Population: 1,081,000 (July 1991), growth rate 0.8% (1991)

Birth rate: 19 births/1,000 population (1991)

Death rate: 6 deaths/1,000 population (1991)

Net migration rate: - 4 migrants/1,000 population (1991)

Infant mortality rate: 20 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)

Life expectancy at birth: 66 years male, 74 years female (1991)

Total fertility rate: 2.0 children born/woman (1991)

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

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

Religion: Hindu 52%, Christian (Roman Catholic 26%, Protestant 2.3%) 28.3%, Muslim 16.6%, other 3.1%

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

Literacy: 61% (male 72%, female 50%) age 13 and over can read and write (1962)

Labor force: 335,000; government services 29%, agriculture and fishing 27%, manufacturing 22%, other 22%; 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 1991 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Mauritius People 1991 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Mauritius People 1991 should be addressed to the CIA.