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Madagascar

Country

Member state of the United Nations.[1]

Capital
Population
32,740,678 in 2025[3]
Other published figures
  • 31,964,956in 2024[4]
Land area
581,800 km²[5]
Total area
587,295 km²[6] land and water
Official languages
Currency
Coast
Yes[11]
Continent
Official names
  • République de Madagascar[12]
  • Madagasikara[13]

Parts of Madagascar

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Through time

Population over time[3]
1960202532.7M

5,111,029 in 1960, 32,740,678 in 2025

Show as a table
YearPopulation
19605,111,029
19615,246,158
19625,384,150
19635,525,185
19645,669,863
19655,819,116
19665,974,279
19676,136,486
19686,306,493
19696,484,716
19706,672,003
19716,868,868
19727,074,398
19737,288,048
19747,509,726
19757,739,336
19767,976,831
19778,222,240
19788,475,864
19798,737,581
19809,006,032
19819,279,011
19829,557,671
19839,843,044
198410,134,550
198510,433,142
198610,736,857
198711,047,291
198811,369,462
198911,704,998
199012,055,639
199112,421,412
199212,800,870
199313,197,345
199413,613,850
199514,051,275
199614,510,711
199714,990,814
199815,489,364
199916,000,506
200016,516,338
200117,032,939
200217,549,913
200318,071,854
200418,606,608
200519,159,707
200619,730,909
200720,318,583
200820,923,840
200921,547,280
201022,183,340
201122,822,300
201223,462,438
201324,109,290
201424,764,348
201525,426,702
201626,099,952
201726,788,375
201827,494,926
201928,219,554
202028,953,556
202129,691,083
202230,437,261
202331,195,932
202431,964,956
202532,740,678

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Codes

ISO alpha-2
MG[14]
ISO alpha-3
MDG[15]
ISO numeric
450[16]

Changes to this page's data

No changes recorded since the dataset of 5 November 2026.

Sources

  1. United Nations: Member States (checked 2026-11-05) Published directly by the source.
  2. Wikidata: Madagascar (Q1019), capital: Antananarivo (revision 2558478233) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  3. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  4. Wikidata: Madagascar (Q1019), population (revision 2558478233) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  5. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Land area (sq. km) (AG.LND.TOTL.K2) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  6. Wikidata: Madagascar (Q1019), area (revision 2558478233) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  7. Wikidata: Madagascar (Q1019), official language: Malagasy (revision 2558478233) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  8. Wikidata: Madagascar (Q1019), official language: French (revision 2558478233) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  9. Wikidata: Madagascar (Q1019), currency: ariary (revision 2558478233) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  10. Wikidata: Madagascar (Q1019), continent: Africa (revision 2558478233) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  11. Natural Earth: Admin 0 countries, 1:50m (revision v5.1.2) Published directly by the source.
  12. Wikidata: Madagascar (Q1019), official name (revision 2558478233) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  13. Wikidata: Madagascar (Q1019), official name (revision 2558478233) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  14. Wikidata: Madagascar (Q1019), ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code (revision 2558478233) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  15. Wikidata: Madagascar (Q1019), ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code (revision 2558478233) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  16. Wikidata: Madagascar (Q1019), ISO 3166-1 numeric code (revision 2558478233) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.

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