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The People of Mauritius

Mauritian People

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Population: 1,284,264 (July 2009 est.)

Age structure: 0-14 years: 22.5% (male 147,136/female 142,121) 15-64 years: 70.4% (male 449,176/female 455,057) 65 years and over: 7.1% (male 36,309/female 54,465) (2009 est.)

Median age: total: 31.9 years male: 31 years female: 32.7 years (2009 est.)

Population growth rate: 0.776% (2009 est.)

Death rate: 6.55 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Net migration rate: -0.06 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Sex ratio: at birth: 1.05 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: 0.97 male(s)/female (2009 est.)

Infant mortality rate: total: 12.2 deaths/1,000 live births male: 14.51 deaths/1,000 live births female: 9.77 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Life expectancy at birth: total population: 74 years male: 70.53 years female: 77.65 years (2009 est.)

Total fertility rate: 1.81 children born/woman (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 1.7% (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 13,000 (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths: fewer 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%, Muslim 16.6%, other Christian 8.6%, other 2.5%, unspecified 0.3%, none 0.4% (2000 census)

Languages: Creole 80.5%, Bhojpuri 12.1%, French 3.4%, English (official; spoken by less than 1% of the population), other 3.7%, unspecified 0.3% (2000 census)

Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 84.4% male: 88.4% female: 80.5% (2000 census)