Madagascar vs Niger: Population by world region
Madagascar
85.34 million people
in 2100
Niger
90.82 million people
in 2100
Madagascar rank
30th
Niger rank
28th
Population by world region over time
- Madagascar
- Niger
How they compare
Niger currently reports 90.82 million people against 85.34 million people in Madagascar, a difference of 5.48 million people.
That makes Niger's figure about 1.1 times Madagascar's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 318 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Niger ahead.
Madagascar ranks 30th and Niger ranks 28th of 239 countries.
Across the 48 decades both report, Madagascar averaged higher in 25 and Niger in 23.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Madagascar | Niger | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 200,000 people | 548,000 people | 348,000 people | Niger |
| 1100s | 283,333 people | 589,100 people | 305,767 people | Niger |
| 1200s | 366,666 people | 630,200 people | 263,534 people | Niger |
| 1300s | 450,000 people | 700,000 people | 250,000 people | Niger |
| 1400s | 533,333 people | 750,000 people | 216,667 people | Niger |
| 1500s | 700,000 people | 822,000 people | 122,000 people | Niger |
| 1600s | 850,000 people | 959,000 people | 109,000 people | Niger |
| 1700s | 1.00 million people | 1.10 million people | 96,000 people | Niger |
| 1710s | 1.02 million people | 1.16 million people | 141,580 people | Niger |
| 1720s | 1.03 million people | 1.17 million people | 136,780 people | Niger |
| 1730s | 1.05 million people | 1.18 million people | 131,630 people | Niger |
| 1740s | 1.07 million people | 1.19 million people | 126,100 people | Niger |
| 1750s | 1.08 million people | 1.20 million people | 120,120 people | Niger |
| 1760s | 1.10 million people | 1.22 million people | 113,660 people | Niger |
| 1770s | 1.12 million people | 1.23 million people | 106,640 people | Niger |
| 1780s | 1.14 million people | 1.24 million people | 98,980 people | Niger |
| 1790s | 1.17 million people | 1.26 million people | 90,580 people | Niger |
| 1800s | 1.54 million people | 852,737 people | 686,831 people | Madagascar |
| 1810s | 1.63 million people | 856,297 people | 774,847 people | Madagascar |
| 1820s | 1.80 million people | 878,260 people | 924,672 people | Madagascar |
| 1830s | 2.09 million people | 920,687 people | 1.17 million people | Madagascar |
| 1840s | 2.43 million people | 970,265 people | 1.46 million people | Madagascar |
| 1850s | 2.65 million people | 1.02 million people | 1.64 million people | Madagascar |
| 1860s | 2.71 million people | 1.06 million people | 1.64 million people | Madagascar |
| 1870s | 2.77 million people | 1.13 million people | 1.65 million people | Madagascar |
| 1880s | 2.85 million people | 1.20 million people | 1.66 million people | Madagascar |
| 1890s | 2.79 million people | 1.27 million people | 1.52 million people | Madagascar |
| 1900s | 2.61 million people | 1.40 million people | 1.22 million people | Madagascar |
| 1910s | 2.51 million people | 1.56 million people | 941,990 people | Madagascar |
| 1920s | 2.65 million people | 1.75 million people | 895,692 people | Madagascar |
| 1930s | 3.06 million people | 2.00 million people | 1.05 million people | Madagascar |
| 1940s | 3.58 million people | 2.32 million people | 1.25 million people | Madagascar |
| 1950s | 4.45 million people | 3.00 million people | 1.45 million people | Madagascar |
| 1960s | 5.77 million people | 4.00 million people | 1.76 million people | Madagascar |
| 1970s | 7.66 million people | 5.27 million people | 2.39 million people | Madagascar |
| 1980s | 10.31 million people | 7.04 million people | 3.27 million people | Madagascar |
| 1990s | 13.91 million people | 9.62 million people | 4.30 million people | Madagascar |
| 2000s | 18.95 million people | 13.60 million people | 5.35 million people | Madagascar |
| 2010s | 25.14 million people | 19.65 million people | 5.49 million people | Madagascar |
| 2020s | 32.38 million people | 27.54 million people | 4.84 million people | Madagascar |
| 2030s | 40.34 million people | 36.89 million people | 3.45 million people | Madagascar |
| 2040s | 48.60 million people | 46.88 million people | 1.72 million people | Madagascar |
| 2050s | 56.89 million people | 57.14 million people | 251,460 people | Niger |
| 2060s | 64.83 million people | 67.06 million people | 2.24 million people | Niger |
| 2070s | 71.98 million people | 75.93 million people | 3.94 million people | Niger |
| 2080s | 78.07 million people | 83.21 million people | 5.15 million people | Niger |
| 2090s | 83.05 million people | 88.60 million people | 5.55 million people | Niger |
| 2100s | 85.34 million people | 90.82 million people | 5.48 million people | Niger |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher population by world region, Madagascar or Niger?
- Niger, at 90.82 million people against 85.34 million people in Madagascar as of 2100.
- What is the difference in population by world region between Madagascar and Niger?
- 5.48 million people, with Niger ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Madagascar and Niger?
- 318 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2100.
- How do Madagascar and Niger rank globally for population by world region?
- Madagascar ranks 30th and Niger ranks 28th of 239 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 by world region. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2100, based on data and estimates from different sources.