Madagascar Population Pyramid 2004
Madagascar in 2004
As of 2004, Madagascar counted 18,606,608 inhabitants. That is 36.7% more than in 1994, when the population stood at 13,613,850.
With a median age of 17.3 years, Madagascar had a youth dependency ratio of 87.3 and an old-age dependency ratio of 5.3 per 100 people of working age. This is an expansive pyramid — each cohort of children is larger than the one above it, the signature of high birth rates and rapid growth.
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 | 18,606,608 | 17.3 | |
| Mozambique | 19,840,313 | 17.1 | |
| Malawi | 12,500,737 | 16.8 | |
| Zimbabwe | 12,365,896 | 18.3 | |
| Zambia | 11,338,198 | 16.2 |





