Population in Madagascar compared to Sri Lanka: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Madagascar and Sri Lanka: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Madagascar	Sri Lanka	Madagascar	Sri Lanka
1960	5,111,029	9,661,389	-	-
1961	5,246,158	9,899,372	2.64%	2.46%
1962	5,384,150	10,143,754	2.63%	2.47%
1963	5,525,185	10,395,040	2.62%	2.48%
1964	5,669,863	10,653,397	2.62%	2.49%
1965	5,819,116	10,916,965	2.63%	2.47%
1966	5,974,279	11,183,928	2.67%	2.45%
1967	6,136,486	11,457,328	2.72%	2.44%
1968	6,306,493	11,736,088	2.77%	2.43%
1969	6,484,716	12,013,858	2.83%	2.37%
1970	6,672,003	12,287,110	2.89%	2.27%
1971	6,868,868	12,551,910	2.95%	2.16%
1972	7,074,398	12,809,205	2.99%	2.05%
1973	7,288,048	13,060,916	3.02%	1.97%
1974	7,509,726	13,305,693	3.04%	1.87%
1975	7,739,336	13,548,984	3.06%	1.83%
1976	7,976,831	13,796,770	3.07%	1.83%
1977	8,222,240	14,049,371	3.08%	1.83%
1978	8,475,864	14,310,128	3.08%	1.86%
1979	8,737,581	14,579,614	3.09%	1.88%
1980	9,006,032	14,847,974	3.07%	1.84%
1981	9,279,011	15,099,414	3.03%	1.69%
1982	9,557,671	15,286,567	3%	1.24%
1983	9,843,044	15,388,794	2.99%	0.67%
1984	10,134,550	15,441,860	2.96%	0.34%
1985	10,433,142	15,544,154	2.95%	0.66%
1986	10,736,857	15,731,256	2.91%	1.2%
1987	11,047,291	15,916,576	2.89%	1.18%
1988	11,369,462	16,078,621	2.92%	1.02%
1989	11,704,998	16,248,557	2.95%	1.06%
1990	12,055,639	16,352,458	3%	0.64%
1991	12,421,412	16,475,354	3.03%	0.75%
1992	12,800,870	16,739,284	3.05%	1.6%
1993	13,197,345	17,025,918	3.1%	1.71%
1994	13,613,850	17,275,773	3.16%	1.47%
1995	14,051,275	17,564,068	3.21%	1.67%
1996	14,510,711	17,905,018	3.27%	1.94%
1997	14,990,814	18,248,200	3.31%	1.92%
1998	15,489,364	18,596,003	3.33%	1.91%
1999	16,000,506	18,944,731	3.3%	1.88%
2000	16,516,338	19,293,054	3.22%	1.84%
2001	17,032,939	19,600,362	3.13%	1.59%
2002	17,549,913	19,805,752	3.04%	1.05%
2003	18,071,854	19,951,521	2.97%	0.74%
2004	18,606,608	20,087,605	2.96%	0.68%
2005	19,159,707	20,216,524	2.97%	0.64%
2006	19,730,909	20,352,411	2.98%	0.67%
2007	20,318,583	20,492,545	2.98%	0.69%
2008	20,923,840	20,629,378	2.98%	0.67%
2009	21,547,280	20,756,435	2.98%	0.62%
2010	22,183,340	20,879,089	2.95%	0.59%
2011	22,822,300	21,009,048	2.88%	0.62%
2012	23,462,438	21,169,458	2.8%	0.76%
2013	24,109,290	20,585,000	2.76%	-2.76%
2014	24,764,348	20,778,000	2.72%	0.94%
2015	25,426,702	20,970,000	2.67%	0.92%
2016	26,099,952	21,209,000	2.65%	1.14%
2017	26,788,375	21,453,000	2.64%	1.15%
2018	27,494,926	21,670,000	2.64%	1.01%
2019	28,219,554	21,803,000	2.64%	0.61%
2020	28,953,556	21,919,000	2.6%	0.53%
2021	29,691,083	22,156,000	2.55%	1.08%
2022	30,437,261	22,181,000	2.51%	0.11%
2023	31,195,932	22,037,000	2.49%	-0.65%
2024	31,964,956	21,916,000	2.47%	-0.55%
2025	32,740,675	22,035,440	2.43%	0.54%
2026	33,522,048	22,148,172	2.39%	0.51%
2027	34,308,785	22,255,601	2.35%	0.49%
2028	35,099,853	22,357,682	2.31%	0.46%
2029	35,894,674	22,453,922	2.26%	0.43%
2030	36,693,182	22,546,245	2.22%	0.41%
2031	37,495,701	22,635,106	2.19%	0.39%
2032	38,301,308	22,720,118	2.15%	0.38%
2033	39,109,380	22,802,043	2.11%	0.36%
2034	39,919,948	22,879,527	2.07%	0.34%
2035	40,733,841	22,952,739	2.04%	0.32%
2036	41,551,309	23,022,027	2.01%	0.3%
2037	42,371,330	23,088,877	1.97%	0.29%
2038	43,194,142	23,152,480	1.94%	0.28%
2039	44,019,285	23,211,633	1.91%	0.26%
2040	44,846,889	23,265,986	1.88%	0.23%
2041	45,676,973	23,315,260	1.85%	0.21%
2042	46,508,810	23,359,578	1.82%	0.19%
2043	47,342,285	23,398,752	1.79%	0.17%
2044	48,176,594	23,433,096	1.76%	0.15%
2045	49,011,270	23,464,943	1.73%	0.14%
2046	49,846,522	23,492,738	1.7%	0.12%
2047	50,682,055	23,512,629	1.68%	0.08%
2048	51,517,342	23,525,953	1.65%	0.06%
2049	52,351,981	23,533,940	1.62%	0.03%
2050	53,185,464	23,538,230	1.59%	0.02%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Madagascar increased by 6,266,995 people (a 32.7% growth), while Sri Lanka gained 753,476 people (a 3.73% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Madagascar gained 7,941,633 (a 31.2% growth), while Sri Lanka's population increased by 1,155,995 (a 5.51% growth).

Madagascar was ranked 57th most populous country in 2005 and is 49th in 2025. Sri Lanka was ranked 53rd in 2005 and ranked 63rd 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 Sri Lanka will increase by 6.38% to 23,538,230 people and rank change from 63rd to 70th.