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Madagascar vs Sudan statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Madagascar has a population of 32M (ranked 49/197), compared with 50.4M in Sudan (ranked 30/197). Madagascar's land area is 224,634 sq mi versus 721,239 sq mi for Sudan (ranked 44th vs. 15th).

By GDP, Madagascar ranks 136/197 ($17.4B) and Sudan ranks 93/197 ($49.9B). By GDP per capita, Madagascar ranks 193/197 ($545), while Sudan ranks 178/197 ($989).

Main facts and rankings

Madagascar Sudan
Population
33368335
52963918
Population rank 49/197 29/197
GDP
$17.4B
2024
$49.9B
2024
GDP rank 136/197 93/197
GDP per capita
$545
2024
$989
2024
GDP per capita rank 193/197 178/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$1,884
2024
$2,127
2024
Government debt
$8.78B
2024
$136B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
51.3%
2025
252%
2025
Government debt per person
$274.7
2024
$2,691
2024
Government debt per person rank 180/185 107/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$1,489
2025
$1,875
2025
Land area
224,634 sq mi
2025
721,239 sq mi
2025
Population density
142.3 ppl/mi²
2024
69.9 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
3.97
2023
4.32
2023
Median age
20 years
2024
19.4 years
2024
Life expectancy
64 years
2025
66.7 years
2025

Madagascar and Sudan: Comparison Charts

Madagascar and Sudan economies compared

GDP
Madagascar

Sudan
Year GDP
Madagascar Sudan
1960 $673,081,725 $1,126,364,162
1961 $699,161,945 $1,222,860,429
1962 $739,286,908 $1,328,259,625
1963 $759,345,864 $1,351,234,926
1964 $802,482,184 $1,388,282,600
1965 $833,563,473 $1,446,869,619
1966 $900,264,585 $1,484,491,676
1967 $956,436,932 $1,607,409,539
1968 $1,031,669,637 $1,677,771,401
1969 $1,056,391,056 $1,847,501,441
1970 $1,111,859,571 $2,100,229,759
1971 $1,199,507,631 $2,288,340,041
1972 $1,341,590,690 $2,483,055,722
1973 $1,653,062,335 $3,077,254,460
1974 $1,917,508,190 $3,958,931,660
1975 $2,283,049,215 $4,823,090,192
1976 $2,181,844,179 $6,013,210,816
1977 $2,358,930,406 $7,499,005,639
1978 $2,669,755,115 $8,128,719,315
1979 $3,463,565,854 $8,418,407,787
1980 $5,201,818,348 $8,951,800,000
1981 $4,759,333,998 $10,753,888,154
1982 $4,784,977,326 $8,732,542,274
1983 $4,686,457,031 $8,230,153,846
1984 $3,905,938,481 $10,447,615,385
1985 $3,802,557,895 $8,075,259,600
1986 $4,347,989,788 $10,092,200,000
1987 $3,212,900,556 $12,093,333,333
1988 $3,189,456,965 $14,372,555,556
1989 $3,175,638,333 $21,408,111,111
1990 $3,931,334,875 $33,641,222,222
1991 $3,254,713,056 $44,171,194,366
1992 $3,714,966,678 $7,031,933,492
1993 $4,063,298,919 $8,881,005,436
1994 $3,522,227,092 $12,793,794,737
1995 $3,838,100,904 $13,830,363,900
1996 $4,931,861,039 $9,018,300,725
1997 $4,262,965,420 $11,681,175,864
1998 $4,401,967,633 $11,250,221,537
1999 $4,277,903,780 $10,682,028,340
2000 $4,629,247,204 $12,257,299,147
2001 $5,438,332,602 $15,716,361,792
2002 $5,351,701,663 $18,137,128,388
2003 $6,372,498,890 $21,355,298,460
2004 $5,064,732,626 $26,646,007,251
2005 $5,859,269,753 $35,182,711,988
2006 $6,395,712,491 $45,263,831,634
2007 $8,524,620,890 $59,440,139,775
2008 $10,725,137,724 $64,833,083,257
2009 $9,616,879,409 $51,621,044,077
2010 $9,982,711,338 $58,962,978,034
2011 $11,551,819,618 $55,018,567,211
2012 $11,578,975,062 $37,632,919,967
2013 $12,423,555,455 $43,024,018,082
2014 $12,522,957,399 $49,516,748,618
2015 $11,323,020,701 $51,726,758,677
2016 $11,848,613,858 $42,630,376,000
2017 $13,176,313,594 $41,283,617,976
2018 $13,760,033,282 $32,333,780,383
2019 $14,104,664,679 $32,338,079,165
2020 $13,051,441,204 $27,034,593,750
2021 $14,354,731,964 $34,229,513,775
2022 $15,325,603,273 $51,666,875,363
2023 $15,869,945,478 $39,898,289,821
2024 $17,420,814,801 $49,909,807,030

Madagascar and Sudan economies compared

GDP per capita
Madagascar

Sudan
Year GDP per capita
Madagascar Sudan
1960 $131.7 $134.7
1961 $133.3 $141.6
1962 $137.3 $148.9
1963 $137.4 $146.6
1964 $141.5 $145.7
1965 $143.2 $146.8
1966 $150.7 $145.6
1967 $155.9 $152.4
1968 $163.6 $153.7
1969 $162.9 $163.5
1970 $166.6 $179.6
1971 $174.6 $189
1972 $189.6 $198.2
1973 $226.8 $235.8
1974 $255.3 $291.5
1975 $295 $343
1976 $273.5 $413
1977 $286.9 $497
1978 $315 $518
1979 $396 $515
1980 $578 $525
1981 $513 $605
1982 $501 $472
1983 $476 $431
1984 $385 $534
1985 $364 $406
1986 $405 $497
1987 $290.8 $584
1988 $280.5 $680
1989 $271.3 $992
1990 $326 $1,528
1991 $262 $1,966
1992 $290.2 $307
1993 $308 $379
1994 $258.7 $532
1995 $273.1 $561
1996 $340 $357
1997 $284.4 $453
1998 $284.2 $425
1999 $267.4 $394
2000 $280.3 $441
2001 $319 $551
2002 $305 $621
2003 $353 $714
2004 $272.2 $872
2005 $306 $1,125
2006 $324 $1,415
2007 $420 $1,814
2008 $513 $1,928
2009 $446 $1,493
2010 $450 $1,665
2011 $506 $1,522
2012 $494 $1,019
2013 $515 $1,139
2014 $506 $1,275
2015 $445 $1,292
2016 $454 $1,033
2017 $492 $967
2018 $500 $731
2019 $500 $710
2020 $451 $578
2021 $483 $712
2022 $504 $1,046
2023 $509 $797
2024 $545 $989

Madagascar vs. Sudan life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Madagascar

Sudan
Year Life expectancy, years
Madagascar Sudan
1950 39.7 45.8
1951 39.9 46.2
1952 40.3 46.5
1953 40.7 46.9
1954 40.9 47.3
1955 41.3 47.7
1956 41.7 48.1
1957 42.1 48.5
1958 42.5 48.9
1959 43 49.2
1960 43.3 49.6
1961 43.8 50
1962 44.2 50.4
1963 44.6 50.8
1964 45 50.9
1965 45.4 51
1966 46 51.3
1967 46.5 51.5
1968 46.9 51.8
1969 47.3 52
1970 47.9 52.3
1971 48.2 52.5
1972 48.5 52.8
1973 48.9 53
1974 49.3 53.2
1975 49.6 53.3
1976 49.8 53.3
1977 49.9 53.5
1978 50 53.3
1979 50.1 53.4
1980 50 54.1
1981 49.8 54.4
1982 50 54.4
1983 50.1 49.6
1984 50.2 49.8
1985 50.4 50
1986 50.7 54.6
1987 51.1 54.7
1988 51.4 55
1989 51.8 54.9
1990 52.1 55.5
1991 52.6 55.6
1992 52.9 56
1993 53.7 56.1
1994 54.2 57
1995 54.8 57.4
1996 55.5 57.6
1997 56.1 58.1
1998 56.8 58.3
1999 57.4 58.6
2000 58 58.9
2001 58.7 59.3
2002 59.2 59.3
2003 59.7 58.3
2004 60.2 56.8
2005 60.7 57.2
2006 61.1 60.4
2007 61.5 61.4
2008 62 61.3
2009 62.3 62.7
2010 62.6 63
2011 62.9 63.2
2012 63 63.4
2013 63.2 63.4
2014 63.3 64
2015 63.4 64.4
2016 63.4 64.7
2017 63.4 65.1
2018 63.5 65.5
2019 63.5 65.8
2020 62.7 65.1
2021 62.5 64.5
2022 63.1 65.7
2023 63.6 66.3
2024 63.8 66.5
2025 64 66.7

Madagascar and Sudan population clocks and comparison

Population
Madagascar

Sudan
Year Population
Madagascar Sudan
1960 5,111,029 8,364,489
1961 5,246,158 8,634,941
1962 5,384,150 8,919,028
1963 5,525,185 9,218,077
1964 5,669,863 9,531,109
1965 5,819,116 9,858,030
1966 5,974,279 10,197,578
1967 6,136,486 10,550,597
1968 6,306,493 10,917,999
1969 6,484,716 11,298,936
1970 6,672,003 11,695,771
1971 6,868,868 12,105,539
1972 7,074,398 12,527,856
1973 7,288,048 13,049,315
1974 7,509,726 13,580,723
1975 7,739,336 14,064,798
1976 7,976,831 14,569,716
1977 8,222,240 15,086,614
1978 8,475,864 15,695,003
1979 8,737,581 16,355,352
1980 9,006,032 17,058,905
1981 9,279,011 17,780,572
1982 9,557,671 18,486,645
1983 9,843,044 19,109,770
1984 10,134,550 19,546,528
1985 10,433,142 19,905,872
1986 10,736,857 20,288,238
1987 11,047,291 20,704,904
1988 11,369,462 21,138,431
1989 11,704,998 21,578,022
1990 12,055,639 22,021,481
1991 12,421,412 22,470,676
1992 12,800,870 22,927,355
1993 13,197,345 23,445,592
1994 13,613,850 24,043,948
1995 14,051,275 24,672,143
1996 14,510,711 25,231,528
1997 14,990,814 25,799,821
1998 15,489,364 26,458,999
1999 16,000,506 27,130,613
2000 16,516,338 27,816,745
2001 17,032,939 28,516,770
2002 17,549,913 29,228,727
2003 18,071,854 29,896,035
2004 18,606,608 30,556,637
2005 19,159,707 31,262,444
2006 19,730,909 31,992,435
2007 20,318,583 32,764,135
2008 20,923,840 33,623,980
2009 21,547,280 34,569,113
2010 22,183,340 35,414,399
2011 22,822,300 36,140,806
2012 23,462,438 36,923,178
2013 24,109,290 37,785,849
2014 24,764,348 38,823,318
2015 25,426,702 40,024,431
2016 26,099,952 41,259,892
2017 26,788,375 42,714,306
2018 27,494,926 44,230,596
2019 28,219,554 45,548,175
2020 28,953,556 46,789,231
2021 29,691,083 48,066,924
2022 30,437,261 49,383,346
2023 31,195,932 50,042,791
2024 31,964,956 50,448,963

Fertility rates in Madagascar and Sudan

Fertility rate
Madagascar

Sudan
Year Fertility rate
Madagascar Sudan
1960 7.34 6.66
1961 7.3 6.66
1962 7.26 6.7
1963 7.21 6.76
1964 7.19 6.8
1965 7.17 6.84
1966 7.16 6.88
1967 7.14 6.91
1968 7.13 6.95
1969 7.12 6.97
1970 7.1 6.99
1971 7.07 7.02
1972 7.04 6.98
1973 7.01 6.94
1974 6.99 6.91
1975 6.97 6.87
1976 6.95 6.82
1977 6.93 6.78
1978 6.9 6.72
1979 6.87 6.65
1980 6.84 6.59
1981 6.77 6.53
1982 6.7 6.47
1983 6.63 6.41
1984 6.55 6.34
1985 6.46 6.28
1986 6.34 6.23
1987 6.24 6.18
1988 6.18 6.13
1989 6.15 6.11
1990 6.14 6.07
1991 6.12 6.05
1992 6.08 6.02
1993 6.06 5.97
1994 6.04 5.91
1995 6.04 5.86
1996 6.03 5.79
1997 6.02 5.72
1998 5.99 5.65
1999 5.84 5.62
2000 5.67 5.6
2001 5.53 5.56
2002 5.41 5.53
2003 5.33 5.49
2004 5.26 5.46
2005 5.2 5.4
2006 5.13 5.33
2007 5.08 5.27
2008 5.04 5.21
2009 5 5.17
2010 4.9 5.14
2011 4.74 5.09
2012 4.61 5.03
2013 4.53 4.97
2014 4.42 4.91
2015 4.34 4.9
2016 4.29 4.83
2017 4.26 4.76
2018 4.25 4.68
2019 4.22 4.62
2020 4.17 4.54
2021 4.1 4.46
2022 4.04 4.38
2023 3.97 4.32

Madagascar and Sudan demographics compared

Median age
Madagascar

Sudan
Year Median age, years
Madagascar Sudan
1960 17.9 16.7
1961 17.5 16.7
1962 17.2 16.7
1963 17 16.6
1964 16.8 16.5
1965 16.8 16.5
1966 16.7 16.4
1967 16.7 16.4
1968 16.7 16.3
1969 16.6 16.3
1970 16.7 16.2
1971 16.7 16.2
1972 16.6 16.1
1973 16.6 16
1974 16.6 15.9
1975 16.6 16
1976 16.6 16
1977 16.5 16.1
1978 16.5 16.2
1979 16.5 16.4
1980 16.4 16.5
1981 16.4 16.6
1982 16.4 16.7
1983 16.4 16.7
1984 16.5 16.8
1985 16.5 16.8
1986 16.6 16.8
1987 16.6 16.9
1988 16.7 16.9
1989 16.8 16.8
1990 16.9 16.8
1991 16.9 16.8
1992 17 16.8
1993 17 16.8
1994 17.1 16.8
1995 17.1 16.8
1996 17.1 16.8
1997 17.1 16.8
1998 17.2 16.8
1999 17.2 16.9
2000 17.2 16.9
2001 17.2 17
2002 17.2 17
2003 17.2 17.1
2004 17.3 17.1
2005 17.3 17.1
2006 17.4 17.2
2007 17.5 17.3
2008 17.6 17.3
2009 17.7 17.4
2010 17.8 17.5
2011 17.9 17.4
2012 18.1 17.5
2013 18.2 17.5
2014 18.4 17.7
2015 18.6 17.9
2016 18.7 18.1
2017 18.9 18.3
2018 19.1 18.6
2019 19.3 18.7
2020 19.4 18.9
2021 19.6 19
2022 19.7 19.2
2023 19.9 19.3
2024 20 19.4

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Madagascar Sudan
GNI, Atlas method
$16.4B
2024
$36.2B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
15.7%
2025
6.17%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
3.05%
2023
2.02%
2009
Military expenditure, % of GDP
0.66%
2023
0.92%
2021
Armed forces personnel
22,000
2020
144,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-3.88%
2025
-2.68%
2025
Unemployment rate
3.19%
2022
7.53%
2022
Services, % of GDP
46.4%
2024
54.9%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
22.8%
2024
23%
2024
Economic freedom index
57
2025
35.3
2025
Income share by richest 10%
29.6%
2021
27.8%
2014
Income share by poorest 10%
2.9%
2021
3.2%
2014
Total reserves including gold
$2.78B
2024
$178M
2017
Personal remittances received
$385M
2024
$900M
2024
International tourist arrivals
87,099
2020
836,000
2018
International tourism as share of exports
7.8%
2020
20.9%
2018
Banked people share
24.5%
2024
15.3%
2014

Energy

Madagascar Sudan
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
309 kg
2022
412 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$5.56
2022
$8.15
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
4.1 megatons
2023
21.3 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
0.13 tons
2023
0.43 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2022
30.2%
2022
Renewable energy use share
83.1%
2022
61%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
0.8%
2022
4.99%
2022
Net energy imports use share
13.7%
2017
18.9%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita
81.3 kWh
2022
278.8 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
34%
2021
58%
2021
Hydroelectric share
31.5%
2022
71.4%
2022
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
39.4%
2023
66%
2023

Society

Madagascar Sudan
% of world population
0.39%
2024
0.62%
2024
Annual migration change
-1,795
2024
-544,257
2024
Urban population
41.2%
2024
36.8%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.42 ft
2025
5.65 ft
2025
Average female height
5.02 ft
2025
5.26 ft
2025
Quality of life index
23.6
2025
27.8
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
26
2024
15
2024
Higher education index
29
2025
43
2025
Homicides per 100K people
7.69
2015
5.1
2008
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
29.2
2019
26.8
2019
Visa free countries
70
2025
53
2025
Adult literacy rate
77.5%
2022
60.7%
2018
English speaking
18%
2023
93.7%
2023
People using the Internet
20.4%
2023
26.4%
2020

Health

Madagascar Sudan
Government health expenditure per capita
$16.3
2022
$31.6
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$5.27
2022
$16.2
2022
Life expectancy
64 years
2025
66.7 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
32.8%
2022
17.7%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
0.2
2018
0.26
2017
Age at first childbirth
19.5 years
2025
n/a
Maternal mortality per 100K births
445
2023
256
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
64.8
2023
50.1
2023
Obesity rate
4.45%
2022
17.5%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
4.6%
2024
19%
2024
Air quality index
38
2025
33
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
26.8%
2022
n/a
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
0.99 liters
2020
0.01 liters
2020

Territory

Madagascar Sudan
% of world land
0.39%
2025
1.25%
2025
Land area per capita
7,028 sq mi
2024
14,296 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
157,896 sq mi
2025
435,002 sq mi
2025
Forest area
47,839 sq mi
2025
68,892 sq mi
2025
Roads length
19,660 mi
2018
19,263 mi
2019

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