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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Madagascar was 31,964,956 in 2024 vs 634,431 people in Suriname in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Madagascar's population is 33,368,335 people compared to 644,193 in Suriname.

Population statistics:

  • Madagascar's population is 51.8 times bigger than Suriname's.
  • Madagascar is ranked the 49th most populous country in the world, while Suriname is the 165th.
  • The countries together account for 0.41% of the world: 0.4% for Madagascar vs 0.008% for Suriname.
  • For the last 10 years, Madagascar has had an average growth rate of +2.6% per year vs +0.99% in Suriname.
  • Since 2005, the population of Madagascar has increased from 19.2M people to 33.4M (74.2% growth), while Suriname has grown from 519K to 644K (24% growth).
  • Madagascar is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 85.3M people compared to the peak of 753K people in 2071 for Suriname.

Madagascar vs Suriname: live population counter

Madagascar Suriname
Current population
33368335
644193
Population rank 49/197 165/197
Percent of world population 0.4% 0.008%
One net population change
41 seconds
1.58 hours
One birth every
31.5 seconds
48.3 minutes
One death every
2.24 minutes
2.1 hours
One migration net change every
4.88 hours
7.51 hours
Annual migration change -1,795 -1,166
Daily growth/decline +2,107 +15
Annual growth/decline +769,024 +5,545
Annual growth/decline rate +2.47% +0.88%
Population growth rate rank 31/197 110/197

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

Madagascar
Population

Growth rate
Suriname
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Madagascar Suriname Madagascar Suriname
1960 5,111,029 263,918 - -
1961 5,246,158 272,791 2.64% 3.36%
1962 5,384,150 283,912 2.63% 4.08%
1963 5,525,185 297,034 2.62% 4.62%
1964 5,669,863 309,041 2.62% 4.04%
1965 5,819,116 320,000 2.63% 3.55%
1966 5,974,279 331,135 2.67% 3.48%
1967 6,136,486 342,679 2.72% 3.49%
1968 6,306,493 354,616 2.77% 3.48%
1969 6,484,716 366,906 2.83% 3.47%
1970 6,672,003 379,442 2.89% 3.42%
1971 6,868,868 391,932 2.95% 3.29%
1972 7,074,398 397,413 2.99% 1.4%
1973 7,288,048 395,772 3.02% -0.41%
1974 7,509,726 393,676 3.04% -0.53%
1975 7,739,336 391,170 3.06% -0.64%
1976 7,976,831 388,289 3.07% -0.74%
1977 8,222,240 385,067 3.08% -0.83%
1978 8,475,864 381,502 3.08% -0.93%
1979 8,737,581 377,602 3.09% -1.02%
1980 9,006,032 375,377 3.07% -0.59%
1981 9,279,011 375,459 3.03% 0.02%
1982 9,557,671 376,555 3% 0.29%
1983 9,843,044 378,746 2.99% 0.58%
1984 10,134,550 382,193 2.96% 0.91%
1985 10,433,142 386,972 2.95% 1.25%
1986 10,736,857 392,330 2.91% 1.38%
1987 11,047,291 396,911 2.89% 1.17%
1988 11,369,462 402,227 2.92% 1.34%
1989 11,704,998 408,409 2.95% 1.54%
1990 12,055,639 412,493 3% 1%
1991 12,421,412 415,013 3.03% 0.61%
1992 12,800,870 417,589 3.05% 0.62%
1993 13,197,345 419,352 3.1% 0.42%
1994 13,613,850 422,375 3.16% 0.72%
1995 14,051,275 429,606 3.21% 1.71%
1996 14,510,711 438,830 3.27% 2.15%
1997 14,990,814 448,067 3.31% 2.1%
1998 15,489,364 457,406 3.33% 2.08%
1999 16,000,506 466,916 3.3% 2.08%
2000 16,516,338 476,643 3.22% 2.08%
2001 17,032,939 486,560 3.13% 2.08%
2002 17,549,913 496,551 3.04% 2.05%
2003 18,071,854 506,414 2.97% 1.99%
2004 18,606,608 513,923 2.96% 1.48%
2005 19,159,707 519,313 2.97% 1.05%
2006 19,730,909 524,997 2.98% 1.09%
2007 20,318,583 531,016 2.98% 1.15%
2008 20,923,840 537,245 2.98% 1.17%
2009 21,547,280 543,568 2.98% 1.18%
2010 22,183,340 549,923 2.95% 1.17%
2011 22,822,300 556,269 2.88% 1.15%
2012 23,462,438 562,633 2.8% 1.14%
2013 24,109,290 569,020 2.76% 1.14%
2014 24,764,348 575,373 2.72% 1.12%
2015 25,426,702 581,627 2.67% 1.09%
2016 26,099,952 587,757 2.65% 1.05%
2017 26,788,375 593,713 2.64% 1.01%
2018 27,494,926 599,513 2.64% 0.98%
2019 28,219,554 605,768 2.64% 1.04%
2020 28,953,556 612,317 2.6% 1.08%
2021 29,691,083 617,896 2.55% 0.91%
2022 30,437,261 623,164 2.51% 0.85%
2023 31,195,932 628,886 2.49% 0.92%
2024 31,964,956 634,431 2.47% 0.88%
2025 32,740,675 639,852 2.43% 0.85%
2026 33,522,048 645,257 2.39% 0.84%
2027 34,308,785 650,564 2.35% 0.82%
2028 35,099,853 655,783 2.31% 0.8%
2029 35,894,674 660,793 2.26% 0.76%
2030 36,693,182 665,650 2.22% 0.74%
2031 37,495,701 670,421 2.19% 0.72%
2032 38,301,308 675,070 2.15% 0.69%
2033 39,109,380 679,573 2.11% 0.67%
2034 39,919,948 683,911 2.07% 0.64%
2035 40,733,841 688,189 2.04% 0.63%
2036 41,551,309 692,343 2.01% 0.6%
2037 42,371,330 696,213 1.97% 0.56%
2038 43,194,142 699,908 1.94% 0.53%
2039 44,019,285 703,569 1.91% 0.52%
2040 44,846,889 707,156 1.88% 0.51%
2041 45,676,973 710,619 1.85% 0.49%
2042 46,508,810 713,900 1.82% 0.46%
2043 47,342,285 716,999 1.79% 0.43%
2044 48,176,594 719,920 1.76% 0.41%
2045 49,011,270 722,759 1.73% 0.39%
2046 49,846,522 725,322 1.7% 0.35%
2047 50,682,055 727,726 1.68% 0.33%
2048 51,517,342 730,038 1.65% 0.32%
2049 52,351,981 732,021 1.62% 0.27%
2050 53,185,464 733,898 1.59% 0.26%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Madagascar increased by 6,266,995 people (a 32.7% growth), while Suriname gained 62,314 people (a 12% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Madagascar gained 7,941,633 (a 31.2% growth), while Suriname's population increased by 62,566 (a 10.8% growth).

Madagascar was ranked 57th most populous country in 2005 and is 49th in 2025. Suriname was ranked 164th in 2005 and ranked 165th 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 Suriname will increase by 13.9% to 733,898 people and will still be ranked 165th.

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