One in every 139 babies born in the world today is born in Madagascar. Madagascar has about 950,000 births a year, around 0.7% of all births worldwide.

Births per year
950,000
Share of world births
0.7%
Birth odds
1/139
Life expectancy
65 years
Risk of dying before age 5
6.6%
Income per person, PPP
$1,800
Children per woman
3.7
Urban population
40%

Life expectancy in Madagascar is 65 years, which is 8 years shorter than the world average.

Of every 1,000 babies born here, about 66 do not reach their fifth birthday. That is 1.8 times the world average.

Income per person is about $1,800 in purchasing power. That is only 8% of the world average.

On average a woman has 3.7 children in her lifetime. The world average is 2.3.

About 40% of the population lives in cities. A baby born here has roughly a 60% chance of being born in the countryside.

Religious makeup

  • Christianity85%
  • Folk beliefs10%
  • Islam3%

Sample names given to people born in this country in the game

Jean · Patrice · Joël · Mateus · Grâce · Esther · Ana · Joséphine

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Values are rounded approximations. Sources: UN World Population Prospects 2024, World Bank WDI, Pew Research Center 2020.