Official Languages

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Languages spoken here

Bengali (secondary) · French (secondary) · French (Quebec) (secondary) · Hindi (secondary) · Marathi (secondary) · Telugu (secondary)

“Secondary” means a community here speaks it alongside another language. It is not a statement of official or minority-language status.

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Mauritius

Peoples

Largest first.

People	Population	Language	Religion
Mauritian	973000	Morisyen	Hinduism
South Asian, general	81000	Bhojpuri	Hinduism
French	51000	French	Christianity
Hindi	36000	Hindi	Hinduism
Punjabi	25000	Punjabi, Eastern	Other / Small
Chinese, general	19000	Chinese, Mandarin	Non-Religious
South Asian, Telugu-speaking	19000	Telugu	Hinduism
South Asian, Bengali-speaking	7100	Bengali	Islam
Han Chinese, Hakka	4100	Chinese, Hakka	Non-Religious
European, general	2400	English	Christianity
Malagasy	1300	Malagasy, Merina	Christianity
Jewish, Marathi-speaking	500	Marathi	Judaism

Languages

12 languages recorded here.

Bengali

Bhojpuri

Chinese, Hakka

Chinese, Mandarin

English

French

Hindi

Malagasy, Merina

Marathi

Morisyen

Punjabi, Eastern

Telugu

All catalogue fields

150 fields recorded

rog3: MP
iso3: MUS
iso2: MU
ctry: Mauritius
poplpeoples: 1220000
cntpeoples: 12
cntpeopleslr: 5
poplpeopleslr: 88000
jpscalectry: 4
rol3officiallanguage: eng
officiallang: English
rlg3primary: 5
religionprimary: Hinduism
percentchristianity: 32.660370550308
percentevangelical: 9.8477623604771
c_10_40window: N
rog2: AFR
continent: Africa
regioncode: 7
regionname: Africa, East and Southern
workersneeded: 5
harvest_rog3: MP
harvest_iso3: MUS
harvest_iso2: MU
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harvest_ethnologuecountrycode: MU
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harvest_ctry: Mauritius
harvest_ctryshort: Mauritius
harvest_countrynamechinese: 毛里求斯
harvest_countrynamechineseshort: 毛里求斯
harvest_countrynamedutch: Mauritius
harvest_countrynamefrench: l'île Maurice
harvest_countrynamefrenchshort: Île Maurice
harvest_countrynamegerman: Mauritius
harvest_countrynamegermanshort: Mauritius
harvest_countrynameindonesian: Mauritius
harvest_countrynameindonesianshort: Mauritius
harvest_countrynameitalian: Mauritius
harvest_countrynameitalianshort: Mauritius
harvest_countrynamekorean: 모리셔스
harvest_countrynamekoreanshort: 모리셔스
harvest_countrynamenorwegian: Mauritius
harvest_countrynamenorwegianshort: Mauritius
harvest_countrynameportuguese: Maurício
harvest_countrynameportugueseshort: Maurício
harvest_countrynamerussian: Маврикий
harvest_countrynamerussianshort: Маврикий
harvest_countrynamespanish: Mauricio
harvest_countrynamespanishshort: Mauricio
harvest_countrynamevietnamese: Mauritius
harvest_countrynamevietnameseshort: Mauritius
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harvest_worldabc: B
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harvest_populationsource: UN Country Population (2025)
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harvest_literacysource: Ethnologue
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harvest_pctchristianorthodoxcatholic: 0
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harvest_pctchristianextra: 0
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harvest_securitylevel: 0
harvest_statedeptreligiousfreedom: https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-report-on-international-religious-freedom/mauritius/
harvest_provincesdisplayable: Y
harvest_adm1label: Provinces
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harvest_godreportsurl: http://blog.godreports.com/country/?countrycode=mu&joshua=mp
harvest_datareportalurl: https://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2024-mauritius
harvest_internetusage: 59
harvest_internetusagesourceyear: 2018
harvest_biblesocietyurl: http://www.biblesociety-mauritius.org/
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harvest_areasquarekilometers: 2040
harvest_populationpersquaremile: 1525
harvest_countryphonecode: 230
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harvest_owpctevangelical1986: 3.5
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harvest_owpctevangelical1993: 6
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harvest_owpctevangelical2001: 7.9
harvest_religiondatayear: 2010
harvest_internetctrycode: .mu
harvest_worldfactbookurl: https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/mauritius
harvest_source: OW
harvest_editname: BM
harvest_editdate: 09/12/02 00:00:00