 Mauritius is a multiethnic society, drawn from Indian, African, Chinese and European (mostly French) origin.According to the 2011 census conducted by Statistics Mauritius, 48.5% of the Mauritian population follows Hinduism, followed by Christianity (32.7%), Islam (17.2%) and other religions (0.7%).0.7% reported themselves as non-religious and 0.1% did not answer.