Cyprus is 4.5 times larger than Mauritius.
Area: 9,251 km2 World Factbook
Population: 1,172,458 (July 2014) World Factbook
Cyprus, officially the Republic of Cyprus, is an island country in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Cyprus is the third largest and third most populous island in the Mediterranean, and a member state of the European Union. Wikipedia
Area: 2,040 km2 World Factbook
Population: 1,331,155 (July 2014) World Factbook
Mauritius, officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean about 2,000 kilometres off the southeast coast of the African continent. The country includes the island of Mauritius, Rodrigues, the islands of Agalega and the archipelago of Saint Brandon. Wikipedia