Demographic profile
Madagascar is the 50th most populous of the 238 countries and territories tracked on this site, home to about 0.39% of everyone alive. Within Eastern Africa, it ranks 6 of 20.
Each day brings roughly 2,859 births and 659 deaths, adding about 803,533 people over a year. At the current natural-increase rate of 2.5% annually, the population would double in roughly 28 years if the rate held. Real trajectories bend as fertility, mortality and migration shift, which is why the chart below shows both history and projection.
Among its first-level divisions, the largest by our modelled allocation is Antananarivo, holding an estimated 36.7% of the national population. The full breakdown of all 6 states and regions is in the table below — regional figures outside Sudan are modelled estimates built on real region names, and are flagged as such.
Literacy stands near 70.0% and adult smoking prevalence around 9.0%, with life expectancy at about 55.0 years. Baselines come from UN World Population Prospects, the World Bank, WHO surveys, WorldPop and HDX; the counters project them forward in real time — the method, and every caveat, is documented on our data sources page.
Quick answers
What is the population of Madagascar in 2026? Approximately 32,139,592 people (live projection; the counter above updates every second).
How fast is Madagascar growing? About 2.5% per year — roughly 2,859 births and 659 deaths every day.
What share of the world lives in Madagascar? Around 0.39% — ranked 50 worldwide by population.