Madagaskar - Daten & Fakten
Länderstatistik
geographic coordinates: 18 55 S, 47 31 E
time difference: UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
etymology: the name, which means "City of the Thousand," was bestowed by 17th century King ADRIANJAKAKING to honor the soldiers assigned to guard the city
citizenship by descent only: the father must be a citizen of Madagascar; in the case of a child born out of wedlock, the mother must be a citizen
dual citizenship recognized: no
residency requirement for naturalization: unknown
land: 581,540 sq km
water: 5,501 sq km
arable land: 6% (2018 est.)
permanent crops: 1% (2018 est.)
permanent pasture: 64.1% (2018 est.)
forest: 21.5% (2018 est.)
other: 7.4% (2018 est.)
15-64 years: 58.72% (male 8,481,873/female 8,437,644)
65 years and over: 3.81% (2023 est.) (male 506,495/female 591,300)
note: shares sum to more than 100% because some respondents gave more than one answer on the census
male: 67.1 years
female: 69.9 years
male: 20.9 years
female: 21.2 years
note: data represents median age at first birth among women 25-29
rate of urbanization: 4.26% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
male: 10 years
female: 10 years (2018)
2.47% (2020 est.)
1.86% (2019 est.)
38.4% of GDP (2016 est.)
4.2% (2020 est.)
5.61% (2019 est.)
$2.589 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
$4.082 billion (2019 est.)
$3.718 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
$4.685 billion (2019 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 0.1 (2020 est.)
percent of population: 20% (2021 est.)
narrow gauge: 836 km (2018) 1.000-m gauge
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: (2021 est.) less than 1
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 56 (2021 est.)
Madagascar-France: claims Bassas da India, Europa Island, Glorioso Islands, and Juan de Nova Island (all administered by France); the vegetated drying cays of Banc du Geyser, which were claimed by Madagascar in 1976, also fall within the EEZ claim of France
Madagascar-Comoros: the vegetated drying cays of Banc du Geyser, which were claimed by Madagascar in 1976, also fall within the EEZ claim of the Comoros