Madagascar
Population 2026
33,522,055
Overview
- Yearly change
- +2.39%
- Density
- 58 per km²
- Land area
- 581,800 km²
- Capital
- Antananarivo
- Currency
- Ariary (MGA)
- Official languages
- FR-MG, MG
- Urban population
- 32.9%
- Continent
- AF
Demographics
- Births
- 1,033,7232026
- Deaths
- 246,6162026
- Birth rate
- 31.7per 1,000
- Death rate
- 7.5per 1,000
- Fertility rate
- 3.91
- Life expectancy
- 63.8At birth, years
- Median age
- 19.4
- Net migration
- -2,227
Age distribution
- 0–1438.9%
- 15–6457.6%
- 65+3.5%
Population by year
Economy
- GDP
- $19.6B
- GDP per capita
- $599
- GDP growth
- +3.0%
- Inflation
- 8.1%
- Unemployment
- 3.0%
- Exports
- $4.2B
- Imports
- $6.5B
- Tourism receipts
- 7.8%% of exports
Economic output by sector (% of GDP)
- Agriculture21.7%
- Industry23.9%
- Manufacturing13.1%
- Services48.8%
Employment by sector (%)
- Agriculture69.2%
- Industry9.9%
- Services20.9%
Largest cities
| # | City | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | AntananarivoAnalamanga | 1,349,5012025 |
| 2 | ToamasinaAtsinanana | 345,1072026 |
| 3 | AntsirabeVakinankaratra | 260,9072026 |
| 4 | MahajangaBoeny | 260,5562026 |
| 5 | FianarantsoaUpper Matsiatra | 203,1052026 |
| 6 | ToliaraAtsimo-Andrefana | 178,7252026 |
| 7 | AntsirananaDiana | 136,9592026 |
| 8 | SambavaSava | 89,0032026 |
| 9 | ImerintsiatosikaItasy | 74,0852023 |
| 10 | AntalahaSava | 71,8982023 |
Populated place as listed by GeoNames. Not a metropolitan-area figure.
Historical statistics
| Year | Population | Births | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 33,522,055 | 1.0M | 247K |
| 2020 | 28,953,560 | 964K | 228K |
| 2010 | 22,183,343 | 815K | 174K |
| 2000 | 16,516,336 | 694K | 173K |
| 1990 | 12,055,649 | 532K | 171K |
| 1980 | 9,006,039 | 422K | 146K |
| 1970 | 6,672,004 | 312K | 118K |
| 1960 | 5,111,033 | 243K | 110K |
| 1950 | 3,956,077 | 197K | 96.8K |