_#_Total fertility rate: 2.0 children born/woman (1991)
_#_Nationality: noun—Mauritian(s); adjective—Mauritian
_#_Ethnic divisions: Indo-Mauritian 68%, Creole 27%, Sino-Mauritian 3%, Franco-Mauritian 2%
_#_Religion: Hindu 52%, Christian (Roman Catholic 26%, Protestant 2.3%) 28.3%, Muslim 16.6%, other 3.1%
_#_Language: English (official), Creole, French, Hindi, Urdu, Hakka, Bojpoori
_#_Literacy: 61% (male 72%, female 50%) age 13 and over can read and write (1962)
_#_Labor force: 335,000; government services 29%, agriculture and fishing 27%, manufacturing 22%, other 22%; 43% of population of working age (1985)
_#_Organized labor: 35% of labor force in more than 270 unions
_*Government #_Long-form name: none
_#_Type: parliamentary democracy