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Madagascar vs Tuvalu statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Madagascar has a population of 32M (ranked 49/197), compared with 9.65K in Tuvalu (ranked 196/197). Madagascar's land area is 224,634 sq mi versus 11.6 sq mi for Tuvalu (ranked 44th vs. 194th).

By GDP, Madagascar ranks 136/197 ($17.4B) and Tuvalu ranks 196/197 ($62.3M). By GDP per capita, Madagascar ranks 193/197 ($545), while Tuvalu ranks 109/197 ($6,345).

Main facts and rankings

Madagascar Tuvalu
Population
33368335
9493
Population rank 49/197 196/197
GDP
$17.4B
2024
$62.3M
2023
GDP rank 136/197 196/197
GDP per capita
$545
2024
$6,345
2023
GDP per capita rank 193/197 109/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$1,884
2024
$6,151
2023
Government debt
$8.78B
2024
$2.84M
2023
Debt-to-GDP ratio
51.3%
2025
3.26%
2025
Government debt per person
$274.7
2024
$289.4
2023
Government debt per person rank 180/185 179/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$1,489
2025
$4,174
2025
Land area
224,634 sq mi
2025
11.6 sq mi
2025
Population density
142.3 ppl/mi²
2024
833 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
3.97
2023
3.21
2023
Median age
20 years
2024
25.3 years
2024
Life expectancy
64 years
2025
67.4 years
2025

Madagascar and Tuvalu: Comparison Charts

Madagascar and Tuvalu economies compared

GDP
Madagascar

Tuvalu
Year GDP
Madagascar Tuvalu
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 $2,585,956
1971 $1,199,507,631 $2,716,990
1972 $1,341,590,690 $2,968,458
1973 $1,653,062,335 $3,411,915
1974 $1,917,508,190 $4,122,329
1975 $2,283,049,215 $4,014,748
1976 $2,181,844,179 $3,919,072
1977 $2,358,930,406 $3,669,420
1978 $2,669,755,115 $3,798,782
1979 $3,463,565,854 $4,065,659
1980 $5,201,818,348 $4,206,128
1981 $4,759,333,998 $4,773,018
1982 $4,784,977,326 $4,118,945
1983 $4,686,457,031 $4,152,550
1984 $3,905,938,481 $4,481,978
1985 $3,802,557,895 $3,862,852
1986 $4,347,989,788 $4,574,706
1987 $3,212,900,556 $5,020,513
1988 $3,189,456,965 $7,011,059
1989 $3,175,638,333 $8,454,523
1990 $3,931,334,875 $9,542,901
1991 $3,254,713,056 $10,127,314
1992 $3,714,966,678 $10,535,028
1993 $4,063,298,919 $10,414,400
1994 $3,522,227,092 $11,772,611
1995 $3,838,100,904 $11,922,614
1996 $4,931,861,039 $13,338,597
1997 $4,262,965,420 $13,734,210
1998 $4,401,967,633 $13,795,146
1999 $4,277,903,780 $14,800,503
2000 $4,629,247,204 $15,073,976
2001 $5,438,332,602 $13,964,732
2002 $5,351,701,663 $16,842,673
2003 $6,372,498,890 $19,456,338
2004 $5,064,732,626 $22,798,275
2005 $5,859,269,753 $22,909,980
2006 $6,395,712,491 $24,096,875
2007 $8,524,620,890 $28,450,169
2008 $10,725,137,724 $31,874,435
2009 $9,616,879,409 $28,076,984
2010 $9,982,711,338 $32,105,408
2011 $11,551,819,618 $39,196,957
2012 $11,578,975,062 $39,345,579
2013 $12,423,555,455 $38,615,891
2014 $12,522,957,399 $38,760,983
2015 $11,323,020,701 $36,811,936
2016 $11,848,613,858 $41,629,064
2017 $13,176,313,594 $45,276,595
2018 $13,760,033,282 $48,015,260
2019 $14,104,664,679 $54,123,199
2020 $13,051,441,204 $51,746,594
2021 $14,354,731,964 $60,196,406
2022 $15,325,603,273 $59,065,982
2023 $15,869,945,478 $62,280,312
2024 $17,420,814,801 -

Madagascar and Tuvalu economies compared

GDP per capita
Madagascar

Tuvalu
Year GDP per capita
Madagascar Tuvalu
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 $457
1971 $174.6 $478
1972 $189.6 $522
1973 $226.8 $601
1974 $255.3 $708
1975 $295 $656
1976 $273.5 $612
1977 $286.9 $549
1978 $315 $546
1979 $396 $566
1980 $578 $571
1981 $513 $634
1982 $501 $537
1983 $476 $533
1984 $385 $567
1985 $364 $480
1986 $405 $557
1987 $290.8 $600
1988 $280.5 $823
1989 $271.3 $976
1990 $326 $1,085
1991 $262 $1,134
1992 $290.2 $1,166
1993 $308 $1,141
1994 $258.7 $1,279
1995 $273.1 $1,285
1996 $340 $1,428
1997 $284.4 $1,461
1998 $284.2 $1,460
1999 $267.4 $1,559
2000 $280.3 $1,579
2001 $319 $1,457
2002 $305 $1,750
2003 $353 $2,007
2004 $272.2 $2,323
2005 $306 $2,305
2006 $324 $2,396
2007 $420 $2,794
2008 $513 $3,088
2009 $446 $2,684
2010 $450 $3,025
2011 $506 $3,636
2012 $494 $3,598
2013 $515 $3,510
2014 $506 $3,529
2015 $445 $3,358
2016 $454 $3,809
2017 $492 $4,166
2018 $500 $4,466
2019 $500 $5,115
2020 $451 $4,976
2021 $483 $5,905
2022 $504 $5,911
2023 $509 $6,345
2024 $545 -

Madagascar vs. Tuvalu life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Madagascar

Tuvalu
Year Life expectancy, years
Madagascar Tuvalu
1950 39.7 40
1951 39.9 40.8
1952 40.3 41.7
1953 40.7 42.5
1954 40.9 43.4
1955 41.3 44.2
1956 41.7 45
1957 42.1 45.8
1958 42.5 46.7
1959 43 47.5
1960 43.3 48.3
1961 43.8 49
1962 44.2 49.8
1963 44.6 50.6
1964 45 51.3
1965 45.4 52.1
1966 46 52.8
1967 46.5 53.5
1968 46.9 54.1
1969 47.3 54.7
1970 47.9 55.3
1971 48.2 56
1972 48.5 54.7
1973 48.9 57.2
1974 49.3 57.7
1975 49.6 58.3
1976 49.8 58.8
1977 49.9 59.2
1978 50 59.6
1979 50.1 59.9
1980 50 60.2
1981 49.8 60.5
1982 50 60.7
1983 50.1 60.9
1984 50.2 61.1
1985 50.4 61.1
1986 50.7 61.2
1987 51.1 61.3
1988 51.4 61.4
1989 51.8 61.5
1990 52.1 61.6
1991 52.6 61.8
1992 52.9 60.3
1993 53.7 62.1
1994 54.2 62.3
1995 54.8 62.5
1996 55.5 62.7
1997 56.1 62.9
1998 56.8 63.2
1999 57.4 63.3
2000 58 63.5
2001 58.7 63.7
2002 59.2 63.8
2003 59.7 63.9
2004 60.2 64
2005 60.7 64.1
2006 61.1 64.2
2007 61.5 64.4
2008 62 64.5
2009 62.3 64.7
2010 62.6 64.8
2011 62.9 65
2012 63 65.1
2013 63.2 65.2
2014 63.3 65.3
2015 63.4 65.4
2016 63.4 65.5
2017 63.4 65.7
2018 63.5 65.9
2019 63.5 66.1
2020 62.7 66.4
2021 62.5 65.8
2022 63.1 66.9
2023 63.6 67.1
2024 63.8 67.3
2025 64 67.4

Madagascar and Tuvalu population clocks and comparison

Population
Madagascar

Tuvalu
Year Population
Madagascar Tuvalu
1960 5,111,029 5,598
1961 5,246,158 5,648
1962 5,384,150 5,699
1963 5,525,185 5,751
1964 5,669,863 5,752
1965 5,819,116 5,715
1966 5,974,279 5,686
1967 6,136,486 5,652
1968 6,306,493 5,624
1969 6,484,716 5,631
1970 6,672,003 5,663
1971 6,868,868 5,685
1972 7,074,398 5,692
1973 7,288,048 5,681
1974 7,509,726 5,822
1975 7,739,336 6,117
1976 7,976,831 6,404
1977 8,222,240 6,686
1978 8,475,864 6,957
1979 8,737,581 7,184
1980 9,006,032 7,366
1981 9,279,011 7,526
1982 9,557,671 7,664
1983 9,843,044 7,789
1984 10,134,550 7,902
1985 10,433,142 8,046
1986 10,736,857 8,217
1987 11,047,291 8,371
1988 11,369,462 8,518
1989 11,704,998 8,662
1990 12,055,639 8,798
1991 12,421,412 8,928
1992 12,800,870 9,038
1993 13,197,345 9,126
1994 13,613,850 9,207
1995 14,051,275 9,280
1996 14,510,711 9,342
1997 14,990,814 9,400
1998 15,489,364 9,451
1999 16,000,506 9,496
2000 16,516,338 9,544
2001 17,032,939 9,586
2002 17,549,913 9,623
2003 18,071,854 9,695
2004 18,606,608 9,816
2005 19,159,707 9,940
2006 19,730,909 10,056
2007 20,318,583 10,182
2008 20,923,840 10,321
2009 21,547,280 10,461
2010 22,183,340 10,614
2011 22,822,300 10,780
2012 23,462,438 10,934
2013 24,109,290 11,001
2014 24,764,348 10,984
2015 25,426,702 10,963
2016 26,099,952 10,930
2017 26,788,375 10,869
2018 27,494,926 10,751
2019 28,219,554 10,581
2020 28,953,556 10,399
2021 29,691,083 10,194
2022 30,437,261 9,992
2023 31,195,932 9,816
2024 31,964,956 9,646

Fertility rates in Madagascar and Tuvalu

Fertility rate
Madagascar

Tuvalu
Year Fertility rate
Madagascar Tuvalu
1960 7.34 5.15
1961 7.3 5.09
1962 7.26 5
1963 7.21 4.91
1964 7.19 4.83
1965 7.17 4.73
1966 7.16 4.64
1967 7.14 4.49
1968 7.13 4.36
1969 7.12 4.23
1970 7.1 4.08
1971 7.07 3.94
1972 7.04 3.81
1973 7.01 3.71
1974 6.99 3.63
1975 6.97 3.58
1976 6.95 3.55
1977 6.93 3.56
1978 6.9 3.59
1979 6.87 3.65
1980 6.84 3.73
1981 6.77 3.8
1982 6.7 3.88
1983 6.63 3.91
1984 6.55 3.95
1985 6.46 3.97
1986 6.34 3.97
1987 6.24 3.94
1988 6.18 3.88
1989 6.15 3.8
1990 6.14 3.75
1991 6.12 3.79
1992 6.08 3.86
1993 6.06 3.92
1994 6.04 3.92
1995 6.04 3.96
1996 6.03 3.95
1997 6.02 3.95
1998 5.99 3.95
1999 5.84 3.92
2000 5.67 3.84
2001 5.53 3.75
2002 5.41 3.64
2003 5.33 3.58
2004 5.26 3.55
2005 5.2 3.55
2006 5.13 3.53
2007 5.08 3.45
2008 5.04 3.42
2009 5 3.43
2010 4.9 3.44
2011 4.74 3.46
2012 4.61 3.47
2013 4.53 3.39
2014 4.42 3.33
2015 4.34 3.31
2016 4.29 3.3
2017 4.26 3.3
2018 4.25 3.33
2019 4.22 3.33
2020 4.17 3.31
2021 4.1 3.28
2022 4.04 3.24
2023 3.97 3.21

Madagascar and Tuvalu demographics compared

Median age
Madagascar

Tuvalu
Year Median age, years
Madagascar Tuvalu
1960 17.9 23.1
1961 17.5 23.1
1962 17.2 23
1963 17 22.6
1964 16.8 21
1965 16.8 19.3
1966 16.7 18.5
1967 16.7 18.1
1968 16.7 17.9
1969 16.6 18
1970 16.7 18.2
1971 16.7 18.6
1972 16.6 19
1973 16.6 19.4
1974 16.6 19.7
1975 16.6 19.8
1976 16.6 19.9
1977 16.5 20.2
1978 16.5 20.5
1979 16.5 20.9
1980 16.4 21
1981 16.4 21.4
1982 16.4 21.9
1983 16.4 22.5
1984 16.5 23.2
1985 16.5 23.6
1986 16.6 23.8
1987 16.6 24
1988 16.7 24.2
1989 16.8 24.5
1990 16.9 24.7
1991 16.9 24.9
1992 17 25
1993 17 25
1994 17.1 25.1
1995 17.1 25
1996 17.1 24.9
1997 17.1 24.6
1998 17.2 24.4
1999 17.2 24.1
2000 17.2 23.9
2001 17.2 23.7
2002 17.2 23.5
2003 17.2 23.5
2004 17.3 23.5
2005 17.3 23.6
2006 17.4 23.6
2007 17.5 23.7
2008 17.6 23.8
2009 17.7 23.9
2010 17.8 24
2011 17.9 24.1
2012 18.1 24.2
2013 18.2 24.3
2014 18.4 24.5
2015 18.6 24.7
2016 18.7 24.9
2017 18.9 25.2
2018 19.1 25.3
2019 19.3 25.3
2020 19.4 25.3
2021 19.6 25.3
2022 19.7 25.3
2023 19.9 25.3
2024 20 25.3

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Madagascar Tuvalu
GNI, Atlas method
$16.4B
2024
$86M
2023
Government expenditure, % of GDP
15.7%
2025
101.4%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
3.05%
2023
12.8%
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
-1.87%
2025
Unemployment rate
3.19%
2022
7.32%
2022
Services, % of GDP
46.4%
2024
n/a
Industry, % of GDP
22.8%
2024
7.02%
2015
Economic freedom index
57
2025
60
2025
Income share by richest 10%
29.6%
2021
30.8%
2010
Income share by poorest 10%
2.9%
2021
2.7%
2010
Total reserves including gold
$2.78B
2024
n/a
Personal remittances received
$385M
2024
$2M
2024
International tourist arrivals
87,099
2020
3,599
2019
International tourism as share of exports
7.8%
2020
43.4%
2013
Banked people share
24.5%
2024
n/a

Energy

Madagascar Tuvalu
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
309 kg
2022
n/a
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$5.56
2022
n/a
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
4.1 megatons
2023
0 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
0.13 tons
2023
0 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2022
n/a
Renewable energy use share
83.1%
2022
5.2%
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
15.8%
2021
Hydroelectric share
31.5%
2022
0%
2021
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
39.4%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Madagascar Tuvalu
% of world population
0.39%
2024
0.0001%
2024
Annual migration change
-1,795
2024
-280
2024
Urban population
41.2%
2024
66.9%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.42 ft
2025
5.62 ft
2025
Average female height
5.02 ft
2025
5.37 ft
2025
Quality of life index
23.6
2025
44.7
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
26
2024
48
2025
Higher education index
29
2025
n/a
Homicides per 100K people
7.69
2015
0
2019
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
29.2
2019
0.2
2025
Visa free countries
70
2025
130
2025
Adult literacy rate
77.5%
2022
100%
2022
English speaking
18%
2023
70%
2025
People using the Internet
20.4%
2023
74.3%
2023

Health

Madagascar Tuvalu
Government health expenditure per capita
$16.3
2022
$1,085
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$5.27
2022
$4
2022
Life expectancy
64 years
2025
67.4 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
32.8%
2022
27.1%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
0.2
2018
1.26
2020
Age at first childbirth
19.5 years
2025
23.5 years
2017
Maternal mortality per 100K births
445
2023
170
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
64.8
2023
19.9
2023
Obesity rate
4.45%
2022
65.3%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
4.6%
2024
19%
2024
Air quality index
38
2025
97
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
26.8%
2022
33.7%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
0.99 liters
2020
1.26 liters
2020

Territory

Madagascar Tuvalu
% of world land
0.39%
2025
0.00002%
2025
Land area per capita
7,028 sq mi
2024
1,201 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
157,896 sq mi
2025
6.95 sq mi
2025
Forest area
47,839 sq mi
2025
3.86 sq mi
2025
Roads length
19,660 mi
2018
4.97 mi
2011

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