What is the difference in non-agricultural population between Angola and Madagascar?

472,000 FAO, number, with Madagascar ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Angola and Madagascar?

33 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2012.

Where does this data come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site, published as Non-agricultural population (FAO, number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Angola vs Madagascar: Non-agricultural population

Angola

6.30 million FAO, number

in 2012

Madagascar

6.78 million FAO, number

in 2012

Angola rank

17th

Madagascar rank

16th

Non-agricultural population over time

Angola
Madagascar

How they compare

Madagascar currently reports 6.78 million FAO, number against 6.30 million FAO, number in Angola, a difference of 472,000 FAO, number.

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

The two have swapped places 1 time across 33 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Angola ahead.

Angola ranks 17th and Madagascar ranks 16th of 53 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Angola averaged higher in 2 and Madagascar in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Angola	Madagascar	Difference	Ahead
1980s	2.19 million FAO, number	1.88 million FAO, number	308,000 FAO, number	Angola
1990s	3.19 million FAO, number	2.99 million FAO, number	199,000 FAO, number	Angola
2000s	4.78 million FAO, number	4.83 million FAO, number	50,000 FAO, number	Madagascar
2010s	6.09 million FAO, number	6.48 million FAO, number	392,667 FAO, number	Madagascar

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher non-agricultural population, Angola or Madagascar?: Madagascar, at 6.78 million FAO, number against 6.30 million FAO, number in Angola as of 2012.
What is the difference in non-agricultural population between Angola and Madagascar?: 472,000 FAO, number, with Madagascar ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Angola and Madagascar?: 33 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2012.
How do Angola and Madagascar rank globally for non-agricultural population?: Angola ranks 17th and Madagascar ranks 16th of 53 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site, published as Non-agricultural population (FAO, number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Non-agricultural population (FAO, number)
Unit: FAO, number
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 59 places, 1,934 data points, 1980–2012
Last refreshed: 21 August 2026

The non-agricultural population is obtained as a residual of agricultural population from the total population.