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Mauritius — Population growth
Population Growth (Annual %) for Mauritius, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
-0.16%
Population Growth (Annual %) · annual % · -361.6% since 1961
Population growth for Mauritius was -0.16% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 2.84% in 1962. The lowest was -1.11% in 2023 (about 6.8× the latest value).
Mauritius ranks 185 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 85%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 2.30%, so Mauritius sits below it. It peaked in 1962 and has fallen 106% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 224%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
-0.16%
First (1961)
0.06%
Change
-361.6%
Highest
2.84%
in 1962
Lowest
-1.11%
in 2023
Average
0.93%
Annual growth (CAGR)
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Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | -0.16% |
| 2024 | -0.23% |
| 2023 | -1.11% |
| 2022 | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 0.03% |
| 2020 | 0% |
| 2019 | 0.03% |
| 2018 | 0.05% |
| 2017 | 0.09% |
| 2016 | 0.07% |
| 2015 | 0.13% |
| 2014 | 0.18% |
Reading this correctly. Annual population growth rate. A negative value means the population shrank, usually through emigration or low birth rates. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SP.POP.GROW — Population Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.