# Population in Mauritius

Population in Mauritius was 1.24 million in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `population`
- Place id: `mu`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Resident population. Spain and the EU: 1 January, with Spanish figures from the official municipal register (Padrón). United States: Census Bureau population estimates for 1 July. Other countries and the World: World Bank mid-year estimates, which count all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
- Note: For Denmark, Statistics Denmark counts the registered resident population on 1 January. Greenland and the Faroe Islands are excluded. The annual series selects the first-quarter reference date from FOLK1A. The World Bank series exists for every country, so use it (through compare) to rank countries on one basis.
- Source: World Bank, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/population/mauritius
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/population/mauritius.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=population&place=mu

| Period | persons |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 1,243,741 |
| 2024 | 1,245,779 |
| 2023 | 1,248,647 |
| 2022 | 1,262,523 |
| 2021 | 1,266,334 |
| 2020 | 1,266,014 |
| 2019 | 1,265,985 |
| 2018 | 1,265,577 |
| 2017 | 1,264,887 |
| 2016 | 1,263,747 |
| 2015 | 1,262,879 |
| 2014 | 1,261,208 |
| 2013 | 1,258,927 |
| 2012 | 1,255,882 |
| 2011 | 1,252,404 |
| 2010 | 1,250,400 |
| 2009 | 1,247,429 |
| 2008 | 1,244,121 |
| 2007 | 1,239,630 |
| 2006 | 1,233,996 |
| 2005 | 1,228,254 |
| 2004 | 1,221,003 |
| 2003 | 1,213,370 |
| 2002 | 1,204,621 |
| 2001 | 1,196,287 |
| 2000 | 1,186,873 |
| 1999 | 1,175,267 |
| 1998 | 1,160,421 |
| 1997 | 1,148,284 |
| 1996 | 1,133,996 |
| 1995 | 1,122,457 |
| 1994 | 1,112,846 |
| 1993 | 1,097,374 |
| 1992 | 1,084,441 |
| 1991 | 1,070,266 |
| 1990 | 1,058,775 |
| 1989 | 1,051,260 |
| 1988 | 1,043,239 |
| 1987 | 1,036,082 |
| 1986 | 1,028,360 |
| 1985 | 1,020,528 |
| 1984 | 1,012,221 |
| 1983 | 1,001,691 |
| 1982 | 992,521 |
| 1981 | 980,462 |
| 1980 | 966,039 |
| 1979 | 949,888 |
| 1978 | 933,499 |
| 1977 | 921,379 |
| 1976 | 906,507 |
| 1975 | 892,000 |
| 1974 | 878,042 |
| 1973 | 864,819 |
| 1972 | 852,053 |
| 1971 | 839,230 |
| 1970 | 826,000 |
| 1969 | 812,405 |
| 1968 | 798,413 |
| 1967 | 783,917 |
| 1966 | 768,813 |
| 1965 | 753,000 |
| 1964 | 736,381 |
| 1963 | 718,861 |
| 1962 | 700,349 |
| 1961 | 680,757 |
| 1960 | 680,331 |