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==Population== According to {{UN_Population|source}}, the total population was {{UN_Population|Mauritius}} in {{UN_Population|Year}}, compared to 479,000 in 1950.<ref name="WPP 2010"/> The proportion of the population aged under 15 was 21.9% in 2010.<ref name="WPP 2010"/> 71.2% were between 15 and 65 years of age, with 6.9% being 65 years or older.<ref name="WPP 2010">{{cite web|url=http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/index.htm|title=World Population Prospects, the 2010 Revision|date=6 May 2011|access-date=29 August 2017|url-status=deviated|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110506065230/http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/index.htm|archive-date=6 May 2011}}</ref> === 2022 Census === Mauritius has a population of 1,235,260 (608,090 males, 627,170 females), according to the 2022 [[Census]].<ref>statsmauritius.govmu.org/Pages/Censuses and Surveys/Census/census_2022.aspx</ref> The population on the island of Mauritius was 1,191,280 (586,590 males and 604,690 females);<ref>statsmauritius.govmu.org/Pages/Censuses and Surveys/Census/2022_Population_census_Main_results.aspx</ref> [[Rodrigues]] island was 43,650 (21,330 males and 22,320 females); and [[AgalΓ©ga]] island was 330 (170 males and 160 females).<ref>[https://statsmauritius.govmu.org/Pages/Censuses%20and%20Surveys/Census/census_2022.aspx]</ref><ref>[https://statsmauritius.govmu.org/Pages/Censuses%20and%20Surveys/Census/2022_Population_census_Main_results.aspx]</ref><ref>[https://statsmauritius.govmu.org/Documents/Statistics/ESI/2022/EI1687/2022%20Population%20Census_Main%20Results_18112022.pdf]</ref> The average age of the population was 38 years;<ref>[https://statsmauritius.govmu.org/Pages/Censuses%20and%20Surveys/Census/census_2022.aspx]</ref><ref>[https://statsmauritius.govmu.org/Pages/Censuses%20and%20Surveys/Census/2022_Population_census_Main_results.aspx]</ref><ref>[https://statsmauritius.govmu.org/Documents/Statistics/ESI/2022/EI1687/2022%20Population%20Census_Main%20Results_18112022.pdf]</ref> the proportion of children aged under 15 years decreased from 20.7% (in 2011) to 15.4% (in 2022); and the number of adults aged 60 years and over increased from 12.7% (2011) to 18.7% (2022).<ref>[https://statsmauritius.govmu.org/Documents/Statistics/ESI/2022/EI1687/2022%20Population%20Census_Main%20Results_18112022.pdf]</ref> {{GraphChart | width = 650 | height = 150 | xAxisTitle=year | yAxisTitle= million | yAxisMin= | yGrid= 0,1 | xGrid= 10 | legend= | type = line | x = 1900,1901,1902,1903,1904,1905,1906,1907,1908,1909,1910,1911,1912,1913,1914,1915,1916,1917,1918,1919,1920,1921,1922,1923,1924,1925,1926,1927,1928,1929,1930,1931,1932,1933,1934,1935,1936,1937,1938,1939,1940,1941,1942,1943,1944,1945,1946,1947,1948,1949,1950,1951,1952,1953,1954,1955,1956,1957,1958,1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,1969,1970,1971,1972,1973,1974,1975,1976,1977,1978,1979,1980,1981,1982,1983,1984,1985,1986,1987,1988,1989,1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001,2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 | y1= 0.371,0.371,0.371,0.371,0.371,0.37,0.37,0.37,0.37,0.369,0.369,0.369,0.37,0.371,0.372,0.373,0.374,0.375,0.375,0.375,0.376,0.376,0.376,0.377,0.38, 0.383,0.386,0.389,0.391,0.393,0.393,0.393,0.39,0.39,0.392,0.394,0.398,0.4,0.402,0.405,0.407,0.407,0.408,0.41,0.419,0.424,0.437,0.445,0.455,0.458,0.479,0.498,0.514,0.537,0.551,0.57,0.591,0.609,0.627,0.644,0.662,0.68,0.7,0.715,0.735,0.754,0.773,0.789,0.804,0.815,0.828,0.841,0.851,0.869,0.881,0.891,0.903,0.918,0.934,0.948,0.966,0.981,0.993,1.002,1.011,1.021,1.028,1.037,1.043,1.051,1.059,1.07,1.084,1.098,1.113,1.122,1.134,1.148,1.16,1.175,1.187,1.2,1.21,1.223, 1.233,1.243,1.253,1.261,1.268,1.275,1.281,1.286,1.256,1.259,1.261,1.263,1.263,1.265,1.265,1.266,1.266,1.264 | y1Title= population (million) }} {{GraphChart | width = 650 | height = 150 | xAxisTitle=years | yAxisTitle= β° | yAxisMin= | yGrid= 0,1 | xGrid= 10 | hAnnotatonsLine=0 | hAnnotatonsLabel= | legend= | type = line | x = 1900,1901,1902,1903,1904,1905,1906,1907,1908,1909,1910,1911,1912,1913,1914,1915,1916,1917,1918,1919,1920,1921,1922,1923,1924,1925,1926,1927,1928,1929,1930,1931,1932,1933,1934,1935,1936,1937,1938,1939,1940,1941,1942,1943,1944,1945,1946,1947,1948,1949,1950,1951,1952,1953,1954,1955,1956,1957,1958,1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,1969,1970,1971,1972,1973,1974,1975,1976,1977,1978,1979,1980,1981,1982,1983,1984,1985,1986,1987,1988,1989,1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001,2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 | y1= 2.1,-5.6,2.1,-3.8,5.3,-3.5,-6.4,3.1,-4.3,-2.5,2.3,6.4,-3.3,5.3,8.3,-0.0,4.6,4.4,0.9,-29.7,2.8,-2.2,2.5,8.3,13.0,17.7,14.1,9.4,9.7,3.3,-3.8,-8.7,-6.5,7.2,8.6,7.0,8.3,6.3,3.4,7.8,4.2,7.2,3.9,7.1,16.4,2.4,9.8,23.9,19.2,29.3,35.6,32.6,33.3,29.6,25.3,28.7,31.7,29.9,28.9,27.6,27.8,29.9,29.5,30.7,30.2,27.3,27.0,22.5,22.4,19.5,9.6,18.4,17.3,15.2,20.0,17.2,18.0,18.2,20.0,20.3,20.1,18.7,16.0,14.5,13.5,12.2,12.0,12.8,13.5,14.0,14.7,14.2,14.6,13.6,12.9,11.7,11.5,10.5,10.0,10.5,10.3,9.8,9.6,8.8,8.7,8.2,6.7,6.8,5.8,4.8,4.6,4.4,4.1,3.4,2.8,2.4,2.1,2.6,1.8,1.4,1.9,-0.2 | y1Title=Natural change (per 1000) }} {{GraphChart | width = 250 | height = 150 | xAxisTitle=years | yAxisTitle= TFR | yAxisMin= | yGrid= 0,1 | xGrid= 10 | hAnnotatonsLine=2.1 | hAnnotatonsLabel= | legend= | type = line | x = 1976,1977,1978,1979,1980,1981,1982,1983,1984,1985,1986,1987,1988,1989,1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001,2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 | y1= 3.19,3.13,3.04,3.09,3.07,3.19,2.68,2.39,2.23,2.16,2.02,1.99,2.05,2.14,2.23,2.32,2.30,2.37,2.31,2.25,2.14,2.12,2.04,1.97,2.05,1.99,1.93,1.96,1.91,1.92, 1.88,1.77,1.74,1.67,1.59,1.57,1.55,1.54,1.44,1.43,1.36,1.40,1.44,1.41,1.40,1.44 | y1Title=Total Fertility Rate }} === Structure of the population === ====UN estimates==== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;" |- ! ! width="80pt"|Total population ! width="80pt"|Population aged 0β14 (%) ! width="80pt"|Population aged 15β64 (%) ! width="80pt"|Population aged 65+ (%) |- | 1950 | 479 000||45.2||51.9||3.0 |- | 1955 | 570 000||46.1||51.3||2.6 |- | 1960 | 662 000||46.6||50.9||2.5 |- | 1965 | 754 000||46.2||51.3||2.5 |- | 1970 | 828 000||43.8||53.6||2.6 |- | 1975 | 891 000||39.9||57.3||2.8 |- | 1980 | 966 000||35.4||61.0||3.6 |- | 1985 |1 021 000||31.4||64.5||4.1 |- | 1990 |1 059 000||29.7||65.8||4.5 |- | 1995 |1 122 000||27.8||67.2||5.0 |- | 2000 |1 187 000||26.7||67.6||5.7 |- | 2005 |1 243 000||24.8||69.1||6.1 |- | 2010 |1 281 000||21.9||71.2||6.9 |} ====2012 estimates==== Population Estimates by sex and age group (01.VII.2012) (Based on the results of the 2011 Population Census.) : {| class="wikitable" |- ! width="80pt"|Age Group ! width="80pt"|Male ! width="80pt"|Female ! width="80pt"|Total ! width="80pt"|% |- | align="right" | Total | align="right" | 621 297 | align="right" | 634 585 | align="right" | 1,255,882 | align="right" | 100 |- | align="right" | 0β4 | align="right" | 38 379 | align="right" | 37 772 | align="right" | 76 151 | align="right" | 6.06 |- | align="right" | 5β9 | align="right" | 46 802 | align="right" | 45 130 | align="right" | 91 932 | align="right" | 7.32 |- | align="right" | 10β14 | align="right" | 49 926 | align="right" | 48 044 | align="right" | 97 970 | align="right" | 7.80 |- | align="right" | 15β19 | align="right" | 50 158 | align="right" | 49 996 | align="right" | 100 154 | align="right" | 7.97 |- | align="right" | 20β24 | align="right" | 48 747 | align="right" | 47 374 | align="right" | 96 121 | align="right" | 7.65 |- | align="right" | 25β29 | align="right" | 43 794 | align="right" | 43 392 | align="right" | 87 186 | align="right" | 6.94 |- | align="right" | 30β34 | align="right" | 52 325 | align="right" | 51 550 | align="right" | 103 875 | align="right" | 8.27 |- | align="right" | 35β39 | align="right" | 45 447 | align="right" | 44 448 | align="right" | 89 895 | align="right" | 7.16 |- | align="right" | 40β44 | align="right" | 43 961 | align="right" | 43 150 | align="right" | 87 111 | align="right" | 6.94 |- | align="right" | 45β49 | align="right" | 49 134 | align="right" | 48 570 | align="right" | 97 704 | align="right" | 7.78 |- | align="right" | 50β54 | align="right" | 43 718 | align="right" | 44 514 | align="right" | 88 232 | align="right" | 7.03 |- | align="right" | 55β59 | align="right" | 37 174 | align="right" | 38 625 | align="right" | 75 799 | align="right" | 6.04 |- | align="right" | 60β64 | align="right" | 28 929 | align="right" | 31 946 | align="right" | 60 875 | align="right" | 4.85 |- | align="right" | 65β69 | align="right" | 16 986 | align="right" | 20 842 | align="right" | 37 828 | align="right" | 3.01 |- | align="right" | 70β74 | align="right" | 11 099 | align="right" | 14 471 | align="right" | 25 570 | align="right" | 2.04 |- | align="right" | 75β79 | align="right" | 7 761 | align="right" | 11 311 | align="right" | 19 072 | align="right" | 1.52 |- | align="right" | 80β84 | align="right" | 4 077 | align="right" | 7 033 | align="right" | 11 110 | align="right" | 0.88 |- | align="right" | 85+ | align="right" | 2 880 | align="right" | 6 417 | align="right" | 9 297 | align="right" | 0.74 |- ! width="50"|Age group ! width="80pt"|Male ! width="80"|Female ! width="80"|Total ! width="50"|Percent |- | align="right" | 0β14 | align="right" | 135 107 | align="right" | 130 946 | align="right" | 266 053 | align="right" | 21.18 |- | align="right" | 15β64 | align="right" | 443 387 | align="right" | 443 565 | align="right" | 886 952 | align="right" | 70.62 |- | align="right" | 65+ | align="right" | 42 803 | align="right" | 60 074 | align="right" | 102 877 | align="right" | 8.19 |- |} ====Census 2019==== Population by sex and age group (Census 04.VII.2019) (Excludes the islands of St. Brandon and Agalega.):<ref>{{cite web|url=http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2.htm|title=United Nations Statistics Division β Demographic and Social Statistics|website=Unstats.un.org|access-date=2017-08-29}}</ref> {| 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" | 0β4 | align="right" | 36 702 | align="right" | 36 376 | align="right" | 73 078 | align="right" | 5.91 |- | align="right" | 5β9 | align="right" | 44 947 | align="right" | 44 068 | align="right" | 89 015 | align="right" | 7.20 |- | align="right" | 10β14 | align="right" | 47 302 | align="right" | 46 337 | align="right" | 93 639 | align="right" | 7.57 |- | align="right" | 15β19 | align="right" | 50 715 | align="right" | 50 293 | align="right" | 101 008 | align="right" | 8.17 |- | align="right" | 20β24 | align="right" | 46 871 | align="right" | 45 800 | align="right" | 92 671 | align="right" | 7.49 |- | align="right" | 25β29 | align="right" | 45 589 | align="right" | 45 348 | align="right" | 90 937 | align="right" | 7.35 |- | align="right" | 30β34 | align="right" | 52 182 | align="right" | 51 247 | align="right" | 103 429 | align="right" | 8.36 |- | align="right" | 35β39 | align="right" | 44 241 | align="right" | 43 556 | align="right" | 87 797 | align="right" | 7.10 |- | align="right" | 40β44 | align="right" | 45 150 | align="right" | 44 236 | align="right" | 89 386 | align="right" | 7.23 |- | align="right" | 45β49 | align="right" | 49 800 | align="right" | 49 541 | align="right" | 99 341 | align="right" | 8.03 |- | align="right" | 50β54 | align="right" | 42 996 | align="right" | 43 341 | align="right" | 86 337 | align="right" | 6.98 |- | align="right" | 55β59 | align="right" | 35 713 | align="right" | 37 341 | align="right" | 73 054 | align="right" | 5.91 |- | align="right" | 60β64 | align="right" | 27 143 | align="right" | 30 199 | align="right" | 57 342 | align="right" | 4.64 |- | align="right" | 65β69 | align="right" | 15 846 | align="right" | 19 593 | align="right" | 35 439 | align="right" | 2.87 |- | align="right" | 70β74 | align="right" | 10 986 | align="right" | 14 389 | align="right" | 25 375 | align="right" | 2.05 |- | align="right" | 75β79 | align="right" | 7 349 | align="right" | 10 695 | align="right" | 18 044 | align="right" | 1.46 |- | align="right" | 80β84 | align="right" | 4 176 | align="right" | 7 193 | align="right" | 11 369 | align="right" | 0.92 |- | align="right" | 85β89 | align="right" | 2 135 | align="right" | 4 233 | align="right" | 6 368 | align="right" | 0.51 |- | align="right" | 90β94 | align="right" | 512 | align="right" | 1 470 | align="right" | 1 982 | align="right" | 0.16 |- | align="right" | 95β99 | 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" | 0β14 | align="right" | 128 951 | align="right" | 126 781 | align="right" | 255 732 | align="right" | 20.68 |- | align="right" | 15β64 | 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 |- |}
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