%	2.64%
1992	1,084,441	10,702,700	1.32%	2.86%
1993	1,097,374	10,860,288	1.19%	1.47%
1994	1,112,846	10,873,148	1.41%	0.12%
1995	1,122,457	10,974,599	0.86%	0.93%
1996	1,133,996	11,158,360	1.03%	1.67%
1997	1,148,284	11,369,827	1.26%	1.9%
1998	1,160,421	11,594,297	1.06%	1.97%
1999	1,175,267	11,783,458	1.28%	1.63%
2000	1,186,873	11,892,055	0.99%	0.92%
2001	1,196,287	11,971,901	0.79%	0.67%
2002	1,204,621	12,087,653	0.7%	0.97%
2003	1,213,370	12,232,323	0.73%	1.2%
2004	1,221,003	12,365,896	0.63%	1.09%
2005	1,228,254	12,483,432	0.59%	0.95%
2006	1,233,996	12,636,445	0.47%	1.23%
2007	1,239,630	12,804,058	0.46%	1.33%
2008	1,244,121	12,959,149	0.36%	1.21%
2009	1,247,429	13,142,790	0.27%	1.42%
2010	1,250,400	13,356,548	0.24%	1.63%
2011	1,252,404	13,595,424	0.16%	1.79%
2012	1,255,882	13,817,887	0.28%	1.64%
2013	1,258,927	14,013,808	0.24%	1.42%
2014	1,261,208	14,207,359	0.18%	1.38%
2015	1,262,879	14,399,013	0.13%	1.35%
2016	1,263,747	14,600,294	0.07%	1.4%
2017	1,264,887	14,812,482	0.09%	1.45%
2018	1,265,577	15,034,452	0.05%	1.5%
2019	1,265,985	15,271,368	0.03%	1.58%
2020	1,266,014	15,526,888	0.002%	1.67%
2021	1,266,334	15,797,210	0.03%	1.74%
2022	1,262,523	16,069,056	-0.3%	1.72%
2023	1,261,041	16,340,822	-0.12%	1.69%
2024	1,259,509	16,634,373	-0.12%	1.8%
2025	1,256,649	16,950,805	-0.23%	1.9%
2026	1,253,457	17,273,591	-0.25%	1.9%
2027	1,250,062	17,600,621	-0.27%	1.89%
2028	1,246,502	17,932,015	-0.28%	1.88%
2029	1,242,774	18,268,967	-0.3%	1.88%
2030	1,238,963	18,610,356	-0.31%	1.87%
2031	1,234,965	18,956,207	-0.32%	1.86%
2032	1,230,623	19,311,368	-0.35%	1.87%
2033	1,225,970	19,675,929	-0.38%	1.89%
2034	1,220,995	20,041,125	-0.41%	1.86%
2035	1,215,701	20,409,159	-0.43%	1.84%
2036	1,210,085	20,778,662	-0.46%	1.81%
2037	1,204,158	21,144,748	-0.49%	1.76%
2038	1,197,926	21,512,919	-0.52%	1.74%
2039	1,191,299	21,881,123	-0.55%	1.71%
2040	1,184,262	22,250,123	-0.59%	1.69%
2041	1,176,870	22,627,428	-0.62%	1.7%
2042	1,169,165	23,000,906	-0.65%	1.65%
2043	1,161,119	23,371,301	-0.69%	1.61%
2044	1,152,733	23,740,630	-0.72%	1.58%
2045	1,144,071	24,102,391	-0.75%	1.52%
2046	1,135,101	24,462,491	-0.78%	1.49%
2047	1,125,881	24,816,449	-0.81%	1.45%
2048	1,116,431	25,168,419	-0.84%	1.42%
2049	1,106,794	25,518,513	-0.86%	1.39%
2050	1,097,042	25,866,397	-0.88%	1.36%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Mauritius increased by 34,625 people (a 2.82% growth), while Zimbabwe gained 1,915,581 people (a 15.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Mauritius lost -6,230 (a 0.49% decline), while Zimbabwe's population increased by 2,811,079 (a 19.5% growth).

Mauritius was ranked 151st most populous country in 2005 and is 157th in 2025. Zimbabwe was ranked 70th in 2005 and ranked 74th 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 Zimbabwe will increase by 50.3% to 25,866,397 people and rank change from 74th to 65th.