Editing Demographics of Madagascar (section)

==Population==
[[Image:Madagascar-demography.png|thumb|300px|right|Demographics of Madagascar, Data of [[Our World in Data]], year 2022; number of inhabitants in millions.]]
[[Image:Madagascar popdens 2004.png|thumb|300px|Population density of Madagascar as of 2004]] 
The problem with population estimation in Madagascar is that data is very old and limited.  The last population census was carried out in 1993, after an initial 1975 census.  There was an attempt at a census in 2009, but this attempt ultimately failed due to political instability.  Therefore, the demographic situation is inferred but reliability of any estimates from any source has a large margin of error.
According to {{UN_Population|source}} the total population was {{UN_Population|Madagascar}} in {{UN_Population|Year}}, compared to only 4,084,000 in 1950. The proportion of children below the age of 15 in 2010 was 43.1%, 53.8% was between 15 and 65 years of age, while 3.1% was 65 years or older.<ref name="WPP 2010">[http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/index.htm Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, World Population Prospects: The 2010 Revision] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110506065230/http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/index.htm |date=May 6, 2011 }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"
! rowspan="2" |
! rowspan="2" | Total<br>population
! colspan="3" | Population percentages
|-
! aged 0–14
! aged 15–64
! aged 65+
|-
| 1950
| 4 084 000
| {{percentage bar|38.2}}
| {{percentage bar|58.6}}
| {{percentage bar|3.2}}
|-
| 1955
| 4 548 000
| {{percentage bar|40.2}}
| {{percentage bar|56.6}}
| {{percentage bar|3.2}}
|-
| 1960
| 5 104 000
| {{percentage bar|42.6}}
| {{percentage bar|54.1}}
| {{percentage bar|3.3}}
|-
| 1965
| 5 764 000
| {{percentage bar|44.6}}
| {{percentage bar|52.0}}
| {{percentage bar|3.4}}
|-
| 1970
| 6 549 000
| {{percentage bar|45.1}}
| {{percentage bar|51.3}}
| {{percentage bar|3.6}}
|-
| 1975
| 7 502 000
| {{percentage bar|45.6}}
| {{percentage bar|50.6}}
| {{percentage bar|3.8}}
|-
| 1980
| 8 609 000
| {{percentage bar|45.9}}
| {{percentage bar|50.5}}
| {{percentage bar|3.6}}
|-
| 1985
| 9 785 000
| {{percentage bar|45.1}}
| {{percentage bar|51.6}}
| {{percentage bar|3.3}}
|-
| 1990
| 11 281 000
| {{percentage bar|44.7}}
| {{percentage bar|52.1}}
| {{percentage bar|3.2}}
|-
| 1995
| 13 129 000
| {{percentage bar|44.5}}
| {{percentage bar|52.4}}
| {{percentage bar|3.1}}
|-
| 2000
| 15 364 000
| {{percentage bar|45.3}}
| {{percentage bar|51.6}}
| {{percentage bar|3.1}}
|-
| 2005
| 17 886 000
| {{percentage bar|44.6}}
| {{percentage bar|52.3}}
| {{percentage bar|3.1}}
|-
| 2010
| 20 714 000
| {{percentage bar|43.1}}
| {{percentage bar|53.8}}
| {{percentage bar|3.1}}
|}

Population Estimates by Sex and Age Group (01.VII.2019) (Unrevised data. Data refer to projections based on the 1993 Population
Census.):<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic-social/products/dyb/dyb_2020/|title=UNSD - Demographic and Social Statistics}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"
! width="80pt"|Age Group
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80pt"|Female
! width="80pt"|Total
! width="80pt"|%
|-
| Total
| 12 668 593
| 12 919 924
| 25 588 517
| {{percentage bar|100}}
|-
| 0–4
| 2 140 990
| 2 208 330
| 4 349 320
| {{percentage bar|17.00}}
|-
| 5–9
| 2 046 090
| 2 055 178
| 4 101 267
| {{percentage bar|16.03}}
|-
| 10–14
| 1 787 232
| 1 715 544
| 3 502 776
| {{percentage bar|13.69}}
|-
| 15–19
| 1 395 251
| 1 354 185
| 2 749 436
| {{percentage bar|10.74}}
|-
| 20–24
| 894 670
| 1 035 834
| 1 930 504
| {{percentage bar|7.54}}
|-
| 25–29
| 791 824
| 871 146
| 1 662 969
| {{percentage bar|6.50}}
|-
| 30–34
| 723 266
| 769 648
| 1 492 914
| {{percentage bar|5.83}}
|-
| 35–39
| 657 405
| 701 492
| 1 358 897
| {{percentage bar|5.31}}
|-
| 40–44
| 529 353
| 577 400
| 1 106 753
| {{percentage bar|4.33}}
|-
| 45–49
| 499 305
| 520 776
| 1 020 081
| {{percentage bar|3.99}}
|-
| 50–54
| 446 371
| 379 375
| 825 746
| {{percentage bar|3.23}}
|-
| 55–59
| 292 937
| 246 664
| 539 601
| {{percentage bar|2.11}}
|-
| 60–64
| 163 388
| 178 418
| 341 806
| {{percentage bar|1.34}}
|-
| 65-69
| 111 931
| 108 062
| 219 993
| {{percentage bar|0.86}}
|-
| 70-74
| 91 962
| 89 849
| 181 811
| {{percentage bar|0.71}}
|-
| 75-79
| 53 430
| 56 044
| 109 474
| {{percentage bar|0.43}}
|-
| 80-84
| 29 565
| 33 412
| 62 977
| {{percentage bar|0.25}}
|-
| 85+
| 13 625
| 18 568
| 32 193
| {{percentage bar|0.13}}
|-
! width="50"|Age group 
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80"|Female
! width="80"|Total
! width="50"|Percent
|-
| 0–14
| 5 974 312
| 5 979 052
| 11 953 364
| {{percentage bar|46.71}}
|-
| 15–64
| 6 393 768
| 6 634 937
| 13 028 705
| {{percentage bar|50.92}}
|-
| 65+
| 300 513
| 305 935
| 606 448
| {{percentage bar|2.37}}
|}

===UN population projections===
UN medium variant projections:<ref name="WPP 2010"/>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year!!Projected population
|-
|2015||23,852,000
|-
|2020||27,365,000
|-
|2025||31,217,000
|-
|2030||35,333,000
|-
|2035||39,643,000
|-
|2040||44,132,000
|-
|2045||48,782,000
|-
|2050||53,561,000
|-
|2060||65,280,000
|}