| Population: |
1,250,882 (July 2007 est.) |
| Age structure: |
0-14 years: 23.5% (male 147,808/female 146,270)
15-64 years: 69.8% (male 436,043/female 437,441)
65 years and over: 6.7% (male 32,475/female 50,845) (2007 est.) |
| Population growth rate: |
0.798% (2007 est.) |
| Birth rate: |
15.26 births/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
| Death rate: |
6.88 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
| Net migration rate: |
-0.4 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
| Sex ratio: |
at birth: 1.02 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.011 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.997 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.639 male(s)/female
total population: 0.971 male(s)/female (2007 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate: |
total: 14.14 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 16.72 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 11.53 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth: |
total population: 72.88 years
male: 68.92 years
female: 76.9 years (2007 est.) |
| Total fertility rate: |
1.94 children born/woman (2007 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: |
0.1% (2001 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: |
700 (2001 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths: |
less than 100 (2001 est.) |
| Nationality: |
noun: Mauritian(s)
adjective: Mauritian |
| Ethnic groups: |
Indo-Mauritian 68%, Creole 27%, Sino-Mauritian 3%, Franco-Mauritian 2% |
| Religions: |
Hindu 48%, Roman Catholic 23.6%, Muslim 16.6%, other Christian 8.6%, other 2.5%, unspecified 0.3%, none 0.4% (2000 census) |
| Languages: |
Creole 80.5%, Bhojpuri 12.1%, French 3.4%, English (official; spoken by less than 1% of the population), other 3.7%, unspecified 0.3% (2000 census) |
| Literacy: |
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 84.4%
male: 88.4%
female: 80.5% (2000 census) |
