Mauritius People - 2005

Population:
1,230,602 (July 2005 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 24.4% (male 151,043/female 148,847)
15-64 years: 69.1% (male 424,472/female 425,974)
65 years and over: 6.5% (male 31,506/female 48,760) (2005 est.)

Median age:
total: 30.5 years
male: 29.65 years
female: 31.46 years (2005 est.)

Population growth rate:
0.84% (2005 est.)

Birth rate:
15.62 births/1,000 population (2005 est.)

Death rate:
6.83 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)

Net migration rate:
-0.41 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)

Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.02 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.65 male(s)/female
total population: 0.97 male(s)/female (2005 est.)

Infant mortality rate:
total: 15.03 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 17.74 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 12.27 deaths/1,000 live births (2005 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 72.38 years
male: 68.4 years
female: 76.41 years (2005 est.)

See also: Healthy Life Expectancy

See also: Health Performance

Total fertility rate:
1.96 children born/woman (2005 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%, other Christian 8.6%, Muslim 16.6%, other 2.5%, unspecified 0.3%, none 0.4% (2000 census)

Languages:
Creole 80.5%, Bhojpuri 12.1%, French 3.4% (official), other 3.7%, unspecified 0.3% (2000 census)