Demographics of Madagascar

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date13 May 2024

There are 15.55 million males and 15.50 million females in Madagascar. The percentage of the male population is 50.08%, compared to 49.92% of the female population. Madagascar has 51k more males than females. The sex ratio in Madagascar in 2024 will be 100.328 males per 100 females. Madagascar is in the 155th position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

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  • Population
  • Growth rate

Madagascar population

Year Population Growth (%)
19503,953,8962.42
19554,467,5902.50
19605,073,3422.58
19655,780,4532.64
19706,639,7512.93
19757,720,8593.00
19808,948,1622.88
198510,297,7462.79
199011,882,7622.99
199513,869,1383.18
200016,216,4313.01
200518,792,1712.92
201021,731,0532.83
201524,850,9122.57
202028,225,1772.45
202128,915,6532.38
202229,611,7142.38
202330,325,7322.39
202431,056,6102.37
  • Total
  • Crude

Madagascar death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
195096,425192,16624.38448.594
1955104,264215,70123.33448.273
1960109,215240,22421.52447.344
1965113,615266,78419.65146.143
1970119,342316,51117.96547.646
1975127,448364,28716.49947.158
1980144,795406,48316.17645.412
1985164,487453,48915.96944.026
1990171,917528,56814.46344.467
1995171,954612,94512.39544.184
2000168,416655,44910.38540.417
2005165,990714,5518.83138.015
2010167,639783,2827.71336.041
2015175,196814,3677.04932.765
2020191,982884,8176.80131.343
2021205,436895,0457.10430.949
2022201,373906,1306.79930.595
2023191,881918,1526.32630.271
2024188,704927,1906.07529.851
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Madagascar

Year Population Urban (%)
UrbanRural
1950318,5173,765,0377.800
1955414,4424,129,1009.122
1960542,6564,556,71710.642
1965714,1995,055,01912.379
1970927,2595,649,04614.100
19751,234,2156,321,81116.334
19801,614,6817,101,87218.524
19852,106,6147,956,88120.933
19902,733,2828,865,35123.566
19953,476,1309,999,27025.796
20004,276,17111,490,63527.121
20055,283,54313,053,18128.814
20106,755,33714,396,30331.938
20158,528,79315,705,29535.193
202010,670,25217,020,54638.534
202111,145,08117,281,02539.207
202211,635,62917,539,78339.882
202312,141,77717,796,27540.556
202412,663,29918,049,89741.231
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  • Gender ratio

Madagascar population by Age Group (2024)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 2,200,216 2,135,041 4,335,257 13.96 103.053
05-09 2,001,207 1,948,713 3,949,919 12.72 102.694
10-14 1,835,840 1,797,074 3,632,914 11.70 102.157
15-19 1,674,179 1,650,436 3,324,615 10.71 101.439
20-24 1,465,834 1,452,527 2,918,361 9.40 100.916
25-29 1,310,429 1,302,138 2,612,568 8.41 100.637
30-34 1,088,379 1,086,028 2,174,407 7.00 100.216
35-39 876,961 879,627 1,756,588 5.66 99.697
40-44 733,662 739,255 1,472,917 4.74 99.243
45-49 637,157 646,964 1,284,120 4.13 98.484
50-54 528,684 542,591 1,071,275 3.45 97.437
55-59 399,228 415,971 815,198 2.62 95.975
60-64 305,060 324,755 629,814 2.03 93.935
65-69 224,714 247,339 472,053 1.52 90.853
70-74 150,867 173,094 323,961 1.04 87.159
75-79 72,346 90,909 163,255 0.53 79.581
80-84 33,161 45,844 79,005 0.25 72.334
85-89 12,591 18,729 31,320 0.10 67.227
90-94 2,880 5,067 7,947 0.03 56.838
95-99 331 715 1,046 0.00 46.294
100+ 18 49 67 0.00 36.735
Total 15,553,744 15,502,866 31,056,607 100.328