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Madagascar vs Romania statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Madagascar has a population of 32M (ranked 49/197), compared with 19.1M in Romania (ranked 67/197). Madagascar's land area is 224,634 sq mi versus 88,834 sq mi for Romania (ranked 44th vs. 80th).

By GDP, Madagascar ranks 136/197 ($17.4B) and Romania ranks 43/197 ($383B). By GDP per capita, Madagascar ranks 193/197 ($545), while Romania ranks 58/197 ($20,072).

Main facts and rankings

Madagascar Romania
Population
33368335
18962595
Population rank 49/197 69/197
GDP
$17.4B
2024
$383B
2024
GDP rank 136/197 43/197
GDP per capita
$545
2024
$20,072
2024
GDP per capita rank 193/197 58/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$1,884
2024
$48,712
2024
Government debt
$8.78B
2024
$219B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
51.3%
2025
61.6%
2025
Government debt per person
$274.7
2024
$11,490
2024
Government debt per person rank 180/185 49/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$1,489
2025
$13,200
2025
Land area
224,634 sq mi
2025
88,834 sq mi
2025
Population density
142.3 ppl/mi²
2024
214.7 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
3.97
2023
1.71
2023
Median age
20 years
2024
43.8 years
2024
Life expectancy
64 years
2025
76.2 years
2025

Madagascar and Romania: Comparison Charts

Madagascar and Romania economies compared

GDP
Madagascar

Romania
Year GDP
Madagascar Romania
1960 $673,081,725 -
1961 $699,161,945 -
1962 $739,286,908 -
1963 $759,345,864 -
1964 $802,482,184 -
1965 $833,563,473 -
1966 $900,264,585 -
1967 $956,436,932 -
1968 $1,031,669,637 -
1969 $1,056,391,056 -
1970 $1,111,859,571 -
1971 $1,199,507,631 -
1972 $1,341,590,690 -
1973 $1,653,062,335 -
1974 $1,917,508,190 -
1975 $2,283,049,215 -
1976 $2,181,844,179 -
1977 $2,358,930,406 -
1978 $2,669,755,115 -
1979 $3,463,565,854 -
1980 $5,201,818,348 -
1981 $4,759,333,998 -
1982 $4,784,977,326 -
1983 $4,686,457,031 -
1984 $3,905,938,481 -
1985 $3,802,557,895 -
1986 $4,347,989,788 -
1987 $3,212,900,556 $38,067,567,568
1988 $3,189,456,965 $40,424,528,302
1989 $3,175,638,333 $41,450,777,202
1990 $3,931,334,875 $38,247,882,300
1991 $3,254,713,056 $28,850,634,900
1992 $3,714,966,678 $25,121,666,667
1993 $4,063,298,919 $26,361,160,450
1994 $3,522,227,092 $30,072,805,104
1995 $3,838,100,904 $37,430,162,103
1996 $4,931,861,039 $36,937,074,278
1997 $4,262,965,420 $35,575,214,078
1998 $4,401,967,633 $41,696,091,974
1999 $4,277,903,780 $35,953,156,754
2000 $4,629,247,204 $37,253,739,511
2001 $5,438,332,602 $40,395,116,581
2002 $5,351,701,663 $46,065,502,703
2003 $6,372,498,890 $57,806,384,143
2004 $5,064,732,626 $74,973,656,852
2005 $5,859,269,753 $98,454,380,120
2006 $6,395,712,491 $122,023,735,993
2007 $8,524,620,890 $174,588,782,939
2008 $10,725,137,724 $214,315,932,061
2009 $9,616,879,409 $174,110,532,659
2010 $9,982,711,338 $170,064,350,672
2011 $11,551,819,618 $192,623,977,894
2012 $11,578,975,062 $179,117,323,107
2013 $12,423,555,455 $189,798,603,751
2014 $12,522,957,399 $199,722,319,676
2015 $11,323,020,701 $177,885,131,240
2016 $11,848,613,858 $185,290,759,249
2017 $13,176,313,594 $210,147,385,855
2018 $13,760,033,282 $243,468,683,030
2019 $14,104,664,679 $251,677,082,534
2020 $13,051,441,204 $252,033,792,712
2021 $14,354,731,964 $286,578,196,368
2022 $15,325,603,273 $296,354,358,293
2023 $15,869,945,478 $350,775,856,415
2024 $17,420,814,801 $382,767,571,329

Madagascar and Romania economies compared

GDP per capita
Madagascar

Romania
Year GDP per capita
Madagascar Romania
1960 $131.7 -
1961 $133.3 -
1962 $137.3 -
1963 $137.4 -
1964 $141.5 -
1965 $143.2 -
1966 $150.7 -
1967 $155.9 -
1968 $163.6 -
1969 $162.9 -
1970 $166.6 -
1971 $174.6 -
1972 $189.6 -
1973 $226.8 -
1974 $255.3 -
1975 $295 -
1976 $273.5 -
1977 $286.9 -
1978 $315 -
1979 $396 -
1980 $578 -
1981 $513 -
1982 $501 -
1983 $476 -
1984 $385 -
1985 $364 -
1986 $405 -
1987 $290.8 $1,659
1988 $280.5 $1,753
1989 $271.3 $1,790
1990 $326 $1,648
1991 $262 $1,254
1992 $290.2 $1,102
1993 $308 $1,158
1994 $258.7 $1,323
1995 $273.1 $1,650
1996 $340 $1,633
1997 $284.4 $1,577
1998 $284.2 $1,853
1999 $267.4 $1,600
2000 $280.3 $1,660
2001 $319 $1,825
2002 $305 $2,120
2003 $353 $2,679
2004 $272.2 $3,495
2005 $306 $4,618
2006 $324 $5,758
2007 $420 $8,360
2008 $513 $10,435
2009 $446 $8,548
2010 $450 $8,400
2011 $506 $9,561
2012 $494 $8,930
2013 $515 $9,498
2014 $506 $10,032
2015 $445 $8,977
2016 $454 $9,405
2017 $492 $10,728
2018 $500 $12,502
2019 $500 $12,992
2020 $451 $13,082
2021 $483 $14,987
2022 $504 $15,558
2023 $509 $18,404
2024 $545 $20,072

Madagascar vs. Romania life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Madagascar

Romania
Year Life expectancy, years
Madagascar Romania
1950 39.7 60.5
1951 39.9 61.2
1952 40.3 61.8
1953 40.7 62.5
1954 40.9 63
1955 41.3 63.3
1956 41.7 63.6
1957 42.1 64
1958 42.5 64.4
1959 43 64.9
1960 43.3 65.6
1961 43.8 66.4
1962 44.2 67.2
1963 44.6 67.8
1964 45 68.4
1965 45.4 68.4
1966 46 68.2
1967 46.5 68.1
1968 46.9 67.9
1969 47.3 67.2
1970 47.9 67.9
1971 48.2 68.4
1972 48.5 69
1973 48.9 68.7
1974 49.3 69.5
1975 49.6 69.6
1976 49.8 69.9
1977 49.9 69.5
1978 50 69.8
1979 50.1 69.5
1980 50 69.2
1981 49.8 69.5
1982 50 69.8
1983 50.1 69.8
1984 50.2 69.9
1985 50.4 69.4
1986 50.7 69.7
1987 51.1 69.1
1988 51.4 69.4
1989 51.8 69.5
1990 52.1 69.8
1991 52.6 70
1992 52.9 69.5
1993 53.7 69.5
1994 54.2 69.3
1995 54.8 69.3
1996 55.5 68.8
1997 56.1 69.1
1998 56.8 69.9
1999 57.4 70.6
2000 58 71.2
2001 58.7 71.1
2002 59.2 70.8
2003 59.7 70.8
2004 60.2 71.1
2005 60.7 71.6
2006 61.1 72.2
2007 61.5 72.8
2008 62 73.2
2009 62.3 73.5
2010 62.6 73.6
2011 62.9 74.3
2012 63 74.3
2013 63.2 74.9
2014 63.3 74.8
2015 63.4 74.7
2016 63.4 75
2017 63.4 75
2018 63.5 75.1
2019 63.5 75.3
2020 62.7 74
2021 62.5 72.7
2022 63.1 75.3
2023 63.6 75.9
2024 63.8 76.1
2025 64 76.2

Madagascar and Romania population clocks and comparison

Population
Madagascar

Romania
Year Population
Madagascar Romania
1960 5,111,029 18,406,905
1961 5,246,158 18,555,250
1962 5,384,150 18,676,550
1963 5,525,185 18,797,850
1964 5,669,863 18,919,126
1965 5,819,116 19,031,576
1966 5,974,279 19,215,450
1967 6,136,486 19,534,242
1968 6,306,493 19,799,831
1969 6,484,716 20,009,141
1970 6,672,003 20,250,398
1971 6,868,868 20,461,567
1972 7,074,398 20,657,957
1973 7,288,048 20,835,681
1974 7,509,726 21,029,429
1975 7,739,336 21,293,583
1976 7,976,831 21,551,634
1977 8,222,240 21,756,096
1978 8,475,864 21,951,464
1979 8,737,581 22,090,488
1980 9,006,032 22,207,282
1981 9,279,011 22,353,070
1982 9,557,671 22,475,741
1983 9,843,044 22,560,478
1984 10,134,550 22,640,547
1985 10,433,142 22,732,999
1986 10,736,857 22,836,841
1987 11,047,291 22,949,430
1988 11,369,462 23,057,662
1989 11,704,998 23,161,458
1990 12,055,639 23,201,835
1991 12,421,412 23,001,155
1992 12,800,870 22,794,284
1993 13,197,345 22,763,280
1994 13,613,850 22,730,211
1995 14,051,275 22,684,270
1996 14,510,711 22,619,004
1997 14,990,814 22,553,978
1998 15,489,364 22,507,344
1999 16,000,506 22,472,040
2000 16,516,338 22,442,971
2001 17,032,939 22,131,970
2002 17,549,913 21,730,496
2003 18,071,854 21,574,326
2004 18,606,608 21,451,748
2005 19,159,707 21,319,685
2006 19,730,909 21,193,760
2007 20,318,583 20,882,982
2008 20,923,840 20,537,875
2009 21,547,280 20,367,487
2010 22,183,340 20,246,871
2011 22,822,300 20,147,528
2012 23,462,438 20,058,035
2013 24,109,290 19,983,693
2014 24,764,348 19,908,979
2015 25,426,702 19,815,616
2016 26,099,952 19,702,267
2017 26,788,375 19,588,715
2018 27,494,926 19,473,970
2019 28,219,554 19,371,648
2020 28,953,556 19,265,250
2021 29,691,083 19,122,059
2022 30,437,261 19,048,502
2023 31,195,932 19,059,479
2024 31,964,956 19,069,340

Fertility rates in Madagascar and Romania

Fertility rate
Madagascar

Romania
Year Fertility rate
Madagascar Romania
1960 7.34 2.34
1961 7.3 2.17
1962 7.26 2.04
1963 7.21 2.01
1964 7.19 1.96
1965 7.17 1.91
1966 7.16 1.9
1967 7.14 3.66
1968 7.13 3.63
1969 7.12 3.19
1970 7.1 2.89
1971 7.07 2.67
1972 7.04 2.55
1973 7.01 2.44
1974 6.99 2.71
1975 6.97 2.59
1976 6.95 2.54
1977 6.93 2.57
1978 6.9 2.52
1979 6.87 2.49
1980 6.84 2.43
1981 6.77 2.36
1982 6.7 2.17
1983 6.63 2.06
1984 6.55 2.26
1985 6.46 2.31
1986 6.34 2.39
1987 6.24 2.38
1988 6.18 2.3
1989 6.15 2.22
1990 6.14 1.83
1991 6.12 1.59
1992 6.08 1.51
1993 6.06 1.43
1994 6.04 1.4
1995 6.04 1.33
1996 6.03 1.3
1997 6.02 1.32
1998 5.99 1.32
1999 5.84 1.3
2000 5.67 1.31
2001 5.53 1.27
2002 5.41 1.27
2003 5.33 1.3
2004 5.26 1.33
2005 5.2 1.4
2006 5.13 1.42
2007 5.08 1.45
2008 5.04 1.6
2009 5 1.66
2010 4.9 1.59
2011 4.74 1.47
2012 4.61 1.52
2013 4.53 1.46
2014 4.42 1.56
2015 4.34 1.62
2016 4.29 1.69
2017 4.26 1.78
2018 4.25 1.76
2019 4.22 1.77
2020 4.17 1.8
2021 4.1 1.81
2022 4.04 1.71
2023 3.97 1.71

Madagascar and Romania demographics compared

Median age
Madagascar

Romania
Year Median age, years
Madagascar Romania
1960 17.9 28.5
1961 17.5 28.9
1962 17.2 29.3
1963 17 29.7
1964 16.8 30.2
1965 16.8 30.6
1966 16.7 31
1967 16.7 31.3
1968 16.7 31.3
1969 16.6 31.3
1970 16.7 31.4
1971 16.7 31.4
1972 16.6 31.5
1973 16.6 31.5
1974 16.6 31.6
1975 16.6 31.7
1976 16.6 31.8
1977 16.5 31.8
1978 16.5 31.7
1979 16.5 31.7
1980 16.4 31.8
1981 16.4 31.9
1982 16.4 32
1983 16.4 32.1
1984 16.5 32.3
1985 16.5 32.5
1986 16.6 32.7
1987 16.6 32.8
1988 16.7 32.8
1989 16.8 32.9
1990 16.9 33
1991 16.9 33.1
1992 17 33.3
1993 17 33.6
1994 17.1 33.8
1995 17.1 34
1996 17.1 34.2
1997 17.1 34.4
1998 17.2 34.6
1999 17.2 34.7
2000 17.2 34.8
2001 17.2 34.8
2002 17.2 35.3
2003 17.2 36
2004 17.3 36.6
2005 17.3 37
2006 17.4 37.3
2007 17.5 37.7
2008 17.6 38.2
2009 17.7 38.8
2010 17.8 39.3
2011 17.9 39.8
2012 18.1 40.2
2013 18.2 40.5
2014 18.4 40.9
2015 18.6 41.3
2016 18.7 41.7
2017 18.9 42
2018 19.1 42.3
2019 19.3 42.6
2020 19.4 42.9
2021 19.6 43.2
2022 19.7 43.3
2023 19.9 43.5
2024 20 43.8

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Madagascar Romania
GNI, Atlas method
$16.4B
2024
$336B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
15.7%
2025
39.2%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
3.05%
2023
3.28%
2022
Military expenditure, % of GDP
0.66%
2023
1.61%
2023
Armed forces personnel
22,000
2020
128,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-3.88%
2025
-7.83%
2025
Unemployment rate
3.19%
2022
5.43%
2024
Services, % of GDP
46.4%
2024
62.5%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
22.8%
2024
25%
2024
Economic freedom index
57
2025
66.5
2025
Income share by richest 10%
29.6%
2021
21.8%
2023
Income share by poorest 10%
2.9%
2021
2.4%
2023
Number of billionaires n/a
6
2025
Percentage of billionaires n/a
0.00004%
2025
Listed domestic companies n/a
83
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies n/a
$47.4B
2024
Total reserves including gold
$2.78B
2024
$73.4B
2024
Personal remittances received
$385M
2024
$9.52B
2024
International tourist arrivals
87,099
2020
5,023,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
7.8%
2020
1.73%
2020
Banked people share
24.5%
2024
71.3%
2024

Energy

Madagascar Romania
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
309 kg
2022
1,601 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$5.56
2022
$28.6
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
4.1 megatons
2023
70.8 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
0.13 tons
2023
3.71 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2022
70.4%
2022
Renewable energy use share
83.1%
2022
23.6%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
0.8%
2022
17.5%
2023
Net energy imports use share
13.7%
2017
28.1%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita
81.3 kWh
2022
2,585 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
34%
2021
44.9%
2021
Hydroelectric share
31.5%
2022
32.2%
2023
Nuclear share
0%
2021
19.3%
2023
Electricity access
39.4%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Madagascar Romania
% of world population
0.39%
2024
0.23%
2024
Annual migration change
-1,795
2024
-28,466
2024
Urban population
41.2%
2024
54.9%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.42 ft
2025
5.83 ft
2025
Average female height
5.02 ft
2025
5.4 ft
2025
Quality of life index
23.6
2025
67.7
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
26
2024
46
2024
Higher education index
29
2025
69
2025
Homicides per 100K people
7.69
2015
1.11
2023
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
29.2
2019
10.3
2019
Visa free countries
70
2025
171
2025
Adult literacy rate
77.5%
2022
99.2%
2021
English speaking
18%
2023
31%
2023
People using the Internet
20.4%
2023
91.3%
2024

Health

Madagascar Romania
Government health expenditure per capita
$16.3
2022
$902
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$5.27
2022
$193.3
2022
Life expectancy
64 years
2025
76.2 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
32.8%
2022
0%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
0.2
2018
3.47
2021
Age at first childbirth
19.5 years
2025
27.1 years
2023
Maternal mortality per 100K births
445
2023
12
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
64.8
2023
6.6
2023
Obesity rate
4.45%
2022
35%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
4.6%
2024
7.5%
2024
Air quality index
38
2025
50
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
26.8%
2022
30%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
0.99 liters
2020
16.8 liters
2020

Territory

Madagascar Romania
% of world land
0.39%
2025
0.15%
2025
Land area per capita
7,028 sq mi
2024
4,658 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
157,896 sq mi
2025
49,093 sq mi
2025
Forest area
47,839 sq mi
2025
26,753 sq mi
2025
Roads length
19,660 mi
2018
53,679 mi
2023

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