Map of Madagascar
Courtesy of Mbendi
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Vital Statistics
Areal extent: 587,040 sq.km.~
Population (1997): 16,348,000 millions**
Population density: 27.8 per sq. km.
Urban population, % of total (1980/1997): 18/28
Population growth (1985-1990/1995-2000): 3.4/3.1**
Life expectancy (1975-80/1995-2000): 49.5/58.5**
Fertility rate (1980/1996): 6.5/5.7*
Capital: Antananarivo
Largest city/population (1993): Antananarivo/1,052,000~
Gross National Product (1997): $3.6* billions
GNP per capita (1997): $250*
GNP per capita annual growth rate (1975-1995): -2.3¬
Human Development Index rank/value (1999): 147/0.453¬
* = World Bank 1999
** World Resources Institute 1998
~ = Instituto del Tercer Mundo 1997
¬ = Human Development Report 1999
n.a. = Information not available at present
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