Demographics of Mauritius
| Demographics of Mauritius | |
|---|---|
Population pyramid of Mauritius in 2020 | |
| Population | 1,308,222 (2022 est.) |
| Density | 640 inhabitants per km² (2023) |
| Growth rate | 0.1% (2022 est.) |
| Birth rate | 9.86 births/1,000 population (2022 est.) |
| Death rate | 8.86 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.) |
| Life expectancy | 74.86 years |
| • male | 72.04 years |
| • female | 77.88 years |
| Fertility rate | 1.35 children born/woman (2022 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate | 12.08 deaths/1,000 live births |
| Net migration rate | 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 est.) |
| Age structure | |
| 0–14 years | 15.4% |
| 65 and over | 11.08% |
| Nationality | |
| Nationality | Mauritian |
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.