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The Indo-Mauritian population consists of Hindu, Muslim, and Christian descendants of Indian laborers. Mauritian Creoles (descendants of Africans ) are thirty-eight percent of the population. Today, a significant proportion of Creoles are of African descent, with varying amounts of French and Indian ancestry .
The population on the island of Mauritius was 1,191,280 (586,590 males and 604,690 females), and that of Rodrigues island was 43,650 (21,330 males and 22,320 females); Agalega island total population of 330 (170 males and 160 females). [7] [8] [3] Mauritius has the second highest population density in Africa. According to the 2022 census, the ...
Included in the Indo-Mauritian community are Hindus (48.5% of the Mauritian population) and Muslims (17.2%) from the Indian subcontinent. The Franco-Mauritian elite controlled nearly all of the large sugar estates and was active in business and banking. As the Indian population became numerically dominant after independence from British rule ...
Today, Hinduism is a major religion in Mauritius, representing 48.54% of the total population of the country according to the 2011 census carried out by Statistics Mauritius. [2] [8] [9] This makes Mauritius the country having the highest percentage of Hindus in Africa and third highest percentage of Hindus in the world after Nepal and India ...
General Population (French: Population Générale) on the island of Mauritius refers to the community of inhabitants who belong to the ethnic groups Mauritian Creoles and Franco-Mauritians. [1] Within the General Population, there is a further division based on skin colour and social status. [ 2 ]
Today the population consists of predominant Hindus with Muslims, Christians, Buddhists, Jews and BaháΚΌí Faith minorities. The mother tongue of almost all Mauritians is the Mauritian Creole , while a minority of Indo-Mauritians still use both their ancestral language and Mauritian Creole at home.
Mauritian Creoles along with their Rodriguais, Agaléan and Chagossian counterparts make up 28% of the Mauritian population living in the Republic of Mauritius. [8] There is also significant representation of Mauritian Creoles within the overseas Mauritian Diaspora.
Ethnic groups in Mauritius (4 C, 7 P) Expatriates in Mauritius (15 C, 1 P) I. Immigrants to Mauritius (4 C, 1 P) Pages in category "Demographics of Mauritius"