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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 Malagasy (French: Malgache or Malagasy: Gasy [1]) are a group of Austronesian-speaking ethnic groups indigenous to the island country of Madagascar, formed through generations of interaction between Austronesians originally from southern Borneo and Bantus from Southeast Africa. Traditionally, the population have been divided into sub-ethnic ...
Agriculture has long influenced settlement on the island. Almost 60% of the nation's population live in rural areas. [220] In 2024, the population of Madagascar was estimated at 32 million, up from 2.2 million in 1900. [221] [59] The annual population growth rate in Madagascar was approximately 2.4% in 2024. [221]
Category: Demographics of Madagascar. 18 languages. ... Ethnic groups in Madagascar (4 C, 30 P) Expatriates in Madagascar (14 C, 5 P) I. Immigrants to Madagascar (1 C)
Over 95% of Taiwan's population is Han Chinese, which includes Hoklo, Hakka and other mainland Chinese ethnic groups. Almost 2.4% belong to the indigenous peoples of Taiwan (16 recognized peoples). Small number of foreigners ( Southeast Asians , Europeans , Americans ) [ 3 ]
The Sakalava are an ethnic group of Madagascar. [3] They are found on the western and northwest region of the island, in a band along the coast. The Sakalava constitute about 6.2 percent of the total population, [4] that is about 2,079,000 in 2018. [5] Their name means "people of the long valleys."
Distribution of Malagasy ethnic groups. The Betsimisaraka constitute approximately 15 percent of the population of Madagascar and numbered over 1,500,000 in 2011. [2] A sub-set of the population, the zana-malata, has partly European origins resulting from generations of intermarriage between the local Malagasy population and European pirates, sailors and traders who docked or settled along the ...
The Antanosy ("people of the island") is a Malagasy ethnic group who primarily live in the Anosy region of southeastern Madagascar, though there are also Antanosy living near Bezaha, where some of the Antanosy moved after the Merina people conquered Anosy. An estimated 360,000 people identify as Antanosy as of 2013.