| People | Mauritius |
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Population:
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1,284,264 (July 2009 est.) |
Urbanization:
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urban population: 42% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 0.9% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.) |
Population density:
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633 people per sq km land area |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 22.5% (male 147,136/female 142,121)
15-64 years: 70.4% (male 449,176/female 455,057)
65 years and over: 7.1% (male 36,309/female 54,465) (2009 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 31.9 years
male: 31 years
female: 32.7 years (2009 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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0.776% (2009 est.) |
Birth rate:
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14.41 births/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
Death rate:
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6.55 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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-0.06 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.67 male(s)/female
total population: 0.97 male(s)/female (2009 est.) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 12.2 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 14.51 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 9.77 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 74 years
male: 70.53 years
female: 77.65 years (2009 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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1.81 children born/woman (2009 est.) |
Major infectious diseases:
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void |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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1.7% (2007 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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13,000 (2007 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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fewer than 100 (2001 est.) |
Nationality:
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noun: Mauritian(s)
adjective: Mauritian |
Ethnic groups:
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Indo-Mauritian 68%, Creole 27%, Sino-Mauritian 3%, Franco-Mauritian 2% |
Religions:
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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:
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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:
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 84.4%
male: 88.4%
female: 80.5% (2000 census) |
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
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total: 14 years
male: 14 years
female: 13 years (2005) |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
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3.9% of GDP (2006) |
People - note:
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void |
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