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Population in Madagascar compared to the United Arab Emirates: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Madagascar was 31,964,956 in 2024 vs 10,876,981 people in the United Arab Emirates in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Madagascar's population is 33,368,335 people compared to 11,372,700 in the United Arab Emirates.

Population statistics:

  • Madagascar's population is 2.93 times bigger than the United Arab Emirates'.
  • Madagascar is ranked the 49th most populous country in the world, while the United Arab Emirates is the 86th.
  • The countries together account for 0.54% of the world: 0.4% for Madagascar vs 0.14% for the United Arab Emirates.
  • For the last 10 years, Madagascar has had an average growth rate of +2.6% per year vs +3.22% in the United Arab Emirates.
  • Since 2005, the population of Madagascar has increased from 19.2M people to 33.4M (74.2% growth), while the United Arab Emirates has grown from 4.66M to 11.4M (143.8% growth).
  • Madagascar is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 85.3M people compared to the peak of 25.8M people in 2100 for the United Arab Emirates.

Madagascar vs United Arab Emirates: live population counter

Madagascar UAE
Current population
33368335
11372700
Population rank 49/197 86/197
Percent of world population 0.4% 0.14%
One net population change
41 seconds
1.34 minutes
One birth every
31.5 seconds
5.13 minutes
One death every
2.24 minutes
53.8 minutes
One migration net change every
4.88 hours
1.89 minutes
Annual migration change -1,795 +278,439
Daily growth/decline +2,107 +1,077
Annual growth/decline +769,024 +393,230
Annual growth/decline rate +2.47% +3.75%
Population growth rate rank 31/197 8/197

Madagascar and the United Arab Emirates: population history and growth rate by year chart

Madagascar
Population

Growth rate
United Arab Emirates
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Madagascar UAE Madagascar UAE
1960 5,111,029 131,334 - -
1961 5,246,158 137,989 2.64% 5.07%
1962 5,384,150 144,946 2.63% 5.04%
1963 5,525,185 152,211 2.62% 5.01%
1964 5,669,863 159,692 2.62% 4.91%
1965 5,819,116 167,103 2.63% 4.64%
1966 5,974,279 173,976 2.67% 4.11%
1967 6,136,486 179,700 2.72% 3.29%
1968 6,306,493 199,416 2.77% 11%
1969 6,484,716 239,660 2.83% 20.2%
1970 6,672,003 286,536 2.89% 19.6%
1971 6,868,868 335,027 2.95% 16.9%
1972 7,074,398 385,014 2.99% 14.9%
1973 7,288,048 436,399 3.02% 13.3%
1974 7,509,726 489,087 3.04% 12.1%
1975 7,739,336 542,856 3.06% 11%
1976 7,976,831 615,866 3.07% 13.4%
1977 8,222,240 710,209 3.08% 15.3%
1978 8,475,864 809,274 3.08% 13.9%
1979 8,737,581 912,010 3.09% 12.7%
1980 9,006,032 1,015,700 3.07% 11.4%
1981 9,279,011 1,099,855 3.03% 8.29%
1982 9,557,671 1,166,370 3% 6.05%
1983 9,843,044 1,235,305 2.99% 5.91%
1984 10,134,550 1,305,996 2.96% 5.72%
1985 10,433,142 1,377,911 2.95% 5.51%
1986 10,736,857 1,467,383 2.91% 6.49%
1987 11,047,291 1,574,244 2.89% 7.28%
1988 11,369,462 1,681,788 2.92% 6.83%
1989 11,704,998 1,789,851 2.95% 6.43%
1990 12,055,639 1,898,220 3% 6.05%
1991 12,421,412 2,006,626 3.03% 5.71%
1992 12,800,870 2,114,730 3.05% 5.39%
1993 13,197,345 2,222,093 3.1% 5.08%
1994 13,613,850 2,328,188 3.16% 4.77%
1995 14,051,275 2,434,662 3.21% 4.57%
1996 14,510,711 2,597,564 3.27% 6.69%
1997 14,990,814 2,817,410 3.31% 8.46%
1998 15,489,364 3,040,421 3.33% 7.92%
1999 16,000,506 3,266,009 3.3% 7.42%
2000 16,516,338 3,493,575 3.22% 6.97%
2001 17,032,939 3,723,590 3.13% 6.58%
2002 17,549,913 3,956,826 3.04% 6.26%
2003 18,071,854 4,192,457 2.97% 5.96%
2004 18,606,608 4,428,967 2.96% 5.64%
2005 19,159,707 4,664,790 2.97% 5.32%
2006 19,730,909 5,009,100 2.98% 7.38%
2007 20,318,583 5,624,635 2.98% 12.3%
2008 20,923,840 6,302,664 2.98% 12.1%
2009 21,547,280 6,707,058 2.98% 6.42%
2010 22,183,340 6,869,838 2.95% 2.43%
2011 22,822,300 7,104,538 2.88% 3.42%
2012 23,462,438 7,391,448 2.8% 4.04%
2013 24,109,290 7,693,031 2.76% 4.08%
2014 24,764,348 8,059,440 2.72% 4.76%
2015 25,426,702 8,505,237 2.67% 5.53%
2016 26,099,952 8,935,095 2.65% 5.05%
2017 26,788,375 9,223,225 2.64% 3.22%
2018 27,494,926 9,346,701 2.64% 1.34%
2019 28,219,554 9,445,785 2.64% 1.06%
2020 28,953,556 9,401,038 2.6% -0.47%
2021 29,691,083 9,575,152 2.55% 1.85%
2022 30,437,261 10,074,977 2.51% 5.22%
2023 31,195,932 10,483,751 2.49% 4.06%
2024 31,964,956 10,876,981 2.47% 3.75%
2025 32,740,675 11,191,510 2.43% 2.89%
2026 33,522,048 11,417,074 2.39% 2.02%
2027 34,308,785 11,595,528 2.35% 1.56%
2028 35,099,853 11,750,055 2.31% 1.33%
2029 35,894,674 11,890,496 2.26% 1.2%
2030 36,693,182 12,024,613 2.22% 1.13%
2031 37,495,701 12,159,255 2.19% 1.12%
2032 38,301,308 12,298,043 2.15% 1.14%
2033 39,109,380 12,440,531 2.11% 1.16%
2034 39,919,948 12,586,327 2.07% 1.17%
2035 40,733,841 12,734,906 2.04% 1.18%
2036 41,551,309 12,885,831 2.01% 1.19%
2037 42,371,330 13,038,803 1.97% 1.19%
2038 43,194,142 13,193,613 1.94% 1.19%
2039 44,019,285 13,349,897 1.91% 1.18%
2040 44,846,889 13,507,317 1.88% 1.18%
2041 45,676,973 13,665,875 1.85% 1.17%
2042 46,508,810 13,825,473 1.82% 1.17%
2043 47,342,285 13,986,029 1.79% 1.16%
2044 48,176,594 14,147,509 1.76% 1.15%
2045 49,011,270 14,309,823 1.73% 1.15%
2046 49,846,522 14,473,950 1.7% 1.15%
2047 50,682,055 14,641,700 1.68% 1.16%
2048 51,517,342 14,812,411 1.65% 1.17%
2049 52,351,981 14,984,754 1.62% 1.16%
2050 53,185,464 15,158,142 1.59% 1.16%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Madagascar increased by 6,266,995 people (a 32.7% growth), while the United Arab Emirates gained 3,840,447 people (a 82.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Madagascar gained 7,941,633 (a 31.2% growth), while the United Arab Emirates' population increased by 2,867,463 (a 33.7% growth).

Madagascar was ranked 57th most populous country in 2005 and is 49th in 2025. The United Arab Emirates was ranked 115th in 2005 and ranked 86th 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 the United Arab Emirates will increase by 33.3% to 15,158,142 people and rank change from 86th to 84th.

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