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Madagascar

Madagascar's best placing is 28th of 151 for coastline.

Best placing: #28Coastline
Top 10 placings: 0 / 17
Population: 32.7 million
Land area: 581,800 km²

Every ranking

Best placings first. The bar shows how far up the ranking Madagascar is.

Coastline

#28 of 151

4,828 km of coastline

1st in Africa · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

Land area

#44 of 194

581,800 km² of land

21st in Africa · World Bank · 2023

Forest

#48 of 194

123,902 km² of forest

17th in Africa · World Bank · 2023

Population

#49 of 195

32,740,678 people

15th in Africa · World Bank · 2025

Airports

#58 of 193

93 airports

11th in Africa · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Rainfall

#57 of 179

1,513 mm of precipitation per year

13th in Africa · World Bank · 2022

Land area per person

#63 of 194

0.018 km² of land per person

World Bank · 2023

Forest per person

#78 of 194

0.0038 km² of forest per person

World Bank · 2023

Forest by area

#121 of 194

21.3 % of land area covered by forest

World Bank · 2023

Airports per person

#125 of 192

2.84 airports per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Population by area

#132 of 194

56.27 people per km²

World Bank · 2025

Railways

#95 of 135

836 km of railway

22nd in Africa · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2018

GDP

#129 of 182

19,620,352,036 US$ (current prices)

30th in Africa · World Bank · 2025

Airports by area

#140 of 191

1.60 airports per 10,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Railways per person

#121 of 134

25.53 km of railway per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2018

Railways by area

#122 of 133

1.44 km of railway per 1,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2018

GDP per person

#180 of 182

599 GDP per person (US$)

World Bank · 2025

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