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Madagascar, [a] officially the Republic of Madagascar, [b] is an island country that includes the island of Madagascar and numerous smaller peripheral islands. Lying off the southeastern coast of Africa, it is the world's fourth largest island (after Greenland, New Guinea, and Borneo), the second-largest island country (after Indonesia), and the 46th largest country overall. [14]
Madagascar is a large island in the Indian Ocean located 400 kilometres (250 mi) off the eastern coast of Southern Africa, [1] east of Mozambique. It has a total area of 587,040 square kilometres (226,660 sq mi) with 581,540 square kilometres (224,530 sq mi) of land and 6,900 square kilometres (2,700 sq mi) of water.
The Association of Religion Data Archives noted that in 2020, 58.1% of the population is Christian, 2.1% is Muslim and 39.2% practices traditional faiths, while 0.6% of the population is non-religious or adheres to other faiths. [13] Madagascar's traditional religions tend to emphasize links between the living and the dead.
The Sahara Desert, ... the greater East African Rift area, Madagascar, ... Population growth has continued at almost the same pace, and total population is expected ...
Population density (people per km 2) by country. This is a list of countries and dependencies ranked by population density, sorted by inhabitants per square kilometre or square mile. The list includes sovereign states and self-governing dependent territories based upon the ISO standard ISO 3166-1.
It is within the Madagascar spiny forests or "spiny desert" of southern Madagascar, a globally distinctive ecoregion. [5] This is the area with the highest level of plant endemism in Madagascar, with 48% of the genera and 95% of the species endemic [6] and is listed as one of the 200 most important ecological regions in the world. [7]
A study of the Antserananomby Forest in western Madagascar in the 1960s and 1970s showed it had the highest population densities for each lemur species living there. [31] A more recent study has shown that much of the forest has been cleared for agricultural use and population densities of lemurs have declined significantly. [31]
This park protects Lake Tsimanampetsotsa, Madagascar's only saline lake. It is in the area with the highest level of plant endemism in Madagascar, with 48% of the genera and 95% of the species endemic [16] and is within the spiny thicket or "spiny desert" of southern Madagascar, a globally distinctive ecoregion. [17]