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Demographic features of the population of Madagascar include population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population. Madagascar's population is predominantly of mixed Austronesian and East African origin.
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 ...
They are one of the largest Malagasy ethnic groups and their population estimates range between 700,000 and over 1.2 million. [1] [6] This estimation places them as the fourth-largest ethnicity in Madagascar. [7] Distribution of Tsimihety people (light yellow in north), compared to other Malagasy ethnic groups.
In 2024, the population of Madagascar was estimated at 32 million, up from 2.2 million in 1900. [218] [58] The annual population growth rate in Madagascar was approximately 2.4% in 2024. [218] Approximately 39.3 percent of the population is younger than 15 years of age, while 57.3 percent are between the ages of 15 and 64.
A famine in 1943–44 led to an open rebellion in Madagascar. The 1946 constitution of the French Fourth Republic made Madagascar a territoire d'outre-mer (overseas territory) within the French Union. Madagascar gained full independence in 1958 as the Malagasy Republic. The Merina people faced competition from other ethnic groups.
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 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."
Ethnic groups in Madagascar (4 C, 30 P) Expatriates in Madagascar (14 C, 5 P) I. Immigrants to Madagascar (1 C) Pages in category "Demographics of Madagascar"