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Madagascar: Population

Millions of people · 1800–2025 · 226 observations · forecasts to 2031 · pop

2025
32.7 millionpeople
Change on 2024
+2.4%year on year
Average growth, 2015–2025
+2.6%a year

Population

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Recent values

Millions of people

YearValue
203137.8Forecast
203036.7Forecast
202935.9Forecast
202835.1Forecast
202734.3Forecast
202633.5Forecast
202532.7
202432.0
202331.2
202230.4
202129.7
202029.0
201928.2
201827.5
201726.8
201626.1

Sources

  • Federico & Tena-Junguito1800–1938
  • Gapminder1800–2023
  • Fouquin & Hugot (CEPII)1827–2014
  • Albers, Jerven & Suesse1900–2015
  • Cogneau & Dupraz1901–1970
  • Maddison Project Database1950–2022
  • WDI (archive)1960–1997
  • Penn World Table1960–2019
  • World Development Indicators1960–2025
  • United Nations1970–2024
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2018
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2018–2031
  • Gapminder (forecast)2023–2030

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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