Madagascar Population Pyramid 1992
Madagascar in 1992
As of 1992, Madagascar counted 12,800,870 inhabitants. A decade earlier, in 1982, the population was 9,557,670; it has grown by 33.9% since.
With a median age of 17.0 years, Madagascar had a youth dependency ratio of 88.6 and an old-age dependency ratio of 5.6 per 100 people of working age. The pyramid is expansive: its wide base of young cohorts reflects high fertility and a rapidly growing population.
Data source: United Nations World Population Prospects, 2024 revision (medium variant) — last updated July 2024.
The fertility rate of Madagascar was 3.97 births per woman in 2023, above the 2.1 needed to replace each generation.
Source: World Bank World Development Indicators, latest available year.
A child born there in 2023 could expect to live 63.6 years on average (65.4 years for girls, 61.9 for boys).
Source: World Bank World Development Indicators, latest available year.
28,259 immigrants live in Madagascar, 0.1% of the population.
| Comoros | 13,199 |
| France | 10,776 |
| China | 2,382 |
| India | 1,902 |
212,454 people born in Madagascar live in other countries.
| France | 162,751 |
| Réunion | 17,859 |
| Mayotte | 10,316 |
| Comoros | 9,569 |
| Italy | 2,903 |
Source: United Nations International Migrant Stock 2024.
| Country | Population | Median age | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madagascar | 12,800,870 | 17.0 | |
| Mozambique | 13,613,316 | 17.1 | |
| Zimbabwe | 10,702,700 | 16.4 | |
| Malawi | 10,135,079 | 17.1 | |
| Zambia | 8,176,680 | 15.8 |





