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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Madagascar was 31,964,956 in 2024 vs 574,346 people in Malta in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Madagascar's population is 33,368,335 people compared to 583,596 in Malta.

Population statistics:

  • Madagascar's population is 57.2 times bigger than Malta's.
  • Madagascar is ranked the 49th most populous country in the world, while Malta is the 167th.
  • The countries together account for 0.41% of the world: 0.4% for Madagascar vs 0.007% for Malta.
  • For the last 10 years, Madagascar has had an average growth rate of +2.6% per year vs +2.78% in Malta.
  • Since 2005, the population of Madagascar has increased from 19.2M people to 33.4M (74.2% growth), while Malta has grown from 404K to 584K (44.5% growth).
  • Madagascar is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 85.3M people compared to the peak of 593K people in 2033 for Malta.

Madagascar vs Malta: live population counter

Madagascar Malta
Current population
33368335
583596
Population rank 49/197 167/197
Percent of world population 0.4% 0.007%
One net population change
41 seconds
24.3 minutes
One birth every
31.5 seconds
1.96 hours
One death every
2.24 minutes
2.17 hours
One migration net change every
4.88 hours
1.39 hours
Annual migration change -1,795 +6,323
Daily growth/decline +2,107 +59
Annual growth/decline +769,024 +21,599
Annual growth/decline rate +2.47% +3.91%
Population growth rate rank 31/197 7/197

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

Madagascar
Population

Growth rate
Malta
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Madagascar Malta Madagascar Malta
1960 5,111,029 326,550 - -
1961 5,246,158 325,250 2.64% -0.4%
1962 5,384,150 323,900 2.63% -0.42%
1963 5,525,185 322,550 2.62% -0.42%
1964 5,669,863 321,250 2.62% -0.4%
1965 5,819,116 318,800 2.63% -0.76%
1966 5,974,279 315,200 2.67% -1.13%
1967 6,136,486 311,550 2.72% -1.16%
1968 6,306,493 307,900 2.77% -1.17%
1969 6,484,716 304,300 2.83% -1.17%
1970 6,672,003 302,650 2.89% -0.54%
1971 6,868,868 302,700 2.95% 0.02%
1972 7,074,398 302,450 2.99% -0.08%
1973 7,288,048 302,200 3.02% -0.08%
1974 7,509,726 301,996 3.04% -0.07%
1975 7,739,336 304,222 3.06% 0.74%
1976 7,976,831 305,774 3.07% 0.51%
1977 8,222,240 306,970 3.08% 0.39%
1978 8,475,864 310,182 3.08% 1.05%
1979 8,737,581 313,342 3.09% 1.02%
1980 9,006,032 316,645 3.07% 1.05%
1981 9,279,011 318,982 3.03% 0.74%
1982 9,557,671 325,898 3% 2.17%
1983 9,843,044 330,524 2.99% 1.42%
1984 10,134,550 330,593 2.96% 0.02%
1985 10,433,142 336,452 2.95% 1.77%
1986 10,736,857 342,121 2.91% 1.68%
1987 11,047,291 344,485 2.89% 0.69%
1988 11,369,462 347,325 2.92% 0.82%
1989 11,704,998 350,722 2.95% 0.98%
1990 12,055,639 354,170 3% 0.98%
1991 12,421,412 363,845 3.03% 2.73%
1992 12,800,870 367,618 3.05% 1.04%
1993 13,197,345 371,308 3.1% 1%
1994 13,613,850 374,797 3.16% 0.94%
1995 14,051,275 377,419 3.21% 0.7%
1996 14,510,711 379,905 3.27% 0.66%
1997 14,990,814 382,791 3.31% 0.76%
1998 15,489,364 385,287 3.33% 0.65%
1999 16,000,506 387,578 3.3% 0.59%
2000 16,516,338 390,087 3.22% 0.65%
2001 17,032,939 393,028 3.13% 0.75%
2002 17,549,913 395,969 3.04% 0.75%
2003 18,071,854 398,582 2.97% 0.66%
2004 18,606,608 401,268 2.96% 0.67%
2005 19,159,707 403,834 2.97% 0.64%
2006 19,730,909 405,308 2.98% 0.37%
2007 20,318,583 406,724 2.98% 0.35%
2008 20,923,840 409,379 2.98% 0.65%
2009 21,547,280 412,477 2.98% 0.76%
2010 22,183,340 414,508 2.95% 0.49%
2011 22,822,300 416,268 2.88% 0.42%
2012 23,462,438 420,028 2.8% 0.9%
2013 24,109,290 424,810 2.76% 1.14%
2014 24,764,348 433,481 2.72% 2.04%
2015 25,426,702 444,220 2.67% 2.48%
2016 26,099,952 454,505 2.65% 2.32%
2017 26,788,375 467,106 2.64% 2.77%
2018 27,494,926 483,903 2.64% 3.6%
2019 28,219,554 503,912 2.64% 4.13%
2020 28,953,556 515,490 2.6% 2.3%
2021 29,691,083 518,150 2.55% 0.52%
2022 30,437,261 531,113 2.51% 2.5%
2023 31,195,932 552,747 2.49% 4.07%
2024 31,964,956 574,346 2.47% 3.91%
2025 32,740,675 580,514 2.43% 1.07%
2026 33,522,048 584,351 2.39% 0.66%
2027 34,308,785 586,444 2.35% 0.36%
2028 35,099,853 588,290 2.31% 0.31%
2029 35,894,674 589,776 2.26% 0.25%
2030 36,693,182 590,973 2.22% 0.2%
2031 37,495,701 591,921 2.19% 0.16%
2032 38,301,308 592,622 2.15% 0.12%
2033 39,109,380 592,974 2.11% 0.06%
2034 39,919,948 592,827 2.07% -0.02%
2035 40,733,841 592,332 2.04% -0.08%
2036 41,551,309 591,668 2.01% -0.11%
2037 42,371,330 590,830 1.97% -0.14%
2038 43,194,142 589,771 1.94% -0.18%
2039 44,019,285 588,528 1.91% -0.21%
2040 44,846,889 587,256 1.88% -0.22%
2041 45,676,973 585,895 1.85% -0.23%
2042 46,508,810 584,467 1.82% -0.24%
2043 47,342,285 582,966 1.79% -0.26%
2044 48,176,594 581,355 1.76% -0.28%
2045 49,011,270 579,693 1.73% -0.29%
2046 49,846,522 577,954 1.7% -0.3%
2047 50,682,055 576,050 1.68% -0.33%
2048 51,517,342 574,050 1.65% -0.35%
2049 52,351,981 572,187 1.62% -0.32%
2050 53,185,464 570,210 1.59% -0.35%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Madagascar increased by 6,266,995 people (a 32.7% growth), while Malta gained 40,386 people (a 10% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Madagascar gained 7,941,633 (a 31.2% growth), while Malta's population increased by 139,376 (a 31.4% growth).

Madagascar was ranked 57th most populous country in 2005 and is 49th in 2025. Malta was ranked 168th in 2005 and ranked 167th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Madagascar's population will grow by 59.4% to 53,185,464 people with a rank change from 49th to 37th. The population of Malta will decrease by 2.29% to 570,210 people and will still be ranked 167th.

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