Mauritius's population ages 15-64, total was 887,388 in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 2.76% from 912,536 in 2015 (0.28% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 887,388 | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 914,621 | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 912,536 | 2015 |
| Highest | 914,621 | 2020 |
| Lowest | 353,481 | 1961 |
| Average since 2016 | 907,230 | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 353,659 | 1960 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Mauritius' population ages 15-64, total fell 0.6% on 2024 (from 892,766 to 887,388).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +0.6% and a typical year strayed about 0.8% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.6 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 3.1% in 1973 and the biggest yearly fall was 1.4% in 2023. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is downward, about 2,791 a year. A straight line explains 67% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, Mauritius had the 156th highest value of the 217 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Mauritius | 887,388 | 2025 |
| World | 5.36 billion | 2025 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 745.25 million | 2025 |
| Upper middle income | 2.11 billion | 2025 |
Closest to Mauritius in the 2025 ranking
- Kosovo — 153rd of 217: 1.1 million
- Trinidad and Tobago — 154th of 217: 951,721
- Cyprus — 155th of 217: 945,638
- Timor-Leste — 157th of 217: 874,596
- Estonia — 158th of 217: 860,122
- Eswatini — 159th of 217: 787,097
What this measures
Total population between the ages 15 to 64. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.
All 66 values
| Year | Population ages 15-64, total |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 887,388 |
| 2024 | 892,766 |
| 2023 | 898,204 |
| 2022 | 910,641 |
| 2021 | 914,500 |
| 2020 | 914,621 |
| 2019 | 914,458 |
| 2018 | 913,819 |
| 2017 | 913,205 |
| 2016 | 912,700 |
| 2015 |
Population ages 15-64, total in nearby economies
- Angola — 20.69 million (2025)
- Benin — 8.23 million (2025)
- Botswana — 1.64 million (2025)
- Burkina Faso — 13.52 million (2025)
- Burundi — 7.69 million (2025)
- Cabo Verde — 359,378 (2025)
- Cameroon — 16.75 million (2025)
- Central African Republic — 2.71 million (2025)
- Chad — 10.91 million (2025)
- Comoros — 518,018 (2025)
- Congo, Dem. Rep. — 57.51 million (2025)
More health data for Mauritius
- Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 4.63% (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 4.64% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female — 91,237 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 14.63% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male — 89,567 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 14.44% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total — 180,804 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 14.54% (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) — 4.8% (2025)
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Questions people ask
- What is Mauritius's population ages 15-64, total?
- 887,388 in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1960?
- It is up 150.92% from 353,659 in 1960 (1.43% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 914,621 in 2020 and the lowest 353,481 in 1961.
- How does Mauritius rank?
- 156th highest of 217 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in population ages 15-64, total unusual for Mauritius?
- In 2025, Mauritius' population ages 15-64, total fell 0.6% on 2024 (from 892,766 to 887,388). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +0.6% and a typical year strayed about 0.8% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.6 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SP.POP.1564.TO, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division; Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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