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Madagascar vs Senegal statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Madagascar has a population of 32M (ranked 49/197), compared with 18.5M in Senegal (ranked 69/197). Madagascar's land area is 224,634 sq mi versus 74,336 sq mi for Senegal (ranked 44th vs. 85th).

By GDP, Madagascar ranks 136/197 ($17.4B) and Senegal ranks 110/197 ($32.3B). By GDP per capita, Madagascar ranks 193/197 ($545), while Senegal ranks 160/197 ($1,744).

Main facts and rankings

Madagascar Senegal
Population
33368335
19281054
Population rank 49/197 68/197
GDP
$17.4B
2024
$32.3B
2024
GDP rank 136/197 110/197
GDP per capita
$545
2024
$1,744
2024
GDP per capita rank 193/197 160/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$1,884
2024
$5,110
2024
Government debt
$8.78B
2024
$36.7B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
51.3%
2025
111.4%
2025
Government debt per person
$274.7
2024
$1,982
2024
Government debt per person rank 180/185 119/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$1,489
2025
$1,890
2025
Land area
224,634 sq mi
2025
74,336 sq mi
2025
Population density
142.3 ppl/mi²
2024
248.9 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
3.97
2023
3.82
2023
Median age
20 years
2024
20.4 years
2024
Life expectancy
64 years
2025
69.2 years
2025

Madagascar and Senegal: Comparison Charts

Madagascar and Senegal economies compared

GDP
Madagascar

Senegal
Year GDP
Madagascar Senegal
1960 $673,081,725 $1,003,692,370
1961 $699,161,945 $1,058,975,257
1962 $739,286,908 $1,085,475,791
1963 $759,345,864 $1,122,139,862
1964 $802,482,184 $1,188,930,645
1965 $833,563,473 $1,210,058,228
1966 $900,264,585 $1,246,908,186
1967 $956,436,932 $1,246,480,766
1968 $1,031,669,637 $1,309,384,862
1969 $1,056,391,056 $1,245,234,931
1970 $1,111,859,571 $1,297,407,655
1971 $1,199,507,631 $1,339,549,033
1972 $1,341,590,690 $1,620,857,104
1973 $1,653,062,335 $1,863,398,590
1974 $1,917,508,190 $2,099,325,229
1975 $2,283,049,215 $2,830,388,405
1976 $2,181,844,179 $2,869,777,884
1977 $2,358,930,406 $2,938,046,463
1978 $2,669,755,115 $3,280,354,921
1979 $3,463,565,854 $4,084,877,823
1980 $5,201,818,348 $4,510,108,291
1981 $4,759,333,998 $4,095,892,781
1982 $4,784,977,326 $4,013,951,443
1983 $4,686,457,031 $3,569,356,125
1984 $3,905,938,481 $3,485,165,432
1985 $3,802,557,895 $3,818,944,918
1986 $4,347,989,788 $5,392,093,446
1987 $3,212,900,556 $6,487,353,103
1988 $3,189,456,965 $6,418,419,389
1989 $3,175,638,333 $6,366,039,373
1990 $3,931,334,875 $7,390,967,360
1991 $3,254,713,056 $7,255,210,470
1992 $3,714,966,678 $7,769,817,840
1993 $4,063,298,919 $7,367,986,241
1994 $3,522,227,092 $5,034,588,196
1995 $3,838,100,904 $6,326,342,633
1996 $4,931,861,039 $6,559,712,166
1997 $4,262,965,420 $6,041,478,726
1998 $4,401,967,633 $6,505,607,909
1999 $4,277,903,780 $6,592,834,933
2000 $4,629,247,204 $6,013,185,004
2001 $5,438,332,602 $6,507,824,829
2002 $5,351,701,663 $7,006,402,320
2003 $6,372,498,890 $8,768,721,563
2004 $5,064,732,626 $10,076,816,667
2005 $5,859,269,753 $11,009,033,438
2006 $6,395,712,491 $11,697,918,243
2007 $8,524,620,890 $13,994,218,413
2008 $10,725,137,724 $16,853,989,628
2009 $9,616,879,409 $16,145,867,495
2010 $9,982,711,338 $16,121,315,909
2011 $11,551,819,618 $17,814,283,639
2012 $11,578,975,062 $17,660,870,412
2013 $12,423,555,455 $18,918,667,725
2014 $12,522,957,399 $19,797,253,440
2015 $11,323,020,701 $17,774,766,696
2016 $11,848,613,858 $19,040,312,333
2017 $13,176,313,594 $20,996,562,944
2018 $13,760,033,282 $23,116,701,556
2019 $14,104,664,679 $23,403,995,992
2020 $13,051,441,204 $24,530,513,038
2021 $14,354,731,964 $27,520,784,130
2022 $15,325,603,273 $27,783,332,223
2023 $15,869,945,478 $30,696,331,296
2024 $17,420,814,801 $32,267,254,425

Madagascar and Senegal economies compared

GDP per capita
Madagascar

Senegal
Year GDP per capita
Madagascar Senegal
1960 $131.7 $300
1961 $133.3 $308
1962 $137.3 $307
1963 $137.4 $309
1964 $141.5 $318
1965 $143.2 $314
1966 $150.7 $315
1967 $155.9 $305
1968 $163.6 $311
1969 $162.9 $287.3
1970 $166.6 $290.5
1971 $174.6 $291.1
1972 $189.6 $342
1973 $226.8 $381
1974 $255.3 $417
1975 $295 $547
1976 $273.5 $541
1977 $286.9 $540
1978 $315 $589
1979 $396 $716
1980 $578 $772
1981 $513 $683
1982 $501 $652
1983 $476 $564
1984 $385 $536
1985 $364 $571
1986 $405 $784
1987 $290.8 $916
1988 $280.5 $880
1989 $271.3 $849
1990 $326 $957
1991 $262 $913
1992 $290.2 $951
1993 $308 $878
1994 $258.7 $584
1995 $273.1 $715
1996 $340 $723
1997 $284.4 $651
1998 $284.2 $685
1999 $267.4 $678
2000 $280.3 $603
2001 $319 $637
2002 $305 $669
2003 $353 $818
2004 $272.2 $918
2005 $306 $980
2006 $324 $1,017
2007 $420 $1,189
2008 $513 $1,399
2009 $446 $1,309
2010 $450 $1,276
2011 $506 $1,375
2012 $494 $1,327
2013 $515 $1,380
2014 $506 $1,399
2015 $445 $1,218
2016 $454 $1,266
2017 $492 $1,357
2018 $500 $1,453
2019 $500 $1,431
2020 $451 $1,461
2021 $483 $1,598
2022 $504 $1,574
2023 $509 $1,698
2024 $545 $1,744

Madagascar vs. Senegal life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Madagascar

Senegal
Year Life expectancy, years
Madagascar Senegal
1950 39.7 36.5
1951 39.9 36.9
1952 40.3 37.4
1953 40.7 37.8
1954 40.9 38.2
1955 41.3 38.5
1956 41.7 38.9
1957 42.1 39.1
1958 42.5 39.4
1959 43 39.5
1960 43.3 39.7
1961 43.8 39.7
1962 44.2 39.7
1963 44.6 39.7
1964 45 39.8
1965 45.4 39.8
1966 46 39.8
1967 46.5 40
1968 46.9 40.1
1969 47.3 40.4
1970 47.9 40.8
1971 48.2 41.2
1972 48.5 41.8
1973 48.9 42.4
1974 49.3 43.1
1975 49.6 43.9
1976 49.8 44.8
1977 49.9 45.7
1978 50 46.6
1979 50.1 47.5
1980 50 48.3
1981 49.8 49.1
1982 50 49.9
1983 50.1 50.8
1984 50.2 51.7
1985 50.4 52.6
1986 50.7 53.7
1987 51.1 54.6
1988 51.4 55.5
1989 51.8 56.2
1990 52.1 56.7
1991 52.6 57
1992 52.9 57.3
1993 53.7 57.3
1994 54.2 57.5
1995 54.8 57.3
1996 55.5 57.1
1997 56.1 57.1
1998 56.8 57.1
1999 57.4 57.3
2000 58 57.6
2001 58.7 58.2
2002 59.2 58.9
2003 59.7 59.5
2004 60.2 60.3
2005 60.7 61
2006 61.1 61.8
2007 61.5 62.7
2008 62 63.2
2009 62.3 63.8
2010 62.6 64.2
2011 62.9 64.8
2012 63 65.2
2013 63.2 65.6
2014 63.3 66
2015 63.4 66.5
2016 63.4 66.7
2017 63.4 67.1
2018 63.5 67.4
2019 63.5 67.7
2020 62.7 67.5
2021 62.5 66.9
2022 63.1 67.8
2023 63.6 68.7
2024 63.8 68.9
2025 64 69.2

Madagascar and Senegal population clocks and comparison

Population
Madagascar

Senegal
Year Population
Madagascar Senegal
1960 5,111,029 3,340,907
1961 5,246,158 3,436,375
1962 5,384,150 3,534,686
1963 5,525,185 3,635,876
1964 5,669,863 3,740,535
1965 5,819,116 3,849,788
1966 5,974,279 3,964,299
1967 6,136,486 4,083,870
1968 6,306,493 4,207,587
1969 6,484,716 4,334,974
1970 6,672,003 4,466,328
1971 6,868,868 4,601,864
1972 7,074,398 4,741,631
1973 7,288,048 4,885,181
1974 7,509,726 5,029,437
1975 7,739,336 5,170,810
1976 7,976,831 5,308,564
1977 8,222,240 5,439,549
1978 8,475,864 5,568,096
1979 8,737,581 5,702,895
1980 9,006,032 5,845,638
1981 9,279,011 5,997,160
1982 9,557,671 6,156,961
1983 9,843,044 6,324,504
1984 10,134,550 6,499,364
1985 10,433,142 6,683,287
1986 10,736,857 6,878,192
1987 11,047,291 7,081,530
1988 11,369,462 7,289,618
1989 11,704,998 7,502,207
1990 12,055,639 7,720,523
1991 12,421,412 7,943,085
1992 12,800,870 8,168,395
1993 13,197,345 8,396,288
1994 13,613,850 8,624,078
1995 14,051,275 8,848,101
1996 14,510,711 9,067,014
1997 14,990,814 9,283,495
1998 15,489,364 9,502,952
1999 16,000,506 9,730,887
2000 16,516,338 9,968,260
2001 17,032,939 10,212,942
2002 17,549,913 10,466,214
2003 18,071,854 10,721,176
2004 18,606,608 10,975,704
2005 19,159,707 11,235,472
2006 19,730,909 11,500,094
2007 20,318,583 11,770,344
2008 20,923,840 12,048,959
2009 21,547,280 12,337,389
2010 22,183,340 12,635,413
2011 22,822,300 12,958,897
2012 23,462,438 13,310,495
2013 24,109,290 13,710,849
2014 24,764,348 14,152,102
2015 25,426,702 14,593,331
2016 26,099,952 15,034,521
2017 26,788,375 15,475,002
2018 27,494,926 15,914,498
2019 28,219,554 16,352,922
2020 28,953,556 16,789,219
2021 29,691,083 17,220,867
2022 30,437,261 17,651,103
2023 31,195,932 18,077,573
2024 31,964,956 18,501,984

Fertility rates in Madagascar and Senegal

Fertility rate
Madagascar

Senegal
Year Fertility rate
Madagascar Senegal
1960 7.34 7
1961 7.3 7.04
1962 7.26 7.08
1963 7.21 7.12
1964 7.19 7.16
1965 7.17 7.19
1966 7.16 7.22
1967 7.14 7.24
1968 7.13 7.25
1969 7.12 7.26
1970 7.1 7.26
1971 7.07 7.26
1972 7.04 7.26
1973 7.01 7.26
1974 6.99 7.25
1975 6.97 7.25
1976 6.95 7.26
1977 6.93 7.27
1978 6.9 7.28
1979 6.87 7.29
1980 6.84 7.29
1981 6.77 7.28
1982 6.7 7.25
1983 6.63 7.19
1984 6.55 7.11
1985 6.46 7.01
1986 6.34 6.9
1987 6.24 6.79
1988 6.18 6.58
1989 6.15 6.48
1990 6.14 6.4
1991 6.12 6.27
1992 6.08 6.15
1993 6.06 6.05
1994 6.04 5.92
1995 6.04 5.82
1996 6.03 5.72
1997 6.02 5.64
1998 5.99 5.58
1999 5.84 5.57
2000 5.67 5.5
2001 5.53 5.4
2002 5.41 5.3
2003 5.33 5.25
2004 5.26 5.19
2005 5.2 5.13
2006 5.13 5.06
2007 5.08 5.02
2008 5.04 5.02
2009 5 5.03
2010 4.9 5.06
2011 4.74 5.1
2012 4.61 5.13
2013 4.53 5.05
2014 4.42 4.88
2015 4.34 4.75
2016 4.29 4.65
2017 4.26 4.49
2018 4.25 4.29
2019 4.22 4.1
2020 4.17 4
2021 4.1 3.94
2022 4.04 3.86
2023 3.97 3.82

Madagascar and Senegal demographics compared

Median age
Madagascar

Senegal
Year Median age, years
Madagascar Senegal
1960 17.9 18.1
1961 17.5 18
1962 17.2 18
1963 17 17.9
1964 16.8 17.9
1965 16.8 17.9
1966 16.7 17.8
1967 16.7 17.9
1968 16.7 17.9
1969 16.6 17.9
1970 16.7 17.9
1971 16.7 17.9
1972 16.6 17.9
1973 16.6 17.9
1974 16.6 17.8
1975 16.6 17.7
1976 16.6 17.6
1977 16.5 17.4
1978 16.5 17.2
1979 16.5 17
1980 16.4 16.8
1981 16.4 16.7
1982 16.4 16.5
1983 16.4 16.4
1984 16.5 16.3
1985 16.5 16.3
1986 16.6 16.3
1987 16.6 16.3
1988 16.7 16.4
1989 16.8 16.5
1990 16.9 16.6
1991 16.9 16.7
1992 17 16.8
1993 17 16.9
1994 17.1 17
1995 17.1 17.1
1996 17.1 17.2
1997 17.1 17.3
1998 17.2 17.4
1999 17.2 17.5
2000 17.2 17.6
2001 17.2 17.7
2002 17.2 17.8
2003 17.2 18
2004 17.3 18.1
2005 17.3 18.2
2006 17.4 18.2
2007 17.5 18.3
2008 17.6 18.4
2009 17.7 18.4
2010 17.8 18.5
2011 17.9 18.5
2012 18.1 18.5
2013 18.2 18.5
2014 18.4 18.6
2015 18.6 18.6
2016 18.7 18.7
2017 18.9 18.9
2018 19.1 19
2019 19.3 19.2
2020 19.4 19.4
2021 19.6 19.7
2022 19.7 19.9
2023 19.9 20.1
2024 20 20.4

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Madagascar Senegal
GNI, Atlas method
$16.4B
2024
$31B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
15.7%
2025
29%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
3.05%
2023
6.16%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP
0.66%
2023
1.47%
2023
Armed forces personnel
22,000
2020
19,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-3.88%
2025
-7.25%
2025
Unemployment rate
3.19%
2022
5.78%
2024
Services, % of GDP
46.4%
2024
49.1%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
22.8%
2024
25.4%
2024
Economic freedom index
57
2025
56.4
2025
Income share by richest 10%
29.6%
2021
28.8%
2021
Income share by poorest 10%
2.9%
2021
3%
2021
Total reserves including gold
$2.78B
2024
n/a
Personal remittances received
$385M
2024
$3.75B
2024
International tourist arrivals
87,099
2020
1,376,000
2017
International tourism as share of exports
7.8%
2020
10.5%
2018
Banked people share
24.5%
2024
76.5%
2024

Energy

Madagascar Senegal
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
309 kg
2022
291.1 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$5.56
2022
$16.4
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
4.1 megatons
2023
12 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
0.13 tons
2023
0.67 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2022
63.2%
2022
Renewable energy use share
83.1%
2022
35.4%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
0.8%
2022
1.58%
2023
Net energy imports use share
13.7%
2017
69%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita
81.3 kWh
2022
410 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
34%
2021
13.3%
2021
Hydroelectric share
31.5%
2022
0%
2021
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
39.4%
2023
74.2%
2023

Society

Madagascar Senegal
% of world population
0.39%
2024
0.23%
2024
Annual migration change
-1,795
2024
-10,307
2024
Urban population
41.2%
2024
50.1%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.42 ft
2025
5.78 ft
2025
Average female height
5.02 ft
2025
5.38 ft
2025
Quality of life index
23.6
2025
32.2
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
26
2024
45
2024
Higher education index
29
2025
55
2025
Homicides per 100K people
7.69
2015
0.3
2015
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
29.2
2019
23.5
2019
Visa free countries
70
2025
68
2025
Adult literacy rate
77.5%
2022
50.4%
2023
English speaking
18%
2023
2%
2025
People using the Internet
20.4%
2023
60.6%
2023

Health

Madagascar Senegal
Government health expenditure per capita
$16.3
2022
$63.7
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$5.27
2022
$31.1
2022
Life expectancy
64 years
2025
69.2 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
32.8%
2022
21.2%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
0.2
2018
0.13
2022
Age at first childbirth
19.5 years
2025
21.9 years
2025
Maternal mortality per 100K births
445
2023
237
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
64.8
2023
38.5
2023
Obesity rate
4.45%
2022
10.3%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
4.6%
2024
3.8%
2024
Air quality index
38
2025
23
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
26.8%
2022
6.5%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
0.99 liters
2020
0.38 liters
2020

Territory

Madagascar Senegal
% of world land
0.39%
2025
0.13%
2025
Land area per capita
7,028 sq mi
2024
4,018 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
157,896 sq mi
2025
36,722 sq mi
2025
Forest area
47,839 sq mi
2025
30,688 sq mi
2025
Roads length
19,660 mi
2018
10,355 mi
2017

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