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FOREWORD
The Central Statistics Office conducted a Housing and Population
Census in year 2000. Census 2000 was the seventeenth for the Island of
Mauritius and the seventh for the Island of Rodrigues. A series of table
reports covering housing and living conditions, demographic and
fertility characteristics, economic characteristics, educational
characteristics, household characteristics, geographical and migration
characteristics and disability was published during the following year.
Analysis and evaluation of the census data are currently being carried
out and the results published in a series of analytical reports. The present report
is the third of the series and covers population data evaluation and
projections. The projections are up to year 2040 and are based on
specified assumptions. It is hoped that the
report will be useful to the public in general and to policy makers,
planners and researchers in particular. I would like here to thank all staff who contributed in one way or another in the preparation of this report. H.
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