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Population in Guinea-Bissau compared to Madagascar: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Guinea-Bissau was 2,201,352 in 2024 vs 31,964,956 people in Madagascar in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Guinea-Bissau's population is 2,288,306 people compared to 33,368,335 in Madagascar.

Population statistics:

  • Madagascar's population is 14.6 times bigger than Guinea-Bissau's.
  • Guinea-Bissau is ranked the 146th most populous country in the world, while Madagascar is the 49th.
  • The countries together account for 0.43% of the world: 0.03% for Guinea-Bissau vs 0.4% for Madagascar.
  • For the last 10 years, Guinea-Bissau has had an average growth rate of +2.4% per year vs +2.6% in Madagascar.
  • Since 2005, the population of Guinea-Bissau has increased from 1.38M people to 2.29M (65.6% growth), while Madagascar has grown from 19.2M to 33.4M (74.2% growth).
  • Guinea-Bissau is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 4.67M people compared to the peak of 85.3M people in 2100 for Madagascar.

Guinea-Bissau vs Madagascar: live population counter

Guinea-Bissau Madagascar
Current population
2288306
33368335
Population rank 146/197 49/197
Percent of world population 0.03% 0.4%
One net population change
10.9 minutes
41 seconds
One birth every
8.13 minutes
31.5 seconds
One death every
34.6 minutes
2.24 minutes
One migration net change every
5.12 hours
4.88 hours
Annual migration change -1,712 -1,795
Daily growth/decline +132 +2,107
Annual growth/decline +48,013 +769,024
Annual growth/decline rate +2.23% +2.47%
Population growth rate rank 44/197 31/197

Guinea-Bissau and Madagascar: population history and growth rate by year chart

Guinea-Bissau
Population

Growth rate
Madagascar
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Guinea-Bissau Madagascar Guinea-Bissau Madagascar
1960 577,633 5,111,029 - -
1961 582,532 5,246,158 0.85% 2.64%
1962 589,474 5,384,150 1.19% 2.63%
1963 594,418 5,525,185 0.84% 2.62%
1964 588,543 5,669,863 -0.99% 2.62%
1965 575,005 5,819,116 -2.3% 2.63%
1966 566,908 5,974,279 -1.41% 2.67%
1967 569,011 6,136,486 0.37% 2.72%
1968 578,170 6,306,493 1.61% 2.77%
1969 581,610 6,484,716 0.59% 2.83%
1970 584,403 6,672,003 0.48% 2.89%
1971 586,221 6,868,868 0.31% 2.95%
1972 586,620 7,074,398 0.07% 2.99%
1973 592,808 7,288,048 1.05% 3.02%
1974 613,338 7,509,726 3.46% 3.04%
1975 650,966 7,739,336 6.13% 3.06%
1976 694,191 7,976,831 6.64% 3.07%
1977 741,789 8,222,240 6.86% 3.08%
1978 791,694 8,475,864 6.73% 3.08%
1979 819,867 8,737,581 3.56% 3.09%
1980 829,303 9,006,032 1.15% 3.07%
1981 842,432 9,279,011 1.58% 3.03%
1982 855,891 9,557,671 1.6% 3%
1983 869,592 9,843,044 1.6% 2.99%
1984 883,519 10,134,550 1.6% 2.96%
1985 897,697 10,433,142 1.6% 2.95%
1986 912,126 10,736,857 1.61% 2.91%
1987 926,862 11,047,291 1.62% 2.89%
1988 942,061 11,369,462 1.64% 2.92%
1989 957,789 11,704,998 1.67% 2.95%
1990 973,669 12,055,639 1.66% 3%
1991 994,639 12,421,412 2.15% 3.03%
1992 1,024,356 12,800,870 2.99% 3.05%
1993 1,058,745 13,197,345 3.36% 3.1%
1994 1,092,031 13,613,850 3.14% 3.16%
1995 1,119,949 14,051,275 2.56% 3.21%
1996 1,143,535 14,510,711 2.11% 3.27%
1997 1,165,545 14,990,814 1.92% 3.31%
1998 1,187,473 15,489,364 1.88% 3.33%
1999 1,210,206 16,000,506 1.91% 3.3%
2000 1,234,741 16,516,338 2.03% 3.22%
2001 1,261,273 17,032,939 2.15% 3.13%
2002 1,289,307 17,549,913 2.22% 3.04%
2003 1,318,806 18,071,854 2.29% 2.97%
2004 1,349,563 18,606,608 2.33% 2.96%
2005 1,381,585 19,159,707 2.37% 2.97%
2006 1,415,303 19,730,909 2.44% 2.98%
2007 1,450,986 20,318,583 2.52% 2.98%
2008 1,488,054 20,923,840 2.55% 2.98%
2009 1,526,377 21,547,280 2.58% 2.98%
2010 1,566,347 22,183,340 2.62% 2.95%
2011 1,608,076 22,822,300 2.66% 2.88%
2012 1,651,417 23,462,438 2.7% 2.8%
2013 1,695,973 24,109,290 2.7% 2.76%
2014 1,741,122 24,764,348 2.66% 2.72%
2015 1,786,457 25,426,702 2.6% 2.67%
2016 1,831,893 26,099,952 2.54% 2.65%
2017 1,877,072 26,788,375 2.47% 2.64%
2018 1,922,168 27,494,926 2.4% 2.64%
2019 1,967,696 28,219,554 2.37% 2.64%
2020 2,013,255 28,953,556 2.32% 2.6%
2021 2,058,841 29,691,083 2.26% 2.55%
2022 2,105,529 30,437,261 2.27% 2.51%
2023 2,153,339 31,195,932 2.27% 2.49%
2024 2,201,352 31,964,956 2.23% 2.47%
2025 2,249,512 32,740,675 2.19% 2.43%
2026 2,297,807 33,522,048 2.15% 2.39%
2027 2,346,190 34,308,785 2.11% 2.35%
2028 2,394,226 35,099,853 2.05% 2.31%
2029 2,441,574 35,894,674 1.98% 2.26%
2030 2,488,931 36,693,182 1.94% 2.22%
2031 2,536,893 37,495,701 1.93% 2.19%
2032 2,585,565 38,301,308 1.92% 2.15%
2033 2,634,701 39,109,380 1.9% 2.11%
2034 2,683,078 39,919,948 1.84% 2.07%
2035 2,730,136 40,733,841 1.75% 2.04%
2036 2,777,887 41,551,309 1.75% 2.01%
2037 2,826,159 42,371,330 1.74% 1.97%
2038 2,873,929 43,194,142 1.69% 1.94%
2039 2,921,973 44,019,285 1.67% 1.91%
2040 2,969,699 44,846,889 1.63% 1.88%
2041 3,016,537 45,676,973 1.58% 1.85%
2042 3,063,161 46,508,810 1.55% 1.82%
2043 3,109,927 47,342,285 1.53% 1.79%
2044 3,156,704 48,176,594 1.5% 1.76%
2045 3,204,242 49,011,270 1.51% 1.73%
2046 3,251,465 49,846,522 1.47% 1.7%
2047 3,298,563 50,682,055 1.45% 1.68%
2048 3,345,853 51,517,342 1.43% 1.65%
2049 3,392,557 52,351,981 1.4% 1.62%
2050 3,438,597 53,185,464 1.36% 1.59%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Guinea-Bissau increased by 404,872 people (a 29.3% growth), while Madagascar gained 6,266,995 people (a 32.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Guinea-Bissau gained 501,849 (a 28.1% growth), while Madagascar's population increased by 7,941,633 (a 31.2% growth).

Guinea-Bissau was ranked 148th most populous country in 2005 and is 146th in 2025. Madagascar was ranked 57th in 2005 and ranked 49th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Guinea-Bissau's population will grow by 50.3% to 3,438,597 people with a rank change from 146th to 136th. The population of Madagascar will increase by 59.4% to 53,185,464 people and rank change from 49th to 37th.

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