Nationality: noun: Mauritian(s)
adjective: Mauritian

Ethnic groups:
Indo-Mauritian 68%, Creole 27%, Sino-Mauritian 3%, Franco-Mauritian 2%

Languages:
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)

Religions:
Hindu 48%, Roman Catholic 23.6%, Muslim 16.6%, other Christian 8.6%, other 2.5%, unspecified 0.3%, none 0.4% (2000 census)

Population:
1,322,238 (July 2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 156
[see also: Population country ranks ]

Age structure:
0-14 years: 21.3% (male 143,874/female 137,850)
[see also: Age structure 0-14 years country ranks ]
15-24 years: 15.7% (male 104,861/female 102,671)
25-54 years: 44.3% (male 292,714/female 293,590)
55-64 years: 10.6% (male 66,460/female 73,964)
65 years and over: 8% (male 42,718/female 63,536) (2013 est.)

Dependency ratios:
total dependency ratio: 39.8 %
[see also: Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio country ranks ]
youth dependency ratio: 27.6 %
elderly dependency ratio: 12.2 %
potential support ratio: 8.2 (2013)

Median age:
total: 33.5 years
[see also: Median age - total country ranks ]
male: 32.6 years
female: 34.4 years (2013 est.)

Population growth rate:
0.68% (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 143
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Birth rate:
13.62 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 148
[see also: Birth rate country ranks ]

Death rate:
6.79 deaths/1,000 population (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 141
[see also: Death rate country ranks ]

Net migration rate:
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 98
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Urbanization:
urban population: 41.8% of total population (2011)
[see also: Urbanization - urban population country ranks ]
rate of urbanization: 0.57% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)

Major urban areas - population:
PORT LOUIS (capital) 149,000 (2009)

Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
[see also: Sex ratio - at birth country ranks ]
0-14 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-24 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
25-54 years: 1 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 0.9 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.67 male(s)/female
total population: 0.97 male(s)/female (2013 est.)

Maternal mortality rate:
60 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
country comparison to the world: 100
[see also: Maternal mortality rate country ranks ]

Infant mortality rate:
total: 10.89 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 138
male: 12.95 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 8.73 deaths/1,000 live births (2013 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 74.94 years
country comparison to the world: 101
male: 71.48 years
female: 78.58 years (2013 est.)

Total fertility rate:
1.78 children born/woman (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 157
[see also: Total fertility rate country ranks ]

Contraceptive prevalence rate:
75.8% (2002)
[see also: Contraceptive prevalence rate country ranks ]

Health expenditures:
5.9% of GDP (2011)
country comparison to the world: 115
[see also: Health expenditures country ranks ]

Physicians density:
1.06 physicians/1,000 population (2004)
[see also: Physicians density country ranks ]

Hospital bed density:
3.4 beds/1,000 population (2011)
[see also: Hospital bed density country ranks ]

Drinking water source:
improved: