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Mauritius

Mauritius's best placing is 9th of 194 for population by area.

Best placing: #9Population by area
Top 10 placings: 1 / 14
Population: 1.2 million
Land area: 1,997 km²

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Best placings first. The bar shows how far up the ranking Mauritius is.

Population by area

#9 of 194

622.80 people per km²

World Bank · 2025

Airports by area

#26 of 191

25.04 airports per 10,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Rainfall

#31 of 179

2,041 mm of precipitation per year

6th in Africa · World Bank · 2022

GDP per person

#71 of 182

12,991 GDP per person (US$)

World Bank · 2025

Airports per person

#107 of 192

4.02 airports per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Forest by area

#123 of 194

19.5 % of land area covered by forest

World Bank · 2023

GDP

#136 of 182

16,157,804,492 US$ (current prices)

33rd in Africa · World Bank · 2025

Population

#157 of 195

1,243,741 people

49th in Africa · World Bank · 2025

Forest per person

#162 of 194

0.0003 km² of forest per person

World Bank · 2023

Coastline

#128 of 151

177 km of coastline

33rd in Africa · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

Forest

#167 of 194

389 km² of forest

50th in Africa · World Bank · 2023

Airports

#168 of 193

5 airports

51st in Africa · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Land area

#169 of 194

1,997 km² of land

51st in Africa · World Bank · 2023

Land area per person

#186 of 194

0.002 km² of land per person

World Bank · 2023

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