The latest officially reported population of Madagascar was 31,964,956 in 2024 vs 2,389,275 people in Moldova in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Madagascar's population is 33,368,335 people compared to 2,358,679 in Moldova.
Population statistics:
- Madagascar's population is 14.1 times bigger than Moldova's.
- Madagascar is ranked the 49th most populous country in the world, while Moldova is the 145th.
- The countries together account for 0.43% of the world: 0.4% for Madagascar vs 0.03% for Moldova.
- For the last 10 years, Madagascar has had an average growth rate of +2.6% per year vs -1.62% in Moldova.
- Since 2005, the population of Madagascar has increased from 19.2M people to 33.4M (74.2% growth), while Moldova has declined from 2.89M to 2.36M (18.4% decline).
- Madagascar is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 85.3M people, while Moldova's population already peaked in 1991 at 2.98M people and is projected to decrease to 1.17M people by 2100.
Madagascar vs Moldova: live population counter
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| Current population |
33368335
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2358679
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| Population rank | 49/197 | 145/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.4% | 0.03% |
| One net population change |
41 seconds
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7.67 minutes
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| One birth every |
31.5 seconds
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19.9 minutes
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| One death every |
2.24 minutes
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15.7 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
4.88 hours
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19.4 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -1,795 | -27,088 |
| Daily growth/decline | +2,107 | -188 |
| Annual growth/decline | +769,024 | -68,508 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.47% | -2.79% |
| Population growth rate rank | 31/197 | 196/197 |
Madagascar and Moldova: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 5,111,029 | 2,058,020 | - | - |
| 1961 | 5,246,158 | 2,103,327 | 2.64% | 2.2% |
| 1962 | 5,384,150 | 2,147,227 | 2.63% | 2.09% |
| 1963 | 5,525,185 | 2,188,895 | 2.62% | 1.94% |
| 1964 | 5,669,863 | 2,228,000 | 2.62% | 1.79% |
| 1965 | 5,819,116 | 2,265,287 | 2.63% | 1.67% |
| 1966 | 5,974,279 | 2,301,871 | 2.67% | 1.61% |
| 1967 | 6,136,486 | 2,337,695 | 2.72% | 1.56% |
| 1968 | 6,306,493 | 2,373,073 | 2.77% | 1.51% |
| 1969 | 6,484,716 | 2,408,469 | 2.83% | 1.49% |
| 1970 | 6,672,003 | 2,437,590 | 2.89% | 1.21% |
| 1971 | 6,868,868 | 2,460,611 | 2.95% | 0.94% |
| 1972 | 7,074,398 | 2,484,742 | 2.99% | 0.98% |
| 1973 | 7,288,048 | 2,510,584 | 3.02% | 1.04% |
| 1974 | 7,509,726 | 2,538,164 | 3.04% | 1.1% |
| 1975 | 7,739,336 | 2,566,998 | 3.06% | 1.14% |
| 1976 | 7,976,831 | 2,596,491 | 3.07% | 1.15% |
| 1977 | 8,222,240 | 2,626,298 | 3.08% | 1.15% |
| 1978 | 8,475,864 | 2,656,211 | 3.08% | 1.14% |
| 1979 | 8,737,581 | 2,683,035 | 3.09% | 1.01% |
| 1980 | 9,006,032 | 2,708,675 | 3.07% | 0.96% |
| 1981 | 9,279,011 | 2,735,987 | 3.03% | 1.01% |
| 1982 | 9,557,671 | 2,763,101 | 3% | 0.99% |
| 1983 | 9,843,044 | 2,791,207 | 2.99% | 1.02% |
| 1984 | 10,134,550 | 2,820,518 | 2.96% | 1.05% |
| 1985 | 10,433,142 | 2,850,787 | 2.95% | 1.07% |
| 1986 | 10,736,857 | 2,883,057 | 2.91% | 1.13% |
| 1987 | 11,047,291 | 2,916,306 | 2.89% | 1.15% |
| 1988 | 11,369,462 | 2,948,891 | 2.92% | 1.12% |
| 1989 | 11,704,998 | 2,970,039 | 2.95% | 0.72% |
| 1990 | 12,055,639 | 2,977,912 | 3% | 0.27% |
| 1991 | 12,421,412 | 2,981,566 | 3.03% | 0.12% |
| 1992 | 12,800,870 | 2,980,965 | 3.05% | -0.02% |
| 1993 | 13,197,345 | 2,975,966 | 3.1% | -0.17% |
| 1994 | 13,613,850 | 2,966,745 | 3.16% | -0.31% |
| 1995 | 14,051,275 | 2,953,200 | 3.21% | -0.46% |
| 1996 | 14,510,711 | 2,947,293 | 3.27% | -0.2% |
| 1997 | 14,990,814 | 2,936,413 | 3.31% | -0.37% |
| 1998 | 15,489,364 | 2,935,227 | 3.33% | -0.04% |
| 1999 | 16,000,506 | 2,930,622 | 3.3% | -0.16% |
| 2000 | 16,516,338 | 2,924,668 | 3.22% | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 17,032,939 | 2,918,135 | 3.13% | -0.22% |
| 2002 | 17,549,913 | 2,911,385 | 3.04% | -0.23% |
| 2003 | 18,071,854 | 2,903,198 | 2.97% | -0.28% |
| 2004 | 18,606,608 | 2,896,023 | 2.96% | -0.25% |
| 2005 | 19,159,707 | 2,888,985 | 2.97% | -0.24% |
| 2006 | 19,730,909 | 2,880,967 | 2.98% | -0.28% |
| 2007 | 20,318,583 | 2,874,299 | 2.98% | -0.23% |
| 2008 | 20,923,840 | 2,868,833 | 2.98% | -0.19% |
| 2009 | 21,547,280 | 2,865,213 | 2.98% | -0.13% |
| 2010 | 22,183,340 | 2,862,354 | 2.95% | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 22,822,300 | 2,860,699 | 2.88% | -0.06% |
| 2012 | 23,462,438 | 2,860,324 | 2.8% | -0.01% |
| 2013 | 24,109,290 | 2,859,558 | 2.76% | -0.03% |
| 2014 | 24,764,348 | 2,857,815 | 2.72% | -0.06% |
| 2015 | 25,426,702 | 2,835,978 | 2.67% | -0.76% |
| 2016 | 26,099,952 | 2,803,186 | 2.65% | -1.16% |
| 2017 | 26,788,375 | 2,755,189 | 2.64% | -1.71% |
| 2018 | 27,494,926 | 2,707,203 | 2.64% | -1.74% |
| 2019 | 28,219,554 | 2,664,224 | 2.64% | -1.59% |
| 2020 | 28,953,556 | 2,635,130 | 2.6% | -1.09% |
| 2021 | 29,691,083 | 2,595,809 | 2.55% | -1.49% |
| 2022 | 30,437,261 | 2,528,654 | 2.51% | -2.59% |
| 2023 | 31,195,932 | 2,457,783 | 2.49% | -2.8% |
| 2024 | 31,964,956 | 2,389,275 | 2.47% | -2.79% |
| 2025 | 32,740,675 | 2,358,679 | 2.43% | -1.28% |
| 2026 | 33,522,048 | 2,331,249 | 2.39% | -1.16% |
| 2027 | 34,308,785 | 2,308,519 | 2.35% | -0.97% |
| 2028 | 35,099,853 | 2,285,773 | 2.31% | -0.99% |
| 2029 | 35,894,674 | 2,262,909 | 2.26% | -1% |
| 2030 | 36,693,182 | 2,239,915 | 2.22% | -1.02% |
| 2031 | 37,495,701 | 2,217,099 | 2.19% | -1.02% |
| 2032 | 38,301,308 | 2,194,590 | 2.15% | -1.02% |
| 2033 | 39,109,380 | 2,172,083 | 2.11% | -1.03% |
| 2034 | 39,919,948 | 2,149,558 | 2.07% | -1.04% |
| 2035 | 40,733,841 | 2,127,153 | 2.04% | -1.04% |
| 2036 | 41,551,309 | 2,105,178 | 2.01% | -1.03% |
| 2037 | 42,371,330 | 2,083,762 | 1.97% | -1.02% |
| 2038 | 43,194,142 | 2,062,803 | 1.94% | -1.01% |
| 2039 | 44,019,285 | 2,042,214 | 1.91% | -1% |
| 2040 | 44,846,889 | 2,022,294 | 1.88% | -0.98% |
| 2041 | 45,676,973 | 2,003,296 | 1.85% | -0.94% |
| 2042 | 46,508,810 | 1,984,924 | 1.82% | -0.92% |
| 2043 | 47,342,285 | 1,966,961 | 1.79% | -0.9% |
| 2044 | 48,176,594 | 1,949,608 | 1.76% | -0.88% |
| 2045 | 49,011,270 | 1,932,647 | 1.73% | -0.87% |
| 2046 | 49,846,522 | 1,915,982 | 1.7% | -0.86% |
| 2047 | 50,682,055 | 1,899,781 | 1.68% | -0.85% |
| 2048 | 51,517,342 | 1,883,795 | 1.65% | -0.84% |
| 2049 | 52,351,981 | 1,867,636 | 1.62% | -0.86% |
| 2050 | 53,185,464 | 1,851,456 | 1.59% | -0.87% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Madagascar increased by 6,266,995 people (a 32.7% growth), while Moldova lost 53,007 people (a 1.83% decline).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Madagascar gained 7,941,633 (a 31.2% growth), while Moldova's population decreased by -477,299 (a 16.8% decline).
Madagascar was ranked 57th most populous country in 2005 and is 49th in 2025. Moldova was ranked 134th in 2005 and ranked 145th 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 Moldova will decrease by 21.5% to 1,851,456 people and rank change from 145th to 150th.
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Population differences between Madagascar and Moldova
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| Life expectancy | 64 years | 71.5 years |
| Average age | 24.1 years | 39.3 years |
| Median age | 20 years | 39.1 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.2:49.8 | 46:54 |
| Fertility rate | 3.97 births per woman | 1.73 births per woman |
| Population density | 142.3 ppl/mi² | 187.9 ppl/mi² |
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