General information
Madagascar | United States | |
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Region: | Eastern Africa | North America |
Area: | 587,295 km² | 9,831,510 km² |
Official language: | Malagasy | English |
Government form: | Semi-presidential republic | Federal presidential republic |
Independent since: | 1960 AD | 1776 AD |
Capital: | Antananarivo | Washington, D.C. |
Population
Madagascar | United States | |
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Population: | 27,691,000 | 329,484,000 |
Inhabitants/km²: | 47.2 | 33.5 |
Life expectancy males: | Ø 66 years | Ø 75 years |
Life expectancy females: | Ø 69 years | Ø 80 years |
Average age: | Ø 20.3 years | Ø 38.5 years |
Birthrate: | 32.41 ‰ | 11.40 ‰ |
Deathrate: | 5.93 ‰ | 8.70 ‰ |
Migrationrate: | 0.00 ‰ | 3.03 ‰ |
Quality of life
Values from 0 (bad) to 100 (very good)See also: Explanations and country ranking on quality of life
Madagascar | United States | |
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Political stability: | 49 | 63 |
Civil rights: | 28 | 81 |
Health: | 22 | 71 |
Climate: | 77 | 66 |
Cost of Living: | 66 | 38 |
Popularity: | 33 | 67 |
Economy
Madagascar | United States | |
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Currency: | Malagasy Ariary (1 MGA = 5 Iraimbilanja) | US Dollar (1 USD =100 Cents) |
Unemployment rate: | 2.6 % | 5.5 % |
Inflation rate: | 4.20 % | 4.70 % |
Cost of Living: (USA = 100%) | 28.27 % | 100.00 % |
Commercial taxes and contributions: | 38.30 % | 36.60 % |
Average income: | 470 US$ | 64,140 US$ |
Corruption index: | 26 (very bad) | 67 (moderate) |
MDG: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Gross domestic product: | 13,056 M US$ | 0.47 M US$ | 20,953,030 M US$ | 63.59 M US$ |
Gross national product: | 12,938 M US$ | 0.47 M US$ | 21,261,523 M US$ | 64.53 M US$ |
Exported goods: | 2,597 M US$ | 0.09 M US$ | 2,134,445 M US$ | 6.48 M US$ |
Imported goods: | 3,753 M US$ | 0.14 M US$ | 2,811,124 M US$ | 8.53 M US$ |
Infrastructure
MDG: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Roadways: | 31,640 km | 1.14 km | 6,586,610 km | 19.99 km |
Railways: | 836 km | 0.03 km | 293,564 km | 0.89 km |
Waterways: | 600 km | 0.02 km | 41,009 km | 0.12 km |
Harbours: | 27 | 0.001 | 3,627 | 0.011 |
Airports: | 83 | 0.003 | 13,513 | 0.041 |
Energy balance
MDG: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Energy consumption: | 1.59 bn kWh | 57,311.00 kWh | 3,902.00 bn kWh | 11.84 m kWh |
Energy production: | 1.71 bn kWh | 61,608.42 kWh | 4,095.00 bn kWh | 12.43 m kWh |
Energy export: | 0.00 kWh | 0.00 kWh | 9.70 bn kWh | 29,424.79 kWh |
Energy imports: | 0.00 kWh | 0.00 kWh | 72.72 bn kWh | 220,708.66 kWh |
CO2 emissions: | 3.37 m t | 121.70 t | 4.98 bn t | 15,118.48 t |
Telecommunication
Madagascar | United States | |
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International dialing: | +261 | +1 |
Internet domain: | .mg | .us |
MDG total | MDG per 1000 inh. | USA total | USA per 1000 inh. | |
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Landlines: | 69,046 | 2 | 103,052,000 | 313 |
Mobile cellulars: | 10,654,700 | 385 | 442,457,000 | 1343 |
Internet server: | 38,392 | 1 | 505,000,000 | 1533 |
Internet users: | 2,713,720 | 98 | 294,658,590 | 894 |
Broadband Internet: | 32,000 | 1 | 121,176,000 | 368 |
Healthcare system
Madagascar | United States | |
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Hospital beds per 1000 pop.: | 0.20 | 2.87 |
Physicians per 1000 inh.: | 0.18 | 2.59 |
Diabetes: | 4.5 % | 10.8 % |
HIV: | 0.39 % | 0.20 % |
Tuberculosis: | 2.4 % | 0.0 % |
Tuberculosis cure rate: | 82.0 % | 75.0 % |
Smokers: | 28.4 % | 23.4 % |
Climate
Detailed info for: Madagascar and United StatesMadagascar | United States | |
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Daytime temperatures: | 28.0 °C | 18.7 °C |
Nighttime temperatures: | 18.2 °C | 7.2 °C |
Water temperature: | 25.2 °C | 17.7 °C |
Rel. humidity: | 78 % | 67 % |
Rain days: | 10.1 | 7.1 |
Sunshine hours per day: | 7.8 | 7.2 |
Native languages
Madagascar | United States | |
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Malagasy: | 95.4 % | n/a |
English: | n/a | 82.1 % |
Spanish: | n/a | 10.7 % |
French: | 2.3 % | 0.7 % |
Comorian: | 1.7 % | n/a |
Chinese: | n/a | 0.9 % |
German: | n/a | 0.6 % |
Italian: | n/a | 0.6 % |
Swahili: | 0.4 % | n/a |
Tagalog: | n/a | 0.4 % |
Korean: | n/a | 0.3 % |
Polish: | n/a | 0.3 % |
Vietnamese: | n/a | 0.2 % |
Japanese: | n/a | 0.2 % |
Portuguese: | n/a | 0.2 % |
Russian: | n/a | 0.2 % |
Eskimo: | n/a | 0.0 % |
other: | 0.2 % | 2.6 % |
Religions
Madagascar | United States | |
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Christianity: | 41.0 % | 78.5 % |
Native religions: | 52.0 % | n/a |
Islam: | 7.0 % | 1.1 % |
Jewry: | n/a | 1.8 % |
Sikhism: | n/a | 1.6 % |
Hinduism: | n/a | 1.0 % |
Buddhism: | n/a | 0.7 % |
other: | 0.0 % | 15.3 % |