Africa · Eastern Africa
Madagascar
Madagascar covers about 593,000 km² (229,000 mi²), the 45th largest of the 246 places listed here. That is close to Morocco, at about 592,000 km².
- 593,000km²Area, main territory
- 32.0 millionPopulation
- 19.3In Belgiums
200 km
- Madagascar
Facts
| Area, main territory | 593,000 km²229,000 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 587,000 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| In Belgiums | 19.3 |
| Capital | Antananarivo |
| Population | 32.0 millionWikidata, 2024 |
| Density | 54 people per km² |
| Latitude range | 26°S to 12°S |
| In other languages | Madagaskar Deutsch · マダガスカル 日本語 · 马达加斯加 中文 · 마다가스카르 한국어 |
| Continent | Africa#20 of 54 countries by area |
What the numbers say about Madagascar
- Russia, the largest place listed, is 28.6× the size of Madagascar.
- At 54 people per km², Madagascar is the 115th most densely populated of the 185 places over 1,000 km²; the median is 72 per km².
- Madagascar lies at 19°S, close to the equator, where a standard web map (Web Mercator) is nearly true to size: it inflates area by only about 1.1×.
- Laid out flat, Madagascar's main territory stretches about 1,520 km north to south and 764 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 587,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 593,000 km², to within 2%.
How Madagascar measures up
Madagascar holds 2.0% of the land area and 2.3% of the people of the 54 countries listed for Africa. In Eastern Africa it is the 6th largest of 17.
| Where it ranks | Figure | Position |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 593,000 km² | 44th of 239 |
| Population | 32.0 million | 47th of 237 |
| Density | 54 per km² | 115th of 185 |
| Farthest north | 19.3°S | 198th of 212 |
| Compared with | Its area | Madagascar is |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 30,700 km² | 19.3× its size |
| United Kingdom | 244,000 km² | 2.43× its size |
| Germany | 358,000 km² | 1.66× its size |
| Japan | 374,000 km² | 1.59× its size |
| France | 548,000 km² | 1.08× its size |
| India | 3,151,000 km² | 0.19× its size |
| Brazil | 8,473,000 km² | 0.07× its size |
| United States | 9,447,000 km² | 0.06× its size |
| Russia | 16,980,000 km² | 0.03× its size |
Where Madagascar sits
- Madagascar's centre lies at 19.3°S, 46.7°E, in the southern and eastern hemispheres, about 2,150 km from the equator.
- Its main territory spans 26°S to 12°S, about 1,520 km from its southern edge to its northern.
Closest neighbours, by distance between centres
On the same latitude, elsewhere in the world
If Madagascar had other densities
- At Bangladesh's density of 1,252 people per km², Madagascar would have 742.7 million people. It has 32.0 million.
- At Canada's density of 3.7 people per km², Madagascar would have 2.2 million people. It has 32.0 million.
- At the median density of the places listed, 72 per km², it would have 42.9 million.
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Sources and method
- Outline
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outline, shown rounded
- Official figures
- Area, population and capital from Wikidata (CC0), fetched 2026-11-11
- Population
- Wikidata, 2024; covers the whole country, overseas territory included
- Data built
- 2026-11-11