| GENERAL
STATISTICS
Population:
1,182,212
(January 2000 est.)
Ethnic groups:
Indo-Mauritian
68%, Creole 27%, Sino-Mauritian 3%, Franco-Mauritian 2%
Religions:
Hindu 52%,
Christian 28.3% (Roman Catholic 26%, Protestant 2.3%), Muslim 16.6%, other
3.1%
Languages:
English (official),
Creole, French, Hindi, Urdu, Hakka, Bojpoori |