Mauritius
Maurice
Waiting for the first voice
تا مرد سخن نگفته باشد / عیب و هنرش نهفته باشد
Until a man has spoken, his faults and his gifts both stay hidden.
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Did you know
Dodos lived in the forests of Mauritius; the last confirmed sighting was in 1662. (source)
Elders in numbers
- of people are 65 or older
- 14.1%
- people aged 65 or older
- 175.5K
- will be 65 or older in 2050
- 26.1%
- is how long people live after 60, on average
- 20.1 years
- of people 65+ live alone
- 12%
- women 16.9%, men 6.1%
Sources: World Bank, 2025; World Bank projection for 2050; WHO, 2023; UN, 2022
Languages
2 languages, 0 of them endangered
- Mauritian Creole
- Mauritian Sign Language
Languages and their status: Glottolog v5.3, CC BY 4.0. Names: Wikidata.
UNESCO intangible heritage
- Sega tambour Chagos2019
- Sega tambour of Rodrigues Island2017
- Bhojpuri folk songs in Mauritius, Geet-Gawai2016
- Traditional Mauritian Sega2014
List and years: ich.unesco.org
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