Mauritius - Urban population

Urban population

The value for Urban population in Mauritius was 515,916 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 519,756 in 2008 and a minimum value of 231,505 in 1960.

Definition: Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 231,505
1961 243,908
1962 256,013
1963 268,035
1964 280,009
1965 291,916
1966 303,804
1967 315,676
1968 327,573
1969 339,504
1970 351,513
1971 363,605
1972 375,755
1973 379,491
1974 383,371
1975 387,512
1976 391,829
1977 396,239
1978 399,416
1979 404,358
1980 409,127
1981 413,108
1982 416,035
1983 417,715
1984 425,254
1985 431,938
1986 438,482
1987 445,028
1988 451,399
1989 458,181
1990 464,802
1991 468,530
1992 473,391
1993 477,687
1994 483,053
1995 485,844
1996 489,444
1997 494,198
1998 498,006
1999 502,932
2000 506,439
2001 509,128
2002 511,325
2003 513,680
2004 515,544
2005 517,242
2006 518,278
2007 519,269
2008 519,756
2009 519,754
2010 519,604
2011 519,046
2012 519,081
2013 518,842
2014 518,383
2015 517,668
2016 516,887
2017 516,481
2018 516,155
2019 515,980
2020 515,916

Urban population (% of total population)

Urban population (% of total population) in Mauritius was 40.76 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 44.10 in 1972, while its lowest value was 35.11 in 1960.

Definition: Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. The data are collected and smoothed by United Nations Population Division.

Source: United Nations Population Division. World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

See also:

Year Value
1960 35.11
1961 35.83
1962 36.56
1963 37.29
1964 38.03
1965 38.77
1966 39.52
1967 40.27
1968 41.03
1969 41.79
1970 42.56
1971 43.33
1972 44.10
1973 43.88
1974 43.66
1975 43.44
1976 43.22
1977 43.01
1978 42.79
1979 42.57
1980 42.35
1981 42.13
1982 41.92
1983 41.70
1984 42.01
1985 42.33
1986 42.64
1987 42.95
1988 43.27
1989 43.58
1990 43.90
1991 43.78
1992 43.65
1993 43.53
1994 43.41
1995 43.28
1996 43.16
1997 43.04
1998 42.92
1999 42.79
2000 42.67
2001 42.56
2002 42.45
2003 42.34
2004 42.22
2005 42.11
2006 42.00
2007 41.89
2008 41.78
2009 41.67
2010 41.56
2011 41.44
2012 41.33
2013 41.22
2014 41.11
2015 41.00
2016 40.91
2017 40.84
2018 40.79
2019 40.77
2020 40.76

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization