Eastern Africa
Mauritius
Republic of Mauritius
Core facts
- Capital
- Port Louis
- Population
- 1,243,741
- Area
- 2,040 km^2
- Country code
- MUS
- Flag emoji
- 🇲🇺
- UN member
- Yes
- Independent
- Yes
- Population density
- 609.7 per km^2
- Calling code
- +230
Culture and society
- Languages
- English, French, Mauritian Creole
- Religions
- Christianity (49.0%), Islam (42.0%), Folk religions (6.0%), Unaffiliated (2.0%), Other religions (100.0%)
- Native names
- Mauritius, Maurice, Moris
- Demonyms (EN)
- Mauritian / Mauritian
- Start of week
- monday
- Driving side
- left
- Timezones
- UTC+04:00
- Alternative spellings
- MU, Republic of Mauritius, République de Maurice
Geography and map
- Continents
- Africa
- Coordinates
- -20.28, 57.55
- Landlocked
- No
- Borders
- N/A
- Border countries count
- 0
Economy and identity
- Currencies
- Mauritian rupee (₨)
- Top-level domain
- .mu
- FIFA code
- MRI
- Capital coordinates
- -20.15, 57.48
- Postal code format
- N/A
- Gini index
- 36.8 (2017)
- Coat of arms
