Population in Madagascar compared to the Vatican: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Madagascar and the Vatican: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Madagascar	Vatican	Madagascar	Vatican
1960	5,111,029	-	-	-
1961	5,246,158	-	2.64%	-
1962	5,384,150	-	2.63%	-
1963	5,525,185	-	2.62%	-
1964	5,669,863	-	2.62%	-
1965	5,819,116	-	2.63%	-
1966	5,974,279	-	2.67%	-
1967	6,136,486	-	2.72%	-
1968	6,306,493	-	2.77%	-
1969	6,484,716	-	2.83%	-
1970	6,672,003	-	2.89%	-
1971	6,868,868	-	2.95%	-
1972	7,074,398	-	2.99%	-
1973	7,288,048	-	3.02%	-
1974	7,509,726	-	3.04%	-
1975	7,739,336	-	3.06%	-
1976	7,976,831	-	3.07%	-
1977	8,222,240	-	3.08%	-
1978	8,475,864	-	3.08%	-
1979	8,737,581	-	3.09%	-
1980	9,006,032	-	3.07%	-
1981	9,279,011	-	3.03%	-
1982	9,557,671	-	3%	-
1983	9,843,044	-	2.99%	-
1984	10,134,550	-	2.96%	-
1985	10,433,142	-	2.95%	-
1986	10,736,857	-	2.91%	-
1987	11,047,291	-	2.89%	-
1988	11,369,462	-	2.92%	-
1989	11,704,998	-	2.95%	-
1990	12,055,639	-	3%	-
1991	12,421,412	-	3.03%	-
1992	12,800,870	-	3.05%	-
1993	13,197,345	-	3.1%	-
1994	13,613,850	-	3.16%	-
1995	14,051,275	-	3.21%	-
1996	14,510,711	-	3.27%	-
1997	14,990,814	-	3.31%	-
1998	15,489,364	-	3.33%	-
1999	16,000,506	-	3.3%	-
2000	16,516,338	880	3.22%	-
2001	17,032,939	890	3.13%	1.14%
2002	17,549,913	900	3.04%	1.12%
2003	18,071,854	911	2.97%	1.22%
2004	18,606,608	921	2.96%	1.1%
2005	19,159,707	921	2.97%	0%
2006	19,730,909	932	2.98%	1.19%
2007	20,318,583	821	2.98%	-11.9%
2008	20,923,840	824	2.98%	0.37%
2009	21,547,280	826	2.98%	0.24%
2010	22,183,340	829	2.95%	0.36%
2011	22,822,300	832	2.88%	0.36%
2012	23,462,438	836	2.8%	0.48%
2013	24,109,290	839	2.76%	0.36%
2014	24,764,348	842	2.72%	0.36%
2015	25,426,702	1,000	2.67%	18.8%
2016	26,099,952	-	2.65%	0%
2017	26,788,375	1,000	2.64%	0%
2018	27,494,926	-	2.64%	0%
2019	28,219,554	1,000	2.64%	0%
2020	28,953,556	987	2.6%	-1.29%
2021	29,691,083	970	2.55%	-1.68%
2022	30,437,261	944	2.51%	-2.66%
2023	31,195,932	922	2.49%	-2.34%
2024	31,964,956	933	2.47%	1.2%
2025	32,740,675	939	2.43%	0.59%
2026	33,522,048	952	2.39%	1.37%
2027	34,308,785	974	2.35%	2.32%
2028	35,099,853	985	2.31%	1.13%
2029	35,894,674	983	2.26%	-0.19%
2030	36,693,182	976	2.22%	-0.75%
2031	37,495,701	968	2.19%	-0.75%
2032	38,301,308	968	2.15%	0%
2033	39,109,380	988	2.11%	2.09%
2034	39,919,948	992	2.07%	0.37%
2035	40,733,841	1,000	2.04%	0.74%
2036	41,551,309	998	2.01%	-0.18%
2037	42,371,330	1,003	1.97%	0.55%
2038	43,194,142	1,022	1.94%	1.83%
2039	44,019,285	1,060	1.91%	3.78%
2040	44,846,889	1,095	1.88%	3.3%
2041	45,676,973	1,127	1.85%	2.86%
2042	46,508,810	1,149	1.82%	1.96%
2043	47,342,285	1,169	1.79%	1.76%
2044	48,176,594	1,186	1.76%	1.42%
2045	49,011,270	1,209	1.73%	2.02%
2046	49,846,522	1,224	1.7%	1.22%
2047	50,682,055	1,248	1.68%	1.95%
2048	51,517,342	1,272	1.65%	1.92%
2049	52,351,981	1,296	1.62%	1.88%
2050	53,185,464	1,325	1.59%	2.27%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Madagascar increased by 6,266,995 people (a 32.7% growth), while the Vatican gained 79 people (a 8.58% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Madagascar gained 7,941,633 (a 31.2% growth), while the Vatican's population decreased by -51 (a 5.1% decline).

Madagascar was ranked 57th most populous country in 2005 and is 49th in 2025. The Vatican was ranked 197th in 2005 and still ranked 197th 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 Vatican will increase by 39.6% to 1,325 people and will still be ranked 197th.