Mauritius
In 2025, the Home Office granted 385 study visas to nationals of Mauritius, counting main applicants and family members.
How UK records count nationals of Mauritius in 2025.
UK counts
These counts can overlap. Never add them together.
- Moved to the UK
- Not published
- The ONS does not publish an estimate for this nationality.
- Asylum claims
- 95 people
- People named on initial claims, main applicants and family members. Counted by claim date, not arrival date.
- Small boat arrivals
- 0 people detected
- People detected arriving by small boat across the English Channel. Figures from January 2025 can still be revised.
Sources (4)
- 1 ONS, Long-term international migration, year ending December 2025
- Table 3e of the dataset, nationalities outside the EU+, on a visa. The ONS publishes nationality estimates for a few nationalities only.
- Published 21 May 2026. Official statistics in development.
- 2 Home Office, entry clearance visa datasets, year ending June 2026
- Entry clearance visas granted, main applicants and family members together, by date of decision.
- Published 27 August 2026. Accredited official statistics.
- 3 Home Office, asylum claims dataset (Asy_D01)
- Initial claims, main applicants and family members, by date of claim.
- Published 27 August 2026. Accredited official statistics.
- 4 Home Office, illegal entry routes dataset
- Small boat arrivals by nationality, people detected, calendar years from 2018.
- Published 27 August 2026. Official statistics.
Visa routes5 routes · 2025
A visa gives permission to come. It is not an arrival.
Work visas119 grants
Includes family members of workers, and seasonal and other short work visas.
Study visas385 grants
Includes family members of students.
Family visas68 grants
The family route, including refugee family reunion. Not the family members counted in work or study.
Safe route visas0 grants
The BN(O) route and the Ukraine schemes.
Other visas11 grants
All other visas, including EU Settlement Scheme permits and visas for resettled refugees.
Selected visa routes572 grants
Added here Work, study, family and safe route grants added up here, 119 + 385 + 68 + 0. Excludes other visas. Not all visas, and not arrivals.
History
Showing Work visas, grants.
Showing work visas because the ONS does not publish an estimate for this nationality. Visas are not arrivals.
| Year | Grants |
|---|---|
| 2012 | 130 |
| 2013 | 89 |
| 2014 | 105 |
| 2015 | 98 |
| 2016 | 97 |
| 2017 | 74 |
| 2018 | 112 |
| 2019 | 147 |
| 2020 | 75 |
| 2021 | 146 |
| 2022 | 386 |
| 2023 | 422 |
| 2024 | 215 |
| 2025 | 119 |
Sources (1)
Home Office, entry clearance visa datasets, year ending June 2026
Country context
These describe country populations, not people who moved to the UK. They do not explain migration.
Population people
The UK figure is the World Bank's, so both countries come from one source. The ONS estimates the UK population at 69,483,939 on 30 June 2025 (published 1 October 2026).
GDP per person constant 2021 international dollars
GDP at purchasing power parity, not earnings or household income.
Sources (3)
- 1 World Bank, World Development Indicators, series SP.POP.TOTL
- The record for Mauritius. Latest observation in the file, 2025. Rounded for display.
- Unit as published, people.
- 2 World Bank, World Development Indicators, series SP.DYN.LE00.IN
- The record for Mauritius. Latest observation in the file, 2024. Rounded for display.
- Unit as published, years.
- 3 World Bank, World Development Indicators, series NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.KD
- The record for Mauritius. Latest observation in the file, 2025. Rounded for display.
- Unit as published, constant 2021 international dollars.
More contextLiteracy, unemployment and urban population
Adult literacy people aged 15 and over, %
UK
Not published
Unemployment share of the labour force, %
Sources (3)
- 1 World Bank, World Development Indicators, series SE.ADT.LITR.ZS
- Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above).
- The record for Mauritius. Latest observation in the file, 2023. Rounded for display.
- Unit as published, % of people ages 15 and above.
- 2 World Bank, World Development Indicators, series SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS
- Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate).
- The record for Mauritius. Latest observation in the file, 2025. Rounded for display.
- Unit as published, % of total labour force.
- 3 World Bank, World Development Indicators, series SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS
- Urban population (% of total population).
- The record for Mauritius. Latest observation in the file, 2025. Rounded for display.
- Unit as published, % of total population.
ReligionsMauritius and the UK
These records describe residents in each country. They do not show the religions of people who moved to the UK.
Not directly comparable. Different years and categories.
Mauritius
2022 census · UNdata [1]
- Adventist3,929 people
- Ahmadhya819 people
- Apostolic136 people
- Arya Samajist204 people
- Aryan953 people
- Assembly of God10,046 people
- Baha'i564 people
- Baptist49 people
- Bengali12 people
- Buddhist2,178 people
- Chinese2,434 people
- Christian55,254 people
- Christian Tamil197 people
- Church of England247 people
- Evangelical117 people
- Full Gospel Church1,157 people
- Gujrati50 people
- Hindu469,416 people
- Islam65,527 people
- Jewish41 people
- Kabir Panthis86 people
- Marathi & Marathi Hindu342 people
- Methodist14 people
- Mission Salut et Guerison1,311 people
- Mormon10 people
- Muslim158,212 people
- Pentecostal9,649 people
- Presbyterian375 people
- Protestant2,210 people
- Puranic108 people
- Rajput939 people
- Revived73 people
- Roman Catholic307,515 people
- Sikh116 people
- Tamil and Tamil Hindu63,950 people
- Témoin de Jehovah2,148 people
- Telegu and Telegu Hindu25,216 people
- Vedic6,234 people
- Other Christians2,979 people
- Other Hindu3,478 people
- Other Religions4,760 people
- No Religion7,753 people
- Sanatanist461 people
- Other Muslims327 people
- Not Stated1,384 people
- Christian Orthodox45 people
- Marathi18,710 people
- Eglise Chrétienne98 people
- La Voix de la Delivrance697 people
UK
2011 census · UNdata [2]
- Buddhist261,584 people
- Christian37,583,962 people
- Hindu835,418 people
- Jewish269,568 people
- Muslim2,786,635 people
- Sikh432,429 people
- Other262,750 people
- No Religion16,221,509 people
- Not Specified4,528,323 people
Sources (2)
- 1 UNdata, Demographic Statistics Database, population by religion (table 28)
- Mauritius, Census - de jure - complete tabulation, Final figure, complete. Counts of people, total area, both sexes.
- Census year 2022. UNdata lists it as received in 2024.
- 2 UNdata, Demographic Statistics Database, population by religion (table 28)
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Census - de jure - complete tabulation, Final figure, complete. Counts of people, total area, both sexes.
- Census year 2011. UNdata lists it as received in 2014.
Questions people ask
How many UK visas were granted to nationals of Mauritius in 2025?
In 2025, the Home Office granted 119 work, 385 study, 68 family, 0 safe route and 11 other visas to nationals of Mauritius, counting main applicants and family members. Source: Home Office, entry clearance visa datasets, year ending June 2026.
How many nationals of Mauritius claimed asylum in the UK in 2025?
In 2025, 95 nationals of Mauritius claimed asylum in the UK, counting main applicants and family members by date of claim. Source: Home Office, asylum claims dataset (Asy_D01).
How many nationals of Mauritius arrived in the UK by small boat in 2025?
In 2025, 0 nationals of Mauritius were detected arriving in the UK by small boat across the English Channel. Figures from January 2025 can still be revised. Source: Home Office, illegal entry routes dataset.