Population in Liberia compared to Madagascar: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Liberia and Madagascar: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Liberia	Madagascar	Liberia	Madagascar
1960	1,139,522	5,111,029	-	-
1961	1,167,717	5,246,158	2.47%	2.64%
1962	1,197,039	5,384,150	2.51%	2.63%
1963	1,227,414	5,525,185	2.54%	2.62%
1964	1,258,745	5,669,863	2.55%	2.62%
1965	1,291,156	5,819,116	2.57%	2.63%
1966	1,324,383	5,974,279	2.57%	2.67%
1967	1,358,435	6,136,486	2.57%	2.72%
1968	1,393,530	6,306,493	2.58%	2.77%
1969	1,429,605	6,484,716	2.59%	2.83%
1970	1,466,676	6,672,003	2.59%	2.89%
1971	1,504,077	6,868,868	2.55%	2.95%
1972	1,542,670	7,074,398	2.57%	2.99%
1973	1,583,588	7,288,048	2.65%	3.02%
1974	1,626,362	7,509,726	2.7%	3.04%
1975	1,670,913	7,739,336	2.74%	3.06%
1976	1,717,060	7,976,831	2.76%	3.07%
1977	1,766,019	8,222,240	2.85%	3.08%
1978	1,818,247	8,475,864	2.96%	3.08%
1979	1,872,713	8,737,581	3%	3.09%
1980	1,929,253	9,006,032	3.02%	3.07%
1981	1,986,867	9,279,011	2.99%	3.03%
1982	2,045,073	9,557,671	2.93%	3%
1983	2,107,113	9,843,044	3.03%	2.99%
1984	2,173,312	10,134,550	3.14%	2.96%
1985	2,240,539	10,433,142	3.09%	2.95%
1986	2,308,511	10,736,857	3.03%	2.91%
1987	2,377,229	11,047,291	2.98%	2.89%
1988	2,446,941	11,369,462	2.93%	2.92%
1989	2,517,858	11,704,998	2.9%	2.95%
1990	2,223,667	12,055,639	-11.7%	3%
1991	1,956,518	12,421,412	-12%	3.03%
1992	2,072,461	12,800,870	5.93%	3.05%
1993	2,155,126	13,197,345	3.99%	3.1%
1994	2,149,928	13,613,850	-0.24%	3.16%
1995	2,169,162	14,051,275	0.89%	3.21%
1996	2,232,289	14,510,711	2.91%	3.27%
1997	2,412,989	14,990,814	8.09%	3.31%
1998	2,670,124	15,489,364	10.7%	3.33%
1999	2,821,684	16,000,506	5.68%	3.3%
2000	2,928,117	16,516,338	3.77%	3.22%
2001	3,015,338	17,032,939	2.98%	3.13%
2002	3,094,782	17,549,913	2.63%	3.04%
2003	3,119,532	18,071,854	0.8%	2.97%
2004	3,156,892	18,606,608	1.2%	2.96%
2005	3,301,015	19,159,707	4.57%	2.97%
2006	3,490,787	19,730,909	5.75%	2.98%
2007	3,669,050	20,318,583	5.11%	2.98%
2008	3,821,003	20,923,840	4.14%	2.98%
2009	3,943,028	21,547,280	3.19%	2.98%
2010	4,058,890	22,183,340	2.94%	2.95%
2011	4,221,178	22,822,300	4%	2.88%
2012	4,373,043	23,462,438	3.6%	2.8%
2013	4,470,239	24,109,290	2.22%	2.76%
2014	4,564,293	24,764,348	2.1%	2.72%
2015	4,659,431	25,426,702	2.08%	2.67%
2016	4,755,608	26,099,952	2.06%	2.65%
2017	4,848,925	26,788,375	1.96%	2.64%
2018	4,944,726	27,494,926	1.98%	2.64%
2019	5,043,721	28,219,554	2%	2.64%
2020	5,149,463	28,953,556	2.1%	2.6%
2021	5,259,323	29,691,083	2.13%	2.55%
2022	5,373,294	30,437,261	2.17%	2.51%
2023	5,493,031	31,195,932	2.23%	2.49%
2024	5,612,817	31,964,956	2.18%	2.47%
2025	5,731,211	32,740,675	2.11%	2.43%
2026	5,853,958	33,522,048	2.14%	2.39%
2027	5,986,805	34,308,785	2.27%	2.35%
2028	6,118,769	35,099,853	2.2%	2.31%
2029	6,245,093	35,894,674	2.06%	2.26%
2030	6,366,293	36,693,182	1.94%	2.22%
2031	6,486,749	37,495,701	1.89%	2.19%
2032	6,614,257	38,301,308	1.97%	2.15%
2033	6,744,927	39,109,380	1.98%	2.11%
2034	6,873,688	39,919,948	1.91%	2.07%
2035	7,003,567	40,733,841	1.89%	2.04%
2036	7,142,326	41,551,309	1.98%	2.01%
2037	7,278,759	42,371,330	1.91%	1.97%
2038	7,408,720	43,194,142	1.79%	1.94%
2039	7,545,510	44,019,285	1.85%	1.91%
2040	7,681,693	44,846,889	1.8%	1.88%
2041	7,817,089	45,676,973	1.76%	1.85%
2042	7,954,182	46,508,810	1.75%	1.82%
2043	8,077,173	47,342,285	1.55%	1.79%
2044	8,194,136	48,176,594	1.45%	1.76%
2045	8,310,657	49,011,270	1.42%	1.73%
2046	8,428,924	49,846,522	1.42%	1.7%
2047	8,552,033	50,682,055	1.46%	1.68%
2048	8,673,963	51,517,342	1.43%	1.65%
2049	8,795,838	52,351,981	1.41%	1.62%
2050	8,910,539	53,185,464	1.3%	1.59%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Liberia increased by 1,358,416 people (a 41.2% growth), while Madagascar gained 6,266,995 people (a 32.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Liberia gained 1,170,380 (a 25.1% growth), while Madagascar's population increased by 7,941,633 (a 31.2% growth).

Liberia was ranked 129th most populous country in 2005 and is 116th 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) Liberia's population will grow by 52.8% to 8,910,539 people with a rank change from 116th to 107th. The population of Madagascar will increase by 59.4% to 53,185,464 people and rank change from 49th to 37th.