Madagascar Population (LIVE)

32,592,861

Madagascar Population (1950 - 2025)

Yearly Population Growth Rate (%)

The current population of Madagascar is 32,584,443 as of Tuesday, April 22, 2025 based on Worldometer’s elaboration of the latest United Nations data¹.
Madagascar 2025 population is estimated at 32,740,678 people at mid-year.
Madagascar population is equivalent to 0.40% of the total world population.
Madagascar ranks number 49 in the list of countries (and dependencies) by population.
The population density in Madagascar is 56 per Km² (146 people per mi²).
The total land area is 581,795 Km² (224,632 sq. miles).
40.32% of the population is urban (13,199,949 people in 2025)
The median age in Madagascar is 19.2 years.

1. U.N. Dept. of Economic and Social Affairs - Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. (Medium-fertility variant).

Population of Madagascar (2025 and historical)

Year	Population	Yearly % Change	Yearly Change	Migrants (net)	Median Age	Fertility Rate	Density (P/Km²)	Urban Pop %	Urban Population	Country's Share of World Pop	World Population	Madagascar Global Rank
2025	32,740,678	2.43%	775,722	−2,227	19.2	3.85	56	40.3%	13,199,949	0.40%	8,231,613,070	49
2024	31,964,956	2.47%	769,024	−1,795	19	3.91	55	39.6%	12,663,299	0.39%	8,161,972,572	49
2023	31,195,932	2.49%	758,671	−1,487	18.9	3.97	54	38.9%	12,141,777	0.39%	8,091,734,930	49
2022	30,437,261	2.53%	741,853	−1,487	18.7	4.04	52	38.2%	11,635,629	0.38%	8,021,407,192	49
2020	28,953,556	2.63%	705,371	−1,480	18.4	4.17	50	36.9%	10,670,252	0.37%	7,887,001,292	50
2015	25,426,702	2.77%	648,672	−2,594	17.5	4.33	44	33.5%	8,528,793	0.34%	7,470,491,872	52
2010	22,183,340	2.97%	604,727	−1,979	16.7	4.9	38	30.5%	6,755,337	0.32%	7,021,732,148	55
2005	19,159,707	3.01%	528,674	−4,869	16.2	5.2	33	27.6%	5,283,543	0.29%	6,586,970,132	57
2000	16,516,338	3.29%	493,013	−4,298	16.1	5.67	28	25.9%	4,276,171	0.27%	6,171,702,993	56
1995	14,051,275	3.11%	399,127	−1,670	16	6.04	24	24.7%	3,476,130	0.24%	5,758,878,982	59
1990	12,055,639	2.93%	324,499	−1,777	15.8	6.14	21	22.7%	2,733,282	0.23%	5,327,803,110	58
1985	10,433,142	2.99%	285,422	−1,947	15.4	6.46	18	20.2%	2,106,614	0.21%	4,868,943,465	59
1980	9,006,032	3.08%	253,339	−4,005	15.4	6.84	15	17.9%	1,614,681	0.20%	4,447,606,236	64
1975	7,739,336	3.01%	213,467	−5,173	15.5	6.97	13	15.9%	1,234,215	0.19%	4,070,735,277	66
1970	6,672,003	2.77%	170,577	−2,658	15.6	7.1	11	13.9%	927,259	0.18%	3,694,683,794	68
1965	5,819,116	2.63%	141,617	−550	15.5	7.17	10	12.3%	714,199	0.17%	3,334,533,703	70
1960	5,111,029	2.62%	124,183	0	16.8	7.34	9	10.6%	542,656	0.17%	3,015,470,894	73
1955	4,490,113	2.56%	106,808	0	18.4	7.4	8	9.2%	414,442	0.16%	2,740,213,792	73

Source: Worldometer (www.Worldometers.info)

Elaboration of data by United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. (Medium-fertility variant).

Madagascar Population Forecast

Year	Population	Yearly % Change	Yearly Change	Migrants (net)	Median Age	Fertility Rate	Density (P/Km²)	Urban Pop %	Urban Population	Country's Share of World Pop	World Population	Madagascar Global Rank
2030	36,693,183	2.31%	790,501	−3,866	20.1	3.56	63	43.9%	16,101,660	0.43%	8,569,124,911	49
2035	40,733,844	2.11%	808,132	−4,854	21	3.32	70	47.4%	19,327,758	0.46%	8,885,210,181	45
2040	44,846,895	1.94%	822,610	−6,106	22	3.12	77	51.1%	22,905,168	0.49%	9,177,190,203	42
2045	49,011,274	1.79%	832,876	−6,746	23.1	2.95	84	54.8%	26,853,051	0.52%	9,439,639,668	39
2050	53,185,475	1.65%	834,840	−7,599	24.2	2.82	91	58.6%	31,157,741	0.55%	9,664,378,587	37

Source: Worldometer (www.Worldometers.info)

Elaboration of data by United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. (Medium-fertility variant).

Madagascar Demographics

Main Page: Demographics of Madagascar

Life Expectancy

64.0 years

(life expectancy at birth, both sexes)

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Infant Mortality Rate

43.4

(infant deaths per 1,000 live births)

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Deaths under age 5

63.2

(per 1,000 live births)

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Notes

The Madagascar Population (Live) counter shows a continuously updated estimate of the current population of Madagascar delivered by Worldometer’s RTS algorithm, which processes data collected from the United Nations Population Division.

The Population of Madagascar (1950 - 2025) chart plots the total population count as of July 1 of each year, from 1950 to 2025.

The Yearly Population Growth Rate chart plots the annual percentage changes in population registered on July 1 of each year, from 1951 to 2025. This value can differ from the Yearly % Change shown in the historical table, which shows the last year equivalent percentage change assuming homogeneous change in the preceding five year period.

Definitions

Year: as of July 1 of the year indicated.

Population: Overall total population (both sexes and all ages) in the country as of July 1 of the year indicated, as estimated by the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. For forecasted years, the U.N. medium-fertility variant is used.

Yearly % Change: For 2025: percentage change in total population over the last year (from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025). For all other years: latest year annual percentage change equivalent assuming homogeneous change in the preceding five year period, calculated through reverse compounding.

Yearly Change: For 2025: absolute change in total population (increase or decrease in number of people) over the last year (from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025). For all other years: average annual numerical change over the preceding five year period.

Migrants (net): The average annual number of immigrants minus the number of emigrants over the preceding five year period (running from July 1 to June 30 of the initial and final years), or subsequent five year period (for 2016 data). A negative number means that there are more emigrants than immigrants.

Median Age: age that divides the population into two numerically equal groups: half of the people are older than the median age indicated and half are younger. This parameter provides an indication of age distribution.

Fertility Rate: (Total Fertility Rate, or TFR), it is expressed as children per woman. It is calculated as the average number of children an average woman will have during her reproductive period (15 to 49 years old) based on the current fertility rates of every age group in the country, and assuming she is not subject to mortality.

Density (P/Km²): (Population Density) Population per square Kilometer (Km²).

Urban Pop % : Urban population as a percentage of total population.

Urban Population: Population living in areas classified as urban according to the criteria used by each country.

Country’s Share of World Pop: Total population in the country as a percentage of total World Population as of July 1 of the year indicated.

World Population: Total World Population as of July 1 of the year indicated.

Global Rank: Position held by Madagascar in the list of all countries worldwide ranked by population (from the highest population to the lowest population) as of July 1 of the year indicated.