Madagascar's population rose from 14.5M in 1996 to 32.7M in 2025.
Madagascar · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
23 indicators · 23 with data
Madagascar's population growth fell from 3.2 % in 1996 to 2.4 % in 2025.
Madagascar's population density rose from 23.4 in 1994 to 53.6 in 2023.
Madagascar's population, female (% of total) rose from 49.8 % in 1996 to 49.8 % in 2025.
Madagascar's urbanisation rose from 23.8 % in 1996 to 32.9 % in 2025.
Madagascar's urban population rose from 3.45M in 1996 to 10.8M in 2025.
Madagascar's rural population rose from 11.1M in 1996 to 22M in 2025.
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- Fertilitydown −1.5 %26th of 217
- Birth rate, crudedown −1.2 %22nd of 217
- Death rate, crudedown −0.8 %103rd of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −0.9 %210th of 217
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- Median ageup +0.2 yrs185th of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.3 pts29th of 217
- Working age (15–64)up +0.3 pts187th of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.1 pts180th of 217
- Age dependency ratiodown −0.8 pts31st of 217
- Old-age dependency ratioup +0.1 pts179th of 217
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- Net migrationdown −24.1 %120th of 217
- Migrant stockunchanged +0.0 pts211th of 216
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- Refugees hostedup +69.4 %145th of 178
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- Life expectancyup +0.2 yrs196th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +0.2 yrs199th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.2 yrs193rd of 217