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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Madagascar	Portugal	Madagascar	Portugal
1960	5,111,029	8,857,716	-	-
1961	5,246,158	8,929,316	2.64%	0.81%
1962	5,384,150	8,993,985	2.63%	0.72%
1963	5,525,185	9,030,355	2.62%	0.4%
1964	5,669,863	9,035,365	2.62%	0.06%
1965	5,819,116	8,998,595	2.63%	-0.41%
1966	5,974,279	8,930,990	2.67%	-0.75%
1967	6,136,486	8,874,520	2.72%	-0.63%
1968	6,306,493	8,836,650	2.77%	-0.43%
1969	6,484,716	8,757,705	2.83%	-0.89%
1970	6,672,003	8,680,431	2.89%	-0.88%
1971	6,868,868	8,643,756	2.95%	-0.42%
1972	7,074,398	8,630,430	2.99%	-0.15%
1973	7,288,048	8,633,100	3.02%	0.03%
1974	7,509,726	8,754,365	3.04%	1.4%
1975	7,739,336	9,093,470	3.06%	3.87%
1976	7,976,831	9,355,810	3.07%	2.88%
1977	8,222,240	9,455,675	3.08%	1.07%
1978	8,475,864	9,558,250	3.08%	1.08%
1979	8,737,581	9,661,265	3.09%	1.08%
1980	9,006,032	9,766,312	3.07%	1.09%
1981	9,279,011	9,851,362	3.03%	0.87%
1982	9,557,671	9,911,771	3%	0.61%
1983	9,843,044	9,957,865	2.99%	0.47%
1984	10,134,550	9,996,232	2.96%	0.39%
1985	10,433,142	10,023,613	2.95%	0.27%
1986	10,736,857	10,032,734	2.91%	0.09%
1987	11,047,291	10,030,031	2.89%	-0.03%
1988	11,369,462	10,019,610	2.92%	-0.1%
1989	11,704,998	10,005,000	2.95%	-0.15%
1990	12,055,639	9,983,218	3%	-0.22%
1991	12,421,412	9,960,235	3.03%	-0.23%
1992	12,800,870	9,952,494	3.05%	-0.08%
1993	13,197,345	9,964,675	3.1%	0.12%
1994	13,613,850	9,991,525	3.16%	0.27%
1995	14,051,275	10,026,176	3.21%	0.35%
1996	14,510,711	10,063,945	3.27%	0.38%
1997	14,990,814	10,108,977	3.31%	0.45%
1998	15,489,364	10,160,196	3.33%	0.51%
1999	16,000,506	10,217,828	3.3%	0.57%
2000	16,516,338	10,289,898	3.22%	0.71%
2001	17,032,939	10,362,722	3.13%	0.71%
2002	17,549,913	10,419,631	3.04%	0.55%
2003	18,071,854	10,458,821	2.97%	0.38%
2004	18,606,608	10,483,861	2.96%	0.24%
2005	19,159,707	10,503,330	2.97%	0.19%
2006	19,730,909	10,522,288	2.98%	0.18%
2007	20,318,583	10,542,964	2.98%	0.2%
2008	20,923,840	10,558,177	2.98%	0.14%
2009	21,547,280	10,568,247	2.98%	0.1%
2010	22,183,340	10,573,100	2.95%	0.05%
2011	22,822,300	10,557,560	2.88%	-0.15%
2012	23,462,438	10,514,844	2.8%	-0.4%
2013	24,109,290	10,457,295	2.76%	-0.55%
2014	24,764,348	10,401,062	2.72%	-0.54%
2015	25,426,702	10,358,076	2.67%	-0.41%
2016	26,099,952	10,325,452	2.65%	-0.31%
2017	26,788,375	10,300,300	2.64%	-0.24%
2018	27,494,926	10,283,822	2.64%	-0.16%
2019	28,219,554	10,286,263	2.64%	0.02%
2020	28,953,556	10,297,081	2.6%	0.11%
2021	29,691,083	10,361,831	2.55%	0.63%
2022	30,437,261	10,434,332	2.51%	0.7%
2023	31,195,932	10,578,174	2.49%	1.38%
2024	31,964,956	10,694,681	2.47%	1.1%
2025	32,740,675	10,680,873	2.43%	-0.13%
2026	33,522,048	10,663,982	2.39%	-0.16%
2027	34,308,785	10,646,150	2.35%	-0.17%
2028	35,099,853	10,625,957	2.31%	-0.19%
2029	35,894,674	10,604,587	2.26%	-0.2%
2030	36,693,182	10,584,552	2.22%	-0.19%
2031	37,495,701	10,564,548	2.19%	-0.19%
2032	38,301,308	10,542,600	2.15%	-0.21%
2033	39,109,380	10,519,640	2.11%	-0.22%
2034	39,919,948	10,496,056	2.07%	-0.22%
2035	40,733,841	10,472,033	2.04%	-0.23%
2036	41,551,309	10,447,836	2.01%	-0.23%
2037	42,371,330	10,423,350	1.97%	-0.23%
2038	43,194,142	10,398,185	1.94%	-0.24%
2039	44,019,285	10,371,223	1.91%	-0.26%
2040	44,846,889	10,342,789	1.88%	-0.27%
2041	45,676,973	10,314,869	1.85%	-0.27%
2042	46,508,810	10,287,416	1.82%	-0.27%
2043	47,342,285	10,257,925	1.79%	-0.29%
2044	48,176,594	10,226,892	1.76%	-0.3%
2045	49,011,270	10,195,202	1.73%	-0.31%
2046	49,846,522	10,162,323	1.7%	-0.32%
2047	50,682,055	10,128,572	1.68%	-0.33%
2048	51,517,342	10,094,854	1.65%	-0.33%
2049	52,351,981	10,059,522	1.62%	-0.35%
2050	53,185,464	10,022,734	1.59%	-0.37%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Madagascar increased by 6,369,043 people (a 32.3% growth), while Portugal lost 196,836 people (a 1.87% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Madagascar gained 7,430,694 (a 28.5% growth), while Portugal's population increased by 338,530 (a 3.28% growth).

Madagascar was ranked 57th most populous country in 2006 and is 49th in 2026. Portugal was ranked 78th in 2006 and ranked 92nd 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 Portugal will decrease by 6.01% to 10,022,734 people and rank change from 92nd to 97th.