Nationality: noun: Mauritian(s) adjective:Mauritian

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

Languages: Creole 86.5%, Bhojpuri 5.3%, French 4.1%, two languages 1.4%, other 2.6% (includes English, the official language, which is spoken by less than 1% of the population), unspecified 0.1% (2011 est.)

Religions: Hindu 48.5%, Roman Catholic 26.3%, Muslim 17.3%, other Christian 6.4%, other 0.6%, none 0.7%, unspecified 0.1% (2011 est.)

Population: 1,331,155 (July 2014 est.)country comparison to the world: 156

Age structure: 0-14 years:21% (male 143,064/female 137,021)15-24 years:15.5% (male 104,257/female 102,233) 25-54 years:44.1% (male 293,607/female 294,029) 55-64 years:10.9% (male 68,749/female 76,407) 65 years and over:8% (male 45,145/female 66,643) (2014 est.)  Dependency ratios:total dependency ratio: 39.8 %youth dependency ratio:27.1 % elderly dependency ratio:12.8 % potential support ratio:7.8 (2014 est.)

Median age: total:33.9 yearsmale:33.1 years female:34.8 years (2014 est.)

Population growth rate: 0.66% (2014 est.)country comparison to the world: 148

Birth rate: 13.46 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)country comparison to the world: 149

Death rate: 6.85 deaths/1,000 population (2014 est.)country comparison to the world: 138

Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2014 est.)country comparison to the world: 88

Urbanization: urban population:41.8% of total population (2011)rate of urbanization:0.57% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)

Major urban areas - population: PORT LOUIS (capital) 151,000 (2011)

Sex ratio: at birth:1.05 male(s)/female0-14 years:1.04 male(s)/female 15-24 years:1.02 male(s)/female 25-54 years:1 male(s)/female 55-64 years:0.97 male(s)/female 65 years and over:0.67 male(s)/female total population:0.97 male(s)/female (2014 est.)

Maternal mortality rate: 60 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)

Infant mortality rate: total:10.59 deaths/1,000 live birthscountry comparison to the world: 136 male:12.59 deaths/1,000 live births female:8.5 deaths/1,000 live births (2014 est.)

| | Life expectancy at birth: total population:75.17 yearscountry comparison to the world: 98 male:71.71 years female:78.81 years (2014 est.)

Total fertility rate: 1.77 children born/woman (2014 est.)country comparison to the world: 160

Contraceptive prevalence rate: 75.8% (2002)

Health expenditures: 5.9% of GDP (2011)

Physicians density: 1.06 physicians/1,000 population (2004)

Hospital bed density: 3.4 beds/1,000 population (2011)

Drinking water source: improved:urban: 99.9% of population rural: 99.7% of population total: 99.8% of population unimproved: urban: 0.1% of population rural: 0.3% of population total: 0.2% of population (2012 est.)

Sanitation facility access: improved:urban: 91.7% of population rural: 90.1% of population total: 90.8% of population unimproved: urban: 8.3% of population rural: 9.9% of population total: 9.2% of population (2012 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 1.2% (2012 est.)country comparison to the world: 40

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 10,500 (2012 est.)country comparison to the world: 101

HIV/AIDS - deaths: 700 (2012 est.)country comparison to the world: 84

Obesity - adult prevalence rate: 18.5% (2008)country comparison to the world: 105

Education expenditures: 3.5% of GDP (2012)country comparison to the world: 123

Literacy: definition:age 15 and over can read and writetotal population:88.8% male:91.1% female:86.7% (2011 est.)

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education): total:16 yearsmale:15 years female:16 years (2012)

Unemployment, youth ages 15-24: total:23.7%country comparison to the world: 44 male:20.4% female:28.4% (2012) |