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 Mauritius
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This page was last updated on 16 September, 2007| Introduction - Mauritius: |  | Location - Mauritius: |  | People - Mauritius: |  | Population | 1,250,882 (July 2007 est.) |  |  |  | Age structure | 0-14 years: 23.5% (male 147,808/female 146,270) 15-64 years: 69.8% (male 436,043/female 437,441)
 65 years and over: 6.7% (male 32,475/female 50,845) (2007 est.)
 |  |  |  | Median age | total: 31.2 years male: 30.3 years
 female: 32.1 years (2007 est.)
 |  |  |  | Population growth rate | 0.798% (2007 est.) |  |  |  | Birth rate | 15.26 births/1,000 population (2007 est.) |  |  |  | Death rate | 6.88 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.) |  |  |  | Net migration rate | -0.4 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.) |  |  |  | Sex ratio | at birth: 1.02 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.011 male(s)/female
 15-64 years: 0.997 male(s)/female
 65 years and over: 0.639 male(s)/female
 total population: 0.971 male(s)/female (2007 est.)
 |  |  |  | Infant mortality rate | total: 14.14 deaths/1,000 live births male: 16.72 deaths/1,000 live births
 female: 11.53 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.)
 |  |  |  | Life expectancy at birth | total population: 72.88 years male: 68.92 years
 female: 76.9 years (2007 est.)
 |  |  |  | Total fertility rate | 1.94 children born/woman (2007 est.) |  |  |  | Hiv aids adult prevalence rate | 0.1% (2001 est.) |  |  |  | Hiv aids people living with hiv aids | 700 (2001 est.) |  |  |  | Hiv aids deaths | less than 100 (2001 est.) |  |  |  | Nationality | noun: Mauritian(s) adjective: Mauritian
 |  |  |  | Ethnic groups | Indo-Mauritian 68%, Creole 27%, Sino-Mauritian 3%, Franco-Mauritian 2% |  |  |  | Religions | Hindu 48%, Roman Catholic 23.6%, Muslim 16.6%, other Christian 8.6%, other 2.5%, unspecified 0.3%, none 0.4% (2000 census) |  |  |  | Languages | Creole 80.5%, Bhojpuri 12.1%, French 3.4%, English (official; spoken by less than 1% of the population), other 3.7%, unspecified 0.3% (2000 census) |  |  |  | Literacy | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 84.4%
 male: 88.4%
 female: 80.5% (2000 census)
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