Mauritius's population rose from 1.13M in 1996 to 1.24M in 2025.
Mauritius · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
23 indicators · 23 with data
Mauritius's population growth fell from 1.0 % in 1996 to -0.2 % in 2025.
Mauritius's population density rose from 548.2 in 1994 to 625.3 in 2023.
Mauritius's population, female (% of total) rose from 49.3 % in 1996 to 50.1 % in 2025.
Mauritius's urbanisation fell from 43.0 % in 1996 to 39.0 % in 2025.
Mauritius's urban population fell from 487,236 in 1996 to 485,519 in 2025.
Mauritius's rural population rose from 646,760 in 1996 to 758,222 in 2025.
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- Fertilityup +2.9 %166th of 217
- Birth rate, crudeunchanged +0.0 %152nd of 217
- Death rate, crudeup +5.3 %39th of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −2.9 %90th of 217
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- Median ageup +0.4 yrs70th of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.3 pts185th of 217
- Working age (15–64)down −0.3 pts18th of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.6 pts73rd of 217
- Age dependency ratioup +0.6 pts200th of 217
- Old-age dependency ratioup +0.9 pts74th of 217
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- Net migrationup +0.1 %123rd of 217
- Migrant stockunchanged +0.0 pts149th of 216
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- Refugees hostedup +100.0 %157th of 178
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- Life expectancyup +0.4 yrs117th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +0.5 yrs114th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.2 yrs121st of 217