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

Where people move to

44.7K39.1%

29K25.3%

20.2K17.6%

Where people come from

8.9K32.1%

8.5K30.8%

3K10.9%

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

Data source: International Migrant Stock 2024 (UN DESA, Population Division)

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