Demographics of Madagascar

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date04 Nov 2021

As of 2021, the population of Madagascar is projected at 28.43 million, up by 2.66% compared with 27.69 million in 2020. Madagascar is ranked 51st in terms of population and 22nd in terms of population growth rate.

There are 0.91 million births in Madagascar in 2021. That is 2,486 per day, which is ranked 32nd. The crude birth rate is 31.86 per 1000 people. There are 0.16 million deaths in Madagascar in 2021. That is 446 per day, which is ranked 60th. The crude death rate is 5.71 per 1000 people.

11.15 million people are living in urban areas, which is 39.21% of Madagascar population. Madagascar is ranked 184th in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Madagascar in 2021 is 99.58 males per 100 females. There are 14.18 million males and 14.24 million females in Madagascar. The percentage of female population is 50.11% compare to 49.89% male population. Madagascar has 60.13 thousand more females than males. Madagascar is at 110th position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

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  • Population
  • Growth rate

Madagascar population

Year Population Growth (%)
19504,083,548-
19554,543,5402.23
19605,099,3682.4
19655,769,2152.56
19706,576,3052.72
19757,556,0322.86
19808,716,5492.91
198510,063,4932.89
199011,598,6472.93
199513,475,4033.13
200015,766,8063.17
200518,336,7223
201021,151,6402.83
201524,234,0802.73
201624,894,3702.72
201725,570,5112.72
201826,262,3132.71
201926,969,3062.69
202027,691,0192.68
202128,427,3332.66
  • Total
  • Crude

Madagascar death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
1950117,249202,40028.3848.98
1955122,439223,43926.8749.09
1960127,050248,82324.8548.70
1965131,361278,76822.7048.22
1970136,225316,88720.6548.05
1975142,459361,61018.7947.73
1980148,641403,33817.0346.21
1985162,900450,39516.1144.69
1990176,456516,21115.1544.34
1995172,289591,80512.7443.73
2000161,200651,45910.2041.27
2005156,409696,5658.5037.92
2010156,349745,6287.3835.20
2015157,282811,3016.4733.39
2020161,455891,7535.8232.15
2021162,675907,3655.7131.86
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Madagascar

Year Population Urbanization
UrbanRuralgrowth rate (%)Urban (%)
1950318,5173,765,037-7.800
1955414,4424,129,1005.469.122
1960542,6564,556,7175.5910.642
1965714,1995,055,0195.6812.379
1970927,2595,649,0465.3314.100
19751,234,2156,321,8115.8716.334
19801,614,6817,101,8725.5118.524
19852,106,6147,956,8815.4020.933
19902,733,2828,865,3515.3623.566
19953,476,1309,999,2704.1825.796
20004,276,17111,490,6354.2027.121
20055,283,54313,053,1815.2028.814
20106,755,33714,396,3034.9231.938
20158,528,79315,705,2954.6935.193
202010,670,25217,020,5464.5038.534
202111,145,08117,281,0254.4539.207
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  • Gender ratio

Madagascar population by Age Group (2011)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 2,127,327 2,079,736 4,207,063 14.80 102.288
05-09 1,882,053 1,842,796 3,724,849 13.10 102.130
10-14 1,705,299 1,681,720 3,387,019 11.91 101.402
15-19 1,539,097 1,530,710 3,069,807 10.80 100.548
20-24 1,370,869 1,375,584 2,746,453 9.66 99.657
25-29 1,149,401 1,157,837 2,307,238 8.12 99.271
30-34 944,620 949,399 1,894,019 6.66 99.497
35-39 792,211 793,337 1,585,548 5.58 99.858
40-44 675,198 677,155 1,352,353 4.76 99.711
45-49 550,582 562,497 1,113,079 3.92 97.882
50-54 435,478 454,475 889,953 3.13 95.820
55-59 339,781 364,564 704,345 2.48 93.202
60-64 259,920 286,316 546,236 1.92 90.781
65-69 189,099 213,217 402,316 1.42 88.689
70-74 109,537 130,096 239,633 0.84 84.197
75-79 60,962 77,597 138,559 0.49 78.562
80-84 33,081 42,724 75,805 0.27 77.430
85-89 14,165 18,068 32,233 0.11 78.398
90-94 4,145 5,038 9,183 0.03 82.275
95-99 708 798 1,506 0.01 88.722
100+ 68 68 136 0.00 100.000
Total 14,183,601 14,243,732 28,427,333 99.578