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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Madagascar	Mauritania	Madagascar	Mauritania
1960	5,111,029	824,298	-	-
1961	5,246,158	846,167	2.64%	2.65%
1962	5,384,150	869,184	2.63%	2.72%
1963	5,525,185	893,423	2.62%	2.79%
1964	5,669,863	918,955	2.62%	2.86%
1965	5,819,116	945,838	2.63%	2.93%
1966	5,974,279	974,157	2.67%	2.99%
1967	6,136,486	1,003,843	2.72%	3.05%
1968	6,306,493	1,034,739	2.77%	3.08%
1969	6,484,716	1,066,754	2.83%	3.09%
1970	6,672,003	1,099,806	2.89%	3.1%
1971	6,868,868	1,133,702	2.95%	3.08%
1972	7,074,398	1,168,355	2.99%	3.06%
1973	7,288,048	1,203,838	3.02%	3.04%
1974	7,509,726	1,240,188	3.04%	3.02%
1975	7,739,336	1,277,330	3.06%	2.99%
1976	7,976,831	1,315,336	3.07%	2.98%
1977	8,222,240	1,353,768	3.08%	2.92%
1978	8,475,864	1,392,713	3.08%	2.88%
1979	8,737,581	1,432,758	3.09%	2.88%
1980	9,006,032	1,474,043	3.07%	2.88%
1981	9,279,011	1,516,877	3.03%	2.91%
1982	9,557,671	1,561,176	3%	2.92%
1983	9,843,044	1,606,746	2.99%	2.92%
1984	10,134,550	1,653,693	2.96%	2.92%
1985	10,433,142	1,702,107	2.95%	2.93%
1986	10,736,857	1,751,835	2.91%	2.92%
1987	11,047,291	1,803,014	2.89%	2.92%
1988	11,369,462	1,855,859	2.92%	2.93%
1989	11,704,998	1,903,048	2.95%	2.54%
1990	12,055,639	1,951,878	3%	2.57%
1991	12,421,412	2,009,738	3.03%	2.96%
1992	12,800,870	2,088,135	3.05%	3.9%
1993	13,197,345	2,174,328	3.1%	4.13%
1994	13,613,850	2,249,454	3.16%	3.46%
1995	14,051,275	2,312,017	3.21%	2.78%
1996	14,510,711	2,358,188	3.27%	2%
1997	14,990,814	2,411,306	3.31%	2.25%
1998	15,489,364	2,474,651	3.33%	2.63%
1999	16,000,506	2,541,698	3.3%	2.71%
2000	16,516,338	2,613,441	3.22%	2.82%
2001	17,032,939	2,678,760	3.13%	2.5%
2002	17,549,913	2,738,655	3.04%	2.24%
2003	18,071,854	2,802,046	2.97%	2.31%
2004	18,606,608	2,868,664	2.96%	2.38%
2005	19,159,707	2,939,059	2.97%	2.45%
2006	19,730,909	3,013,660	2.98%	2.54%
2007	20,318,583	3,093,059	2.98%	2.63%
2008	20,923,840	3,183,269	2.98%	2.92%
2009	21,547,280	3,284,448	2.98%	3.18%
2010	22,183,340	3,390,965	2.95%	3.24%
2011	22,822,300	3,502,811	2.88%	3.3%
2012	23,462,438	3,619,034	2.8%	3.32%
2013	24,109,290	3,734,318	2.76%	3.19%
2014	24,764,348	3,848,514	2.72%	3.06%
2015	25,426,702	3,965,959	2.67%	3.05%
2016	26,099,952	4,086,657	2.65%	3.04%
2017	26,788,375	4,210,600	2.64%	3.03%
2018	27,494,926	4,337,685	2.64%	3.02%
2019	28,219,554	4,467,708	2.64%	3%
2020	28,953,556	4,600,131	2.6%	2.96%
2021	29,691,083	4,734,874	2.55%	2.93%
2022	30,437,261	4,875,637	2.51%	2.97%
2023	31,195,932	5,022,441	2.49%	3.01%
2024	31,964,956	5,169,395	2.47%	2.93%
2025	32,740,675	5,315,063	2.43%	2.82%
2026	33,522,048	5,461,313	2.39%	2.75%
2027	34,308,785	5,608,785	2.35%	2.7%
2028	35,099,853	5,757,952	2.31%	2.66%
2029	35,894,674	5,909,186	2.26%	2.63%
2030	36,693,182	6,062,523	2.22%	2.59%
2031	37,495,701	6,217,791	2.19%	2.56%
2032	38,301,308	6,374,839	2.15%	2.53%
2033	39,109,380	6,533,828	2.11%	2.49%
2034	39,919,948	6,694,445	2.07%	2.46%
2035	40,733,841	6,856,314	2.04%	2.42%
2036	41,551,309	7,019,227	2.01%	2.38%
2037	42,371,330	7,183,105	1.97%	2.33%
2038	43,194,142	7,348,357	1.94%	2.3%
2039	44,019,285	7,514,734	1.91%	2.26%
2040	44,846,889	7,681,907	1.88%	2.22%
2041	45,676,973	7,850,210	1.85%	2.19%
2042	46,508,810	8,020,480	1.82%	2.17%
2043	47,342,285	8,192,542	1.79%	2.15%
2044	48,176,594	8,365,171	1.76%	2.11%
2045	49,011,270	8,538,521	1.73%	2.07%
2046	49,846,522	8,713,247	1.7%	2.05%
2047	50,682,055	8,888,466	1.68%	2.01%
2048	51,517,342	9,064,207	1.65%	1.98%
2049	52,351,981	9,240,169	1.62%	1.94%
2050	53,185,464	9,415,589	1.59%	1.9%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Madagascar increased by 6,369,043 people (a 32.3% growth), while Mauritania gained 1,072,997 people (a 35.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Madagascar gained 7,430,694 (a 28.5% growth), while Mauritania's population increased by 1,376,267 (a 33.7% growth).

Madagascar was ranked 57th most populous country in 2006 and is 49th in 2026. Mauritania was ranked 132nd in 2006 and ranked 123rd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Madagascar's population will grow by 58.6% to 53,185,464 people with a rank change from 49th to 37th. The population of Mauritania will increase by 72.4% to 9,415,589 people and rank change from 123rd to 103rd.