Nationality:
noun: Malagasy (singular and plural)
adjective:
Malagasy
Ethnic groups:
Malayo-Indonesian (Merina and related Betsileo), Cotiers (mixed African, Malayo-Indonesian, and Arab ancestry - Betsimisaraka, Tsimihety, Antaisaka, Sakalava), French, Indian, Creole, Comoran
Languages:
French (official), Malagasy (official), English
Religions:
indigenous beliefs 52%, Christian 41%, Muslim 7%
Population: Age structure:
Dependency ratios:
Median age:
Population growth rate: Birth rate: Death rate: Net migration rate: Urbanization:
Major urban areas - population: Sex ratio:
Mother's mean age at first birth: Maternal mortality rate: Infant mortality rate:
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: Contraceptive prevalence rate: Health expenditures: Physicians density: Hospital bed density: Drinking water source:
Sanitation facility access:
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: HIV/AIDS - deaths: Major infectious diseases:
Obesity - adult prevalence rate: Children under the age of 5 years underweight: Education expenditures: Literacy:
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
Child labor - children ages 5-14:
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24
23,201,926 (July 2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 53
[see also: Population country ranks ]
0-14 years:
40.7% (male 4,765,523/female 4,685,298)
15-24 years:
20.6% (male 2,394,146/female 2,384,564)
25-54 years:
31.3% (male 3,635,506/female 3,629,204)
55-64 years:
4.2% (male 466,263/female 503,375)
65 years and over:
3.1% (male 334,533/female 403,514) (2014 est.)
population pyramid: 
total dependency ratio:
81.4 %
youth dependency ratio:
76.3 %
elderly dependency ratio:
5.1 %
potential support ratio:
19.6 (2014 est.)
total:
19.2 years
male:
19 years
female:
19.4 years (2014 est.)
2.62% (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 25
[see also: Population growth rate country ranks ]
33.12 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 33
[see also: Birth rate country ranks ]
6.95 deaths/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 135
[see also: Death rate country ranks ]
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 87
[see also: Net migration rate country ranks ]
urban population:
32.6% of total population (2011)
rate of urbanization:
4.73% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
ANTANANARIVO (capital) 1.987 million (2011)
at birth:
1.03 male(s)/female
0-14 years:
1.02 male(s)/female
15-24 years:
1 male(s)/female
25-54 years:
1 male(s)/female
55-64 years:
1 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.83 male(s)/female
total population:
1 male(s)/female (2014 est.)
19.5
note:
median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2008-09 est.)
[see also: Mother's mean age at first birth country ranks ]
240 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
country comparison to the world: 48
[see also: Maternal mortality rate country ranks ]
total:
44.88 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 48
male:
48.86 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
40.78 deaths/1,000 live births (2014 est.)
total population:
65.2 years
country comparison to the world: 174
male:
63.77 years
female:
66.67 years (2014 est.)
4.28 children born/woman (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 33
[see also: Total fertility rate country ranks ]
39.9% (2008/09)
[see also: Contraceptive prevalence rate country ranks ]
4.1% of GDP (2011)
country comparison to the world: 161
[see also: Health expenditures country ranks ]
0.16 physicians/1,000 population (2007)
[see also: Physicians density country ranks ]
0.2 beds/1,000 population (2010)
[see also: Hospital bed density country ranks ]
improved:
urban: 78.2% of population
rural: 35.4% of population
total: 49.6% of population
unimproved:
urban: 21.8% of population
rural: 64.6% of population
total: 50.4% of population (2012 est.)
improved:
urban: 19.2% of population
rural: 11.3% of population
total: 13.9% of population
unimproved:
urban: 80.8% of population
rural: 88.7% of population
total: 86.1% of population (2012 est.)
0.5% (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 73
[see also: HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]
58,800 (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 57
[see also: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS country ranks ]
6,200 (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 32
[see also: HIV/AIDS - deaths country ranks ]
degree of risk:
very high
food or waterborne diseases:
bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne diseases:
malaria and dengue fever
water contact disease:
schistosomiasis
animal contact disease:
rabies (2013)
1.6% (2008)
country comparison to the world: 187
[see also: Obesity - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]
36.8% (2004)
country comparison to the world: 6
[see also: Children under the age of 5 years underweight country ranks ]
2.7% of GDP (2012)
country comparison to the world: 150
[see also: Education expenditures - percent of GDP country ranks ]
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
64.5%
male:
67.4%
female:
61.6% (2009 est.)
total:
10 years
male:
11 years
female:
10 years (2012)
total number:
1,827,423
percentage:
28 %
note:
data represents children ages 5-17 (2007 est.)
total:
2.3%
country comparison to the world: 145
male:
1.7%
female:
2.8% (2005)