Information on the People of Mauritius

• Population: 1,106,516 (July 1993 est.)
• Population growth rate: 0.95% (1993 est.)
• Birth rate: 19.67 births/1,000 population (1993 est.)
• Death rate: 6.44 deaths/1,000 population (1993 est.)
• Net migration rate: -3.71 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1993 est.)
• Infant mortality rate: 19 deaths/1,000 live births (1993 est.)
• Life expectancy at birth:
  • total population: 70.24 years
  • male: 66.34 years
  • female: 74.3 years (1993 est.)
• Total fertility rate: 2.23 children born/woman (1993 est.)
• Nationality:
  • noun: Mauritian(s)
  • adjective: Mauritian
• Ethnic divisions:
  • Indo-Mauritian 68%
  • Creole 27%
  • Sino-Mauritian 3%
  • Franco-Mauritian 2%
• Religions:
  • Hindu 52%
  • Christian 28.3% (Roman Catholic 26%, Protestant 2.3%)
  • Muslim 16.6%
  • other 3.1%
• Languages: English (official), Creole, French, Hindi, Urdu, Hakka, Bojpoori
• Literacy:
  • age 13 and over can read and write (1962)
  • total population: 61%
  • male: 72%
  • female: 50%
• Labor force: 335,000 [43% of population of working age (1985)]
  • government services 29%
  • agriculture and fishing 27%
  • manufacturing 22%
  • other 22%