🇲🇬Madagascar

Antananarivo

Africa

Low income

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Population

32.7M

2.4%as of 2025

Fertility Rate

3.91

births/woman

Life Expectancy

63.8y

GDP / capita

$599.3

Pop. Growth

2.40%

Net Migration

-2.2K

Population over time

Total population · observed (solid) and UN medium projection to 2100 (dashed)

Source: World Bank · UN World Population Prospects 2024

Fertility rate over time

Births per woman · dashed line = replacement (2.1)

Source: World Bank

Where immigrants come from

Largest foreign-born communities in Madagascar by country of birth (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇰🇲Comoros13.2K(46.7%)

+34%

🇫🇷France10.8K(38.1%)

+34%

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Population projections to 2100

Official UN projections — Low / Medium / High variants

Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024

Population pyramid (2025)

Age & sex structure · share of total population by 5-year cohort

Male16.4MTotal 32.7M16.3MFemale

Source: birthrate.io model

GDP per capita over time

Current US$

Source: World Bank

Life expectancy over time

Years at birth

Source: World Bank

Where the Madagascar diaspora lives

Top destinations for people born in Madagascar who now live abroad (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇫🇷France162.8K(88.3%)

+39%

🇰🇲Comoros9.6K(5.2%)

−1%

🇮🇹Italy2.9K(1.6%)

+59%

🇧🇪Belgium2.8K(1.5%)

+51%

🇲🇺Mauritius2.3K(1.3%)

+17%

🇸🇨Seychelles829(0.4%)

+16%

🇨🇳China705(0.4%)

+215%

🇧🇼Botswana591(0.3%)

+22%

🇳🇴Norway547(0.3%)

+23%

🇦🇺Australia348(0.2%)

+32%

🇿🇦South Africa299(0.2%)

+22%

🇱🇺Luxembourg225(0.1%)

Source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024