Population — Total Population - Both sexes in Madagascar
Madagascar: Population — Total Population - Both sexes was 31,196 1000 No in 2023. ▲ Rising
Population — Total Population - Both sexes in Madagascar, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 No.
Analysis
The most recent figure for population — total population - both sexes in Madagascar is 31,196 1000 No, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.5% on the previous year and up 29.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, population — total population - both sexes in Madagascar peaked at 31,196 1000 No in 2023 and was at its lowest, 22,183 1000 No, in 2010.
Madagascar ranks 54th of 194 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Population — Total Population - Both sexes in Madagascar, year by year
| Year | 1000 No | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 22,183 1000 No | — |
| 2011 | 22,822 1000 No | +2.9% |
| 2012 | 23,462 1000 No | +2.8% |
| 2013 | 24,109 1000 No | +2.8% |
| 2014 | 24,764 1000 No | +2.7% |
| 2015 | 25,427 1000 No | +2.7% |
| 2016 | 26,100 1000 No | +2.6% |
| 2017 | 26,788 1000 No | +2.6% |
| 2018 | 27,495 1000 No | +2.6% |
| 2019 | 28,220 1000 No | +2.6% |
| 2020 | 28,954 1000 No | +2.6% |
| 2021 | 29,691 1000 No | +2.5% |
| 2022 | 30,437 1000 No | +2.5% |
| 2023 | 31,196 1000 No | +2.5% |
Madagascar compared with similar countries
- Madagascar's 31,196 1000 No is above the median for low income countries, which is 23,595 1000 No, 1.3× the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Madagascar's 31,196 1000 No is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 15,373 1000 No, 2.0× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 25,137 1000 No | 22,183 1000 No | 28,220 1000 No | 10 |
| 2020s | 30,069 1000 No | 28,954 1000 No | 31,196 1000 No | 4 |
Countries ranked near Madagascar
- 51 Mozambique 33,635 1000 No compare
- 52 Saudi Arabia 33,264 1000 No compare
- 53 Australia and New Zealand 31,624 1000 No compare
- 55 Côte d'Ivoire 31,166 1000 No compare
- 55 Cote d'Ivoire 31,166 1000 No compare
- 57 Nepal 29,695 1000 No compare
More agriculture & rural data for Madagascar
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.42 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.217 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 130.06 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.72 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0011 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.671 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 21.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 21.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is population — total population - both sexes in Madagascar?
- Population — total population - both sexes in Madagascar was 31,196 1000 No in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest population — total population - both sexes recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 31,196 1000 No in 2023.
- What is the lowest population — total population - both sexes recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 22,183 1000 No in 2010.
- How does Madagascar rank for population — total population - both sexes?
- Madagascar ranks 54th out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is population — total population - both sexes rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 29.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Madagascar data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Population — Total Population - Both sexes. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.