Population in the Bahamas compared to Madagascar: Trends, Charts, Rankings

the Bahamas and Madagascar: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bahamas	Madagascar	Bahamas	Madagascar
1960	116,317	5,111,029	-	-
1961	122,197	5,246,158	5.06%	2.64%
1962	128,493	5,384,150	5.15%	2.63%
1963	135,087	5,525,185	5.13%	2.62%
1964	141,528	5,669,863	4.77%	2.62%
1965	147,952	5,819,116	4.54%	2.63%
1966	154,874	5,974,279	4.68%	2.67%
1967	162,267	6,136,486	4.77%	2.72%
1968	170,089	6,306,493	4.82%	2.77%
1969	177,981	6,484,716	4.64%	2.83%
1970	184,982	6,672,003	3.93%	2.89%
1971	190,857	6,868,868	3.18%	2.95%
1972	196,055	7,074,398	2.72%	2.99%
1973	200,791	7,288,048	2.42%	3.02%
1974	205,342	7,509,726	2.27%	3.04%
1975	209,886	7,739,336	2.21%	3.06%
1976	214,501	7,976,831	2.2%	3.07%
1977	219,157	8,222,240	2.17%	3.08%
1978	223,761	8,475,864	2.1%	3.08%
1979	228,230	8,737,581	2%	3.09%
1980	232,526	9,006,032	1.88%	3.07%
1981	236,614	9,279,011	1.76%	3.03%
1982	240,614	9,557,671	1.69%	3%
1983	244,698	9,843,044	1.7%	2.99%
1984	248,863	10,134,550	1.7%	2.96%
1985	253,154	10,433,142	1.72%	2.95%
1986	257,536	10,736,857	1.73%	2.91%
1987	261,935	11,047,291	1.71%	2.89%
1988	266,448	11,369,462	1.72%	2.92%
1989	271,178	11,704,998	1.78%	2.95%
1990	275,945	12,055,639	1.76%	3%
1991	280,731	12,421,412	1.73%	3.03%
1992	285,927	12,800,870	1.85%	3.05%
1993	291,339	13,197,345	1.89%	3.1%
1994	296,509	13,613,850	1.77%	3.16%
1995	301,461	14,051,275	1.67%	3.21%
1996	306,268	14,510,711	1.59%	3.27%
1997	310,904	14,990,814	1.51%	3.31%
1998	315,368	15,489,364	1.44%	3.33%
1999	319,614	16,000,506	1.35%	3.3%
2000	323,835	16,516,338	1.32%	3.22%
2001	327,836	17,032,939	1.24%	3.13%
2002	331,614	17,549,913	1.15%	3.04%
2003	335,618	18,071,854	1.21%	2.97%
2004	339,782	18,606,608	1.24%	2.96%
2005	343,894	19,159,707	1.21%	2.97%
2006	348,375	19,730,909	1.3%	2.98%
2007	353,334	20,318,583	1.42%	2.98%
2008	358,120	20,923,840	1.35%	2.98%
2009	362,810	21,547,280	1.31%	2.98%
2010	367,478	22,183,340	1.29%	2.95%
2011	371,729	22,822,300	1.16%	2.88%
2012	375,469	23,462,438	1.01%	2.8%
2013	378,953	24,109,290	0.93%	2.76%
2014	382,298	24,764,348	0.88%	2.72%
2015	385,346	25,426,702	0.8%	2.67%
2016	388,055	26,099,952	0.7%	2.65%
2017	390,485	26,788,375	0.63%	2.64%
2018	392,717	27,494,926	0.57%	2.64%
2019	394,675	28,219,554	0.5%	2.64%
2020	395,863	28,953,556	0.3%	2.6%
2021	396,373	29,691,083	0.13%	2.55%
2022	397,538	30,437,261	0.29%	2.51%
2023	399,440	31,195,932	0.48%	2.49%
2024	401,283	31,964,956	0.46%	2.47%
2025	403,042	32,740,675	0.44%	2.43%
2026	404,635	33,522,048	0.4%	2.39%
2027	406,126	34,308,785	0.37%	2.35%
2028	407,560	35,099,853	0.35%	2.31%
2029	408,950	35,894,674	0.34%	2.26%
2030	410,269	36,693,182	0.32%	2.22%
2031	411,543	37,495,701	0.31%	2.19%
2032	412,724	38,301,308	0.29%	2.15%
2033	413,846	39,109,380	0.27%	2.11%
2034	414,942	39,919,948	0.26%	2.07%
2035	415,982	40,733,841	0.25%	2.04%
2036	416,939	41,551,309	0.23%	2.01%
2037	417,847	42,371,330	0.22%	1.97%
2038	418,753	43,194,142	0.22%	1.94%
2039	419,595	44,019,285	0.2%	1.91%
2040	420,348	44,846,889	0.18%	1.88%
2041	421,079	45,676,973	0.17%	1.85%
2042	421,746	46,508,810	0.16%	1.82%
2043	422,343	47,342,285	0.14%	1.79%
2044	422,831	48,176,594	0.12%	1.76%
2045	423,269	49,011,270	0.1%	1.73%
2046	423,679	49,846,522	0.1%	1.7%
2047	423,952	50,682,055	0.06%	1.68%
2048	424,123	51,517,342	0.04%	1.65%
2049	424,251	52,351,981	0.03%	1.62%
2050	424,273	53,185,464	0.005%	1.59%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the Bahamas increased by 39,680 people (a 11.4% growth), while Madagascar gained 6,369,043 people (a 32.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the Bahamas gained 16,596 (a 4.28% growth), while Madagascar's population increased by 7,430,694 (a 28.5% growth).

The Bahamas was ranked 170th most populous country in 2006 and is 172nd in 2026. Madagascar was ranked 57th in 2006 and ranked 49th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) the Bahamas' population will grow by 4.85% to 424,273 people with a rank change from 172nd to 174th. The population of Madagascar will increase by 58.6% to 53,185,464 people and rank change from 49th to 37th.