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Population: |
1,220,481 (July 2004 est.) |
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Age structure: |
0-14 years: 24.8% (male 152,424; female
149,908)
15-64 years: 68.8% (male 418,836; female 420,411)
65 years and over: 6.5% (male 31,104; female 47,798) (2004
est.) |
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Median age: |
total: 30.1 years
male: 29.3 years
female: 31.1 years (2004 est.) |
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Population growth
rate: |
0.81% (2004 est.) |
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Birth rate: |
15.85 births/1,000 population (2004 est.) |
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Death rate: |
6.82 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.) |
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Net migration rate: |
-0.9 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.) |
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Sex ratio: |
at birth: 1.02 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.65 male(s)/female
total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2004 est.) |
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Infant mortality rate: |
total: 15.57 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 12.73 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
male: 18.36 deaths/1,000 live births |
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Life expectancy at
birth: |
total population: 72.09 years
male: 68.11 years
female: 76.13 years (2004 est.) |
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Total fertility rate: |
1.97 children born/woman (2004 est.) |
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HIV/AIDS - adult
prevalence rate: |
0.1% (2001 est.) |
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HIV/AIDS - people
living with HIV/AIDS: |
700 (2001 est.) |
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HIV/AIDS - deaths: |
less than 100 (2001 est.) |
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Nationality: |
noun: Mauritian(s)
adjective: Mauritian |
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Ethnic groups: |
Indo-Mauritian 68%, Creole 27%,
Sino-Mauritian 3%, Franco-Mauritian 2% |
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Religions: |
Hindu 52%, Christian 28.3% (Roman Catholic 26%,
Protestant 2.3%), Muslim 16.6%, other 3.1% |
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Languages: |
English (official), Creole, French (official),
Hindi, Urdu, Hakka, Bhojpuri |
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Literacy: |
definition: age 15 and over can read and
write
total population: 85.6%
male: 88.6%
female: 82.7% (2003 est.) |