| People | Mauritius |
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Population:
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1,303,717 (July 2011 est.) |
Population density:
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643 people per sq km land area |
Urbanization:
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urban population: 42% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 0.8% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
Major cities - population:
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PORT LOUIS (capital) 149,000 (2009) |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 21.8% (male 145,185/female 139,579)
15-64 years: 70.7% (male 457,743/female 463,875)
65 years and over: 7.5% (male 38,944/female 58,391) (2011 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 32.7 years
male: 31.9 years
female: 33.6 years (2011 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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0.729% (2011 est.) |
Birth rate:
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13.97 births/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Death rate:
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6.68 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.04 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 (2011 est.) |
Maternal mortality rate:
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36 deaths/100,000 live births (2008) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 11.52 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 13.7 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 9.23 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 74.48 years
male: 71.01 years
female: 78.12 years (2011 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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1.79 children born/woman (2011 est.) |
Health expenditures:
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6.5% of GDP (2009) |
Physicians density:
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1.06 physicians/1,000 population (2004) |
Hospital bed density:
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3.33 beds/1,000 population (2008) |
Drinking water source:
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improved:
urban: 100% of population
rural: 99% of population
total: 99% of population
unimproved:
urban: 0% of population
rural: 1% of population
total: 1% of population (2008) |
Sanitation facility access:
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improved:
urban: 93% of population
rural: 90% of population
total: 91% of population
unimproved:
urban: 7% of population
rural: 10% of population
total: 9% of population (2008) |
Major infectious diseases:
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void |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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1% (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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8,800 (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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fewer than 500 (2009 est.) |
Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
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void |
Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
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void |
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: 13 years
female: 14 years (2008) |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
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3.2% of GDP (2009) |
People - note:
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void |
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