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Mauritius has an estimated population of 1,283,415 on 31 December 2010. 14,701 children were born in 2011 (birth rate 11.4 per 1,000). [18] The table below presents the population development of Mauritius since 1900. The figures up to 1945 are for the island of Mauritius only. As of 1946, the island of Rodrigues is included.
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 the population consists of mainly Hindus with Muslim, Christian, Buddhist 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 Creole at home.
A majority of Indo-Mauritians are of Bihari origin, and most Mauritians are Indo-Mauritian. Caste-wise, many Bihari Mauritians are Vaishyas, with notable groups including Bhumihars, Brahmins, Rajputs, Koeri, Chamars, Yadav, Kurmis, Banias, and Kayastha. Except for one, all Mauritian Prime Ministers have been of Bihari Vaishya descent.
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 ]
Over 95% of Taiwan's population is Han Chinese, which includes Hoklo, Hakka and other mainland Chinese ethnic groups. Almost 2.4% belong to the indigenous peoples of Taiwan (16 recognized peoples). Small number of foreigners ( Southeast Asians , Europeans , Americans ) [ 3 ]
People of Indo-Mauritian descent (1 C) G. ... Pages in category "Mauritian people of Indian descent" The following 64 pages are in this category, out of 64 total.
Population Language n C D F K [nb 1] N O1a O1b O2 P Q Others Source Achang (Lianghe, Yunnan) ST (Tibeto-Burman) 40 5.0 0 2.5 ≥10.0 82.5 0 Shi 2005 Yang 2005 Aeta (Philippines) Austronesian: 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 0 NO=12, S=60 Karafet 2015 [1] Aini (Xishuangbanna) ST (Tibeto-Burman) 52 11.5 0 3.8 O2a= 7.7 40.4 0 K(xO1a,O2a,O3,P) =34.6, F(xK)=1 ...