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Encyclopedia > Demographics of Mauritius
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Demographics of Mauritius, Data of FAO, year 2005 ; Number of inhabitants in thousands.

Population: 1,179,368 (July 2000 est.) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Possible meanings: Faro Airport (Portugal) Federation of Astrobiology Organizations Financial Aid Office Food and Agriculture Organization This page expands a three-character combination which might be any or all of: an abbreviation, an acronym, an initialism, a word in English, or a word in another language. ...


Age structure:
0-14 years: 26% (male 153,385; female 149,451)
15-64 years: 68% (male 401,032; female 403,295)
65 years and over: 6% (male 28,981; female 43,224) (2000 est.)


Population growth rate: 0.89% (2000 est.)


Birth rate: 16.66 births/1,000 population (2000 est.)


Death rate: 6.83 deaths/1,000 population (2000 est.)


Net migration rate: -0.93 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)


Sex ratio:
at birth: 1 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.67 male(s)/female
total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2000 est.)


Infant mortality rate: 17.73 deaths/1,000 live births (2000 est.)


Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 70.98 years
male: 66.98 years
female: 75.04 years (2000 est.)


Total fertility rate: 2.02 children born/woman (2000 est.)


Nationality:
noun: Mauritian(s)
adjective: Mauritian


Ethnic groups: Indian/South Asian 68%, Creole 27%, Chinese 3%, French 2% Map of South Asia South Asia is a subregion of Asia comprising the modern states of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, . It covers about 4,480,000 km², or 10 percent of the continent, and is also known as the Indian subcontinent. ... The term Creole and its cognates in other languages — such as crioulo, criollo, créole, kriolu, criol, kreyol, kriulo, kriol, krio, etc. ...


Religions: Hinduism 52%, Christianity 28.3% (Roman Catholicism 26%, Protestant 2.3%), Islam 16.6%, other 3.1% Hinduism (known as in modern Indian languages) is a religious tradition that originated in the Indian subcontinent. ... Christianity percentage by country, purple is highest, orange is lowest Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations Ecumenism · Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Constantine · Athanasius · Augustine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas · Wycliffe Tyndale · Luther · Calvin · Wesley Arius · Marcion of Sinope Pope · Archbishop of Canterbury Patriarch... The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... Protestantism is a general grouping of denominations within Christianity. ... For people named Islam, see Islam (name). ...


Languages: English (Official), French, Mauritian Creole, Hindi, Tamil, Bojpoori, Hakka. The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Mauritian Creole is a creole language or dialect from Mauritius. ... Hindi (हिन्दी) is a language spoken mainly in North and Central India. ... Tamil ( ; IPA ) is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamils in India and Sri Lanka, with smaller communities of speakers in many other countries. ... Bhojpuri is a popular regional language spoken in northeastern India in the western part of state of Bihar, the northwestern part of Jharkhand, and the Purvanchal region of Uttar Pradesh, as well as an adjoining area of southern plains of Nepal. ... Hakka is one language in the family of languages known as Chinese. ...


Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 82.9%
male: 87.1%
female: 78.8% (1995 est.)

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Dependencies and other territories
Canary Islands · Ceuta · Mayotte · Melilla · Puntland · Réunion · St. Helena · Socotra · Somaliland · Western Sahara A dependent territory, dependent area or dependency is a territory that does not possess full political independence or sovereignty as a State. ... Types of administrative and/or political territories include: A legally administered territory, which is a non-sovereign geographic area that has come under the authority of another government. ... 219 people/km² with Gran Canaria and Tenerife accounting for more than 80% of the total population of all islands. ... This article was imported from the CIA World Factbook and needs to be rewritten and/or reformatted in accordance with Wikipedia styles. ... Demographics of Western Sahara, Data of FAO, year 2005 ; Number of inhabitants in thousands. ...


  Results from FactBites:
 
Mauritius Demographics and Geography - Columbia Gazetteer of the World Online (685 words)
Mauritius (maw-RI-shyuhs), republic (790 sq mi/2,046 sq km; 1996 estimated population 1,133,551; 2004 estimated population 1,220,481), in the SW Indian Ocean, part of the Mascarene Island group, c.500 mi/805 km E of Madagascar; (cap.) Port Louis.
Mauritius was probably visited by Arabs and Malays in the Middle Ages.
Politics on Mauritius was long the preserve of the French and the Creoles, but the extension of the franchise under the 1947 constitution gave the Indians political power.
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