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.  

This present report is the fourth of the series and covers Population Distribution and Migration. Where necessary figures have been rounded off to the nearest digit, and hence in some tables, there may be slight discrepancies between the sum of the constituent items and the total. 

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. Bundhoo
Director of Statistics.

Central Statistics Office
Ministry of Economic Development, Financial Services and Corporate Affairs
Port Louis
Mauritius

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