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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Madagascar	Mauritius	Madagascar	Mauritius
1960	5,111,029	680,331	-	-
1961	5,246,158	680,757	2.64%	0.06%
1962	5,384,150	700,349	2.63%	2.88%
1963	5,525,185	718,861	2.62%	2.64%
1964	5,669,863	736,381	2.62%	2.44%
1965	5,819,116	753,000	2.63%	2.26%
1966	5,974,279	768,813	2.67%	2.1%
1967	6,136,486	783,917	2.72%	1.96%
1968	6,306,493	798,413	2.77%	1.85%
1969	6,484,716	812,405	2.83%	1.75%
1970	6,672,003	826,000	2.89%	1.67%
1971	6,868,868	839,230	2.95%	1.6%
1972	7,074,398	852,053	2.99%	1.53%
1973	7,288,048	864,819	3.02%	1.5%
1974	7,509,726	878,042	3.04%	1.53%
1975	7,739,336	892,000	3.06%	1.59%
1976	7,976,831	906,507	3.07%	1.63%
1977	8,222,240	921,379	3.08%	1.64%
1978	8,475,864	933,499	3.08%	1.32%
1979	8,737,581	949,888	3.09%	1.76%
1980	9,006,032	966,039	3.07%	1.7%
1981	9,279,011	980,462	3.03%	1.49%
1982	9,557,671	992,521	3%	1.23%
1983	9,843,044	1,001,691	2.99%	0.92%
1984	10,134,550	1,012,221	2.96%	1.05%
1985	10,433,142	1,020,528	2.95%	0.82%
1986	10,736,857	1,028,360	2.91%	0.77%
1987	11,047,291	1,036,082	2.89%	0.75%
1988	11,369,462	1,043,239	2.92%	0.69%
1989	11,704,998	1,051,260	2.95%	0.77%
1990	12,055,639	1,058,775	3%	0.71%
1991	12,421,412	1,070,266	3.03%	1.09%
1992	12,800,870	1,084,441	3.05%	1.32%
1993	13,197,345	1,097,374	3.1%	1.19%
1994	13,613,850	1,112,846	3.16%	1.41%
1995	14,051,275	1,122,457	3.21%	0.86%
1996	14,510,711	1,133,996	3.27%	1.03%
1997	14,990,814	1,148,284	3.31%	1.26%
1998	15,489,364	1,160,421	3.33%	1.06%
1999	16,000,506	1,175,267	3.3%	1.28%
2000	16,516,338	1,186,873	3.22%	0.99%
2001	17,032,939	1,196,287	3.13%	0.79%
2002	17,549,913	1,204,621	3.04%	0.7%
2003	18,071,854	1,213,370	2.97%	0.73%
2004	18,606,608	1,221,003	2.96%	0.63%
2005	19,159,707	1,228,254	2.97%	0.59%
2006	19,730,909	1,233,996	2.98%	0.47%
2007	20,318,583	1,239,630	2.98%	0.46%
2008	20,923,840	1,244,121	2.98%	0.36%
2009	21,547,280	1,247,429	2.98%	0.27%
2010	22,183,340	1,250,400	2.95%	0.24%
2011	22,822,300	1,252,404	2.88%	0.16%
2012	23,462,438	1,255,882	2.8%	0.28%
2013	24,109,290	1,258,927	2.76%	0.24%
2014	24,764,348	1,261,208	2.72%	0.18%
2015	25,426,702	1,262,879	2.67%	0.13%
2016	26,099,952	1,263,747	2.65%	0.07%
2017	26,788,375	1,264,887	2.64%	0.09%
2018	27,494,926	1,265,577	2.64%	0.05%
2019	28,219,554	1,265,985	2.64%	0.03%
2020	28,953,556	1,266,014	2.6%	0.002%
2021	29,691,083	1,266,334	2.55%	0.03%
2022	30,437,261	1,262,523	2.51%	-0.3%
2023	31,195,932	1,248,647	2.49%	-1.1%
2024	31,964,956	1,245,779	2.47%	-0.23%
2025	32,740,675	1,242,950	2.43%	-0.23%
2026	33,522,048	1,239,793	2.39%	-0.25%
2027	34,308,785	1,236,435	2.35%	-0.27%
2028	35,099,853	1,232,914	2.31%	-0.28%
2029	35,894,674	1,229,227	2.26%	-0.3%
2030	36,693,182	1,225,457	2.22%	-0.31%
2031	37,495,701	1,221,502	2.19%	-0.32%
2032	38,301,308	1,217,208	2.15%	-0.35%
2033	39,109,380	1,212,606	2.11%	-0.38%
2034	39,919,948	1,207,685	2.07%	-0.41%
2035	40,733,841	1,202,449	2.04%	-0.43%
2036	41,551,309	1,196,894	2.01%	-0.46%
2037	42,371,330	1,191,031	1.97%	-0.49%
2038	43,194,142	1,184,867	1.94%	-0.52%
2039	44,019,285	1,178,313	1.91%	-0.55%
2040	44,846,889	1,171,352	1.88%	-0.59%
2041	45,676,973	1,164,041	1.85%	-0.62%
2042	46,508,810	1,156,420	1.82%	-0.65%
2043	47,342,285	1,148,461	1.79%	-0.69%
2044	48,176,594	1,140,167	1.76%	-0.72%
2045	49,011,270	1,131,600	1.73%	-0.75%
2046	49,846,522	1,122,728	1.7%	-0.78%
2047	50,682,055	1,113,607	1.68%	-0.81%
2048	51,517,342	1,104,261	1.65%	-0.84%
2049	52,351,981	1,094,728	1.62%	-0.86%
2050	53,185,464	1,085,083	1.59%	-0.88%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Madagascar increased by 6,369,043 people (a 32.3% growth), while Mauritius gained 29,751 people (a 2.41% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Madagascar gained 7,430,694 (a 28.5% growth), while Mauritius' population decreased by -23,954 (a 1.9% decline).

Madagascar was ranked 57th most populous country in 2006 and is 49th in 2026. Mauritius was ranked 151st in 2006 and ranked 157th 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 Mauritius will decrease by 12.5% to 1,085,083 people and rank change from 157th to 160th.