Population in Madagascar compared to the Marshall Islands: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Madagascar and the Marshall Islands: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Madagascar	Marshall Islands	Madagascar	Marshall Islands
1960	5,111,029	14,703	-	-
1961	5,246,158	15,219	2.64%	3.51%
1962	5,384,150	15,755	2.63%	3.52%
1963	5,525,185	16,302	2.62%	3.47%
1964	5,669,863	16,852	2.62%	3.37%
1965	5,819,116	17,402	2.63%	3.26%
1966	5,974,279	17,927	2.67%	3.02%
1967	6,136,486	18,655	2.72%	4.06%
1968	6,306,493	19,862	2.77%	6.47%
1969	6,484,716	21,305	2.83%	7.27%
1970	6,672,003	22,530	2.89%	5.75%
1971	6,868,868	23,366	2.95%	3.71%
1972	7,074,398	23,992	2.99%	2.68%
1973	7,288,048	24,581	3.02%	2.45%
1974	7,509,726	25,296	3.04%	2.91%
1975	7,739,336	26,154	3.06%	3.39%
1976	7,976,831	27,021	3.07%	3.31%
1977	8,222,240	27,906	3.08%	3.28%
1978	8,475,864	28,809	3.08%	3.24%
1979	8,737,581	29,738	3.09%	3.22%
1980	9,006,032	30,774	3.07%	3.48%
1981	9,279,011	32,017	3.03%	4.04%
1982	9,557,671	33,397	3%	4.31%
1983	9,843,044	34,811	2.99%	4.23%
1984	10,134,550	36,264	2.96%	4.17%
1985	10,433,142	37,761	2.95%	4.13%
1986	10,736,857	39,286	2.91%	4.04%
1987	11,047,291	40,828	2.89%	3.93%
1988	11,369,462	42,321	2.92%	3.66%
1989	11,704,998	43,586	2.95%	2.99%
1990	12,055,639	44,629	3%	2.39%
1991	12,421,412	45,568	3.03%	2.1%
1992	12,800,870	46,388	3.05%	1.8%
1993	13,197,345	47,093	3.1%	1.52%
1994	13,613,850	47,712	3.16%	1.31%
1995	14,051,275	48,266	3.21%	1.16%
1996	14,510,711	48,775	3.27%	1.05%
1997	14,990,814	49,259	3.31%	0.99%
1998	15,489,364	49,717	3.33%	0.93%
1999	16,000,506	50,202	3.3%	0.98%
2000	16,516,338	50,706	3.22%	1%
2001	17,032,939	51,123	3.13%	0.82%
2002	17,549,913	51,425	3.04%	0.59%
2003	18,071,854	51,639	2.97%	0.42%
2004	18,606,608	51,791	2.96%	0.29%
2005	19,159,707	51,906	2.97%	0.22%
2006	19,730,909	51,992	2.98%	0.17%
2007	20,318,583	52,035	2.98%	0.08%
2008	20,923,840	52,030	2.98%	-0.01%
2009	21,547,280	52,019	2.98%	-0.02%
2010	22,183,340	52,044	2.95%	0.05%
2011	22,822,300	51,907	2.88%	-0.26%
2012	23,462,438	51,419	2.8%	-0.94%
2013	24,109,290	50,681	2.76%	-1.44%
2014	24,764,348	49,796	2.72%	-1.75%
2015	25,426,702	48,800	2.67%	-2%
2016	26,099,952	47,709	2.65%	-2.24%
2017	26,788,375	46,529	2.64%	-2.47%
2018	27,494,926	45,285	2.64%	-2.67%
2019	28,219,554	44,007	2.64%	-2.82%
2020	28,953,556	42,706	2.6%	-2.96%
2021	29,691,083	41,367	2.55%	-3.14%
2022	30,437,261	40,077	2.51%	-3.12%
2023	31,195,932	38,827	2.49%	-3.12%
2024	31,964,956	37,548	2.47%	-3.29%
2025	32,740,675	36,281	2.43%	-3.37%
2026	33,522,048	35,078	2.39%	-3.32%
2027	34,308,785	33,976	2.35%	-3.14%
2028	35,099,853	32,977	2.31%	-2.94%
2029	35,894,674	32,054	2.26%	-2.8%
2030	36,693,182	31,191	2.22%	-2.69%
2031	37,495,701	30,420	2.19%	-2.47%
2032	38,301,308	29,740	2.15%	-2.23%
2033	39,109,380	29,142	2.11%	-2.01%
2034	39,919,948	28,608	2.07%	-1.83%
2035	40,733,841	28,147	2.04%	-1.61%
2036	41,551,309	27,751	2.01%	-1.41%
2037	42,371,330	27,405	1.97%	-1.25%
2038	43,194,142	27,092	1.94%	-1.14%
2039	44,019,285	26,836	1.91%	-0.94%
2040	44,846,889	26,598	1.88%	-0.89%
2041	45,676,973	26,396	1.85%	-0.76%
2042	46,508,810	26,217	1.82%	-0.68%
2043	47,342,285	26,054	1.79%	-0.62%
2044	48,176,594	25,913	1.76%	-0.54%
2045	49,011,270	25,777	1.73%	-0.52%
2046	49,846,522	25,653	1.7%	-0.48%
2047	50,682,055	25,543	1.68%	-0.43%
2048	51,517,342	25,429	1.65%	-0.45%
2049	52,351,981	25,311	1.62%	-0.46%
2050	53,185,464	25,195	1.59%	-0.46%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Madagascar increased by 6,266,995 people (a 32.7% growth), while the Marshall Islands lost 3,106 people (a 5.98% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Madagascar gained 7,941,633 (a 31.2% growth), while the Marshall Islands' population decreased by -12,519 (a 25.7% decline).

Madagascar was ranked 57th most populous country in 2005 and is 49th in 2025. The Marshall Islands was ranked 188th in 2005 and ranked 192nd 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 the Marshall Islands will decrease by 30.6% to 25,195 people and rank change from 192nd to 193rd.