Population aged 15–64 — all countries

Population aged 15–64 — Madagascar

Population aged 15–64 in Madagascar in 2025 — 18,855,173 people. Ranked 50 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 617.1%.

2025 18.86M people +2.88% vs 2024
World rank 50of 217
Period maximum 18.86M people2025
Period minimum 2.63M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Population aged 15–64 — Madagascar, 1960–202505M10M15M20M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 2,629,315 people1962: 2,712,629 people1964: 2,824,660 people1966: 2,986,612 people1968: 3,160,669 people1970: 3,344,864 people1972: 3,538,814 people1974: 3,746,313 people1976: 3,971,478 people1978: 4,211,962 people1980: 4,469,409 people1982: 4,751,059 people1984: 5,061,894 people1986: 5,402,284 people1988: 5,772,368 people1990: 6,169,297 people1992: 6,592,558 people1994: 7,045,709 people1996: 7,523,129 people1998: 8,022,517 people2000: 8,548,923 people2002: 9,086,846 people2004: 9,660,686 people2006: 10,314,614 people2008: 11,036,733 people2010: 11,827,868 people2012: 12,689,813 people2014: 13,596,043 people2016: 14,497,349 people2018: 15,410,691 people2020: 16,346,393 people2022: 17,308,526 people2024: 18,328,064 people2025: 18,855,173 people
Change over the period: +16.23M (+617.11%) Average annual rate: 3.08 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Madagascar

Madagascar 18.86M people
World 5.36B people
Sub-Saharan Africa 745M people
Eastern Africa computed 290M people
Low-income countries computed 441M people
Population aged 15–64 — Madagascar, by year Madagascar All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 18.86M +527,109 +2.88%
2024 18.33M +517,463 +2.91%
2023 17.81M +502,075 +2.9%
2022 17.31M +486,212 +2.89%
2021 16.82M +475,921 +2.91%
2020 16.35M +470,921 +2.97%
2019 15.88M +464,781 +3.02%
2018 15.41M +458,573 +3.07%
2017 14.95M +454,769 +3.14%
2016 14.5M +451,575 +3.22%
2015 14.05M +449,731 +3.31%
2014 13.6M +453,900 +3.45%
2013 13.14M +452,330 +3.56%
2012 12.69M +439,187 +3.59%
2011 12.25M +422,758 +3.57%
2010 11.83M +404,581 +3.54%
2009 11.42M +386,554 +3.5%
2008 11.04M +369,037 +3.46%
2007 10.67M +353,082 +3.42%
2006 10.31M +337,385 +3.38%
2005 9.98M +316,543 +3.28%
2004 9.66M +294,919 +3.15%
2003 9.37M +278,921 +3.07%
2002 9.09M +269,606 +3.06%
2001 8.82M +268,317 +3.14%
2000 8.55M +266,640 +3.22%
1999 8.28M +259,766 +3.24%
1998 8.02M +252,883 +3.25%
1997 7.77M +246,505 +3.28%
1996 7.52M +241,103 +3.31%
1995 7.28M +236,317 +3.35%
1994 7.05M +230,348 +3.38%
1993 6.82M +222,803 +3.38%
1992 6.59M +214,995 +3.37%
1991 6.38M +208,266 +3.38%
1990 6.17M +201,804 +3.38%
1989 5.97M +195,125 +3.38%
1988 5.77M +188,465 +3.38%
1987 5.58M +181,619 +3.36%
1986 5.4M +174,102 +3.33%
1985 5.23M +166,288 +3.29%
1984 5.06M +158,946 +3.24%
1983 4.9M +151,889 +3.2%
1982 4.75M +144,400 +3.13%
1981 4.61M +137,250 +3.07%
1980 4.47M +131,224 +3.02%
1979 4.34M +126,223 +3%
1978 4.21M +122,120 +2.99%
1977 4.09M +118,364 +2.98%
1976 3.97M +114,591 +2.97%
1975 3.86M +110,574 +2.95%
1974 3.75M +105,996 +2.91%
1973 3.64M +101,503 +2.87%
1972 3.54M +98,151 +2.85%
1971 3.44M +95,799 +2.86%
1970 3.34M +93,351 +2.87%
1969 3.25M +90,844 +2.87%
1968 3.16M +88,383 +2.88%
1967 3.07M +85,674 +2.87%
1966 2.99M +82,982 +2.86%
1965 2.9M +78,970 +2.8%
1964 2.82M +63,886 +2.31%
1963 2.76M +48,145 +1.77%
1962 2.71M +43,202 +1.62%
1961 2.67M +40,112 +1.53%
1960 2.63M

About the indicator

The population aged 15 to 64 inclusive — the group that international statistics treat as working age regardless of the national retirement age. Its growth relative to the other groups is called the demographic dividend: it gives a country a period when workers are many and dependents are few. That period is finite, and this series shows which countries are passing through it now and which have already passed it.

Important: The 15–64 bounds are a convention and do not coincide with the retirement age in any country. This is not the number of people employed — the labor force indicator covers that.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.