c. 1.6 million (Mauritian ancestry and citizenship worldwide)
Regions with significant populations
Mauritius
1.3 million[1]
United Kingdom
43,000 (2020 estimate)[2][3][4]
Australia
24,329[5]
France
16,229[6][7][8][9][6]
Canada
15,900[10]
South Africa
14,043[11]
Belgium
6,097[12]
Languages
Mauritian creole
French
English
Indian languages
Chinese languages
Religion
Hinduism
Christianity
Islam
Mauritians (singular Mauritian; French: Mauricien; Creole: Morisien) are nationals or natives of the Republic of Mauritius and their descendants. Mauritius is a multi-ethnic society, with notable groups of people of South Asian (notably Indian), Sub-Saharan African (Mauritian Creoles), European (White/European Mauritians), and Chinese descent, as well as those of a mixed background from any combination of the aforementioned ethnic groups.
^Ministry of Finance & Economic Development (January–June 2012). "Population and vital statistics Republic of Mauritius" (PDF). Government of Mauritius. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 November 2012. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
^"Table 1.3: Overseas-born population in the United Kingdom by country of birth and sex, January 2020 to December 2020". Office for National Statistics. 17 September 2021. Retrieved 31 March 2022. Figure given is the central estimate. See the source for 95% confidence intervals.
^Erwin Dopf. "UN UK". un.org. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
^Erwin Dopf. "Migration Observatory UK". migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
^ abErwin Dopf. "Présentation de Maurice". diplomatie.gouv.fr. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
^http://www.amasydney.net/
^"The Mauritius-born Community: Historical Background". Australian Government, Department of Immigration and Border Protection (2011 census). 19 November 2013. Archived from the original on 13 February 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
^Erwin Dopf. "Presentation of Mauritius". diplomatie.gouv.fr. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
Mauritians (singular Mauritian; French: Mauricien; Creole: Morisien) are nationals or natives of the Republic of Mauritius and their descendants. Mauritius...
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by the Franco-Mauritians and can also be found in France; such as tarts. French tarts and milk coffee is well-like by Franco-Mauritians. The liking for...
language. Mauritians tend to speak Mauritian Creole at home and French in the workplace. French and English are taught in schools. Though Mauritians are of...
(parliament) only. While the lingua franca is Mauritian Creole, French is spoken by a majority of Mauritians while English is used in Government and education...
Bihari Mauritians are the descendants of mainly Bhojpuri speaking migrants to Mauritius. A majority of Indo-Mauritians are of Bihari descent, and the...
Sino-Mauritians eventually became the dominant group within the community. The co-existence of Mauritians of Indian, African (known as Mauritian Creoles)...
change (2020–25 est.) Mauritians of Indian Origin 65.8%, Mauritians of African Origin 27.7%, Mauritians of Chinese Origin 3%, Mauritians of French Origin 2%...
This is a list of prominent Mauritians. Emmanuel Anquetil (1885–1946), political activist and one of the founders of Labour Party Anil Bachoo, former minister...
Tamil Mauritians are the descendants of Tamil people who migrated, from the South Indian regions corresponding to the modern state of Tamil Nadu, to the...
(Indo-Mauritian) follow mostly Hinduism and Islam. The Franco-Mauritians, Creoles and Sino-Mauritians follow Christianity. A minority of Sino-Mauritians also...
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extended, political power shifted from the Franco-Mauritians and their Creole allies to the Indo-Mauritians. Conflicts arose between the Indian community...
The Mauritian rupee (sign: Re (singular) and Rs (plural); ISO code: MUR; pronounced [ʁupi]) is the currency of Mauritius. One rupee is subdivided into...
traditional snack by Sino-Mauritians. The gato zinzli are also shared to family members and acquaintances on Chinese New Year by Sino-Mauritians as part of their...
were non-Muslim Indo-Mauritians, 32,866 were Muslim Indo-Mauritians, 50,381 were general population and 3,127 were Sino-Mauritians. A total of 159 candidates...
established the exact date. Nowadays, Mauritians sing sega as a form of self-expression. Rural forms of music include Mauritian Bhojpuri songs, kawals, that date...
'exclusion' of Creole Mauritians from broader Mauritian society, thereby misleading them about the real causes of the Malaise Créole. The Mauritian Hindu religious...
Mauritian passports are issued to citizens of Mauritius for travel outside the country. As of 2007[update], Mauritius' Passport and Immigration Office...
War II the migration of Mauritians to Australia resumed, but was restricted to the privileged minority of white Franco-Mauritians due to the White Australia...
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represented. The total number of votes is higher than the population because Mauritians get to vote for up to 3 times in a single election. Adam Carr v t e...
extended, political power shifted from the Franco-Mauritians and their Creole allies to the Indo-Mauritians. In November 1901, Mahatma Gandhi visited Mauritius...
was used, although this overvalued the rupee for a time. In 1877, the Mauritian rupee was introduced. It replaced the dollar at a rate of 2 rupees = 1...
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