Population and Vital Statistics 2010 of Mauritius was published
13 years, 1 month ago - March 03, 2011
Population pyramid – Republic of Mauritius, 2000 & 2010
The population of the Republic of Mauritius was estimated at 1283415 as at 31 December 2010, growing at a rate of 0.4% since end 2009. There were 97.3 males for every 100 females.
The main keypoints of report are:
- The population of the Republic of Mauritius was estimated at 1283415 as at 31 December 2010, growing at a rate of 0.4% since end 2009.
- As at end 2010, female population was higher than the male population by 17841.
- In 2010, the population aged 0-14 years comprised 21.6% of the total population. The population aged 15-64 years and that aged 65 years and over comprised 71.1% and 7.3% respectively of the total population.
- The dependency ratio (the child population under 15 years of age and the elderly population aged 65 years and above per 1,000 population aged 15-64 years) decreased from 412 in 2009 to 406 in 2010.
- The number of live births registered during year 2010 was 15,005 representing a decrease of 2.2% over the figure of 2009.
- Net international migration of residents was estimated at -310 persons.
- The proportion of the population aged 0-14 years declined from 22.2% in 2009 to 21.6% in 2010. In contrast, increases were registered in the proportion aged 15-64 years from 70.8% to 71.1% and the proportion aged 65 years and above from 7.0% to 7.3%.
- Mauritius’ growth rate (0.4%) was lower than that for Singapore (2.5%) and India (1.4%), but was higher than that for the United Kingdom (0.5%), Japan (-0.1%) and Belgium (0.5%)
