Mauritius People:
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)
Median age:
total: 30.5 years
male: 29.65 years
female: 31.46 years (2005)
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 (2005)
under 15 years: 1.02 male(s)/female (2005)
15-64 years: 1 male(s)/female (2005)
65 years and over: 0.65 male(s)/female (2005)
total population: 0.97 male(s)/female (2005)
Infant mortality rate:
total: 15.03 deaths
/
1,000 live births (2005 est.)
male: 12.27 deaths
/
1,000 live births
female: 17.74 deaths
/
1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
total: 72.38 years (2005 est.)
male: 68.4 years
female: 76.41 years
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)
Languages:
Creole 80.5%, Bhojpuri 12.1%, French (official) 3.4%, other 3.7%, unspecified 0.3% (2000)
Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 85.6% (2003)
male: 88.6%
female: 82.7% (2003)
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