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    Mauritius People - 2002
    https://greekorthodoxchurch.org/wfb2002/mauritius/mauritius_people.html
    SOURCE: 2002 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

      Population 1,200,206 (July 2002 est.)

      Age structure
      0-14 years: 25.4% (male 153,810; female 150,464)
      15-64 years: 68.3% (male 409,028; female 411,070)
      65 years and over: 6.3% (male 30,170; female 45,664) (2002 est.)

      Population growth rate 0.86% (2002 est.)

      Birth rate 16.34 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)

      Death rate 6.81 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)

      Net migration rate -0.92 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2002 est.)

      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: 0.66 male(s)/female
      total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2002 est.)

      Infant mortality rate 16.65 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)

      Life expectancy at birth
      total population: 71.53 years
      female: 75.58 years (2002 est.)
      male: 67.54 years

      Total fertility rate 2 children born/woman (2002 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate 0.08% (1999 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS NA

      HIV/AIDS - deaths NA

      Nationality
      noun: Mauritian(s)
      adjective: Mauritian

      Ethnic groups Indo-Mauritian 68%, Creole 27%, Sino-Mauritian 3%, Franco-Mauritian 2%

      Religions Hindu 52%, Christian 28.3% (Roman Catholic 26%, Protestant 2.3%), Muslim 16.6%, other 3.1%

      Languages English (official), Creole, French (official), Hindi, Urdu, Hakka, Bhojpuri

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

      NOTE: The information regarding Mauritius on this page is re-published from the 2002 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Mauritius People 2002 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Mauritius People 2002 should be addressed to the CIA.

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