What is the difference in population between Cote d'Ivoire and Madagascar?

30,200 people, with Madagascar ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Cote d'Ivoire and Madagascar?

241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Cote d'Ivoire vs Madagascar: Population

Cote d'Ivoire

31.17 million people

in 2023

Madagascar

31.20 million people

in 2023

Cote d'Ivoire rank

50th

Madagascar rank

49th

Population over time

Cote d'Ivoire
Madagascar

How they compare

Madagascar currently reports 31.20 million people against 31.17 million people in Cote d'Ivoire, a difference of 30,200 people.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Cote d'Ivoire ahead.

Cote d'Ivoire ranks 50th and Madagascar ranks 49th of 238 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Cote d'Ivoire averaged higher in 19 and Madagascar in 21.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cote d'Ivoire	Madagascar	Difference	Ahead
1000s	528,506 people	200,000 people	328,506 people	Cote d'Ivoire
1100s	604,007 people	283,333 people	320,674 people	Cote d'Ivoire
1200s	690,294 people	366,666 people	323,628 people	Cote d'Ivoire
1300s	788,907 people	450,000 people	338,907 people	Cote d'Ivoire
1400s	901,608 people	533,333 people	368,275 people	Cote d'Ivoire
1500s	1.03 million people	700,000 people	330,410 people	Cote d'Ivoire
1600s	1.18 million people	850,000 people	327,610 people	Cote d'Ivoire
1700s	1.35 million people	1.00 million people	345,840 people	Cote d'Ivoire
1710s	1.35 million people	1.02 million people	336,020 people	Cote d'Ivoire
1720s	1.36 million people	1.03 million people	331,080 people	Cote d'Ivoire
1730s	1.37 million people	1.05 million people	325,760 people	Cote d'Ivoire
1740s	1.39 million people	1.07 million people	320,040 people	Cote d'Ivoire
1750s	1.40 million people	1.08 million people	313,850 people	Cote d'Ivoire
1760s	1.41 million people	1.10 million people	307,140 people	Cote d'Ivoire
1770s	1.42 million people	1.12 million people	299,840 people	Cote d'Ivoire
1780s	1.43 million people	1.14 million people	291,840 people	Cote d'Ivoire
1790s	1.45 million people	1.17 million people	283,070 people	Cote d'Ivoire
1800s	1.09 million people	1.54 million people	451,038 people	Madagascar
1810s	1.09 million people	1.63 million people	542,651 people	Madagascar
1820s	1.08 million people	1.80 million people	722,919 people	Madagascar
1830s	1.06 million people	2.09 million people	1.03 million people	Madagascar
1840s	1.04 million people	2.43 million people	1.38 million people	Madagascar
1850s	1.07 million people	2.65 million people	1.58 million people	Madagascar
1860s	1.16 million people	2.71 million people	1.55 million people	Madagascar
1870s	1.25 million people	2.77 million people	1.52 million people	Madagascar
1880s	1.34 million people	2.85 million people	1.51 million people	Madagascar
1890s	1.44 million people	2.79 million people	1.35 million people	Madagascar
1900s	1.54 million people	2.61 million people	1.07 million people	Madagascar
1910s	1.64 million people	2.51 million people	868,077 people	Madagascar
1920s	1.82 million people	2.65 million people	828,954 people	Madagascar
1930s	2.10 million people	3.06 million people	955,229 people	Madagascar
1940s	2.46 million people	3.58 million people	1.12 million people	Madagascar
1950s	3.11 million people	4.45 million people	1.33 million people	Madagascar
1960s	4.39 million people	5.77 million people	1.38 million people	Madagascar
1970s	6.63 million people	7.66 million people	1.03 million people	Madagascar
1980s	9.89 million people	10.31 million people	417,577 people	Madagascar
1990s	14.63 million people	13.91 million people	719,020 people	Cote d'Ivoire
2000s	19.84 million people	18.95 million people	895,350 people	Cote d'Ivoire
2010s	25.10 million people	25.14 million people	34,060 people	Madagascar
2020s	30.03 million people	30.07 million people	40,500 people	Madagascar

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population, Cote d'Ivoire or Madagascar?: Madagascar, at 31.20 million people against 31.17 million people in Cote d'Ivoire as of 2023.
What is the difference in population between Cote d'Ivoire and Madagascar?: 30,200 people, with Madagascar ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cote d'Ivoire and Madagascar?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Cote d'Ivoire and Madagascar rank globally for population?: Cote d'Ivoire ranks 50th and Madagascar ranks 49th of 238 countries.
Where does this data come from?: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator: Population
Unit: people
Source: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 239 places, 51,002 data points, 1000–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.