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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Madagascar	Nigeria	Madagascar	Nigeria
1960	5,111,029	45,053,782	-	-
1961	5,246,158	45,989,310	2.64%	2.08%
1962	5,384,150	46,965,292	2.63%	2.12%
1963	5,525,185	47,973,575	2.62%	2.15%
1964	5,669,863	49,012,016	2.62%	2.16%
1965	5,819,116	50,086,764	2.63%	2.19%
1966	5,974,279	51,188,234	2.67%	2.2%
1967	6,136,486	52,293,065	2.72%	2.16%
1968	6,306,493	53,432,783	2.77%	2.18%
1969	6,484,716	54,631,914	2.83%	2.24%
1970	6,672,003	55,893,838	2.89%	2.31%
1971	6,868,868	57,214,684	2.95%	2.36%
1972	7,074,398	58,601,748	2.99%	2.42%
1973	7,288,048	60,082,139	3.02%	2.53%
1974	7,509,726	61,679,144	3.04%	2.66%
1975	7,739,336	63,410,815	3.06%	2.81%
1976	7,976,831	65,258,009	3.07%	2.91%
1977	8,222,240	67,234,590	3.08%	3.03%
1978	8,475,864	69,326,532	3.08%	3.11%
1979	8,737,581	71,498,242	3.09%	3.13%
1980	9,006,032	73,764,641	3.07%	3.17%
1981	9,279,011	76,068,103	3.03%	3.12%
1982	9,557,671	78,378,701	3%	3.04%
1983	9,843,044	80,438,260	2.99%	2.63%
1984	10,134,550	82,526,443	2.96%	2.6%
1985	10,433,142	84,897,973	2.95%	2.87%
1986	10,736,857	87,235,953	2.91%	2.75%
1987	11,047,291	89,591,716	2.89%	2.7%
1988	11,369,462	92,020,090	2.92%	2.71%
1989	11,704,998	94,531,014	2.95%	2.73%
1990	12,055,639	97,120,925	3%	2.74%
1991	12,421,412	99,720,162	3.03%	2.68%
1992	12,800,870	102,372,770	3.05%	2.66%
1993	13,197,345	105,122,069	3.1%	2.69%
1994	13,613,850	107,935,714	3.16%	2.68%
1995	14,051,275	110,819,428	3.21%	2.67%
1996	14,510,711	113,754,779	3.27%	2.65%
1997	14,990,814	116,754,792	3.31%	2.64%
1998	15,489,364	119,846,254	3.33%	2.65%
1999	16,000,506	123,047,320	3.3%	2.67%
2000	16,516,338	126,382,494	3.22%	2.71%
2001	17,032,939	129,862,595	3.13%	2.75%
2002	17,549,913	133,471,989	3.04%	2.78%
2003	18,071,854	137,202,644	2.97%	2.8%
2004	18,606,608	141,057,045	2.96%	2.81%
2005	19,159,707	145,017,253	2.97%	2.81%
2006	19,730,909	149,077,334	2.98%	2.8%
2007	20,318,583	153,267,261	2.98%	2.81%
2008	20,923,840	157,595,014	2.98%	2.82%
2009	21,547,280	162,049,464	2.98%	2.83%
2010	22,183,340	166,642,886	2.95%	2.83%
2011	22,822,300	171,379,598	2.88%	2.84%
2012	23,462,438	176,200,625	2.8%	2.81%
2013	24,109,290	181,049,443	2.76%	2.75%
2014	24,764,348	185,896,915	2.72%	2.68%
2015	25,426,702	190,671,878	2.67%	2.57%
2016	26,099,952	195,443,700	2.65%	2.5%
2017	26,788,375	200,254,579	2.64%	2.46%
2018	27,494,926	204,938,755	2.64%	2.34%
2019	28,219,554	209,485,641	2.64%	2.22%
2020	28,953,556	213,996,181	2.6%	2.15%
2021	29,691,083	218,529,286	2.55%	2.12%
2022	30,437,261	223,150,896	2.51%	2.11%
2023	31,195,932	227,882,945	2.49%	2.12%
2024	31,964,956	232,679,478	2.47%	2.1%
2025	32,740,675	237,527,783	2.43%	2.08%
2026	33,522,048	242,431,830	2.39%	2.06%
2027	34,308,785	247,374,258	2.35%	2.04%
2028	35,099,853	252,346,128	2.31%	2.01%
2029	35,894,674	257,352,638	2.26%	1.98%
2030	36,693,182	262,380,975	2.22%	1.95%
2031	37,495,701	267,421,079	2.19%	1.92%
2032	38,301,308	272,483,635	2.15%	1.89%
2033	39,109,380	277,555,116	2.11%	1.86%
2034	39,919,948	282,622,388	2.07%	1.83%
2035	40,733,841	287,685,757	2.04%	1.79%
2036	41,551,309	292,739,390	2.01%	1.76%
2037	42,371,330	297,773,236	1.97%	1.72%
2038	43,194,142	302,782,350	1.94%	1.68%
2039	44,019,285	307,764,754	1.91%	1.65%
2040	44,846,889	312,710,403	1.88%	1.61%
2041	45,676,973	317,607,237	1.85%	1.57%
2042	46,508,810	322,450,302	1.82%	1.52%
2043	47,342,285	327,243,941	1.79%	1.49%
2044	48,176,594	331,983,354	1.76%	1.45%
2045	49,011,270	336,662,502	1.73%	1.41%
2046	49,846,522	341,281,757	1.7%	1.37%
2047	50,682,055	345,844,004	1.68%	1.34%
2048	51,517,342	350,347,757	1.65%	1.3%
2049	52,351,981	354,792,418	1.62%	1.27%
2050	53,185,464	359,185,550	1.59%	1.24%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Madagascar increased by 6,266,995 people (a 32.7% growth), while Nigeria gained 45,654,625 people (a 31.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Madagascar gained 7,941,633 (a 31.2% growth), while Nigeria's population increased by 50,795,221 (a 26.6% growth).

Madagascar was ranked 57th most populous country in 2005 and is 49th in 2025. Nigeria was ranked 7th in 2005 and ranked 6th 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 Nigeria will increase by 48.8% to 359,185,550 people and rank change from 6th to 5th.