Population in Madagascar compared to Papua New Guinea: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Madagascar and Papua New Guinea: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Madagascar	Papua New Guinea	Madagascar	Papua New Guinea
1960	5,111,029	1,995,110	-	-
1961	5,246,158	2,046,127	2.64%	2.56%
1962	5,384,150	2,093,919	2.63%	2.34%
1963	5,525,185	2,141,376	2.62%	2.27%
1964	5,669,863	2,188,325	2.62%	2.19%
1965	5,819,116	2,235,820	2.63%	2.17%
1966	5,974,279	2,285,774	2.67%	2.23%
1967	6,136,486	2,337,532	2.72%	2.26%
1968	6,306,493	2,390,803	2.77%	2.28%
1969	6,484,716	2,446,927	2.83%	2.35%
1970	6,672,003	2,505,628	2.89%	2.4%
1971	6,868,868	2,566,421	2.95%	2.43%
1972	7,074,398	2,628,432	2.99%	2.42%
1973	7,288,048	2,690,629	3.02%	2.37%
1974	7,509,726	2,752,671	3.04%	2.31%
1975	7,739,336	2,814,820	3.06%	2.26%
1976	7,976,831	2,877,327	3.07%	2.22%
1977	8,222,240	2,940,327	3.08%	2.19%
1978	8,475,864	3,003,714	3.08%	2.16%
1979	8,737,581	3,067,341	3.09%	2.12%
1980	9,006,032	3,131,512	3.07%	2.09%
1981	9,279,011	3,197,019	3.03%	2.09%
1982	9,557,671	3,264,291	3%	2.1%
1983	9,843,044	3,333,633	2.99%	2.12%
1984	10,134,550	3,405,198	2.96%	2.15%
1985	10,433,142	3,478,936	2.95%	2.17%
1986	10,736,857	3,554,793	2.91%	2.18%
1987	11,047,291	3,632,543	2.89%	2.19%
1988	11,369,462	3,711,880	2.92%	2.18%
1989	11,704,998	3,796,078	2.95%	2.27%
1990	12,055,639	3,896,481	3%	2.64%
1991	12,421,412	4,021,837	3.03%	3.22%
1992	12,800,870	4,166,699	3.05%	3.6%
1993	13,197,345	4,320,872	3.1%	3.7%
1994	13,613,850	4,480,208	3.16%	3.69%
1995	14,051,275	4,644,278	3.21%	3.66%
1996	14,510,711	4,813,361	3.27%	3.64%
1997	14,990,814	4,987,883	3.31%	3.63%
1998	15,489,364	5,166,390	3.33%	3.58%
1999	16,000,506	5,349,333	3.3%	3.54%
2000	16,516,338	5,537,064	3.22%	3.51%
2001	17,032,939	5,728,435	3.13%	3.46%
2002	17,549,913	5,924,003	3.04%	3.41%
2003	18,071,854	6,123,997	2.97%	3.38%
2004	18,606,608	6,328,041	2.96%	3.33%
2005	19,159,707	6,535,905	2.97%	3.28%
2006	19,730,909	6,747,720	2.98%	3.24%
2007	20,318,583	6,963,345	2.98%	3.2%
2008	20,923,840	7,183,002	2.98%	3.15%
2009	21,547,280	7,406,438	2.98%	3.11%
2010	22,183,340	7,633,523	2.95%	3.07%
2011	22,822,300	7,859,346	2.88%	2.96%
2012	23,462,438	8,081,390	2.8%	2.83%
2013	24,109,290	8,302,698	2.76%	2.74%
2014	24,764,348	8,523,441	2.72%	2.66%
2015	25,426,702	8,743,246	2.67%	2.58%
2016	26,099,952	8,961,718	2.65%	2.5%
2017	26,788,375	9,178,714	2.64%	2.42%
2018	27,494,926	9,394,513	2.64%	2.35%
2019	28,219,554	9,609,010	2.64%	2.28%
2020	28,953,556	9,815,746	2.6%	2.15%
2021	29,691,083	10,012,896	2.55%	2.01%
2022	30,437,261	10,203,169	2.51%	1.9%
2023	31,195,932	10,389,635	2.49%	1.83%
2024	31,964,956	10,576,502	2.47%	1.8%
2025	32,740,675	10,762,813	2.43%	1.76%
2026	33,522,048	10,947,845	2.39%	1.72%
2027	34,308,785	11,131,268	2.35%	1.68%
2028	35,099,853	11,312,895	2.31%	1.63%
2029	35,894,674	11,492,799	2.26%	1.59%
2030	36,693,182	11,671,420	2.22%	1.55%
2031	37,495,701	11,848,221	2.19%	1.51%
2032	38,301,308	12,023,121	2.15%	1.48%
2033	39,109,380	12,196,639	2.11%	1.44%
2034	39,919,948	12,369,248	2.07%	1.42%
2035	40,733,841	12,540,596	2.04%	1.39%
2036	41,551,309	12,710,682	2.01%	1.36%
2037	42,371,330	12,879,737	1.97%	1.33%
2038	43,194,142	13,047,122	1.94%	1.3%
2039	44,019,285	13,212,668	1.91%	1.27%
2040	44,846,889	13,376,156	1.88%	1.24%
2041	45,676,973	13,537,361	1.85%	1.21%
2042	46,508,810	13,696,139	1.82%	1.17%
2043	47,342,285	13,853,410	1.79%	1.15%
2044	48,176,594	14,009,926	1.76%	1.13%
2045	49,011,270	14,165,578	1.73%	1.11%
2046	49,846,522	14,318,889	1.7%	1.08%
2047	50,682,055	14,469,210	1.68%	1.05%
2048	51,517,342	14,617,364	1.65%	1.02%
2049	52,351,981	14,763,600	1.62%	1%
2050	53,185,464	14,906,584	1.59%	0.97%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Madagascar increased by 6,369,043 people (a 32.3% growth), while Papua New Guinea gained 2,213,998 people (a 32.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Madagascar gained 7,430,694 (a 28.5% growth), while Papua New Guinea's population increased by 1,988,131 (a 22.2% growth).

Madagascar was ranked 57th most populous country in 2006 and is 49th in 2026. Papua New Guinea was ranked 100th in 2006 and ranked 89th 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 Papua New Guinea will increase by 36.1% to 14,906,584 people and rank change from 89th to 85th.