Mauritius - Population

Population, total

The value for Population, total in Mauritius was 1,281,000 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,281,000 in 2010 and a minimum value of 659,351 in 1960.

Definition: Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of their country of origin. The values shown are midyear estimates.

Source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Reprot (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 659,351
1961 680,757
1962 700,349
1963 718,861
1964 736,381
1965 753,000
1966 768,813
1967 783,917
1968 798,413
1969 812,405
1970 826,000
1971 839,230
1972 852,053
1973 864,819
1974 878,042
1975 892,000
1976 906,507
1977 921,379
1978 936,435
1979 951,419
1980 966,000
1981 979,133
1982 990,754
1983 1,000,804
1984 1,009,234
1985 1,016,000
1986 1,024,680
1987 1,032,760
1988 1,040,841
1989 1,048,921
1990 1,058,775
1991 1,070,266
1992 1,084,441
1993 1,097,374
1994 1,112,846
1995 1,122,457
1996 1,133,996
1997 1,148,284
1998 1,160,421
1999 1,175,267
2000 1,186,873
2001 1,199,881
2002 1,210,196
2003 1,222,811
2004 1,233,386
2005 1,243,253
2006 1,252,698
2007 1,260,403
2008 1,268,565
2009 1,275,032
2010 1,281,000

Population, female (% of total)

Population, female (% of total) in Mauritius was 50.61 as of 2010. Its highest value over the past 50 years was 50.75 in 1978, while its lowest value was 49.90 in 1968.

Definition: Female population is the percentage of the population that is female. Population is based on the de facto definition of population.

Source: The United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects.

See also:

Year Value
1960 50.14
1961 50.11
1962 50.09
1963 50.06
1964 50.03
1965 49.99
1966 49.96
1967 49.92
1968 49.90
1969 49.91
1970 49.96
1971 50.07
1972 50.22
1973 50.38
1974 50.53
1975 50.64
1976 50.71
1977 50.75
1978 50.75
1979 50.73
1980 50.69
1981 50.65
1982 50.58
1983 50.51
1984 50.43
1985 50.36
1986 50.30
1987 50.24
1988 50.19
1989 50.15
1990 50.12
1991 50.09
1992 50.08
1993 50.08
1994 50.09
1995 50.12
1996 50.16
1997 50.22
1998 50.28
1999 50.34
2000 50.39
2001 50.42
2002 50.44
2003 50.45
2004 50.47
2005 50.48
2006 50.50
2007 50.53
2008 50.55
2009 50.58
2010 50.61

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population