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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Madagascar	Vanuatu	Madagascar	Vanuatu
1960	5,111,029	64,431	-	-
1961	5,246,158	66,264	2.64%	2.84%
1962	5,384,150	68,174	2.63%	2.88%
1963	5,525,185	70,159	2.62%	2.91%
1964	5,669,863	72,219	2.62%	2.94%
1965	5,819,116	74,358	2.63%	2.96%
1966	5,974,279	76,590	2.67%	3%
1967	6,136,486	78,921	2.72%	3.04%
1968	6,306,493	81,314	2.77%	3.03%
1969	6,484,716	83,755	2.83%	3%
1970	6,672,003	86,266	2.89%	3%
1971	6,868,868	88,862	2.95%	3.01%
1972	7,074,398	91,562	2.99%	3.04%
1973	7,288,048	94,362	3.02%	3.06%
1974	7,509,726	97,260	3.04%	3.07%
1975	7,739,336	100,269	3.06%	3.09%
1976	7,976,831	103,388	3.07%	3.11%
1977	8,222,240	106,618	3.08%	3.12%
1978	8,475,864	109,963	3.08%	3.14%
1979	8,737,581	113,040	3.09%	2.8%
1980	9,006,032	115,660	3.07%	2.32%
1981	9,279,011	118,249	3.03%	2.24%
1982	9,557,671	121,035	3%	2.36%
1983	9,843,044	123,998	2.99%	2.45%
1984	10,134,550	127,109	2.96%	2.51%
1985	10,433,142	130,356	2.95%	2.55%
1986	10,736,857	133,720	2.91%	2.58%
1987	11,047,291	137,187	2.89%	2.59%
1988	11,369,462	140,756	2.92%	2.6%
1989	11,704,998	144,393	2.95%	2.58%
1990	12,055,639	148,063	3%	2.54%
1991	12,421,412	151,793	3.03%	2.52%
1992	12,800,870	155,608	3.05%	2.51%
1993	13,197,345	159,463	3.1%	2.48%
1994	13,613,850	163,314	3.16%	2.41%
1995	14,051,275	167,137	3.21%	2.34%
1996	14,510,711	170,911	3.27%	2.26%
1997	14,990,814	174,626	3.31%	2.17%
1998	15,489,364	178,313	3.33%	2.11%
1999	16,000,506	182,048	3.3%	2.09%
2000	16,516,338	186,281	3.22%	2.33%
2001	17,032,939	191,031	3.13%	2.55%
2002	17,549,913	195,863	3.04%	2.53%
2003	18,071,854	200,746	2.97%	2.49%
2004	18,606,608	205,711	2.96%	2.47%
2005	19,159,707	210,760	2.97%	2.45%
2006	19,730,909	215,923	2.98%	2.45%
2007	20,318,583	221,276	2.98%	2.48%
2008	20,923,840	226,896	2.98%	2.54%
2009	21,547,280	232,731	2.98%	2.57%
2010	22,183,340	238,248	2.95%	2.37%
2011	22,822,300	243,474	2.88%	2.19%
2012	23,462,438	248,883	2.8%	2.22%
2013	24,109,290	254,482	2.76%	2.25%
2014	24,764,348	260,240	2.72%	2.26%
2015	25,426,702	266,101	2.67%	2.25%
2016	26,099,952	272,087	2.65%	2.25%
2017	26,788,375	278,507	2.64%	2.36%
2018	27,494,926	285,259	2.64%	2.42%
2019	28,219,554	291,985	2.64%	2.36%
2020	28,953,556	298,858	2.6%	2.35%
2021	29,691,083	305,868	2.55%	2.35%
2022	30,437,261	313,046	2.51%	2.35%
2023	31,195,932	320,409	2.49%	2.35%
2024	31,964,956	327,777	2.47%	2.3%
2025	32,740,675	335,169	2.43%	2.26%
2026	33,522,048	342,565	2.39%	2.21%
2027	34,308,785	349,970	2.35%	2.16%
2028	35,099,853	357,397	2.31%	2.12%
2029	35,894,674	364,883	2.26%	2.09%
2030	36,693,182	372,429	2.22%	2.07%
2031	37,495,701	380,015	2.19%	2.04%
2032	38,301,308	387,657	2.15%	2.01%
2033	39,109,380	395,366	2.11%	1.99%
2034	39,919,948	403,188	2.07%	1.98%
2035	40,733,841	411,061	2.04%	1.95%
2036	41,551,309	419,006	2.01%	1.93%
2037	42,371,330	427,031	1.97%	1.92%
2038	43,194,142	435,150	1.94%	1.9%
2039	44,019,285	443,311	1.91%	1.88%
2040	44,846,889	451,509	1.88%	1.85%
2041	45,676,973	459,733	1.85%	1.82%
2042	46,508,810	468,003	1.82%	1.8%
2043	47,342,285	476,308	1.79%	1.77%
2044	48,176,594	484,636	1.76%	1.75%
2045	49,011,270	492,989	1.73%	1.72%
2046	49,846,522	501,316	1.7%	1.69%
2047	50,682,055	509,621	1.68%	1.66%
2048	51,517,342	517,889	1.65%	1.62%
2049	52,351,981	526,138	1.62%	1.59%
2050	53,185,464	534,374	1.59%	1.57%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Madagascar increased by 6,369,043 people (a 32.3% growth), while Vanuatu gained 56,164 people (a 26% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Madagascar gained 7,430,694 (a 28.5% growth), while Vanuatu's population increased by 70,558 (a 25.9% growth).

Madagascar was ranked 57th most populous country in 2006 and is 49th in 2026. Vanuatu was ranked 175th in 2006 and ranked 174th 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 Vanuatu will increase by 56% to 534,374 people and rank change from 174th to 169th.