My World Factbook
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People
1,294,104 (July 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 
153
0-14 years: 22.5% (male 147,136/female 142,121)
15-64 years: 70.4% (male 449,176/female 455,057)
65 years and over: 7.1% (male 36,309/female 54,465) (2010 est.)
total: 32.3 years
male: 31.4 years
female: 33.2 years (2010 est.)
0.751% (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 140
14.17 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 148
6.63 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 147
-0.03 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 121
urban population: 42% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 0.9% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.67 male(s)/female
total population: 0.97 male(s)/female (2010 est.)
total: 11.85 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 142
male: 14.09 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 9.49 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)
total population: 74.25 years
country comparison to the world: 99
male: 70.77 years
female: 77.89 years (2010 est.)
1.8 children born/woman (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 156
1.7% (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 36
13,000 (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 93
fewer than 100 (2001 est.)
country comparison to the world: 136
noun: Mauritian(s)
adjective: Mauritian
Indo-Mauritian 68%, Creole 27%, Sino-Mauritian 3%, Franco-Mauritian 2%
Hindu 48%, Roman Catholic 23.6%, Muslim 16.6%, other Christian 8.6%, other 2.5%, unspecified 0.3%, none 0.4% (2000 census)
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)
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 84.4%
male: 88.4%
female: 80.5% (2000 census)
total: 14 years
male: 13 years
female: 14 years (2008)
3.4% of GDP (2009)
country comparison to the world: 136
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