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Mauritius

Map Mauritius
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Facts

Population:  1,189,825 (July 2001 est.)
Age structure:  0-14 years:  25.53% (male 153,691; female 150,094) 15-64 years:  68.24% (male 404,940; female 407,056) 65 years and over:  6.23% (male 29,588; female 44,456) (2001 est.)
Population growth rate:  0.88% (2001 est.)
Birth rate:  16.5 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate:  6.82 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Net migration rate:  -0.92 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Sex ratio:  at birth:  1.02 male(s)/female under 15 years:  1.02 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 (2001 est.)
Infant mortality rate:  17.19 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:  total population:  71.25 years male:  67.26 years female:  75.31 years (2001 est.)
Total fertility rate:  2.01 children born/woman (2001 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, Hindi, Urdu, Hakka, Bojpoori
Literacy:  definition:  age 15 and over can read and write total population:  82.9% male:  87.1% female:  78.8% (1995 est.)
GDP:  purchasing power parity - $12.3 billion (2000 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:  7.5% (2000 est.)
GDP - per capita:  purchasing power parity - $10,400 (2000 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:  agriculture:  10% industry:  29% services:  61% (1996)
Population below poverty line:  10.6% (1992 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share:  lowest 10%:  NA% highest 10%:  NA%
Inflation rate (consumer prices):  5.3% (2000 est.)
Labor force:  514,000 (1995)
Labor force - by occupation:  construction and industry 36%, services 24%, agriculture and fishing 14%, trade, restaurants, hotels 16%, transportation and communication 7%, finance 3% (1995)
Unemployment rate:  6.4% (1999 est.)
Budget:  revenues:  $1.1 billion expenditures:  $1.2 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (1999 est.)
Industries:  food processing (largely sugar milling), textiles, clothing; chemicals, metal products, transport equipment, nonelectrical machinery; tourism
Industrial production growth rate:  8% (2000 est.)
Electricity - production:  1.26 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - production by source:  fossil fuel:  91.27% hydro:  8.73% nuclear:  0% other:  0% (1999)
Electricity - consumption:  1.172 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - exports:  0 kWh (1999)
Electricity - imports:  0 kWh (1999)
Agriculture - products:  sugarcane, tea, corn, potatoes, bananas, pulses; cattle, goats; fish
Exports:  $1.6 billion (f.o.b., 1999)
Exports - commodities:  clothing and textiles, sugar, cut flowers, molasses
Exports - partners:  UK 32%, France 19%, US 15%, Germany 6%, Italy 4% (1999 est.)
Imports:  $2.3 billion (f.o.b., 1999)
Imports - commodities:  manufactured goods, capital equipment, foodstuffs, petroleum products, chemicals (1996)
Imports - partners:  France 14%, South Africa 11%, India 8%, UK 5% (1999 est.)
Debt - external:  $1.9 billion (1998 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:  $42 million (1997)
Currency:  Mauritian rupee (MUR)
Currency code:  MUR
Exchange rates:  Mauritian rupees per US dollar - 27.900 (January 2001), 26.250 (2000), 25.186 (1999), 22.993 (1998), 21.057 (1997), 17.948 (1996)
Fiscal year:  1 July - 30 June

Statistics: CIA World Factbook.

Press

Le Matinal

(Independent, French-language), Port Louis
http://www.lematinal.com/

Le Mauricien

(Independent, French-language), Port Louis
http://www.lemauricien.com/mauricien/

L'Express

(Independent, French-language), Port Louis
http://www.lexpress.mu/

Scope Magazine

(Independent, French-language), Port Louis
http://www.lemauricien.com/wes/index.html

Star Press

(Independent, French-language), Port Louis
http://www.mauriweb.com/star/index.asp

Turf Magazine

(Independent, French-language), Port Louis
http://www.lemauricien.com/turfmag/index.html

Week-end

(Independent, French-language), Port Louis
http://www.lemauricien.com/weekend/index.html

 

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