3
Table 4.2 - Components of population growth, Republic of Mauritius1, 2022 and 2023
Components of population growth 2022 2023
Resident population as at beginning of year 1,263,614 1,260,922
Live Births 12,096 12,872
Deaths 12,938 11,839
Natural increase -842 1,033
Net international migration -1,850 -1,850
Resident population as at end of year 1,260,922 1,260,105
1
excluding Agalega and St Brandon
Population growth has two components: natural increase (the number of births minus the number of
deaths) and net international migration (net international movement of residents).
During the year 2023, there was a natural increase of 1,033 persons, with births adding 12,872 babies
and deaths removing 11,839 persons from the population. For the same period, net international
migration of residents was estimated at -1,850 persons.
5. Age distribution of population
Table 5.1 - Estimated resident population1 by broad age group and sex – Republic of
Mauritius2, 1 July 2022 and 1 July 2023
1 July 2022 1 July 2023
Age group
(Years) Male Female Both sexes Male Female Both sexes
0 6,114 6,110 12,224 6,263 6,091 12,354
1-4 26,428 25,423 51,851 25,886 25,189 51,075
5-9 33,613 32,176 65,789 33,158 31,789 64,947
10 - 14 38,275 37,699 75,974 37,077 36,233 73,310
15 - 19 46,606 44,957 91,563 45,044 43,415 88,459
20 - 29 97,276 95,021 192,297 96,691 94,176 190,867
30 - 39 88,253 85,241 173,494 88,943 86,097 175,040
40 - 49 92,511 90,067 182,578 93,106 90,696 183,802
50 - 59 85,332 86,785 172,117 83,317 84,663 167,980
60-64 37,883 41,429 79,312 38,808 42,358 81,166
65+ 71,496 93,554 165,050 74,524 97,243 171,767
All ages 623,787 638,462 1,262,249 622,817 637,950 1,260,767
1
based on 2011 Population Census data adjusted for underenumeration of children
2
excluding Agalega and St Brandon
The proportion of the population aged 0-14 years declined from 16.3% as at mid-2022 to 16.0%, one
year later. The proportion aged 15-64 years decreased to 70.4% in 2023 from 70.6% in 2022. As for
the population aged 65 years and above, the proportion increased from 13.1% in 2022 to 13.6% in
