Madagascar vs Syria: Number of children, working-age adults, and older people

Madagascar

1.04 million people

in 2023

Syria

1.11 million people

in 2023

Madagascar rank

73rd

Syria rank

71st

Number of children, working-age adults, and older people over time

Syria currently reports 1.11 million people against 1.04 million people in Madagascar, a difference of 65,390 people.

That makes Syria's figure about 1.1 times Madagascar's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Syria ahead.

Madagascar ranks 73rd and Syria ranks 71st of 236 countries.

Indicator: Number of children, working-age adults, and older people
Unit: people
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The total population, measured on 1 July of the year shown. This only includes people aged 65+.