Madagascar - The Facts

Population 21,926,221 (July 2011 est.)

Age Structure  0-14 years: 43.1%

15-64 years: 53.8%

65 years and over: 3% (2011 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 63.63 years (2011 est.)

Infant Mortality 51.45/1000 live births (2011 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: 172,200 (2010 est.)

Mobiles: 8,242 million (2008 est.)

Internet users 319,900 (2006 est.)

The World Factbook 2012. Washington, DC: Central Intelligence Agency, 2012.

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