Migration trends in Mauritius
Africa
114.3K people from Mauritius have built lives abroad. That's 9.2% of the country population, spread across 29 different countries
1.2M
Population
27.6K
Immigrants
114.3K
Emigrants
−86.8K
Outflow
1 in every 12 people born in Mauritius now lives abroad
The #150 largest source of emigrants worldwide
Top corridors
The largest migration routes in Mauritius
Key moments
How migration has changed since 1990
1990
3.2K immigrants · 64.2K emigrants
1995
- A surge of arrivals — the foreign-born population jumped 114%
2010
- The diaspora abroad passed 100K people
Today
- Since 1990: roughly the same number of foreign-born residents and 50.1K more citizens living abroad