Mauritius

Graeme Villeret

8 years ago

Official name	Republic of Mauritius
Name in local language	Republic of Mauritius (en) ; République de Maurice (fr)
Continent	Africa
Subcontinent	East Africa
Population (ranking: 162^e)	1,266,030 inhabitants (2021)
Population growth	0.04 % / year
Area	2,007 km²
Density	630.81 inhabitants / km²
GDP (ranking: 136^e)	14.048 billions $USD (2019)
GDP/capita (ranking)	11,099 $USD (2019)
GDP growth	3.00 % / year (2019)
Life expectancy (ranking)	74.45 years (2019)
Birth rate	10.60 ‰ (2020)
Fertility rate	1.40 children / woman (2019)
Death rate (ranking)	8.70 ‰ (2020)
Infant mortality rate (ranking)	14.90 ‰ (2020)
Literacy rate	98.72 % (2015)
Official languages	None (de jure), English, Creole and French (majority)
Currency	Mauritian rupee (MUR)
HDI (ranking: 87^e)	0.804 / 1 (2019)
EPI (ranking)	56.63 (2018)
Government	Unitary parliamentary republic
Head of State	President Prithvirajsing Roopun, also known as Pradeep Roopun
National Day	12 March (independence of 1968)
ISO Codes	MU, MUS
Demonym	Mauritian
Tourists (ranking)	1,383,488 people (2019)

Stagnation of the population

Mauritius is a state of the Indian Ocean, located about 173 kilometers from Reunion, an island belonging to France, and 881 kilometers east of Madagascar. It consists of Mauritius, Rodrigues (560 kilometers east), the Agalega Islands and the archipelago of Saint-Brandon which are part of the Mascarene archipelago (with Reunion). Mauritius claims sovereignty over the Chagos Archipelago (United Kingdom) and the island of Tromelin (France).

Port Louis, capitale of Mauritius. Photo: Peter Kuchar

Panorama of Mauritius, seen from Le Pouce mountain. Photo: Clément Larher

Le Morne Brabant mountain, in Mauritius. Photo: Wikipedia

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Urban areas (2016)

Urban areas	Population
Port-Louis Maps: Port-Louis – routière Port-Louis – satellite	900,488 inhabitants

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Administrative divisions

Islands and Districts	Population	Area
Agaléga and Saint-Brandon (Cargados and Carajos) (Island)	274 inhabitants	29 km²
Flacq	138,460 inhabitants	299 km²
Grand Port	112,997 inhabitants	261 km²
Mauritius (Island)	1,221,759 inhabitants	1,868 km²
Moka	83,251 inhabitants	234 km²
Pamplemousses	139,966 inhabitants	180 km²
Plaines Wilhems	368,621 inhabitants	196 km²
Port-Louis	119,706 inhabitants	40 km²
Rivière du Rempart	108,005 inhabitants	154 km²
Rivière Noire	80,939 inhabitants	257 km²
Rodrigues (Island)	43,997 inhabitants	110 km²
Savanne	68,585 inhabitants	246 km²