Eastern Africa
Madagascar
Republic of Madagascar
Core facts
- Capital
- Antananarivo
- Population
- 31,727,042
- Area
- 587,041 km^2
- Country code
- MDG
- Flag emoji
- 🇲🇬
- UN member
- Yes
- Independent
- Yes
- Population density
- 54.0 per km^2
- Calling code
- +261
Culture and society
- Languages
- French, Malagasy
- Religions
- Christianity (49.0%), Islam (42.0%), Folk religions (6.0%), Unaffiliated (2.0%), Other religions (100.0%)
- Native names
- Madagascar, Madagasikara
- Demonyms (EN)
- Malagasy / Malagasy
- Start of week
- monday
- Driving side
- right
- Timezones
- UTC+03:00
- Alternative spellings
- MG, Republic of Madagascar, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, République de Madagascar
Geography and map
- Continents
- Africa
- Coordinates
- -20.00, 47.00
- Landlocked
- No
- Borders
- N/A
- Border countries count
- 0
Economy and identity
- Currencies
- Malagasy ariary (Ar)
- Top-level domain
- .mg
- FIFA code
- MAD
- Capital coordinates
- -18.92, 47.52
- Postal code format
- ###
- Gini index
- 42.6 (2012)
- Coat of arms
