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Madagascar: map and facts
Madagascar is in Eastern Africa. It has about 32.7 million people (2025), the 49th largest population. It covers 591,896 km², the 47th largest by area. That is about 55 people per km². Its highest point is Maromokotro, at 2,876 m. The longest river on its map is the Betsiboka, 600 km from source to mouth.
Facts
- Population: 32,740,678 (2025, World Bank)
- Area: 591,896 km² (2024, World Bank)
- Capital: Antananarivo
- Highest point: Maromokotro, 2,876 m (Wikidata)
- Forest: 17.3% of the land (2024, World Bank)
Rivers
The longest rivers on the map of Madagascar, with the length of each whole river (Wikidata):
- Betsiboka: 600 km
- Mangoky: 564 km
- Onilahy: 400 km
- Maningory: 130 km
Also on the map: Mananantanana, Mania and Tsiribihina.
Mountains and landscapes
Its highest peaks:
- Maromokotro: 2,876 m (its highest point)
- Pic Boby: 2,658 m
Land
Land cover seen from satellites (NASA MODIS, 2024): grassland 67.2%, savanna 10.4%, evergreen broadleaf forest 8.8%, wooded savanna 8.3%, open shrubland 1.9%, deciduous broadleaf forest 1.1%.
Landforms, worked out from the height of the land (USGS GMTED2010): hills 47.8%, plains 24.1%, mountains 20.6%, plateaus 7.5%.
Forests covered 17.3% of its land in 2024, down from 23.5% in 1990 (World Bank).
Minerals and fuels
- World #2 in mica among the countries USGS lists (2025)
- World #2 in graphite among the countries USGS lists (2025)
- World #4 in cobalt among the countries USGS lists (2025)
- World #7 in rare earths among the countries USGS lists (2025)
- World #8 in titanium among the countries USGS lists (2025)
- World #8 in zircon among the countries USGS lists (2025)
Neighbours
Madagascar has no land borders on this map.
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Sources
India’s boundaries are drawn according to India’s official position, simplified for small-scale maps (data: Natural Earth, India view). Each figure shows its year and source; some are rounded. Data release 2026.2.
- Natural Earth (naturalearthdata.com), public domain. Boundaries follow India's official position (Natural Earth's India point of view). Terms
- GMTED2010 courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey (Danielson and Gesch 2011, USGS Open-File Report 2011-1073). Terms
- Friedl, M., Sulla-Menashe, D. (2022). MODIS/Terra+Aqua Land Cover Type Yearly L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V061. NASA EOSDIS Land Processes DAAC. doi:10.5067/MODIS/MCD12Q1.061. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL): UN Population Division, national statistical offices (2025 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Surface area (AG.SRF.TOTL.K2): FAO (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Forest area (% of land area) (AG.LND.FRST.ZS): FAO, FAOSTAT (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Wikidata (CC0): names, capitals, peak heights and river lengths, checked by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Credit: U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 data release (doi:10.5066/P1WKQ63T). Terms
- Landforms worked out by Make Me Smarter from GMTED2010.
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