General info

Entity:
Madagascar
Capital:
Antananarivo
Population (2009-07-01):
20,653,556 (CIA)
Area:
587,040 sq.km.
Country code:
mg
Region:
Eastern Africa

Madagascar

Administrative units

faritany mizakatena
faritra
capitalarea (sq.km.)population
1993-08-01
census
population
2001
estimate
population
2004
estimate
source: Institut National de la Statistique, Madagascar.
source: area: Ministère de l’économie, des finances et du budget (MEFB), 1999.
source: administrative division correlated from various sources.
note: faritany mizakatena = autonomous province; faritra = region.
AntananarivoAntananarivo58,2834,031,1034,580,7885,370,900
AnalamangaAntananarivo16,9111,868,2242,452,9732,811,500
BongolavaTsiroanomandidy16,688235,091299,044326,600
ItasyMiarinarivo6,993462,796588,696643,000
VakinankaratraAntsirabe16,599974,8691,240,0741,589,800
AntsirananaAntsiranana43,9561,059,2001,188,4251,291,100
DianaAntsiranana19,266 447,155485,800
SavaSambava25,518 741,269805,300
FianarantsoaFianarantsoa102,3732,753,9293,366,2913,730,200
Amaron'i ManiaAmbositra16,141 625,426693,200
Atsimo AtsinananaFarafangana18,863 560,698621,200
Haute MatsiatraFianarantsoa21,080 1,018,6751,128,900
IhorombeIhosy26,391 170,867189,200
Vatovavy FitovinanyManakara19,605 990,6261,097,700
MahajangaMahajanga153,2491,528,3471,733,9171,896,000
BetsibokaMaevetanana30,025 216,201236,500
BoenyMahajanga31,046 496,835543,200
MelakyMaintirano38,852 160,528175,500
SofiaAntsohihy50,100 860,353940,800
ToamasinaToamasina71,9112,241,2992,593,0632,855,600
Alaotra MangoroAmbatondrazaka31,948 797,115877,700
AnalanjiforoFenoarivo-Atsinanana21,930 781,725860,800
AtsinananaToamasina21,934 1,014,2231,117,100
ToliaraToliara161,4051,998,1962,229,5502,430,100
AndroyAmbovombe19,317 437,103476,600
AnosyTaolanaro25,731 499,286544,200
Atsimo AndrefanaToliara66,236 934,5391,018,500
MenabeMorondava46,121 358,622390,800
total 587,05113,612,08215,692,03417,593,900

Main cities

namepopulation
1988
estimate
population
2001
estimate
Antananarivo1,250,0001,403,449
Fianarantsoa300,000144,225
Toamasina (Tamatave)230,000179,045
Antsiranana (Diego-Suarez)220,000..
Mahajanga (Majunga)200,000135,660
Toliary150,000..
Antsirabe100,000160,356
source: 1988 - "Länderbericht Madagaskar 1991", Statistisches Bundesamt, Germany.
source: 2001 - "Book of the Year, 2004", Encyclopedia Britannica.