🇲🇬 Madagascar Population 2026

As of 2026, the population of Madagascar is 33,522,052, ranking #49 in the world (0.40% of the global population), based on UN World Population Prospects 2024. The population is growing at 2.34% per year. The biggest city is Antananarivo with 1,349,501 inhabitants.

Live estimate

33,540,377

Growth rate

2.34%

Density

people / km² (149 / mi²)

Median age

19.4

Fertility rate

3.78

births per woman

Life expectancy

64.3

years

Madagascar population 1950–2100

Population of Madagascar, 1950–2100 — solid: UN estimates, dashed: UN medium-variant projection.

By 2050, the population of Madagascar is projected to reach 53,185,475, and 85,341,148 by 2100.

Madagascar population by year

Year	Population	Growth	Density /km²	Median age
2026	33,522,052	2.34%	57.6	19.4
2025	32,740,678	2.38%	56.3	19.2
2024	31,964,956	2.42%	54.9	19.0
2023	31,195,932	2.45%	53.6	18.9
2022	30,437,261	2.47%	52.3	18.7
2021	29,691,083	2.49%	51.0	18.6
2020	28,953,556	2.54%	49.8	18.4
2019	28,219,554	2.60%	48.5	18.2
2018	27,494,926	2.61%	47.3	18.1
2017	26,788,375	2.60%	46.0	17.9
2016	26,099,952	2.61%	44.9	17.7
2015	25,426,702	2.62%	43.7	17.5
2014	24,764,348	2.66%	42.6	17.3
2013	24,109,290	2.70%	41.4	17.1
2012	23,462,438	2.74%	40.3	16.9
2011	22,822,300	2.80%	39.2	16.8
2010	22,183,340	2.88%	38.1	16.7
2009	21,547,280	2.94%	37.0	16.5
2008	20,923,840	2.94%	36.0	16.5
2007	20,318,583	2.93%	34.9	16.4
2006	19,730,909	2.94%	33.9	16.3
2005	19,159,707	2.94%	32.9	16.2
2004	18,606,608	2.92%	32.0	16.2
2003	18,071,854	2.91%	31.1	16.1
2002	17,549,913	2.95%	30.2	16.1
2001	17,032,939	3.03%	29.3	16.1
2000	16,516,338	3.13%	28.4	16.1
1999	16,000,506	3.22%	27.5	16.1
1998	15,489,364	3.27%	26.6	16.1
1997	14,990,814	3.27%	25.8	16.1
1996	14,510,712	3.24%	24.9	16.1
1995	14,051,276	3.19%	24.2	16.0
1994	13,613,850	3.13%	23.4	16.0
1993	13,197,346	3.08%	22.7	15.9
1992	12,800,870	3.02%	22.0	15.9
1991	12,421,412	3.00%	21.4	15.8
1990	12,055,639	2.98%	20.7	15.8
1989	11,704,998	2.93%	20.1	15.7
1988	11,369,462	2.89%	19.5	15.6
1987	11,047,292	2.86%	19.0	15.5
1986	10,736,857	2.84%	18.5	15.5
1985	10,433,142	2.90%	17.9	15.4
1984	10,134,550	2.91%	17.4	15.4
1983	9,843,044	2.93%	16.9	15.3
1982	9,557,670	2.96%	16.4	15.3
1981	9,279,010	2.96%	15.9	15.3
1980	9,006,032	3.01%	15.5	15.4
1979	8,737,580	3.04%	15.0	15.4
1978	8,475,864	3.04%	14.6	15.4
1977	8,222,240	3.03%	14.1	15.5
1976	7,976,830	3.03%	13.7	15.5
1975	7,739,336	3.02%	13.3	15.5
1974	7,509,726	3.00%	12.9	15.5
1973	7,288,048	2.99%	12.5	15.5
1972	7,074,398	2.96%	12.2	15.6
1971	6,868,868	2.93%	11.8	15.6
1970	6,672,003	2.88%	11.5	15.6
1969	6,484,716	2.81%	11.1	15.5
1968	6,306,493	2.76%	10.8	15.5
1967	6,136,486	2.70%	10.5	15.5
1966	5,974,278	2.65%	10.3	15.5
1965	5,819,116	2.61%	10.0	15.5
1964	5,669,863	2.59%	9.7	15.6
1963	5,525,185	2.58%	9.5	15.8
1962	5,384,150	2.59%	9.3	16.1
1961	5,246,158	2.60%	9.0	16.4
1960	5,111,029	2.62%	8.8	16.8
1959	4,979,094	2.62%	8.6	17.1
1958	4,850,846	2.60%	8.3	17.5
1957	4,726,636	2.58%	8.1	17.8
1956	4,606,422	2.57%	7.9	18.1
1955	4,490,113	2.55%	7.7	18.4
1954	4,377,319	2.54%	7.5	18.7
1953	4,267,535	2.54%	7.3	18.9
1952	4,160,835	2.53%	7.2	19.2
1951	4,057,200	2.52%	7.0	19.4
1950	3,956,074	2.53%	6.8	19.7

Year	Population	Growth	Density /km²	Median age
2027	34,308,793	2.30%	59.0	19.5
2028	35,099,857	2.26%	60.3	19.7
2029	35,894,678	2.22%	61.7	19.9
2030	36,693,183	2.18%	63.1	20.1
2031	37,495,706	2.15%	64.4	20.3
2032	38,301,317	2.11%	65.8	20.5
2033	39,109,380	2.07%	67.2	20.7
2034	39,919,950	2.03%	68.6	20.9
2035	40,733,844	2.00%	70.0	21.0
2036	41,551,315	1.97%	71.4	21.2
2037	42,371,340	1.94%	72.8	21.4
2038	43,194,160	1.91%	74.2	21.6
2039	44,019,293	1.88%	75.7	21.8
2040	44,846,895	1.85%	77.1	22.0
2041	45,676,979	1.82%	78.5	22.2
2042	46,508,814	1.79%	79.9	22.4
2043	47,342,295	1.76%	81.4	22.6
2044	48,176,604	1.73%	82.8	22.8
2045	49,011,274	1.70%	84.2	23.1
2046	49,846,527	1.68%	85.7	23.3
2047	50,682,067	1.65%	87.1	23.5
2048	51,517,352	1.62%	88.5	23.7
2049	52,351,990	1.59%	90.0	24.0
2050	53,185,475	1.57%	91.4	24.2
2051	54,016,765	1.54%	92.8	24.4
2052	54,845,300	1.51%	94.3	24.6
2053	55,671,144	1.48%	95.7	24.9
2054	56,493,659	1.45%	97.1	25.1
2055	57,313,021	1.43%	98.5	25.3
2056	58,129,738	1.40%	99.9	25.5
2057	58,942,314	1.37%	101.3	25.7
2058	59,750,169	1.35%	102.7	25.9
2059	60,554,110	1.32%	104.1	26.2
2060	61,352,873	1.30%	105.5	26.4
2061	62,145,241	1.27%	106.8	26.6
2062	62,930,946	1.24%	108.2	26.8
2063	63,709,342	1.22%	109.5	27.0
2064	64,480,302	1.19%	110.8	27.2
2065	65,242,944	1.16%	112.1	27.4
2066	65,997,235	1.14%	113.4	27.6
2067	66,743,591	1.11%	114.7	27.8
2068	67,480,962	1.09%	116.0	28.0
2069	68,208,620	1.06%	117.2	28.2
2070	68,926,090	1.03%	118.5	28.4
2071	69,634,456	1.01%	119.7	28.7
2072	70,333,405	0.99%	120.9	28.9
2073	71,020,890	0.96%	122.1	29.1
2074	71,697,362	0.94%	123.2	29.3
2075	72,362,744	0.91%	124.4	29.5
2076	73,015,741	0.89%	125.5	29.7
2077	73,657,474	0.86%	126.6	29.9
2078	74,288,082	0.84%	127.7	30.1
2079	74,906,310	0.82%	128.8	30.3
2080	75,512,394	0.80%	129.8	30.5
2081	76,107,250	0.78%	130.8	30.6
2082	76,691,311	0.75%	131.8	30.8
2083	77,265,181	0.74%	132.8	31.0
2084	77,828,810	0.72%	133.8	31.2
2085	78,382,366	0.70%	134.7	31.4
2086	78,926,159	0.68%	135.7	31.6
2087	79,459,876	0.67%	136.6	31.8
2088	79,982,950	0.65%	137.5	32.0
2089	80,493,878	0.63%	138.4	32.2
2090	80,992,578	0.61%	139.2	32.4
2091	81,480,826	0.59%	140.1	32.5
2092	81,958,318	0.57%	140.9	32.7
2093	82,423,996	0.56%	141.7	32.9
2094	82,878,064	0.54%	142.5	33.1
2095	83,319,302	0.52%	143.2	33.3
2096	83,748,160	0.51%	143.9	33.5
2097	84,165,542	0.49%	144.7	33.7
2098	84,570,967	0.47%	145.4	33.8
2099	84,962,957	0.45%	146.0	34.0
2100	85,341,148	0.44%	146.7	34.2

States & provinces of Madagascar by population

#	State / province	Population	Share
1	Analamanga	3,618,128	10.8%
2	Vakinankaratra	2,074,358	6.2%
3	Atsimo-Andrefana	1,799,088	5.4%
4	Sofia	1,500,227	4.5%
5	Atsinanana	1,484,403	4.4%
6	Haute Matsiatra	1,447,296	4.3%
7	Alaotra-Mangoro	1,255,514	3.7%
8	Analanjirofo	1,152,345	3.4%
9	Sava	1,123,013	3.4%
10	Atsimo-Atsinanana	1,026,674	3.1%
11	Boeny	931,171	2.8%
12	Androy	903,376	2.7%
13	Itasy	897,962	2.7%
14	Diana	889,736	2.7%
15	Amoron'i Mania	833,919	2.5%
16	Anosy	809,313	2.4%
17	Menabe	700,577	2.1%
18	Bongolava	674,474	2.0%
19	Ihorombe	418,520	1.2%
20	Betsiboka	394,561	1.2%
21	Melaky	309,805	0.9%

State populations: GeoNames (latest official figures, reference dates vary by country).

Biggest cities in Madagascar

#	City	Region	Population
1	Antananarivo capital	Analamanga	1,349,501
2	Toamasina	Atsinanana	345,107
3	Antsirabe	Vakinankaratra	260,907
4	Mahajanga	Boeny	260,556
5	Fianarantsoa	Upper Matsiatra	203,105
6	Toliara	Atsimo-Andrefana	178,725
7	Antsiranana	Diana	136,959
8	Sambava	Sava	89,003
9	Imerintsiatosika	Itasy	74,085
10	Antalaha	Sava	71,898
11	Tôlanaro	Anosy	71,258
12	Antanifotsy	Vakinankaratra	70,626
13	Ambovombe	Androy	69,265
14	Ambilobe	Diana	66,029
15	Ambanja	Diana	63,884

FAQ

What is the population of Madagascar in 2026?

The population of Madagascar is 33,522,052 in 2026, according to UN World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant).

What is the biggest city in Madagascar?

Antananarivo is the biggest city in Madagascar with 1,349,501 inhabitants and it is also the capital.

Is the population of Madagascar growing or shrinking?

The population of Madagascar is growing at 2.34% per year.

Sources

Country data: United Nations World Population Prospects 2024, medium variant (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Retrieved 2026-07-07.
City and state data: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Retrieved 2026-07-07.

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