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President: Cassam Uteem (1992)
Prime Minister: Navin Ramgoolam (1995)
Area: 787 sq. mi. (1,860 sq. km)
Population (1999 est.): 1,182,212 (average annual rate of natural increase: 1.18%); birth rate: 18.5/1000; infant mortality rate: 16.2/1000; density per sq. mi.: 1,502
Capital and largest city (1993 est.): Port Louis, 134,516
Monetary unit: Mauritian rupee
Languages: English (official), French, Creole, Hindi, Urdu, Hakka, Bojpoori
Ethnicity/race: Indo-Mauritian 68%, Creole 27%, Sino-Mauritian 3%, Franco-Mauritian 2%
Religions: Hindu, 52%, Christian, 28.3%; Islam, 16.6%; other, 3.1%
Literacy rate: 81%
Economic summary: GDP/PPP (1998 est.): $11.7 billion; $10,000 per capita. Real growth rate: 5%. Inflation: 6.8% (1997). Unemployment: 2% (1996 est.). Arable land: 49%. Agriculture: sugarcane, tea, corn, potatoes, bananas, pulses; cattle, goats; fish. Labor force: 514,000 (1995); construction and industry, 36%; services, 24%; agriculture and fishing, 14%; trade, restaurants, hotels, 16%; transportation and communication, 7%; finance, 3%. Natural resources: arable land, fish. Industry: food processing (largely sugar milling), textiles, clothing; chemicals, metal products, transport equipment, nonelectrical machinery; tourism. Exports: $1.6 billion (f.o.b., 1997): clothing and textiles, sugar. Imports: $2.3 billion (c.i.f., 1997): manufactured goods, capital equipment, foodstuffs, petroleum products, chemicals. Major trading partners: U.K., France, U.S., Germany, Italy, South Africa, India.
Member of Commonwealth of Nations
