Mauritius

National Liaison

Global Liaison

Phil Cayzer

phil@crcmissions.org

Capital City:

Port Louis

Population:

1.3 million

Ethnic Groups:

Indo-Mauritian (compose approximately two thirds of the total population), Creole, Sino-Mauritian, Franco-Mauritian

Languages:

Creole 86.5%, Bhojpuri 5.3%, French 4.1%, two languages 1.4%, other 2.6% (includes English, one of the two official languages of the National Assembly, which is spoken by less than 1% of the population), unspecified 0.1% (2011 est.)

Religions

Hindu 48.5%, Roman Catholic 26.3%, Muslim 17.3%, other Christian 6.4%, other 0.6%, none 0.7%, unspecified 0.1% (2011 est.)

All data has been sourced from the Population Reference Bureau and the CIA World Fact Book

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