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The Mauritian society is multiethnic. Indo-Mauritians make up the bulk of the population with the rest being descendants of people from Subsaharan Africa, including Madagascar, China and Western Europe, mostly France.
Mauritius also hosts foreign nationals from mostly India, Bangladesh and France with the rest from South Africa, Madagascar and Subsaharan Africa. As of 2023, Mauritius had the highest population density in Africa.
Population
Over 300k Indians migrated to the Mauritius between 1800 to 1920.
According to , the total population was in , compared to 479,000 in 1950.
2022 Census
Mauritius has a population of 1,235,260 (608,090 males, 627,170 females), according to the 2022 Census.
The average age of the population was 38 years;
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width="80pt"|Age group
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80pt"|Female
! width="80pt"|Total
! width="80pt"|%
|-
| align="right" | Total
| align="right" | 610 848
| align="right" | 625 969
| align="right" | 1,236,817
| align="right" | 100
|-
| align="right" | 0–4
| align="right" | 36 702
| align="right" | 36 376
| align="right" | 73 078
| align="right" | 5.91
|-
| align="right" | 5–9
| align="right" | 44 947
| align="right" | 44 068
| align="right" | 89 015
| align="right" | 7.20
|-
| align="right" | 10–14
| align="right" | 47 302
| align="right" | 46 337
| align="right" | 93 639
| align="right" | 7.57
|-
| align="right" | 15–19
| align="right" | 50 715
| align="right" | 50 293
| align="right" | 101 008
| align="right" | 8.17
|-
| align="right" | 20–24
| align="right" | 46 871
| align="right" | 45 800
| align="right" | 92 671
| align="right" | 7.49
|-
| align="right" | 25–29
| align="right" | 45 589
| align="right" | 45 348
| align="right" | 90 937
| align="right" | 7.35
|-
| align="right" | 30–34
| align="right" | 52 182
| align="right" | 51 247
| align="right" | 103 429
| align="right" | 8.36
|-
| align="right" | 35–39
| align="right" | 44 241
| align="right" | 43 556
| align="right" | 87 797
| align="right" | 7.10
|-
| align="right" | 40–44
| align="right" | 45 150
| align="right" | 44 236
| align="right" | 89 386
| align="right" | 7.23
|-
| align="right" | 45–49
| align="right" | 49 800
| align="right" | 49 541
| align="right" | 99 341
| align="right" | 8.03
|-
| align="right" | 50–54
| align="right" | 42 996
| align="right" | 43 341
| align="right" | 86 337
| align="right" | 6.98
|-
| align="right" | 55–59
| align="right" | 35 713
| align="right" | 37 341
| align="right" | 73 054
| align="right" | 5.91
|-
| align="right" | 60–64
| align="right" | 27 143
| align="right" | 30 199
| align="right" | 57 342
| align="right" | 4.64
|-
| align="right" | 65–69
| align="right" | 15 846
| align="right" | 19 593
| align="right" | 35 439
| align="right" | 2.87
|-
| align="right" | 70–74
| align="right" | 10 986
| align="right" | 14 389
| align="right" | 25 375
| align="right" | 2.05
|-
| align="right" | 75–79
| align="right" | 7 349
| align="right" | 10 695
| align="right" | 18 044
| align="right" | 1.46
|-
| align="right" | 80–84
| align="right" | 4 176
| align="right" | 7 193
| align="right" | 11 369
| align="right" | 0.92
|-
| align="right" | 85–89
| align="right" | 2 135
| align="right" | 4 233
| align="right" | 6 368
| align="right" | 0.51
|-
| align="right" | 90–94
| align="right" | 512
| align="right" | 1 470
| align="right" | 1 982
| align="right" | 0.16
|-
| align="right" | 95–99
| align="right" | 107
| align="right" | 384
| align="right" | 491
| align="right" | 0.04
|-
| align="right" | 100+
| align="right" | 13
| align="right" | 83
| align="right" | 96
| align="right" | 0.01
|-
! width="50"|Age group
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80"|Female
! width="80"|Total
! width="50"|Percent
|-
| align="right" | 0–14
| align="right" | 128 951
| align="right" | 126 781
| align="right" | 255 732
| align="right" | 20.68
|-
| align="right" | 15–64
| align="right" | 440 400
| align="right" | 440 902
| align="right" | 881 302
| align="right" | 71.26
|-
| align="right" | 65+
| align="right" | 41 124
| align="right" | 58 040
| align="right" | 99 164
| align="right" | 8.02
|-
| align="right" | unknown
| align="right" | 373
| align="right" | 246
| align="right" | 619
| align="right" | 0.05
|-
|}
Vital statistics
The table below presents the population development of Mauritius since 1900. The figures up to 1945 are for the island of Mauritius only. As of 1946, the island of Rodrigues is included.
Figures are from Statistics Mauritius and United Nations Demographic Yearbook.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: right;"
|-
!
! width="80pt"|Average population
! width="80pt"|Live births
! width="80pt"|Deaths
! width="80pt"|Natural change
! width="80pt"|Crude birth rate (per 1000)
! width="80pt"|Crude death rate (per 1000)
! width="80pt"|Natural change (per 1000)
! width="80pt"|TFR
|-
| 1900
| align="right" | 371,000
| align="right" | 14,490
| align="right" | 13,695
| align="right" | 795
| align="right" | 38.6
| align="right" | 36.5
| align="right" | 2.1
| align="right" |
|-
| 1901
| align="right" | 371,000
| align="right" | 12,910
| align="right" | 14,970
| align="right" style="color: red" | -2,060
| align="right" | 34.8
| align="right" | 40.4
| align="right" style="color: red" | -5.6
| align="right" |
|-
| 1902
| align="right" | 371,000
| align="right" | 13,495
| align="right" | 12,716
| align="right" | 779
| align="right" | 35.9
| align="right" | 33.8
| align="right" | 2.1
| align="right" |
|-
| 1903
| align="right" | 371,000
| align="right" | 13,611
| align="right" | 15,034
| align="right" style="color: red" | -1,423
| align="right" | 36.3
| align="right" | 40.1
| align="right" style="color: red" | -3.8
| align="right" |
|-
| 1904
| align="right" | 371,000
| align="right" | 14,103
| align="right" | 12,064
| align="right" | 2,039
| align="right" | 37.2
| align="right" | 31.9
| align="right" | 5.3
| align="right" |
|-
| 1905
| align="right" | 370,000
| align="right" | 14,043
| align="right" | 15,379
| align="right" style="color: red" | -1,336
| align="right" | 37.2
| align="right" | 40.7
| align="right" style="color: red" | -3.5
| align="right" |
|-
| 1906
| align="right" | 370,000
| align="right" | 12,669
| align="right" | 15,124
| align="right" style="color: red" | -2,455
| align="right" | 33.6
| align="right" | 40.0
| align="right" style="color: red" | -6.4
| align="right" |
|-
| 1907
| align="right" | 370,000
| align="right" | 14,186
| align="right" | 13,037
| align="right" | 1,149
| align="right" | 37.7
| align="right" | 34.6
| align="right" | 3.1
| align="right" |
|-
| 1908
| align="right" | 370,000
| align="right" | 13,456
| align="right" | 15,094
| align="right" style="color: red" | -1,638
| align="right" | 36.0
| align="right" | 40.3
| align="right" style="color: red" | -4.3
| align="right" |
|-
| 1909
| align="right" | 369,000
| align="right" | 12,837
| align="right" | 13,761
| align="right" style="color: red" | – 924
| align="right" | 34.4
| align="right" | 36.9
| align="right" style="color: red" | -2.5
| align="right" |
|-
| 1910
| align="right" | 369,000
| align="right" | 13,329
| align="right" | 12,488
| align="right" | 841
| align="right" | 36.1
| align="right" | 33.8
| align="right" | 2.3
| align="right" |
|-
| 1911
| align="right" | 369,000
| align="right" | 14,585
| align="right" | 12,204
| align="right" | 2,381
| align="right" | 39.2
| align="right" | 32.8
| align="right" | 6.4
| align="right" |
|-
| 1912
| align="right" | 370,000
| align="right" | 13,209
| align="right" | 14,429
| align="right" style="color: red" | -1,220
| align="right" | 35.5
| align="right" | 38.8
| align="right" style="color: red" | -3.3
| align="right" |
|-
| 1913
| align="right" | 371,000
| align="right" | 15,153
| align="right" | 13,201
| align="right" | 1,952
| align="right" | 40.8
| align="right" | 35.5
| align="right" | 5.3
| align="right" |
|-
| 1914
| align="right" | 372,000
| align="right" | 15,229
| align="right" | 12,134
| align="right" | 3,095
| align="right" | 40.8
| align="right" | 32.5
| align="right" | 8.3
| align="right" |
|-
| 1915
| align="right" | 373,000
| align="right" | 13,094
| align="right" | 13,101
| align="right" style="color: red" | – 7
| align="right" | 34.8
| align="right" | 34.8
| align="right" style="color: red" | -0.0
| align="right" |
|-
| 1916
| align="right" | 374,000
| align="right" | 13,162
| align="right" | 11,432
| align="right" | 1,730
| align="right" | 35.0
| align="right" | 30.4
| align="right" | 4.6
| align="right" |
|-
| 1917
| align="right" | 375,000
| align="right" | 13,887
| align="right" | 12,234
| align="right" | 1,653
| align="right" | 36.9
| align="right" | 32.5
| align="right" | 4.4
| align="right" |
|-
| 1918
| align="right" | 375,000
| align="right" | 13,109
| align="right" | 12,794
| align="right" | 315
| align="right" | 34.8
| align="right" | 33.9
| align="right" | 0.9
| align="right" |
|-
| 1919
| align="right" | 375,000
| align="right" | 13,261
| align="right" | 24,455
| align="right" style="color: red" | -11,194
| align="right" | 35.2
| align="right" | 64.9
| align="right" style="color: red" | -29.7
| align="right" |
|-
| 1920
| align="right" | 376,000
| align="right" | 12,791
| align="right" | 11,773
| align="right" | 1,018
| align="right" | 35.1
| align="right" | 32.3
| align="right" | 2.8
| align="right" |
|-
| 1921
| align="right" | 376,000
| align="right" | 14,360
| align="right" | 15,159
| align="right" style="color: red" | – 799
| align="right" | 38.1
| align="right" | 40.3
| align="right" style="color: red" | -2.2
| align="right" |
|-
| 1922
| align="right" | 376,000
| align="right" | 13,955
| align="right" | 12,967
| align="right" | 988
| align="right" | 37.0
| align="right" | 34.5
| align="right" | 2.5
| align="right" |
|-
| 1923
| align="right" | 377,000
| align="right" | 13,879
| align="right" | 10,778
| align="right" | 3,101
| align="right" | 36.8
| align="right" | 28.5
| align="right" | 8.3
| align="right" |
|-
| 1924
| align="right" | 380,000
| align="right" | 15,430
| align="right" | 10,558
| align="right" | 4,872
| align="right" | 41.1
| align="right" | 28.1
| align="right" | 13.0
| align="right" |
|-
| 1925
| align="right" | 383,000
| align="right" | 16,545
| align="right" | 9,327
| align="right" | 7,218
| align="right" | 42.6
| align="right" | 24.9
| align="right" | 17.7
| align="right" |
|-
| 1926
| align="right" | 386,000
| align="right" | 15,520
| align="right" | 9,958
| align="right" | 5,562
| align="right" | 39.4
| align="right" | 25.3
| align="right" | 14.1
| align="right" |
|-
| 1927
| align="right" | 389,000
| align="right" | 13,748
| align="right" | 10,015
| align="right" | 3,733
| align="right" | 34.5
| align="right" | 25.1
| align="right" | 9.4
| align="right" |
|-
| 1928
| align="right" | 391,000
| align="right" | 15,206
| align="right" | 11,342
| align="right" | 3,864
| align="right" | 37.9
| align="right" | 28.2
| align="right" | 9.7
| align="right" |
|-
| 1929
| align="right" | 393,000
| align="right" | 13,771
| align="right" | 12,413
| align="right" | 1,358
| align="right" | 34.0
| align="right" | 30.7
| align="right" | 3.3
| align="right" |
|-
| 1930
| align="right" | 393,000
| align="right" | 12,793
| align="right" | 14,341
| align="right" style="color: red" | -1,548
| align="right" | 31.6
| align="right" | 35.4
| align="right" style="color: red" | -3.8
| align="right" |
|-
| 1931
| align="right" | 393,000
| align="right" | 11,941
| align="right" | 15,467
| align="right" style="color: red" | -3,526
| align="right" | 29.7
| align="right" | 38.4
| align="right" style="color: red" | -8.7
| align="right" |
|-
| 1932
| align="right" | 390,000
| align="right" | 10,266
| align="right" | 12,848
| align="right" style="color: red" | -2,582
| align="right" | 25.7
| align="right" | 32.2
| align="right" style="color: red" | -6.5
| align="right" |
|-
| 1933
| align="right" | 390,000
| align="right" | 13,479
| align="right" | 10,615
| align="right" | 2,864
| align="right" | 33.8
| align="right" | 26.6
| align="right" | 7.2
| align="right" |
|-
| 1934
| align="right" | 392,000
| align="right" | 13,516
| align="right" | 10,069
| align="right" | 3,447
| align="right" | 33.7
| align="right" | 25.1
| align="right" | 8.6
| align="right" |
|-
| 1935
| align="right" | 394,000
| align="right" | 13,246
| align="right" | 10,445
| align="right" | 2,801
| align="right" | 32.8
| align="right" | 25.8
| align="right" | 7.0
| align="right" |
|-
| 1936
| align="right" | 398,000
| align="right" | 13,867
| align="right" | 10,500
| align="right" | 3,367
| align="right" | 34.1
| align="right" | 25.8
| align="right" | 8.3
| align="right" |
|-
| 1937
| align="right" | 400,000
| align="right" | 14,097
| align="right" | 11,527
| align="right" | 2,570
| align="right" | 34.4
| align="right" | 28.1
| align="right" | 6.3
| align="right" |
|-
| 1938
| align="right" | 402,000
| align="right" | 13,420
| align="right" | 12,046
| align="right" | 1,374
| align="right" | 32.6
| align="right" | 29.2
| align="right" | 3.4
| align="right" |
|-
| 1939
| align="right" | 405,000
| align="right" | 14,578
| align="right" | 11,340
| align="right" | 3,238
| align="right" | 35.2
| align="right" | 27.4
| align="right" | 7.8
| align="right" |
|-
| 1940
| align="right" | 407,000
| align="right" | 12,145
| align="right" | 10,373
| align="right" | 1,772
| align="right" | 29.1
| align="right" | 24.9
| align="right" | 4.2
| align="right" |
|-
| 1941
| align="right" | 407,000
| align="right" | 13,430
| align="right" | 10,436
| align="right" | 2,994
| align="right" | 32.2
| align="right" | 25.0
| align="right" | 7.2
| align="right" |
|-
| 1942
| align="right" | 408,000
| align="right" | 13,553
| align="right" | 11,927
| align="right" | 1,626
| align="right" | 32.5
| align="right" | 28.6
| align="right" | 3.9
| align="right" |
|-
| 1943
| align="right" | 410,000
| align="right" | 13,604
| align="right" | 10,642
| align="right" | 2,962
| align="right" | 32.6
| align="right" | 25.5
| align="right" | 7.1
| align="right" |
|-
| 1944
| align="right" | 419,000
| align="right" | 18,258
| align="right" | 11,355
| align="right" | 6,903
| align="right" | 43.4
| align="right" | 27.0
| align="right" | 16.4
| align="right" |
|-
| 1945
| align="right" | 424,000
| align="right" | 16,290
| align="right" | 15,277
| align="right" | 1,013
| align="right" | 38.4
| align="right" | 36.0
| align="right" | 2.4
| align="right" |
|-
| 1946
| align="right" | 437,000
| align="right" | 16,939
| align="right" | 12,678
| align="right" | 4,261
| align="right" | 38.8
| align="right" | 29.0
| align="right" | 9.8
| align="right" |
|-
| 1947
| align="right" | 445,000
| align="right" | 19,458
| align="right" | 8,830
| align="right" | 10,628
| align="right" | 43.7
| align="right" | 19.8
| align="right" | 23.9
| align="right" |
|-
| 1948
| align="right" | 455,000
| align="right" | 19,429
| align="right" | 10,680
| align="right" | 8,749
| align="right" | 42.7
| align="right" | 23.5
| align="right" | 19.2
| align="right" |
|-
| 1949
| align="right" | 458,000
| align="right" | 20,931
| align="right" | 7,523
| align="right" | 13,408
| align="right" | 45.7
| align="right" | 16.4
| align="right" | 29.3
| align="right" |
|-
| 1950
| align="right" | 479,000
| align="right" | 23,667
| align="right" | 6,611
| align="right" | 17,056
| align="right" | 49.4
| align="right" | 13.8
| align="right" | 35.6
| align="right" |
|-
| 1951
| align="right" | 498,000
| align="right" | 23,543
| align="right" | 7,305
| align="right" | 16,238
| align="right" | 47.3
| align="right" | 14.7
| align="right" | 32.6
| align="right" |
|-
| 1952
| align="right" | 514,000
| align="right" | 24,689
| align="right" | 7,569
| align="right" | 17,120
| align="right" | 48.0
| align="right" | 14.7
| align="right" | 33.3
| align="right" |
|-
| 1953
| align="right" | 537,000
| align="right" | 24,428
| align="right" | 8,550
| align="right" | 15,878
| align="right" | 45.5
| align="right" | 15.9
| align="right" | 29.6
| align="right" |
|-
| 1954
| align="right" | 551,000
| align="right" | 22,513
| align="right" | 8,587
| align="right" | 13,926
| align="right" | 40.9
| align="right" | 15.6
| align="right" | 25.3
| align="right" |
|-
| 1955
| align="right" | 570,000
| align="right" | 23,612
| align="right" | 7,260
| align="right" | 16,352
| align="right" | 41.4
| align="right" | 12.7
| align="right" | 28.7
| align="right" |
|-
| 1956
| align="right" | 591,000
| align="right" | 25,666
| align="right" | 6,910
| align="right" | 18,756
| align="right" | 43.4
| align="right" | 11.7
| align="right" | 31.7
| align="right" |
|-
| 1957
| align="right" | 609,000
| align="right" | 26,055
| align="right" | 7,823
| align="right" | 18,232
| align="right" | 42.8
| align="right" | 12.8
| align="right" | 29.9
| align="right" |
|-
| 1958
| align="right" | 627,000
| align="right" | 25,398
| align="right" | 7,307
| align="right" | 18,091
| align="right" | 40.5
| align="right" | 11.7
| align="right" | 28.9
| align="right" |
|-
| 1959
| align="right" | 644,000
| align="right" | 24,792
| align="right" | 7,040
| align="right" | 17,752
| align="right" | 38.5
| align="right" | 10.9
| align="right" | 27.6
| align="right" |
|-
| 1960
| align="right" | 662,000
| align="right" | 26,017
| align="right" | 7,588
| align="right" | 18,429
| align="right" | 39.3
| align="right" | 11.5
| align="right" | 27.8
| align="right" |
|-
| 1961
| align="right" | 680,000
| align="right" | 27,028
| align="right" | 6,697
| align="right" | 20,331
| align="right" | 39.7
| align="right" | 9.8
| align="right" | 29.9
| align="right" |
|-
| 1962
| align="right" | 700,000
| align="right" | 27,162
| align="right" | 6,485
| align="right" | 20,677
| align="right" | 38.8
| align="right" | 9.3
| align="right" | 29.5
| align="right" |
|-
| 1963
| align="right" | 715,000
| align="right" | 28,859
| align="right" | 6,912
| align="right" | 21,947
| align="right" | 40.4
| align="right" | 9.7
| align="right" | 30.7
| align="right" |
|-
| 1964
| align="right" | 735,000
| align="right" | 28,610
| align="right" | 6,421
| align="right" | 22,189
| align="right" | 38.9
| align="right" | 8.7
| align="right" | 30.2
| align="right" |
|-
| 1965
| align="right" | 754,000
| align="right" | 27,195
| align="right" | 6,637
| align="right" | 20,558
| align="right" | 36.1
| align="right" | 8.8
| align="right" | 27.3
| align="right" |
|-
| 1966
| align="right" | 773,000
| align="right" | 27,831
| align="right" | 6,944
| align="right" | 20,887
| align="right" | 36.0
| align="right" | 9.0
| align="right" | 27.0
| align="right" |
|-
| 1967
| align="right" | 789,000
| align="right" | 24,471
| align="right" | 6,750
| align="right" | 17,721
| align="right" | 31.0
| align="right" | 8.6
| align="right" | 22.5
| align="right" |
|-
| 1968
| align="right" | 804,000
| align="right" | 25,409
| align="right" | 7,382
| align="right" | 18,027
| align="right" | 31.6
| align="right" | 9.2
| align="right" | 22.4
| align="right" |
|-
| 1969
| align="right" | 815,000
| align="right" | 22,621
| align="right" | 6,733
| align="right" | 15,888
| align="right" | 27.7
| align="right" | 8.3
| align="right" | 19.5
| align="right" |
|-
| 1970
| align="right" | 828,000
| align="right" | 22,765
| align="right" | 6,520
| align="right" | 16,245
| align="right" | 27.5
| align="right" | 7.9
| align="right" | 19.6
| align="right" |
|-
| 1971
| align="right" | 841,000
| align="right" | 21,926
| align="right" | 6,436
| align="right" | 15,490
| align="right" | 26.1
| align="right" | 7.7
| align="right" | 18.4
| align="right" |
|-
| 1972
| align="right" | 850,968
| align="right" | 21,495
| align="right" | 6,753
| align="right" | 14,742
| align="right" | 25.3
| align="right" | 7.9
| align="right" | 17.3
| align="right" |
|-
| 1973
| align="right" | 869,334
| align="right" | 20,015
| align="right" | 6,779
| align="right" | 13,236
| align="right" | 23.0
| align="right" | 7.8
| align="right" | 15.2
| align="right" |
|-
| 1974
| align="right" | 880,650
| align="right" | 24,002
| align="right" | 6,424
| align="right" | 17,578
| align="right" | 27.3
| align="right" | 7.3
| align="right" | 20.0
| align="right" |
|-
| 1975
| align="right" | 892,045
| align="right" | 22,557
| align="right" | 7,201
| align="right" | 15,356
| align="right" | 25.3
| align="right" | 8.1
| align="right" | 17.2
| align="right" | <span style="color:#0000FF">3.19</span>
|-
| 1976
| align="right" | 903,610
| align="right" | 23,274
| align="right" | 6,968
| align="right" | 16,306
| align="right" | 25.8
| align="right" | 7.7
| align="right" | 18.0
| align="right" | <span style="color:#0000FF">3.13</span>
|-
| 1977
| align="right" | 918,005
| align="right" | 23,859
| align="right" | 7,154
| align="right" | 16,705
| align="right" | 26.0
| align="right" | 7.8
| align="right" | 18.2
| align="right" | <span style="color:#0000FF">3.04</span>
|-
| 1978
| align="right" | 933,499
| align="right" | 25,278
| align="right" | 6,596
| align="right" | 18,682
| align="right" | 27.1
| align="right" | 7.1
| align="right" | 20.0
| align="right" | <span style="color:#0000FF">3.09</span>
|-
| 1979
| align="right" | 949,888
| align="right" | 26,163
| align="right" | 6,871
| align="right" | 19,292
| align="right" | 27.6
| align="right" | 7.2
| align="right" | 20.3
| align="right" | <span style="color:#0000FF">3.07</span>
|-
| 1980
| align="right" | 966,039
| align="right" | 26,294
| align="right" | 6,919
| align="right" | 19,375
| align="right" | 27.2
| align="right" | 7.2
| align="right" | 20.1
| align="right" | <span style="color:#0000FF">3.19</span>
|-
| 1981
| align="right" | 980,462
| align="right" | 24,967
| align="right" | 6,653
| align="right" | 18,314
| align="right" | 25.5
| align="right" | 6.8
| align="right" | 18.7
| align="right" | <span style="color:#0000FF">2.68</span>
|-
| 1982
| align="right" | 992,521
| align="right" | 22,459
| align="right" | 6,584
| align="right" | 15,875
| align="right" | 22.6
| align="right" | 6.6
| align="right" | 16.0
| align="right" | <span style="color:#0000FF">2.39</span>
|-
| 1983
| align="right" | 1,001,691
| align="right" | 21,073
| align="right" | 6,532
| align="right" | 14,541
| align="right" | 21.0
| align="right" | 6.5
| align="right" | 14.5
| align="right" | <span style="color:#0000FF">2.23</span>
|-
| 1984
| align="right" | 1,012,221
| align="right" | 20,332
| align="right" | 6,646
| align="right" | 13,686
| align="right" | 20.1
| align="right" | 6.6
| align="right" | 13.5
| align="right" | <span style="color:#0000FF">2.16</span>
|-
| 1985
| align="right" | 1,020,528
| align="right" | 19,376
| align="right" | 6,906
| align="right" | 12,470
| align="right" | 19.0
| align="right" | 6.8
| align="right" | 12.2
| align="right" | 2.02
|-
| 1986
| align="right" | 1,028,360
| align="right" | 19,170
| align="right" | 6,805
| align="right" | 12,365
| align="right" | 18.6
| align="right" | 6.6
| align="right" | 12.0
| align="right" | 1.99
|-
| 1987
| align="right" | 1,036,082
| align="right" | 20,033
| align="right" | 6,753
| align="right" | 13,280
| align="right" | 19.3
| align="right" | 6.5
| align="right" | 12.8
| align="right" | 2.05
|-
| 1988
| align="right" | 1,043,239
| align="right" | 20,941
| align="right" | 6,879
| align="right" | 14,062
| align="right" | 20.1
| align="right" | 6.6
| align="right" | 13.5
| align="right" | <span style="color:#0000FF">2.14</span>
|-
| 1989
| align="right" | 1,051,260
| align="right" | 21,822
| align="right" | 7,149
| align="right" | 14,673
| align="right" | 20.8
| align="right" | 6.8
| align="right" | 14.0
| align="right" | <span style="color:#0000FF">2.23</span>
|-
| 1990
| align="right" | 1,058,775
| align="right" | 22,602
| align="right" | 7,031
| align="right" | 15,571
| align="right" | 21.3
| align="right" | 6.6
| align="right" | 14.7
| align="right" | <span style="color:#0000FF">2.32</span>
|-
| 1991
| align="right" | 1,070,266
| align="right" | 22,197
| align="right" | 7,027
| align="right" | 15,170
| align="right" | 20.7
| align="right" | 6.6
| align="right" | 14.2
| align="right" | <span style="color:#0000FF">2.30</span>
|-
| 1992
| align="right" | 1,084,441
| align="right" | 22,902
| align="right" | 7,023
| align="right" | 15,879
| align="right" | 21.1
| align="right" | 6.5
| align="right" | 14.6
| align="right" | <span style="color:#0000FF">2.37</span>
|-
| 1993
| align="right" | 1,097,374
| align="right" | 22,329
| align="right" | 7,433
| align="right" | 14,896
| align="right" | 20.3
| align="right" | 6.8
| align="right" | 13.6
| align="right" | <span style="color:#0000FF">2.31</span>
|-
| 1994
| align="right" | 1,112,846
| align="right" | 21,795
| align="right" | 7,402
| align="right" | 14,393
| align="right" | 19.6
| align="right" | 6.7
| align="right" | 12.9
| align="right" | <span style="color:#0000FF">2.25</span>
|-
| 1995
| align="right" | 1,122,457
| align="right" | 20,549
| align="right" | 7,465
| align="right" | 13,084
| align="right" | 18.3
| align="right" | 6.7
| align="right" | 11.7
| align="right" | <span style="color:#0000FF">2.14</span>
|-
| 1996
| align="right" | 1,133,996
| align="right" | 20,763
| align="right" | 7,670
| align="right" | 13,093
| align="right" | 18.3
| align="right" | 6.8
| align="right" | 11.5
| align="right" | <span style="color:#0000FF">2.12</span>
|-
| 1997
| align="right" | 1,148,284
| align="right" | 20,012
| align="right" | 7,986
| align="right" | 12,026
| align="right" | 17.4
| align="right" | 7.0
| align="right" | 10.5
| align="right" | 2.04
|-
| 1998
| align="right" | 1,160,421
| align="right" | 19,434
| align="right" | 7,839
| align="right" | 11,595
| align="right" | 16.8
| align="right" | 6.8
| align="right" | 10.0
| align="right" | 1.97
|-
| 1999
| align="right" | 1,175,267
| align="right" | 20,311
| align="right" | 7,944
| align="right" | 12,367
| align="right" | 17.3
| align="right" | 6.8
| align="right" | 10.5
| align="right" | 2.05
|-
| 2000
| align="right" | 1,186,873
| align="right" | 20,205
| align="right" | 7,982
| align="right" | 12,223
| align="right" | 17.0
| align="right" | 6.7
| align="right" | 10.3
| align="right" | 1.99
|-
| 2001
| align="right" | 1,196,287
| align="right" | 19,696
| align="right" | 7,983
| align="right" | 11,713
| align="right" | 16.4
| align="right" | 6.7
| align="right" | 9.8
| align="right" | 1.93
|-
| 2002
| align="right" | 1,204,621
| align="right" | 19,983
| align="right" | 8,310
| align="right" | 11,673
| align="right" | 16.5
| align="right" | 6.9
| align="right" | 9.6
| align="right" | 1.96
|-
| 2003
| align="right" | 1,213,370
| align="right" | 19,343
| align="right" | 8,520
| align="right" | 10,823
| align="right" | 15.8
| align="right" | 7.0
| align="right" | 8.8
| align="right" | 1.91
|-
| 2004
| align="right" | 1,221,003
| align="right" | 19,230
| align="right" | 8,475
| align="right" | 10,755
| align="right" | 15.6
| align="right" | 6.9
| align="right" | 8.7
| align="right" | 1.92
|-
| 2005
| align="right" | 1,228,254
| align="right" | 18,820
| align="right" | 8,646
| align="right" | 10,174
| align="right" | 15.1
| align="right" | 7.0
| align="right" | 8.2
| align="right" | 1.88
|-
| 2006
| align="right" | 1,233,996
| align="right" | 17,604
| align="right" | 9,162
| align="right" | 8,442
| align="right" | 14.0
| align="right" | 7.3
| align="right" | 6.7
| align="right" | 1.77
|-
| 2007
| align="right" | 1,239,630
| align="right" | 17,034
| align="right" | 8,498
| align="right" | 8,536
| align="right" | 13.5
| align="right" | 6.7
| align="right" | 6.8
| align="right" | 1.74
|-
| 2008
| align="right" | 1,244,121
| align="right" | 16,372
| align="right" | 9,004
| align="right" | 7,368
| align="right" | 12.9
| align="right" | 7.1
| align="right" | 5.8
| align="right" | 1.67
|-
| 2009
| align="right" | 1,247,429
| align="right" | 15,344
| align="right" | 9,224
| align="right" | 6,120
| align="right" | 12.0
| align="right" | 7.2
| align="right" | 4.8
| align="right" | 1.59
|-
| 2010
| align="right" | 1,250,400
| align="right" | 15,005
| align="right" | 9,131
| align="right" | 5,874
| align="right" | 11.7
| align="right" | 7.1
| align="right" | 4.6
| align="right" | 1.57
|-
| 2011
| align="right" | 1,252,404
| align="right" | 14,701
| align="right" | 9,170
| align="right" | 5,531
| align="right" | 11.7
| align="right" | 7.3
| align="right" | 4.4
| align="right" | 1.55
|-
| 2012
| align="right" | 1,251,602
| align="right" | 14,502
| align="right" | 9,343
| align="right" | 5,159
| align="right" | 11.5
| align="right" | 7.4
| align="right" | 4.1
| align="right" | 1.56
|-
| 2013
| align="right" |1,253,708
| align="right" | 13,688
| align="right" | 9,440
| align="right" | 4,248
| align="right" | 10.9
| align="right" | 7.5
| align="right" | 3.4
| align="right" | 1.45
|-
| 2014
| align="right" |1,255,126
| align="right" | 13,283
| align="right" | 9,682
| align="right" | 3,601
| align="right" | 10.5
| align="right" | 7.7
| align="right" | 2.8
| align="right" | 1.44
|-
| 2015
| align="right" | 1,256,135
| align="right" | 12,738
| align="right" | 9,747
| align="right" | 2,991
| align="right" | 10.1
| align="right" | 7.7
| align="right" | 2.4
| align="right" | 1.37
|-
| 2016
| align="right" |1,256,340
| align="right" | 12,948
| align="right" | 10,174
| align="right" | 2,774
| align="right" | 10.2
| align="right" | 8.1
| align="right" | 2.1
| align="right" | 1.41
|-
| 2017
| align="right" |1,256,816
| align="right" | 13,385
| align="right" | 10,140
| align="right" | 3,245
| align="right" | 10.6
| align="right" | 8.0
| align="right" | 2.6
| align="right" | 1.46
|-
| 2018
| align="right" style="color:blue" | 1,256,843
| align="right" | 12,980
| align="right" | 10,787
| align="right" | 2,193
| align="right" | 10.3
| align="right" | 8.5
| align="right" | 1.8
| align="right" | 1.42
|-
| 2019
| align="right" |1,256,589
| align="right" | 12,862
| align="right" | 11,174
| align="right" | 1,688
| align="right" | 10.2
| align="right" | 8.8
| align="right" | 1.4
| align="right" | 1.41
|-
| 2020
| align="right" |1,255,954
| align="right" | 13,465
| align="right" | 11,060
| align="right" | 2,405
| align="right" | 10.6
| align="right" | 8.7
| align="right" | 1.9
| align="right" | 1.46
|-
| 2021
| align="right" |1,255,609
| align="right" | 12,982
| align="right" | 13,274
| align="right" style="color: red" | -292
| align="right" | 10.3
| align="right" | 10.5
| align="right" style="color: red" | -0.2
| align="right" | 1.42
|-
| 2022
| align="right" |1,251,135
| align="right" | 12,096
| align="right" | 12,938
| align="right" style="color: red" | -842
| align="right" | 9.6
| align="right" | 10.2
| align="right" style="color: red" | -0.6
| align="right" | <span style="color:red">1.33</span>
|-
| 2023
| align="right" |1,248,317
| align="right" | 12,872
| align="right" | 11,839
| align="right" | 1,033
| align="right" | 10.3
| align="right" | 9.5
| align="right" | 0.8
| align="right" | 1.40
|-
| 2024
| align="right" |1,245,449
| align="right" | 12,853
| align="right" | 12,507
| align="right" | 346
| align="right" | 10.3
| align="right" | 10.0
| align="right" | 0.3
| align="right" | 1.44
|-
| 2025
| align="right" |1,243,741
| align="right" | 13,250
| align="right" | 12,685
| align="right" | 565
| align="right" | 10.7
| align="right" | 10.2
| align="right" | 0.5
| align="right" |
|-
|}
Current vital statistics
{| class="wikitable"
|+
|-
! Period
! Live births
! Deaths
! Natural change
|-
| 2023
| 12,872
| 11,839
| +1033
|-
| 2024
| 12,853
| 12,507
| +346
|-
| Difference
| -19 (-0.1%)
| +668 (+5.64%)
| -687
|}
Life expectancy
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
!Period
!Life expectancy in <br /> Years
|-
|1950–1955
|50.19
|-
|1955–1960
| 55.74
|-
|1960–1965
| 61.23
|-
|1965–1970
| 62.96
|-
|1970–1975
| 63.55
|-
|1975–1980
| 65.58
|-
|1980–1985
| 68.10
|-
|1985–1990
| 68.49
|-
|1990–1995
| 70.28
|-
|1995–2000
| 70.36
|-
|2000–2005
| 72.09
|-
|2005–2010
| 72.75
|-
|2010–2015
| 74.13
|}
Ethnic groups
Indo-Mauritians represent roughly sixty-eight percent of the population. The Indo-Mauritian population consists of Hindu and Muslim descendants of Indian laborers.
Mauritian Creoles, descendants of African slaves, represent twenty-seven percent of the population. The Creole community also includes the country's mixed-race communities, which consist of people with any admixture of the island's other groups. Rodriguais and Chagossians are usually incorporated within the Creole ethnic group.
Sino-Mauritians from the Hakka and other ethnolinnguistic groups make up around three percent of Mauritian society.
White Mauritians, of mostly French descent, make up roughly two percent of the population of Mauritius.
While the government officially groups Mauritians into four ethnic groups – Hindus, Muslims, Chinese, and General Population – the general population includes all who do not practice Hinduism or Islam and are not Chinese by ethnicity. The general population is mostly made-up of Christian Creole and White Mauritians.
Small groups of foreign students from Europe or the Indian Ocean region are also present. Recent years have seen a steady flow of foreign workers into the textile industry (primarily Bangladeshi men), the construction industry (primarily Indian and Bangladeshi workers), and harbor-related activities.
Language
thumb|150px|Picture from the 1950s of the Central Market, Port Louis, Mauritius.
The main languages spoken in Mauritius are Mauritian Creole, English, French, and Bhojpuri. The Mauritian currency features the Latin, Tamil and Devanagari scripts.
Mauritian Creole, which is spoken by 90 percent of the population, is considered to be the native language of the country and is used most often in informal settings. It was developed in the 18th century by enslaved Africans who used a pidgin language to communicate with each other and with French enslavers and colonizers. The pidgin evolved with later generations to become a casual and main language.
Mauritian Creole is a French-based creole.
Religion
More than 90% of the Sino-Mauritian community are Christian; the remainder are largely Buddhist.