Population: 1,120,564 (July 1989), growth rate 1.8% (1989)

Birth rate: 21 births/1,000 population (1989)

Death rate: 6 deaths/1,000 population (1989)

Net migration rate: 4 migrants/1,000 population (1989)

Infant mortality rate: 22 deaths/1,000 live births (1989)

Life expectancy at birth: 66 years male, 73 years female (1989)

Total fertility rate: 2.2 children born/woman (1989)

Nationality: noun--Mauritian(s); adjective--Mauritian

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

Religion: 51% Hindu, 30% Christian (mostly Roman Catholic with a few Anglicans), 17% Muslim

Language: English (official), Creole, French, Hindi, Urdu, Hakka, Bojpoori

Literacy: 79%

Labor force: 335,000; 29% government services, 27% agriculture and fishing, 22% manufacturing, 22% other; 43% of population of working age (1985)

Organized labor: 35% of labor force in more than 270 unions

NOTE: The information regarding Mauritius on this page is re-published from the 1989 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Mauritius People 1989 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Mauritius People 1989 should be addressed to the CIA.