Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 05 - Demographic estimates in Mauritius
Mauritius: Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 05 - Demographic estimates was 0.6513 Persons per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 05 - Demographic estimates in Mauritius, 1990–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in Persons per square kilometre.
Analysis
Mauritius recorded 0.6513 Persons per square kilometre for africa's development dynamics (afdd) table 05 - demographic estimates in 2023. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, africa's development dynamics (afdd) table 05 - demographic estimates in Mauritius peaked at 0.6513 Persons per square kilometre in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.5371 Persons per square kilometre, in 1990.
Mauritius ranks 8th of 167 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.567 Persons per square kilometre | 0.5371 Persons per square kilometre | 0.5938 Persons per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.6166 Persons per square kilometre | 0.599 Persons per square kilometre | 0.6305 Persons per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.6457 Persons per square kilometre | 0.6322 Persons per square kilometre | 0.6491 Persons per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6506 Persons per square kilometre | 0.6499 Persons per square kilometre | 0.6513 Persons per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Mauritius
- 5 Malta 1.67 Persons per square kilometre compare
- 6 Bangladesh 1.33 Persons per square kilometre compare
- 7 Barbados 0.6558 Persons per square kilometre compare
- 9 Nauru 0.639 Persons per square kilometre compare
- 10 Rwanda 0.5713 Persons per square kilometre compare
- 11 San Marino 0.5607 Persons per square kilometre compare
More population data for Mauritius
- Population growth rate by level of development -1.42 (2100)
- Projected population under age 5 18,891 (2100)
- Population density 291.3 (2100)
- Population growth rate -1.42 (2100)
- Projected population under age 5, annual growth rate -1.15 % change on previous year (2100)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 03 - Annual population -0.011 Percent per annum (2030)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 05 - Demographic estimates 1,226 Persons (2050)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 05 - Demographic estimates -0.0107 % change on previous year (2030)
- Fertility and wanted fertility 1.44 (2024)
- Refugee population by country or territory of asylum 10 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is africa's development dynamics (afdd) table 05 - demographic estimates in Mauritius?
- Africa's development dynamics (afdd) table 05 - demographic estimates in Mauritius was 0.6513 Persons per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest africa's development dynamics (afdd) table 05 - demographic estimates recorded in Mauritius?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6513 Persons per square kilometre in 2023.
- What is the lowest africa's development dynamics (afdd) table 05 - demographic estimates recorded in Mauritius?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5371 Persons per square kilometre in 1990.
- How does Mauritius rank for africa's development dynamics (afdd) table 05 - demographic estimates?
- Mauritius ranks 8th out of 167 countries with data for 2023.
- Is africa's development dynamics (afdd) table 05 - demographic estimates rising or falling in Mauritius?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mauritius data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 05 - Demographic estimates — Population, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 05 - Demographic estimates — Population divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 05 - Demographic estimates — Population ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 05 - Demographic estimates Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 05 - Demographic estimates — Population divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.