Official Languages

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Languages spoken here

French (secondary) · French (Quebec) (secondary) · Gujarati (secondary) · Korean (secondary) · Madagascar Sign Language (secondary) · Malay (secondary) · Swahili (secondary)

“Secondary” means a community here speaks it alongside another language. It is not a statement of official or minority-language status.

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Madagascar

Peoples

Largest first.

People	Population	Language	Religion
Betsileo	5418000	Malagasy, Merina	Christianity
Betsimisaraka, South	3770000	Malagasy, Southern Betsimisaraka	Ethnic Religions
Merina-Vakinankaratra	3340000	Malagasy, Merina	Christianity
Tsimihety	2672000	Malagasy, Tsimihety	Ethnic Religions
Sakalava	2298000	Malagasy, Sakalava	Ethnic Religions
Antesaka	2125000	Malagasy, Tesaka	Ethnic Religions
Betsimisaraka, North	1942000	Malagasy, Northern Betsimisaraka	Ethnic Religions
Tanala	1678000	Malagasy, Merina	Ethnic Religions
Antandroy	1477000	Malagasy, Tandroy-Mahafaly	Ethnic Religions
Antaimoro	1433000	Malagasy, Merina	Ethnic Religions
Bara	1107000	Malagasy, Bara	Christianity
Antanosy	986000	Malagasy, Tanosy	Christianity
Masikoro	841000	Malagasy, Masikoro	Ethnic Religions
Sihanaka	834000	Malagasy, Merina	Ethnic Religions
Mahafaly	483000	Malagasy, Tandroy-Mahafaly	Ethnic Religions
Vezo	417000	Malagasy, Sakalava	Ethnic Religions
Bezanozano	278000	Malagasy, Merina	Ethnic Religions
Antaifasy	275000	Malagasy, Merina	Ethnic Religions
Antankarana	239000	Malagasy, Antankarana	Islam
French	202000	French	Christianity
Karimbola	186000	Malagasy, Merina	Ethnic Religions
Zafisoro	149000	Malagasy, Merina	Ethnic Religions
Sahafatra	139000	Malagasy, Merina	Ethnic Religions
Deaf	138000	Malagasy Sign Language	Unknown
Reunionese Creole	135000	Reunion Creole French	Christianity
Antambahoaka	127000	Malagasy, Merina	Ethnic Religions
Gujarati, Karana	108000	Gujarati	Islam
Antemanambondro	96000	Malagasy, Merina	Ethnic Religions
Chinese, general	84000	Chinese, Mandarin	Non-Religious
Arab, Yemeni	67000	Arabic, Ta'izzi-Adeni	Islam
Anjatsy	52000	Malagasy, Merina	Ethnic Religions
Malay	40000	Malay	Islam
Korean	19000	Korean	Non-Religious
Comorian, Ngazidja	18000	Comorian, Ngazidja	Islam
Comorian, Ndzwani	18000	Comorian, Ndzwani	Islam
Comorian, Maore	6800	Comorian, Maore	Islam
Swahili	6700	Swahili	Islam
Mauritian	4400	Morisyen	Christianity
Bushi	3500	Bushi	Islam
Comorian, Mwali	2200	Comorian, Mwali	Islam

Languages

26 languages recorded here.

Arabic, Ta'izzi-Adeni

Bushi

Chinese, Mandarin

Comorian, Maore

Comorian, Mwali

Comorian, Ndzwani

Comorian, Ngazidja

French

Gujarati

Korean

Malagasy Sign Language

Malagasy, Antankarana

Malagasy, Bara

Malagasy, Masikoro

Malagasy, Merina

Malagasy, Northern Betsimisaraka

Malagasy, Sakalava

Malagasy, Southern Betsimisaraka

Malagasy, Tandroy-Mahafaly

Malagasy, Tanosy

Malagasy, Tesaka

Malagasy, Tsimihety

Malay

Morisyen

Reunion Creole French

Swahili

All catalogue fields

155 fields recorded

rog3: MA
iso3: MDG
iso2: MG
ctry: Madagascar
poplpeoples: 33215000
cntpeoples: 40
cntpeopleslr: 11
poplpeopleslr: 647000
jpscalectry: 4
rol3officiallanguage: plt
officiallang: Malagasy, Merina
rlg3primary: 1
religionprimary: Christianity
percentchristianity: 49.419828801341
percentevangelical: 6.1162876198106
c_10_40window: N
rog2: AFR
continent: Africa
regioncode: 7
regionname: Africa, East and Southern
workersneeded: 18
harvest_rog3: MA
harvest_iso3: MDG
harvest_iso2: MG
harvest_owcountrycode: MADA
harvest_ethnologuecountrycode: MG
harvest_countrynumber: 126
harvest_ctry: Madagascar
harvest_ctryshort: Madagascar
harvest_altname: Malagasy Republic
harvest_countrynamechinese: 马达加斯加
harvest_countrynamechineseshort: 马达加斯加
harvest_countrynamedutch: Madagaskar
harvest_countrynamefrench: Madagascar
harvest_countrynamefrenchshort: Madagascar
harvest_countrynamegerman: Madagaskar
harvest_countrynamegermanshort: Madagaskar
harvest_countrynameindonesian: Madagaskar
harvest_countrynameindonesianshort: Madagaskar
harvest_countrynameitalian: Madagascar
harvest_countrynameitalianshort: Madagascar
harvest_countrynamekorean: 마다가스카르
harvest_countrynamekoreanshort: 마다가스카르
harvest_countrynamenorwegian: Madagaskar
harvest_countrynamenorwegianshort: Madagaskar
harvest_countrynameportuguese: Madagascar
harvest_countrynameportugueseshort: Madagascar
harvest_countrynamerussian: Мадагаскар
harvest_countrynamerussianshort: Мадагаскар
harvest_countrynamespanish: Madagascar
harvest_countrynamespanishshort: Madagascar
harvest_countrynamevietnamese: Madagascar
harvest_countrynamevietnameseshort: Madagascar
harvest_chineseconcatenationprefix: 在
harvest_frenchconcatenationprefix: de
harvest_germanconcatenationprefix: in
harvest_indonesianconcatenationprefix: di
harvest_italianconcatenationprefix: -
harvest_koreanconcatenationprefix: 의
harvest_norwegianconcatenationprefix: på
harvest_portugueseconcatenationprefix: em
harvest_russianconcatenationprefix: B
harvest_spanishconcatenationprefix: en
harvest_vietnameseconcatenationprefix: ở
harvest_ethnologuemapexists: Y
harvest_rog2: AFR
harvest_regioncode2414: 6
harvest_regioncode: 7
harvest_unsr: 014
harvest_worldabc: B
harvest_maniregioncode: IE
harvest_capital: Antananarivo
harvest_population: 32741000
harvest_populationsource: UN Country Population (2025)
harvest_prayercastvideo: https://prayercast.com/madagascar.html
harvest_waldnerguide: prayer-guide-ma.pdf
harvest_unmap: https://un.org/geospatial/content/madagascar-0
harvest_jpscale: 4
harvest_c_10_40window: N
harvest_c_10_40windoworiginal: N
harvest_biblerestrictionsrank: 62
harvest_bibleshortagerank: 10
harvest_bibleaccessurl: https://www.bibleaccesslist.org/profiles/MG_2025_profile.pdf
harvest_owpctevang: 11.5
harvest_owpctcharismatic: 4.0760546
harvest_owevangelicalgrowthrate: 3.5
harvest_owcountrypage: madagascar
harvest_literacyrate: 75
harvest_literacysource: Ethnologue
harvest_percenturbanized: 37
harvest_rol3officiallanguage: plt
harvest_rol3secondarylanguage: fra
harvest_rlg3primary: 1
harvest_rlg4primary: 3
harvest_pctanimist: 37.65
harvest_pctbahai: 0.1
harvest_pctbuddhism: 0
harvest_pctchinese: 0.1
harvest_pcthindu: 0.15
harvest_pctislam: 8
harvest_pctsikh: 0
harvest_pctjudaism: 0
harvest_pctnonreligious: 0.24
harvest_pctother: 0.23
harvest_pctchristian: 53.53
harvest_pctchristianprotestant: 31.52
harvest_pctchristianindependent: 5.97
harvest_pctchristiananglican: 1.86
harvest_pctchristianromancatholic: 23.13
harvest_pctchristianorthodoxcatholic: 0.1
harvest_pctchristianmarginal: 0.25
harvest_pctchristianunaffiliated: 0.3
harvest_pctchristiandoublyprofessing: -9.599999990072689
harvest_pctchristianother: 0
harvest_pctchristianextra: 0
harvest_rop1: A008
harvest_hdiyear: 2015
harvest_hdivalue: 0.512
harvest_hdirank: 158
harvest_internetusers: 4.7
harvest_flashmapzoom: 300
harvest_flashmapzoomx: -125
harvest_flashmapzoomy: -151
harvest_googlemapzoom: 5
harvest_googlemaplat: -20
harvest_googlemaplng: 47.2
harvest_ctrylatitude: -18.766947
harvest_ctrylongitude: 46.869107
harvest_securitylevel: 0
harvest_statedeptreligiousfreedom: https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-report-on-international-religious-freedom/madagascar/
harvest_provincesdisplayable: Y
harvest_adm1label: Provinces
harvest_wcdsubregioncode: 101
harvest_poplgrowthrate: 2.797399261518703
harvest_godreportsurl: http://blog.godreports.com/country/?countrycode=mg&joshua=ma
harvest_datareportalurl: https://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2024-madagascar
harvest_internetusage: 10
harvest_internetusagesourceyear: 2017
harvest_biblesocietyurl: http://www.mampielybaiboly.mg/
harvest_areasquaremiles: 226656
harvest_areasquarekilometers: 587041
harvest_populationpersquaremile: 73
harvest_countryphonecode: 261
harvest_owpctchristian1986: 53
harvest_owpctevangelical1986: 1.8
harvest_owpctchristian1993: 47.2
harvest_owpctevangelical1993: 6.3
harvest_owpctchristian2001: 62.77
harvest_owpctevangelical2001: 8.800000000000001
harvest_religiondatayear: 2010
harvest_internetctrycode: .mg
harvest_worldfactbookurl: https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/madagascar
harvest_source: pjj
harvest_editname: BM
harvest_editdate: 09/12/02 00:00:00