Madagascar - The Facts

Population 20,653,556 (July 2009 est.)

Age Structure  0-14 years: 43.5%

15-64 years: 53.3%

65 years and over: 3% (2009 est.)

Location Southern Africa, island in the Indian Ocean, east of Mozambique

Capital Antananarivo

Area 587,041 sq km

Climate Tropical along coast, temperate inland, arid in south

Language English, French & Malagasy

Religion Indigenous beliefs 52%, Christian 41%, Muslim 7%

Currency Ariary 

Life Expectance 62.89 years (2009 est.)

Infant Mortality 54.2/1000 live births (2009 est.)

Literacy Percent  68.9% (2003 est)

Agriculture Coffee, vanilla, sugarcane, cloves, cocoa, rice, cassava (topioca), beans, bananas,peanuts and live stock products

Industry Meat processing, seafood, soap, breweries, tanneries, sugar, textiles, glassware, cement, automobile assembly plant, paper, petroleum and tourism

Telephones Landlines: 164,900 (2008 est.)

Mobiles: 4.853 million (2008 est.)

Internet users 110,000 (2006 est.)

The World Factbook 2009. Washington, DC: Central Intelligence Agency, 2009.

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html