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Madagascar vs South Sudan statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Madagascar has a population of 32M (ranked 49/197), compared with 11.9M in South Sudan (ranked 81/197). Madagascar's land area is 224,634 sq mi versus 243,990 sq mi for South Sudan (ranked 44th vs. 41st).

By GDP, Madagascar ranks 136/197 ($17.4B) and South Sudan ranks 150/197 ($12B). By GDP per capita, Madagascar ranks 193/197 ($545), while South Sudan ranks 172/197 ($1,080).

Main facts and rankings

Madagascar South Sudan
Population
33368335
12387398
Population rank 49/197 81/197
GDP
$17.4B
2024
$12B
2015
GDP rank 136/197 150/197
GDP per capita
$545
2024
$1,080
2015
GDP per capita rank 193/197 172/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$1,884
2024
$1,155
2015
Government debt
$8.78B
2024
$6.87B
2015
Debt-to-GDP ratio
51.3%
2025
63.2%
2025
Government debt per person
$274.7
2024
$618
2015
Government debt per person rank 180/185 159/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$1,489
2025
$1,540
2025
Land area
224,634 sq mi
2025
243,990 sq mi
2025
Population density
142.3 ppl/mi²
2024
49 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
3.97
2023
3.86
2023
Median age
20 years
2024
19.4 years
2024
Life expectancy
64 years
2025
57.9 years
2025

Madagascar and South Sudan: Comparison Charts

Madagascar and South Sudan economies compared

GDP
Madagascar

South Sudan
Year GDP
Madagascar South Sudan
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 -
1988 $3,189,456,965 -
1989 $3,175,638,333 -
1990 $3,931,334,875 -
1991 $3,254,713,056 -
1992 $3,714,966,678 -
1993 $4,063,298,919 -
1994 $3,522,227,092 -
1995 $3,838,100,904 -
1996 $4,931,861,039 -
1997 $4,262,965,420 -
1998 $4,401,967,633 -
1999 $4,277,903,780 -
2000 $4,629,247,204 -
2001 $5,438,332,602 -
2002 $5,351,701,663 -
2003 $6,372,498,890 -
2004 $5,064,732,626 -
2005 $5,859,269,753 -
2006 $6,395,712,491 -
2007 $8,524,620,890 -
2008 $10,725,137,724 $14,586,253,383
2009 $9,616,879,409 $12,231,264,525
2010 $9,982,711,338 $14,602,072,411
2011 $11,551,819,618 $14,907,308,933
2012 $11,578,975,062 $11,931,472,169
2013 $12,423,555,455 $18,426,469,017
2014 $12,522,957,399 $13,962,212,847
2015 $11,323,020,701 $11,997,800,760
2016 $11,848,613,858 -
2017 $13,176,313,594 -
2018 $13,760,033,282 -
2019 $14,104,664,679 -
2020 $13,051,441,204 -
2021 $14,354,731,964 -
2022 $15,325,603,273 -
2023 $15,869,945,478 -
2024 $17,420,814,801 -

Madagascar and South Sudan economies compared

GDP per capita
Madagascar

South Sudan
Year GDP per capita
Madagascar South Sudan
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 -
1988 $280.5 -
1989 $271.3 -
1990 $326 -
1991 $262 -
1992 $290.2 -
1993 $308 -
1994 $258.7 -
1995 $273.1 -
1996 $340 -
1997 $284.4 -
1998 $284.2 -
1999 $267.4 -
2000 $280.3 -
2001 $319 -
2002 $305 -
2003 $353 -
2004 $272.2 -
2005 $306 -
2006 $324 -
2007 $420 -
2008 $513 $1,654
2009 $446 $1,323
2010 $450 $1,498
2011 $506 $1,449
2012 $494 $1,109
2013 $515 $1,650
2014 $506 $1,243
2015 $445 $1,080
2016 $454 -
2017 $492 -
2018 $500 -
2019 $500 -
2020 $451 -
2021 $483 -
2022 $504 -
2023 $509 -
2024 $545 -

Madagascar vs. South Sudan life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Madagascar

South Sudan
Year Life expectancy, years
Madagascar South Sudan
1950 39.7 30.2
1951 39.9 30.6
1952 40.3 31
1953 40.7 31.4
1954 40.9 31.7
1955 41.3 32
1956 41.7 31.6
1957 42.1 30.9
1958 42.5 27.6
1959 43 27.8
1960 43.3 28.1
1961 43.8 28.3
1962 44.2 28.5
1963 44.6 28.2
1964 45 32.5
1965 45.4 28.8
1966 46 25.6
1967 46.5 25.9
1968 46.9 26.1
1969 47.3 25.4
1970 47.9 25.6
1971 48.2 31
1972 48.5 31.3
1973 48.9 36.3
1974 49.3 36.6
1975 49.6 36.9
1976 49.8 37.1
1977 49.9 37.4
1978 50 37.6
1979 50.1 37.8
1980 50 38
1981 49.8 38.3
1982 50 38.7
1983 50.1 34.7
1984 50.2 31.8
1985 50.4 32.4
1986 50.7 32.8
1987 51.1 20.7
1988 51.4 11
1989 51.8 28.2
1990 52.1 28.6
1991 52.6 29.2
1992 52.9 21.9
1993 53.7 22.3
1994 54.2 44.9
1995 54.8 31.5
1996 55.5 32.1
1997 56.1 33.1
1998 56.8 19
1999 57.4 44.5
2000 58 47.6
2001 58.7 48.6
2002 59.2 49.4
2003 59.7 52.3
2004 60.2 53.1
2005 60.7 54
2006 61.1 54.7
2007 61.5 55.4
2008 62 56.3
2009 62.3 56.8
2010 62.6 57.5
2011 62.9 57.7
2012 63 58.2
2013 63.2 58.3
2014 63.3 45.6
2015 63.4 39.8
2016 63.4 36.7
2017 63.4 35.4
2018 63.5 51.9
2019 63.5 58.1
2020 62.7 57.6
2021 62.5 57
2022 63.1 57.2
2023 63.6 57.6
2024 63.8 57.7
2025 64 57.9

Madagascar and South Sudan population clocks and comparison

Population
Madagascar

South Sudan
Year Population
Madagascar South Sudan
1960 5,111,029 2,931,559
1961 5,246,158 2,976,724
1962 5,384,150 3,024,308
1963 5,525,185 3,072,669
1964 5,669,863 3,129,918
1965 5,819,116 3,189,835
1966 5,974,279 3,236,423
1967 6,136,486 3,277,648
1968 6,306,493 3,321,528
1969 6,484,716 3,365,533
1970 6,672,003 3,409,614
1971 6,868,868 3,468,646
1972 7,074,398 3,542,497
1973 7,288,048 3,627,383
1974 7,509,726 3,723,259
1975 7,739,336 3,821,494
1976 7,976,831 3,921,910
1977 8,222,240 4,024,032
1978 8,475,864 4,127,657
1979 8,737,581 4,232,605
1980 9,006,032 4,339,030
1981 9,279,011 4,447,272
1982 9,557,671 4,557,686
1983 9,843,044 4,661,574
1984 10,134,550 4,750,627
1985 10,433,142 4,834,296
1986 10,736,857 4,921,240
1987 11,047,291 4,962,395
1988 11,369,462 4,848,029
1989 11,704,998 4,713,229
1990 12,055,639 4,737,633
1991 12,421,412 4,836,677
1992 12,800,870 4,909,749
1993 13,197,345 4,956,002
1994 13,613,850 5,071,184
1995 14,051,275 5,225,836
1996 14,510,711 5,356,925
1997 14,990,814 5,509,136
1998 15,489,364 5,620,068
1999 16,000,506 5,771,628
2000 16,516,338 6,032,267
2001 17,032,939 6,308,391
2002 17,549,913 6,596,806
2003 18,071,854 6,903,127
2004 18,606,608 7,233,041
2005 19,159,707 7,590,143
2006 19,730,909 7,976,526
2007 20,318,583 8,388,788
2008 20,923,840 8,817,647
2009 21,547,280 9,243,556
2010 22,183,340 9,745,953
2011 22,822,300 10,288,109
2012 23,462,438 10,756,240
2013 24,109,290 11,166,275
2014 24,764,348 11,235,073
2015 25,426,702 11,107,561
2016 26,099,952 10,830,102
2017 26,788,375 10,259,154
2018 27,494,926 10,122,977
2019 28,219,554 10,423,384
2020 28,953,556 10,698,467
2021 29,691,083 10,865,780
2022 30,437,261 11,021,177
2023 31,195,932 11,483,374
2024 31,964,956 11,943,408

Fertility rates in Madagascar and South Sudan

Fertility rate
Madagascar

South Sudan
Year Fertility rate
Madagascar South Sudan
1960 7.34 7.16
1961 7.3 7.18
1962 7.26 7.2
1963 7.21 7.2
1964 7.19 7.22
1965 7.17 7.22
1966 7.16 7.25
1967 7.14 7.26
1968 7.13 7.26
1969 7.12 7.28
1970 7.1 7.29
1971 7.07 7.3
1972 7.04 7.31
1973 7.01 7.31
1974 6.99 7.31
1975 6.97 7.33
1976 6.95 7.33
1977 6.93 7.33
1978 6.9 7.33
1979 6.87 7.32
1980 6.84 7.33
1981 6.77 7.33
1982 6.7 7.34
1983 6.63 7.34
1984 6.55 7.35
1985 6.46 7.36
1986 6.34 7.38
1987 6.24 7.39
1988 6.18 7.38
1989 6.15 7.37
1990 6.14 7.38
1991 6.12 7.38
1992 6.08 7.37
1993 6.06 7.36
1994 6.04 7.35
1995 6.04 7.34
1996 6.03 7.32
1997 6.02 7.2
1998 5.99 7.08
1999 5.84 6.94
2000 5.67 6.8
2001 5.53 6.65
2002 5.41 6.52
2003 5.33 6.35
2004 5.26 6.19
2005 5.2 6.02
2006 5.13 5.85
2007 5.08 5.7
2008 5.04 5.57
2009 5 5.45
2010 4.9 5.32
2011 4.74 5.19
2012 4.61 5.06
2013 4.53 4.94
2014 4.42 4.82
2015 4.34 4.7
2016 4.29 4.58
2017 4.26 4.48
2018 4.25 4.37
2019 4.22 4.26
2020 4.17 4.16
2021 4.1 4.05
2022 4.04 3.96
2023 3.97 3.86

Madagascar and South Sudan demographics compared

Median age
Madagascar

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

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Madagascar South Sudan
GNI, Atlas method
$16.4B
2024
$11.7B
2015
Government expenditure, % of GDP
15.7%
2025
26.7%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
3.05%
2023
1.57%
2016
Military expenditure, % of GDP
0.66%
2023
6.26%
2023
Armed forces personnel
22,000
2020
53,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-3.88%
2025
+2%
2025
Unemployment rate
3.19%
2022
12.3%
2008
Services, % of GDP
46.4%
2024
56.6%
2015
Industry, % of GDP
22.8%
2024
33.1%
2015
Economic freedom index
57
2025
41
2025
Income share by richest 10%
29.6%
2021
33%
2016
Income share by poorest 10%
2.9%
2021
1.8%
2016
Total reserves including gold
$2.78B
2024
$72.9M
2023
Personal remittances received
$385M
2024
$1.14B
2024
International tourist arrivals
87,099
2020
n/a
International tourism as share of exports
7.8%
2020
0.39%
2018
Banked people share
24.5%
2024
5.83%
2021

Energy

Madagascar South Sudan
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
309 kg
2022
69 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$5.56
2022
$15.1
2015
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
4.1 megatons
2023
n/a
CO2 emissions per capita
0.13 tons
2023
n/a
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2022
73.4%
2022
Renewable energy use share
83.1%
2022
32.4%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
0.8%
2022
0.4%
2022
Net energy imports use share
13.7%
2017
-860%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita
81.3 kWh
2022
46.9 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
34%
2021
0.34%
2021
Hydroelectric share
31.5%
2022
0%
2021
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
39.4%
2023
5.4%
2023

Society

Madagascar South Sudan
% of world population
0.39%
2024
0.15%
2024
Annual migration change
-1,795
2024
+15,374
2024
Urban population
41.2%
2024
21.6%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.42 ft
2025
n/a
Average female height
5.02 ft
2025
n/a
Quality of life index
23.6
2025
5.62
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
26
2024
8
2024
Higher education index
29
2025
10
2025
Homicides per 100K people
7.69
2015
14.1
2012
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
29.2
2019
36.7
2019
Visa free countries
70
2025
54
2025
Adult literacy rate
77.5%
2022
34.5%
2018
English speaking
18%
2023
94%
2023
People using the Internet
20.4%
2023
9.27%
2020

Health

Madagascar South Sudan
Government health expenditure per capita
$16.3
2022
$49.4
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$5.27
2022
$17
2022
Life expectancy
64 years
2025
57.9 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
32.8%
2022
49.1%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
0.2
2018
0.04
2020
Age at first childbirth
19.5 years
2025
n/a
Maternal mortality per 100K births
445
2023
692
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
64.8
2023
98.7
2023
Obesity rate
4.45%
2022
8.79%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
4.6%
2024
4.6%
2024
Air quality index
38
2025
21
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
26.8%
2022
n/a
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
0.99 liters
2020
n/a

Territory

Madagascar South Sudan
% of world land
0.39%
2025
0.42%
2025
Land area per capita
7,028 sq mi
2024
20,429 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
157,896 sq mi
2025
109,449 sq mi
2025
Forest area
47,839 sq mi
2025
27,633 sq mi
2025
Roads length
19,660 mi
2018
n/a

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