Population of Mauritius (2024)

Mauritius population

1,348,242

Births this year: 0 Births today 0
Deaths this year 0 Deaths today 0

Mauritius Population by Religions(2011 est)

Region Name Percents Number
Hindu 48.5% 653,897 people
Roman Catholic 26.3% 354,588 people
Muslim 17.3% 233,246 people
other Christian 6.4% 86,287 people
other 0.6% 8,089 people
none 0.7% 9,438 people
unspecified 0.1% 1,348 people

Mauritius Population by Ethnic groups (2011 est)

Ethnic groups Name Percents Number
Indo-Mauritian 68% 916,805 people
Creole 27% 364,025 people
Sino-Mauritian 3% 40,447 people
Franco-Mauritian 2% 26,965 people

Mauritius population by Age group

Age Both Sexes Population Male Population Female Population Both Sexes (%) Male (%) Female (%) Sex ratio (female/male)
Total 1,291,361 635,608 655,753 100 100 100 96.9
00-04 68,628 34,986 33,642 5.3 5.5 5.1 104
05-09 70,517 35,937 34,580 5.5 5.7 5.3 103.9
10-14 80,575 41,058 39,517 6.2 6.5 6 103.9
15-19 94,597 48,185 46,412 7.3 7.6 7.1 103.8
20-24 97,742 49,479 48,263 7.6 7.8 7.4 102.5
25-29 104,056 52,276 51,780 8.1 8.2 7.9 101
30-34 93,247 46,822 46,425 7.2 7.4 7.1 100.9
35-39 89,805 44,669 45,136 7 7 6.9 99
40-44 100,827 50,365 50,462 7.8 7.9 7.7 99.8
45-49 86,269 42,948 43,321 6.7 6.8 6.6 99.1
50-54 85,298 42,338 42,960 6.6 6.7 6.6 98.6
55-59 90,759 44,405 46,354 7 7 7.1 95.8
60-64 75,465 36,281 39,184 5.8 5.7 6 92.6
65-69 59,960 27,867 32,093 4.6 4.4 4.9 86.8
70-74 43,518 19,225 24,293 3.4 3 3.7 79.1
75-79 24,165 9,835 14,330 1.9 1.5 2.2 68.6
80-84 14,552 5,487 9,065 1.1 0.9 1.4 60.5
85-89 7,553 2,483 5,070 0.6 0.4 0.8 49
90-94 2,926 777 2,149 0.2 0.1 0.3 36.2
95-99 781 165 616 0.1 0 0.1 26.8
100+ 121 20 101 0 0 0 19.8

Mauritius Age structure and Population pyramid

Mauritius Age structure and Population pyramid

Mauritius Sex ratio

Mauritius Sex ratio

Mauritius Dependency ratios

Chart working age in Mauritius

Mauritius Population (1950 - 2024)

Year Population Yearly %
Change		 Yearly
Change		 Sex ratio Density
(P/Km²)
2023 1,299,363 0.19 2,435 96.54 640.08
2022 1,296,928 0.21 2,667 96.67 638.88
2021 1,294,261 0.22 2,900 96.80 637.57
2020 1,291,361 0.24 3,112 96.93 636.14
2019 1,288,249 0.26 3,321 97.06 634.61
2018 1,284,928 0.28 3,575 97.18 632.97
2017 1,281,353 0.30 3,894 97.31 631.21
2016 1,277,459 0.33 4,247 97.45 629.29
2015 1,273,212 0.37 4,645 97.59 627.20
2014 1,268,567 0.40 5,007 97.75 624.91
2013 1,263,560 0.42 5,225 97.91 622.44
2012 1,258,335 0.42 5,246 98.07 619.87
2011 1,253,089 0.41 5,138 98.20 617.29
2010 1,247,951 0.40 4,997 98.28 614.75
2005 1,222,006 3.11 36,863 98.25 601.97
2000 1,185,143 5.00 56,467 98.37 583.81
1995 1,128,676 6.90 72,811 99.40 556.00
1990 1,055,865 3.95 40,102 99.48 520.13
1985 1,015,763 5.15 49,727 98.54 500.38
1980 966,036 8.27 73,828 97.27 475.88
1975 892,208 7.96 65,761 97.40 439.51
1970 826,447 9.71 73,162 100.13 407.12
1965 753,285 14.13 93,262 100.02 371.08
1960 660,023 15.66 89,378 99.45 325.13
1955 570,645 15.69 77,391 99.21 281.11
1950 493,254 99.19 242.98
Chart population Mauritius Population (1950 - 2024)