Fiji vs Mauritius
Mauritius has 1.3× the population of Fiji: 1,243,741 vs 933,154, a gap of 310,587. Fiji is growing faster (+0.47% vs −0.16% a year), adding about 4,380 people a year against −2,036. Using continuous exponential growth from the stated base year, if these rates held, Fiji would overtake Mauritius in about 45 years (from the 2025 population bases, around 2070) — a projection, not a forecast. Mauritius is the older society: 14.1% aged 65+ against 6.6% in Fiji, while Fiji has more children (26.8% under 15 vs 14.5%). Mauritius is 12.4× as densely populated (625.3 vs 50.6 people per km²). People in Mauritius live 6.3 years longer on average (73.8 vs 67.5). GDP per capita is 2.0× higher in Mauritius ($12,991 vs $6,642).
Country/territory population bases: World Bank 2025 (Fiji) and 2025 (Mauritius); growth years 2025 / 2025. Annual source values, not live counts; years may differ. Growth is national, not local.
Fiji vs Mauritius — side by side
 Fiji |  Mauritius | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 933,1542025 | 1,243,7412025 |
| Growth rate / yr | +0.47%2025 | −0.16%2025 |
| Births per 1,000 | 17.92024 | 10.32024 |
| Deaths per 1,000 | 9.52024 | 10.02024 |
| Children per woman | 2.272024 | 1.442024 |
| Life expectancy | 67.5 yrs2024 | 73.8 yrs2024 |
| Aged 0–14 | 26.8%2025 | 14.5%2025 |
| Aged 65+ | 6.6%2025 | 14.1%2025 |
| Density | 50.6 /km²2023 | 625.3 /km²2023 |
| Area | 18,270 km²2023 | 2,010 km²2023 |
| Urban population | 59.5%2025 | 39.0%2025 |
| Net migration / yr | -3,2882025 | -2,7842025 |
| GDP per capita | $6,6422025 | $12,9912025 |
| Country population rank (available records) | #161 | #159 |
| Base / world population (World Bank 2025) | 0.01% | 0.02% |
Highlighted cell = the higher value (not "better"). Small print under each value is its own data year. Source: World Bank; country/territory population bases may have different years. These are not live counts.
Population since 1960
World Bank population history (not the separate UN WPP timeline). Fiji: 2.3× from 1960 to 2025; Mauritius: 1.8× from 1960 to 2025. Left: absolute population. Right: each series indexed to its own first available year = 100; baseline years may differ.
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