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Madagascar vs Tonga statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Madagascar has a population of 32M (ranked 49/197), compared with 104K in Tonga (ranked 183/197). Madagascar's land area is 224,634 sq mi versus 278 sq mi for Tonga (ranked 44th vs. 176th).

By GDP, Madagascar ranks 136/197 ($17.4B) and Tonga ranks 191/197 ($509M). By GDP per capita, Madagascar ranks 193/197 ($545), while Tonga ranks 121/197 ($4,864).

Main facts and rankings

Madagascar Tonga
Population
33368335
103744
Population rank 49/197 183/197
GDP
$17.4B
2024
$509M
2023
GDP rank 136/197 191/197
GDP per capita
$545
2024
$4,864
2023
GDP per capita rank 193/197 121/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$1,884
2024
$7,853
2023
Government debt
$8.78B
2024
$224M
2023
Debt-to-GDP ratio
51.3%
2025
44.1%
2025
Government debt per person
$274.7
2024
$2,138
2023
Government debt per person rank 180/185 117/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$1,489
2025
$4,126
2025
Land area
224,634 sq mi
2025
278 sq mi
2025
Population density
142.3 ppl/mi²
2024
375 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
3.97
2023
3.13
2023
Median age
20 years
2024
21.9 years
2024
Life expectancy
64 years
2025
73.2 years
2025

Madagascar and Tonga: Comparison Charts

Madagascar and Tonga economies compared

GDP
Madagascar

Tonga
Year GDP
Madagascar Tonga
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 $32,506,742
1976 $2,181,844,179 $30,036,417
1977 $2,358,930,406 $34,139,388
1978 $2,669,755,115 $41,567,472
1979 $3,463,565,854 $44,667,002
1980 $5,201,818,348 $53,260,077
1981 $4,759,333,998 $62,242,013
1982 $4,784,977,326 $62,068,161
1983 $4,686,457,031 $60,863,964
1984 $3,905,938,481 $64,248,355
1985 $3,802,557,895 $60,058,663
1986 $4,347,989,788 $68,195,856
1987 $3,212,900,556 $81,667,133
1988 $3,189,456,965 $106,657,267
1989 $3,175,638,333 $106,344,855
1990 $3,931,334,875 $113,563,822
1991 $3,254,713,056 $132,201,141
1992 $3,714,966,678 $137,066,291
1993 $4,063,298,919 $138,489,884
1994 $3,522,227,092 $195,990,986
1995 $3,838,100,904 $208,871,666
1996 $4,931,861,039 $222,100,576
1997 $4,262,965,420 $214,991,452
1998 $4,401,967,633 $191,504,893
1999 $4,277,903,780 $199,208,718
2000 $4,629,247,204 $204,848,488
2001 $5,438,332,602 $181,117,230
2002 $5,351,701,663 $182,764,281
2003 $6,372,498,890 $202,246,591
2004 $5,064,732,626 $230,678,011
2005 $5,859,269,753 $261,823,805
2006 $6,395,712,491 $292,232,703
2007 $8,524,620,890 $298,519,623
2008 $10,725,137,724 $344,438,844
2009 $9,616,879,409 $312,415,028
2010 $9,982,711,338 $366,887,375
2011 $11,551,819,618 $414,143,828
2012 $11,578,975,062 $471,122,971
2013 $12,423,555,455 $451,788,498
2014 $12,522,957,399 $440,997,735
2015 $11,323,020,701 $437,525,539
2016 $11,848,613,858 $420,828,255
2017 $13,176,313,594 $459,976,847
2018 $13,760,033,282 $489,714,530
2019 $14,104,664,679 $494,197,854
2020 $13,051,441,204 $496,856,304
2021 $14,354,731,964 $518,228,029
2022 $15,325,603,273 $518,180,029
2023 $15,869,945,478 $508,735,107
2024 $17,420,814,801 -

Madagascar and Tonga economies compared

GDP per capita
Madagascar

Tonga
Year GDP per capita
Madagascar Tonga
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 $349
1976 $273.5 $315
1977 $286.9 $353
1978 $315 $428
1979 $396 $458
1980 $578 $545
1981 $513 $636
1982 $501 $633
1983 $476 $621
1984 $385 $656
1985 $364 $613
1986 $405 $696
1987 $290.8 $830
1988 $280.5 $1,078
1989 $271.3 $1,070
1990 $326 $1,139
1991 $262 $1,323
1992 $290.2 $1,370
1993 $308 $1,383
1994 $258.7 $1,957
1995 $273.1 $2,084
1996 $340 $2,215
1997 $284.4 $2,136
1998 $284.2 $1,889
1999 $267.4 $1,952
2000 $280.3 $1,995
2001 $319 $1,754
2002 $305 $1,759
2003 $353 $1,936
2004 $272.2 $2,195
2005 $306 $2,478
2006 $324 $2,750
2007 $420 $2,797
2008 $513 $3,218
2009 $446 $2,914
2010 $450 $3,416
2011 $506 $3,850
2012 $494 $4,384
2013 $515 $4,219
2014 $506 $4,137
2015 $445 $4,124
2016 $454 $3,988
2017 $492 $4,366
2018 $500 $4,639
2019 $500 $4,677
2020 $451 $4,700
2021 $483 $4,913
2022 $504 $4,933
2023 $509 $4,864
2024 $545 -

Madagascar vs. Tonga life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Madagascar

Tonga
Year Life expectancy, years
Madagascar Tonga
1950 39.7 48.4
1951 39.9 49.8
1952 40.3 51.2
1953 40.7 52.4
1954 40.9 53.6
1955 41.3 54.7
1956 41.7 55.7
1957 42.1 56.5
1958 42.5 57.2
1959 43 57.8
1960 43.3 58.3
1961 43.8 58.8
1962 44.2 59.3
1963 44.6 59.8
1964 45 60.3
1965 45.4 60.7
1966 46 61.2
1967 46.5 61.7
1968 46.9 62.2
1969 47.3 62.7
1970 47.9 63.2
1971 48.2 63.6
1972 48.5 64.1
1973 48.9 64.4
1974 49.3 64.8
1975 49.6 65.1
1976 49.8 65.4
1977 49.9 65.6
1978 50 65.9
1979 50.1 66
1980 50 66.2
1981 49.8 66.4
1982 50 66.3
1983 50.1 66.7
1984 50.2 66.8
1985 50.4 66.9
1986 50.7 67.1
1987 51.1 67.2
1988 51.4 67.3
1989 51.8 67.4
1990 52.1 67.5
1991 52.6 67.7
1992 52.9 67.9
1993 53.7 68.2
1994 54.2 68.4
1995 54.8 68.6
1996 55.5 68.8
1997 56.1 69
1998 56.8 69.2
1999 57.4 69.4
2000 58 69.6
2001 58.7 69.8
2002 59.2 70
2003 59.7 70.2
2004 60.2 70.4
2005 60.7 70.6
2006 61.1 70.7
2007 61.5 70.9
2008 62 71
2009 62.3 70.9
2010 62.6 71.3
2011 62.9 71.4
2012 63 71.5
2013 63.2 71.6
2014 63.3 71.7
2015 63.4 71.9
2016 63.4 72
2017 63.4 72.1
2018 63.5 72.2
2019 63.5 72.3
2020 62.7 72.4
2021 62.5 72.1
2022 63.1 72.6
2023 63.6 72.9
2024 63.8 73.1
2025 64 73.2

Madagascar and Tonga population clocks and comparison

Population
Madagascar

Tonga
Year Population
Madagascar Tonga
1960 5,111,029 66,170
1961 5,246,158 68,037
1962 5,384,150 69,940
1963 5,525,185 71,885
1964 5,669,863 73,879
1965 5,819,116 75,924
1966 5,974,279 78,002
1967 6,136,486 79,814
1968 6,306,493 81,353
1969 6,484,716 82,885
1970 6,672,003 84,401
1971 6,868,868 85,896
1972 7,074,398 87,356
1973 7,288,048 88,805
1974 7,509,726 90,683
1975 7,739,336 93,017
1976 7,976,831 95,325
1977 8,222,240 96,725
1978 8,475,864 97,204
1979 8,737,581 97,544
1980 9,006,032 97,769
1981 9,279,011 97,909
1982 9,557,671 97,980
1983 9,843,044 97,998
1984 10,134,550 97,990
1985 10,433,142 97,984
1986 10,736,857 98,010
1987 11,047,291 98,376
1988 11,369,462 98,969
1989 11,704,998 99,403
1990 12,055,639 99,700
1991 12,421,412 99,895
1992 12,800,870 100,022
1993 13,197,345 100,103
1994 13,613,850 100,166
1995 14,051,275 100,225
1996 14,510,711 100,275
1997 14,990,814 100,674
1998 15,489,364 101,388
1999 16,000,506 102,046
2000 16,516,338 102,677
2001 17,032,939 103,288
2002 17,549,913 103,874
2003 18,071,854 104,464
2004 18,606,608 105,071
2005 19,159,707 105,671
2006 19,730,909 106,253
2007 20,318,583 106,726
2008 20,923,840 107,020
2009 21,547,280 107,203
2010 22,183,340 107,400
2011 22,822,300 107,570
2012 23,462,438 107,460
2013 24,109,290 107,078
2014 24,764,348 106,609
2015 25,426,702 106,095
2016 26,099,952 105,524
2017 26,788,375 105,356
2018 27,494,926 105,567
2019 28,219,554 105,669
2020 28,953,556 105,704
2021 29,691,083 105,490
2022 30,437,261 105,042
2023 31,195,932 104,597
2024 31,964,956 104,175

Fertility rates in Madagascar and Tonga

Fertility rate
Madagascar

Tonga
Year Fertility rate
Madagascar Tonga
1960 7.34 6.65
1961 7.3 6.61
1962 7.26 6.57
1963 7.21 6.52
1964 7.19 6.46
1965 7.17 6.41
1966 7.16 6.35
1967 7.14 6.29
1968 7.13 6.23
1969 7.12 6.17
1970 7.1 6.07
1971 7.07 5.96
1972 7.04 5.86
1973 7.01 5.8
1974 6.99 5.77
1975 6.97 5.75
1976 6.95 5.73
1977 6.93 5.7
1978 6.9 5.68
1979 6.87 5.65
1980 6.84 5.6
1981 6.77 5.55
1982 6.7 5.5
1983 6.63 5.45
1984 6.55 5.41
1985 6.46 5.34
1986 6.34 5.27
1987 6.24 5.19
1988 6.18 5.1
1989 6.15 5.01
1990 6.14 4.93
1991 6.12 4.85
1992 6.08 4.79
1993 6.06 4.73
1994 6.04 4.66
1995 6.04 4.56
1996 6.03 4.46
1997 6.02 4.38
1998 5.99 4.31
1999 5.84 4.23
2000 5.67 4.16
2001 5.53 4.13
2002 5.41 4.14
2003 5.33 4.18
2004 5.26 4.19
2005 5.2 4.2
2006 5.13 4.14
2007 5.08 4.09
2008 5.04 4.01
2009 5 3.95
2010 4.9 3.88
2011 4.74 3.83
2012 4.61 3.77
2013 4.53 3.7
2014 4.42 3.62
2015 4.34 3.54
2016 4.29 3.46
2017 4.26 3.39
2018 4.25 3.33
2019 4.22 3.27
2020 4.17 3.23
2021 4.1 3.2
2022 4.04 3.17
2023 3.97 3.13

Madagascar and Tonga demographics compared

Median age
Madagascar

Tonga
Year Median age, years
Madagascar Tonga
1960 17.9 17.1
1961 17.5 17.1
1962 17.2 17.1
1963 17 17
1964 16.8 17
1965 16.8 17
1966 16.7 17
1967 16.7 17
1968 16.7 16.9
1969 16.6 16.8
1970 16.7 16.8
1971 16.7 16.7
1972 16.6 16.7
1973 16.6 16.8
1974 16.6 16.8
1975 16.6 16.7
1976 16.6 16.7
1977 16.5 16.8
1978 16.5 17.1
1979 16.5 17.3
1980 16.4 17.4
1981 16.4 17.6
1982 16.4 17.8
1983 16.4 17.9
1984 16.5 18
1985 16.5 18.1
1986 16.6 18.2
1987 16.6 18.3
1988 16.7 18.6
1989 16.8 18.9
1990 16.9 19.1
1991 16.9 19.3
1992 17 19.5
1993 17 19.6
1994 17.1 19.6
1995 17.1 19.6
1996 17.1 19.6
1997 17.1 19.7
1998 17.2 19.9
1999 17.2 20.1
2000 17.2 20.3
2001 17.2 20.5
2002 17.2 20.7
2003 17.2 20.8
2004 17.3 20.8
2005 17.3 20.8
2006 17.4 20.8
2007 17.5 20.9
2008 17.6 21
2009 17.7 21.1
2010 17.8 21.2
2011 17.9 21.2
2012 18.1 21.4
2013 18.2 21.6
2014 18.4 21.7
2015 18.6 21.8
2016 18.7 21.9
2017 18.9 21.9
2018 19.1 22
2019 19.3 22
2020 19.4 22.1
2021 19.6 22.1
2022 19.7 22
2023 19.9 21.9
2024 20 21.9

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Madagascar Tonga
GNI, Atlas method
$16.4B
2024
$578M
2023
Government expenditure, % of GDP
15.7%
2025
49.7%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
3.05%
2023
5.15%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP
0.66%
2023
n/a
Armed forces personnel
22,000
2020
n/a
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-3.88%
2025
-7.9%
2025
Unemployment rate
3.19%
2022
1.65%
2023
Services, % of GDP
46.4%
2024
50.2%
2023
Industry, % of GDP
22.8%
2024
13.5%
2023
Economic freedom index
57
2025
58.5
2025
Income share by richest 10%
29.6%
2021
22%
2021
Income share by poorest 10%
2.9%
2021
4%
2021
Total reserves including gold
$2.78B
2024
$377M
2024
Personal remittances received
$385M
2024
$257M
2024
International tourist arrivals
87,099
2020
94,000
2019
International tourism as share of exports
7.8%
2020
47.8%
2020
Banked people share
24.5%
2024
n/a

Energy

Madagascar Tonga
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
309 kg
2022
543 kg
2007
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$5.56
2022
$7.94
2007
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
4.1 megatons
2023
0.22 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
0.13 tons
2023
2.1 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2022
0%
2007
Renewable energy use share
83.1%
2022
2.3%
2022
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
0.8%
2022
n/a
Net energy imports use share
13.7%
2017
n/a
Electric power consumption per capita
81.3 kWh
2022
n/a
Renewable electricity output share
34%
2021
14.2%
2021
Hydroelectric share
31.5%
2022
0%
2021
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
39.4%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Madagascar Tonga
% of world population
0.39%
2024
0.001%
2024
Annual migration change
-1,795
2024
-2,149
2024
Urban population
41.2%
2024
23.2%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.42 ft
2025
5.74 ft
2025
Average female height
5.02 ft
2025
5.45 ft
2025
Quality of life index
23.6
2025
42.6
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
26
2024
50
2025
Higher education index
29
2025
n/a
Homicides per 100K people
7.69
2015
0.95
2019
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
29.2
2019
33
2019
Visa free countries
70
2025
127
2025
Adult literacy rate
77.5%
2022
99.4%
2021
English speaking
18%
2023
30%
2023
People using the Internet
20.4%
2023
58.5%
2023

Health

Madagascar Tonga
Government health expenditure per capita
$16.3
2022
$378
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$5.27
2022
$11.1
2022
Life expectancy
64 years
2025
73.2 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
32.8%
2022
45.7%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
0.2
2018
1.01
2021
Age at first childbirth
19.5 years
2025
24.9 years
2025
Maternal mortality per 100K births
445
2023
67
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
64.8
2023
9.9
2023
Obesity rate
4.45%
2022
72.4%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
4.6%
2024
19.6%
2024
Air quality index
38
2025
91
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
26.8%
2022
31.3%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
0.99 liters
2020
0.36 liters
2020

Territory

Madagascar Tonga
% of world land
0.39%
2025
0.0005%
2025
Land area per capita
7,028 sq mi
2024
2,669 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
157,896 sq mi
2025
135.1 sq mi
2025
Forest area
47,839 sq mi
2025
34.6 sq mi
2025
Roads length
19,660 mi
2018
423 mi
2011

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