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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Madagascar	Tanzania	Madagascar	Tanzania
1960	5,111,029	9,901,419	-	-
1961	5,246,158	10,187,886	2.64%	2.89%
1962	5,384,150	10,487,756	2.63%	2.94%
1963	5,525,185	10,799,528	2.62%	2.97%
1964	5,669,863	11,127,826	2.62%	3.04%
1965	5,819,116	11,470,728	2.63%	3.08%
1966	5,974,279	11,827,459	2.67%	3.11%
1967	6,136,486	12,200,109	2.72%	3.15%
1968	6,306,493	12,602,076	2.77%	3.29%
1969	6,484,716	13,036,700	2.83%	3.45%
1970	6,672,003	13,492,677	2.89%	3.5%
1971	6,868,868	13,971,451	2.95%	3.55%
1972	7,074,398	14,479,308	2.99%	3.63%
1973	7,288,048	15,010,101	3.02%	3.67%
1974	7,509,726	15,561,630	3.04%	3.67%
1975	7,739,336	16,138,361	3.06%	3.71%
1976	7,976,831	16,736,211	3.07%	3.7%
1977	8,222,240	17,352,929	3.08%	3.68%
1978	8,475,864	17,976,566	3.08%	3.59%
1979	8,737,581	18,592,038	3.09%	3.42%
1980	9,006,032	19,189,769	3.07%	3.21%
1981	9,279,011	19,784,703	3.03%	3.1%
1982	9,557,671	20,398,571	3%	3.1%
1983	9,843,044	21,079,874	2.99%	3.34%
1984	10,134,550	21,779,066	2.96%	3.32%
1985	10,433,142	22,501,693	2.95%	3.32%
1986	10,736,857	23,258,959	2.91%	3.37%
1987	11,047,291	24,030,378	2.89%	3.32%
1988	11,369,462	24,769,686	2.92%	3.08%
1989	11,704,998	25,438,759	2.95%	2.7%
1990	12,055,639	26,110,207	3%	2.64%
1991	12,421,412	26,780,436	3.03%	2.57%
1992	12,800,870	27,457,588	3.05%	2.53%
1993	13,197,345	28,332,692	3.1%	3.19%
1994	13,613,850	29,442,356	3.16%	3.92%
1995	14,051,275	30,383,497	3.21%	3.2%
1996	14,510,711	30,945,762	3.27%	1.85%
1997	14,990,814	31,578,089	3.31%	2.04%
1998	15,489,364	32,420,458	3.33%	2.67%
1999	16,000,506	33,300,330	3.3%	2.71%
2000	16,516,338	34,260,139	3.22%	2.88%
2001	17,032,939	35,198,299	3.13%	2.74%
2002	17,549,913	36,121,304	3.04%	2.62%
2003	18,071,854	37,089,555	2.97%	2.68%
2004	18,606,608	38,109,668	2.96%	2.75%
2005	19,159,707	39,182,076	2.97%	2.81%
2006	19,730,909	40,294,902	2.98%	2.84%
2007	20,318,583	41,435,512	2.98%	2.83%
2008	20,923,840	42,570,728	2.98%	2.74%
2009	21,547,280	43,633,982	2.98%	2.5%
2010	22,183,340	44,758,488	2.95%	2.58%
2011	22,822,300	46,029,367	2.88%	2.84%
2012	23,462,438	47,374,260	2.8%	2.92%
2013	24,109,290	48,824,128	2.76%	3.06%
2014	24,764,348	50,351,512	2.72%	3.13%
2015	25,426,702	52,020,962	2.67%	3.32%
2016	26,099,952	53,824,013	2.65%	3.47%
2017	26,788,375	55,652,890	2.64%	3.4%
2018	27,494,926	57,437,145	2.64%	3.21%
2019	28,219,554	59,174,891	2.64%	3.03%
2020	28,953,556	60,972,798	2.6%	3.04%
2021	29,691,083	62,830,412	2.55%	3.05%
2022	30,437,261	64,711,821	2.51%	2.99%
2023	31,195,932	66,617,606	2.49%	2.95%
2024	31,964,956	68,560,157	2.47%	2.92%
2025	32,740,675	70,545,858	2.43%	2.9%
2026	33,522,048	72,563,773	2.39%	2.86%
2027	34,308,785	74,604,804	2.35%	2.81%
2028	35,099,853	76,670,483	2.31%	2.77%
2029	35,894,674	78,773,192	2.26%	2.74%
2030	36,693,182	80,913,118	2.22%	2.72%
2031	37,495,701	83,087,927	2.19%	2.69%
2032	38,301,308	85,293,126	2.15%	2.65%
2033	39,109,380	87,520,491	2.11%	2.61%
2034	39,919,948	89,788,673	2.07%	2.59%
2035	40,733,841	92,091,418	2.04%	2.56%
2036	41,551,309	94,420,808	2.01%	2.53%
2037	42,371,330	96,775,766	1.97%	2.49%
2038	43,194,142	99,156,465	1.94%	2.46%
2039	44,019,285	101,567,525	1.91%	2.43%
2040	44,846,889	103,999,350	1.88%	2.39%
2041	45,676,973	106,448,475	1.85%	2.35%
2042	46,508,810	108,926,272	1.82%	2.33%
2043	47,342,285	111,433,788	1.79%	2.3%
2044	48,176,594	113,966,263	1.76%	2.27%
2045	49,011,270	116,525,463	1.73%	2.25%
2046	49,846,522	119,109,670	1.7%	2.22%
2047	50,682,055	121,721,018	1.68%	2.19%
2048	51,517,342	124,351,294	1.65%	2.16%
2049	52,351,981	126,981,394	1.62%	2.12%
2050	53,185,464	129,621,083	1.59%	2.08%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Madagascar increased by 6,266,995 people (a 32.7% growth), while Tanzania gained 12,838,886 people (a 32.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Madagascar gained 7,941,633 (a 31.2% growth), while Tanzania's population increased by 20,145,844 (a 38.7% growth).

Madagascar was ranked 57th most populous country in 2005 and is 49th in 2025. Tanzania was ranked 31st in 2005 and ranked 20th 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 Tanzania will increase by 79.6% to 129,621,083 people and rank change from 20th to 15th.