Mauritius has registered a negative population growth rate of -0.04 percent in 2019, for the first time since post-independence.
In a “Family Planning and Demographic Yearbook 2019” that provides data on population trends and vital rates, family planning and health service points for the islands of Mauritius and Rodrigues released Friday, the government indicated that the population of Mauritius is ageing due to sustained low fertility level and increasing life expectancy, which in turn is resulting in lower proportion of children and higher proportion of elders in the population.
According to this document, Mauritius is also witnessing a progressive ageing of its older population; and life expectancy at birth has improved considerably and is expected to improve further over the years.