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title: "Madagascar — capital, area, population and currency"
description: "Madagascar: capital Antananarivo, area 587,041 km², population 32,740,678 (2025), currency Malagasy ariary. Languages, time zones and calling code."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country/madagascar/
site: "At One Place"
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# Madagascar

**Madagascar: Capital Antananarivo**

587,041 km² · 32,740,678 people (2025) · Malagasy ariary

The fourth-largest island in the world, isolated in the Indian Ocean for around 88 million years since it split from India. Something like ninety percent of its wildlife exists nowhere else, including all hundred-odd species of lemur and the baobabs of the west coast.

## The facts

- **Capital:** Antananarivo
- **Area:** 587,041 km² — 226,658 sq mi
- **Population:** 32,740,678 (2025)
- **Density:** 55.8 people per km²
- **Currency:** Malagasy ariary (MGA, Ar)
- **Official languages:** French, Malagasy
- **Time zone:** UTC+03:00
- **Calling code:** +261
- **Drives on the:** right
- **ISO codes:** MG · MDG
- **Continent:** Africa

## How it compares

- **By area:** 48 of 200
- **By population:** 49 of 200

> Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.

## Countries of a similar size

| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Central African Republic | 622,984 | 5,513,282 |
| Ukraine | 603,550 | 38,980,376 |
| Madagascar ← | 587,041 | 32,740,678 |
| Botswana | 581,730 | 2,562,122 |
| Kenya | 580,367 | 57,532,493 |

## Common questions

### What is the capital of Madagascar?

Antananarivo

### What currency does Madagascar use?

The Malagasy ariary (MGA).

### How big is Madagascar?

587,041 km², or 226,658 square miles — 48 of 200 by area.

### Which side of the road does Madagascar drive on?

The right.

## Related pages

- [Central African Republic](https://atoneplace.net/country/central-african-republic/)
- [Ukraine](https://atoneplace.net/country/ukraine/)
- [Botswana](https://atoneplace.net/country/botswana/)
- [Kenya](https://atoneplace.net/country/kenya/)
- [Nigeria](https://atoneplace.net/country/nigeria/)
- [Ethiopia](https://atoneplace.net/country/ethiopia/)
- [Egypt](https://atoneplace.net/country/egypt/)
- [Democratic Republic of the Congo](https://atoneplace.net/country/democratic-republic-of-the-congo/)
- [Tanzania](https://atoneplace.net/country/tanzania/)
- [South Africa](https://atoneplace.net/country/south-africa/)
- [Kenya](https://atoneplace.net/country/kenya/)
- [Sudan](https://atoneplace.net/country/sudan/)

## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]