Mauritius 
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.
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