The population of Mauritius
2020 estimated

Below you’ll find statistics about the population of Mauritius with age distribution, religion, language, ethnicity, demographics, and how many people live in our cities. 

The current estimated population of Mauritius is estimated at 1,379,365.

Races - composition of our people

• Indo Mauritian - Mauritians of Indian origin 68%, 
• Creole - Africa and Malagasy origin 27%
• Sino Mauritian - from China 3%
• Franco Mauritian - from France 2%

Population in our largest cities showing districts - demographics

Languages in Mauritius

• Creole - 86.5% - our local language derived mostly from French 
• Bhojpuri - 5.3%
• French - 4.1% 

The remaining 4.1% include English, Mandarin, Cantonese and various ethnic languages from India: Hindi, Telegu, Malayalam, Marathi, Urdu and Tamil.

Religions of our people

• Hinduism 48.5%
• Roman Catholic 26.3%
• Islam 17.3%
• Other Christian faiths 6.4%
• Buddhists and others 3%

The other Christian faiths include:
Pentecostals, Seventh-day Adventists, Anglicans, Presbyterians, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) evangelicals, Jehovah’s Witnesses and members of the Assemblies of God.

More than 95% of Mauritian Muslims  are Sunnis. 

Life expectancy at birth:

Male - 71 years
Female - 78 years

Population of Mauritius by age structure

• 0-14 years: 19.44%  - male 137,010/female 131,113
• 15-24 years: 14.06%  - male 98,480/female 95,472
• 25-54 years:  43.11%  - male 297,527/female 297,158
• 55-64 years: 12.31% - male 80,952/female 88,785
• 65 years plus:  11.08%  - male 63,230/female 89,638

The age dependency ratio 

It’s the percentage of the working population against those who are not working. Usually under 15 years and over 65 years old. So the productive part of the population is between 15 and 64 years old.

• Total dependency ratio:  41.5%
• Youth dependency ratio: 23.7 %
• Elderly dependency ratio: 17.7 %
• Potential support ratio:  5.6%  

Growth rate:
0.54%

Birth rate:
40 births on average per day
The current birth rate for Mauritius in 2020 is 12.6 births per 1000 people, a 0.71% decline from 2019.

Death rate:
 7.3  deaths / 1,000 population

Space is obviously limited on a small island and the government does not encourage immigration and population growth.
It is a success! The population of Mauritius shows a birth decline.

Reference Source :The CIA world fact book - 2020 estimated

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