Countries
Key facts
- Capital
- Port Louis
- Region
- Africa, Eastern Africa
- Population
- 1,243,741 (2025)
- Area
- 2,040 km²
- Currency
- Mauritian rupee (MUR)
- Languages
- English, Bhojpuri, French
- Calling code
- +230
- Internet domain
- .mu
- ISO codes
- MU, MUS, 480
- Time zone
- UTC+4:00
- United Nations
- Member state
- Postal code pattern
- ##### (# = digit, @ = letter)
Land and position
Mauritius covers about 2,040 square kilometres. By area it ranks 184th among the 250 countries and territories on this site. It is a little smaller than Comoros and a little larger than Guadeloupe. It has no land border with any other country. Its centre lies at about 20° south, 58° east, in the southern hemisphere.
People
About 1.24 million people live in Mauritius (World Bank, 2025). That makes it the 160th most populous of the 246 places on this site with a figure. On average there are 610 people to each square kilometre. About 39 percent of people live in towns and cities (World Bank, 2025). A baby born there can expect to live about 74 years (World Bank, 2024). Languages listed for it: English, Bhojpuri, French. A person from Mauritius is called Mauritian.
Money and economy
The currency is the Mauritian rupee (code MUR, symbol ₨). The World Bank puts the size of its economy (GDP) at about US$ 16.2 billion (2025), which is about US$ 12,991 for each person (2025).
Time
Mauritius uses one time zone, UTC+4:00 (Indian/Mauritius). Clocks stay the same all year: there is no daylight saving time.
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Offsets are for January 2026. See Time Zones for a converter.
Largest cities
| City | People |
|---|---|
| Port Louis | 155,226 |
| Vacoas | 115,289 |
| Beau Bassin-Rose Hill | 111,355 |
| Curepipe | 78,618 |
| Quatre Bornes | 77,308 |
| Triolet | 24,361 |
City figures are from GeoNames and count the city itself, not the wider urban area. They can be some years old, so use them to see the order of size.
More in Eastern Africa
British Indian Ocean Territory, Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar. See the whole region.
Figures were collected on 11 November 2026 from the World Bank, GeoNames and the open countries data set. See About and data sources. Borders and names follow those sources and do not express any view on disputed territory.