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Noun Mauritian(s)
Adjective Mauritian Ethnic groups
Indo-Mauritian 68%, Creole 27%, Sino-Mauritian 3%, Franco-Mauritian 2% 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) 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) Population World Ranking: 155
1,313,095 (July 2012 est.)
Age structure
0-14 years
21.8% (male 145,185/female 139,579) 15-64 years 70.7% (male 457,743/female 463,875) 65 years and over 7.5% (male 38,944/female 58,391) (2011 est.) Median age
Total 33.1 years
Male 32.2 years Female 34 years (2012 est.) Population growth rate World Ranking: 140
0.705% (2012 est.)
Birth rate World Ranking: 145
13.78 births/1,000 population (2012 est.) Death rate World Ranking: 145
6.73 deaths/1,000 population (July 2012 est.) Net migration rate World Ranking: 98
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2012 est.) Urbanization
Urban population 42% of total population (2010)
Rate of urbanization 0.8% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) Major cities - population
PORT LOUIS (capital) 149,000 (2009) Sex ratio
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 (2011 est.) Maternal mortality rate World Ranking: 99
60 deaths/100,000 live births (2010) Infant mortality rate World Ranking: 138
Total 11.2 deaths/1,000 live births
Male 13.32 deaths/1,000 live births Female 8.98 deaths/1,000 live births (2012 est.) Life expectancy at birth World Ranking: 99
Total population 74.71 years
Male 71.25 years Female 78.35 years (2012 est.) Total fertility rate World Ranking: 156
1.78 children born/woman (2012 est.) Health expenditures World Ranking: 92
6.5% of GDP (2009)
Physicians density
1.06 physicians/1,000 population (2004) Hospital bed density
3.33 beds/1,000 population (2008) Hiv/aids - adult prevalence rate World Ranking: 48
1% (2009 est.)
Hiv/aids - people living with hiv/aids World Ranking: 102
8,800 (2009 est.)
Hiv/aids - deaths World Ranking: 93
Fewer than 500 (2009 est.)
Education expenditures World Ranking: 125
3.2% of GDP (2009)
Literacy
Definition
Age 15 and over can read and write Total population 88.5%Male 90.9% Female 86.2% (2010 est.) School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)
Total 14 years
Male 13 years Female 14 years (2008) Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 World Ranking: 48
Total 21.4%
Male 18.1% Female 26.3% (2009)
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Although known to Arab and Malay sailors as early as the 10th century, Mauritius was first explored by the Portuguese in the 16th century and subsequently settled by the Dutch - who named it in honor of Prince Maurits van NASSAU - in the 17th century. The French assumed control in 1715, developing the island into an important naval base overseeing Indian Ocean trade, and establishing a plantation economy of sugar cane. The British captured the island in 1810, during the Napoleonic Wars. Mauritius remained a strategically important British naval base, and later an air station, playing an important role during World War II for anti-submarine and convoy operations, as well as the collection of signal intelligence. Independence from the UK was attained in 1968. A stable democracy with regular free elections and a positive human rights record, the country has attracted considerable foreign investment and has earned one of Africa's highest per capita incomes.