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Madagascar vs Uganda statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Madagascar has a population of 32M (ranked 49/197), compared with 50M in Uganda (ranked 31/197). Madagascar's land area is 224,634 sq mi versus 77,421 sq mi for Uganda (ranked 44th vs. 84th).

By GDP, Madagascar ranks 136/197 ($17.4B) and Uganda ranks 89/197 ($53.7B). By GDP per capita, Madagascar ranks 193/197 ($545), while Uganda ranks 173/197 ($1,073).

Main facts and rankings

Madagascar Uganda
Population
33368335
52490669
Population rank 49/197 30/197
GDP
$17.4B
2024
$53.7B
2024
GDP rank 136/197 89/197
GDP per capita
$545
2024
$1,073
2024
GDP per capita rank 193/197 173/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$1,884
2024
$3,276
2024
Government debt
$8.78B
2024
$27.8B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
51.3%
2025
54%
2025
Government debt per person
$274.7
2024
$556
2024
Government debt per person rank 180/185 162/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$1,489
2025
$1,648
2025
Land area
224,634 sq mi
2025
77,421 sq mi
2025
Population density
142.3 ppl/mi²
2024
646 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
3.97
2023
4.28
2023
Median age
20 years
2024
17.8 years
2024
Life expectancy
64 years
2025
68.7 years
2025

Madagascar and Uganda: Comparison Charts

Madagascar and Uganda economies compared

GDP
Madagascar

Uganda
Year GDP
Madagascar Uganda
1960 $673,081,725 $423,145,605
1961 $699,161,945 $441,667,335
1962 $739,286,908 $449,158,233
1963 $759,345,864 $516,315,231
1964 $802,482,184 $589,247,687
1965 $833,563,473 $884,502,310
1966 $900,264,585 $925,381,492
1967 $956,436,932 $967,240,655
1968 $1,031,669,637 $1,037,379,252
1969 $1,056,391,056 $1,168,556,629
1970 $1,111,859,571 $1,259,554,809
1971 $1,199,507,631 $1,417,191,656
1972 $1,341,590,690 $1,490,970,181
1973 $1,653,062,335 $1,701,829,789
1974 $1,917,508,190 $2,098,944,967
1975 $2,283,049,215 $2,359,555,556
1976 $2,181,844,179 $2,447,300,000
1977 $2,358,930,406 $2,936,470,588
1978 $2,669,755,115 $2,420,260,870
1979 $3,463,565,854 $2,139,025,000
1980 $5,201,818,348 $1,244,610,000
1981 $4,759,333,998 $1,337,300,000
1982 $4,784,977,326 $2,177,500,000
1983 $4,686,457,031 $2,240,333,333
1984 $3,905,938,481 $3,615,647,477
1985 $3,802,557,895 $3,519,695,444
1986 $4,347,989,788 $3,923,244,050
1987 $3,212,900,556 $6,269,522,042
1988 $3,189,456,965 $6,508,931,652
1989 $3,175,638,333 $5,276,480,799
1990 $3,931,334,875 $4,304,399,310
1991 $3,254,713,056 $3,321,729,160
1992 $3,714,966,678 $2,857,457,762
1993 $4,063,298,919 $3,220,439,044
1994 $3,522,227,092 $3,990,430,447
1995 $3,838,100,904 $5,755,818,842
1996 $4,931,861,039 $6,044,585,327
1997 $4,262,965,420 $6,269,333,313
1998 $4,401,967,633 $6,584,815,847
1999 $4,277,903,780 $5,998,563,258
2000 $4,629,247,204 $6,193,246,837
2001 $5,438,332,602 $5,840,503,869
2002 $5,351,701,663 $6,178,563,591
2003 $6,372,498,890 $6,606,884,275
2004 $5,064,732,626 $7,939,487,548
2005 $5,859,269,753 $9,239,221,763
2006 $6,395,712,491 $9,977,647,683
2007 $8,524,620,890 $11,902,564,495
2008 $10,725,137,724 $14,440,404,132
2009 $9,616,879,409 $25,127,805,567
2010 $9,982,711,338 $26,673,441,431
2011 $11,551,819,618 $27,871,725,241
2012 $11,578,975,062 $27,305,915,911
2013 $12,423,555,455 $28,915,786,517
2014 $12,522,957,399 $32,612,397,257
2015 $11,323,020,701 $32,387,183,730
2016 $11,848,613,858 $29,203,988,696
2017 $13,176,313,594 $30,744,473,841
2018 $13,760,033,282 $32,927,025,620
2019 $14,104,664,679 $35,353,061,008
2020 $13,051,441,204 $37,600,368,240
2021 $14,354,731,964 $40,529,788,744
2022 $15,325,603,273 $45,565,333,216
2023 $15,869,945,478 $48,768,955,859
2024 $17,420,814,801 $53,651,874,314

Madagascar and Uganda economies compared

GDP per capita
Madagascar

Uganda
Year GDP per capita
Madagascar Uganda
1960 $131.7 $55.4
1961 $133.3 $56.2
1962 $137.3 $55.5
1963 $137.4 $62
1964 $141.5 $68.6
1965 $143.2 $100
1966 $150.7 $101.4
1967 $155.9 $102.8
1968 $163.6 $106.9
1969 $162.9 $116.7
1970 $166.6 $122
1971 $174.6 $133.5
1972 $189.6 $137
1973 $226.8 $152.7
1974 $255.3 $183.7
1975 $295 $201.2
1976 $273.5 $203.3
1977 $286.9 $237.6
1978 $315 $190.7
1979 $396 $164.5
1980 $578 $93.8
1981 $513 $98.6
1982 $501 $157
1983 $476 $157.5
1984 $385 $247.5
1985 $364 $234.3
1986 $405 $253.6
1987 $290.8 $393
1988 $280.5 $395
1989 $271.3 $310
1990 $326 $245
1991 $262 $183
1992 $290.2 $152.1
1993 $308 $165.6
1994 $258.7 $198.4
1995 $273.1 $278.5
1996 $340 $284.7
1997 $284.4 $286.8
1998 $284.2 $292.5
1999 $267.4 $257.9
2000 $280.3 $258.1
2001 $319 $236
2002 $305 $242
2003 $353 $250.7
2004 $272.2 $292.4
2005 $306 $330
2006 $324 $347
2007 $420 $401
2008 $513 $473
2009 $446 $799
2010 $450 $823
2011 $506 $836
2012 $494 $795
2013 $515 $818
2014 $506 $896
2015 $445 $863
2016 $454 $753
2017 $492 $765
2018 $500 $792
2019 $500 $822
2020 $451 $846
2021 $483 $883
2022 $504 $963
2023 $509 $1,002
2024 $545 $1,073

Madagascar vs. Uganda life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Madagascar

Uganda
Year Life expectancy, years
Madagascar Uganda
1950 39.7 39.7
1951 39.9 40.2
1952 40.3 40.8
1953 40.7 41.3
1954 40.9 41.8
1955 41.3 42.4
1956 41.7 43
1957 42.1 43.7
1958 42.5 44.3
1959 43 45
1960 43.3 45.6
1961 43.8 46.3
1962 44.2 46.8
1963 44.6 47.4
1964 45 47.8
1965 45.4 48.3
1966 46 48.5
1967 46.5 49
1968 46.9 49.3
1969 47.3 49.5
1970 47.9 49.6
1971 48.2 47.1
1972 48.5 47.2
1973 48.9 47
1974 49.3 46.9
1975 49.6 46.5
1976 49.8 46.2
1977 49.9 45.8
1978 50 45.6
1979 50.1 45.4
1980 50 43.5
1981 49.8 43.5
1982 50 43.3
1983 50.1 43.5
1984 50.2 43.7
1985 50.4 45.5
1986 50.7 45.7
1987 51.1 47.4
1988 51.4 47.5
1989 51.8 47.5
1990 52.1 47.6
1991 52.6 47.5
1992 52.9 47.7
1993 53.7 47.7
1994 54.2 47.7
1995 54.8 47.7
1996 55.5 47.8
1997 56.1 48
1998 56.8 48.3
1999 57.4 49
2000 58 49.6
2001 58.7 50.6
2002 59.2 51.4
2003 59.7 52.4
2004 60.2 53.7
2005 60.7 54.9
2006 61.1 56.1
2007 61.5 57.2
2008 62 58.3
2009 62.3 59.2
2010 62.6 60
2011 62.9 60.8
2012 63 61.6
2013 63.2 62.4
2014 63.3 63.1
2015 63.4 63.8
2016 63.4 64.5
2017 63.4 65.2
2018 63.5 65.8
2019 63.5 66.4
2020 62.7 66.4
2021 62.5 66.4
2022 63.1 67.7
2023 63.6 68.3
2024 63.8 68.5
2025 64 68.7

Madagascar and Uganda population clocks and comparison

Population
Madagascar

Uganda
Year Population
Madagascar Uganda
1960 5,111,029 7,640,973
1961 5,246,158 7,862,217
1962 5,384,150 8,092,231
1963 5,525,185 8,333,663
1964 5,669,863 8,586,363
1965 5,819,116 8,849,203
1966 5,974,279 9,122,864
1967 6,136,486 9,408,924
1968 6,306,493 9,708,632
1969 6,484,716 10,014,858
1970 6,672,003 10,321,603
1971 6,868,868 10,618,206
1972 7,074,398 10,885,796
1973 7,288,048 11,144,236
1974 7,509,726 11,424,846
1975 7,739,336 11,725,240
1976 7,976,831 12,037,294
1977 8,222,240 12,359,669
1978 8,475,864 12,692,113
1979 8,737,581 13,002,163
1980 9,006,032 13,275,741
1981 9,279,011 13,556,452
1982 9,557,671 13,873,631
1983 9,843,044 14,221,881
1984 10,134,550 14,607,677
1985 10,433,142 15,023,681
1986 10,736,857 15,467,579
1987 11,047,291 15,954,170
1988 11,369,462 16,470,483
1989 11,704,998 17,010,698
1990 12,055,639 17,569,897
1991 12,421,412 18,155,901
1992 12,800,870 18,785,032
1993 13,197,345 19,445,161
1994 13,613,850 20,108,801
1995 14,051,275 20,665,667
1996 14,510,711 21,231,550
1997 14,990,814 21,856,046
1998 15,489,364 22,515,806
1999 16,000,506 23,257,281
2000 16,516,338 24,000,150
2001 17,032,939 24,745,676
2002 17,549,913 25,532,870
2003 18,071,854 26,352,124
2004 18,606,608 27,154,515
2005 19,159,707 27,963,289
2006 19,730,909 28,794,003
2007 20,318,583 29,653,430
2008 20,923,840 30,539,553
2009 21,547,280 31,451,151
2010 22,183,340 32,390,802
2011 22,822,300 33,354,543
2012 23,462,438 34,337,438
2013 24,109,290 35,337,042
2014 24,764,348 36,395,539
2015 25,426,702 37,531,446
2016 26,099,952 38,799,152
2017 26,788,375 40,177,388
2018 27,494,926 41,565,831
2019 28,219,554 42,999,637
2020 28,953,556 44,457,152
2021 29,691,083 45,910,930
2022 30,437,261 47,312,719
2023 31,195,932 48,656,601
2024 31,964,956 50,015,092

Fertility rates in Madagascar and Uganda

Fertility rate
Madagascar

Uganda
Year Fertility rate
Madagascar Uganda
1960 7.34 6.91
1961 7.3 6.93
1962 7.26 6.96
1963 7.21 6.98
1964 7.19 7.01
1965 7.17 7.04
1966 7.16 7.07
1967 7.14 7.1
1968 7.13 7.13
1969 7.12 7.12
1970 7.1 7.15
1971 7.07 7.18
1972 7.04 7.19
1973 7.01 7.19
1974 6.99 7.19
1975 6.97 7.2
1976 6.95 7.19
1977 6.93 7.18
1978 6.9 7.16
1979 6.87 7.14
1980 6.84 7.11
1981 6.77 7.12
1982 6.7 7.11
1983 6.63 7.07
1984 6.55 7.02
1985 6.46 7.04
1986 6.34 7.08
1987 6.24 7.12
1988 6.18 7.1
1989 6.15 7.05
1990 6.14 7.01
1991 6.12 6.94
1992 6.08 6.91
1993 6.06 6.89
1994 6.04 6.9
1995 6.04 6.87
1996 6.03 6.84
1997 6.02 6.86
1998 5.99 6.84
1999 5.84 6.83
2000 5.67 6.79
2001 5.53 6.76
2002 5.41 6.74
2003 5.33 6.67
2004 5.26 6.61
2005 5.2 6.53
2006 5.13 6.43
2007 5.08 6.33
2008 5.04 6.2
2009 5 6.12
2010 4.9 6.02
2011 4.74 5.89
2012 4.61 5.73
2013 4.53 5.56
2014 4.42 5.41
2015 4.34 5.25
2016 4.29 5.11
2017 4.26 4.99
2018 4.25 4.87
2019 4.22 4.74
2020 4.17 4.62
2021 4.1 4.51
2022 4.04 4.39
2023 3.97 4.28

Madagascar and Uganda demographics compared

Median age
Madagascar

Uganda
Year Median age, years
Madagascar Uganda
1960 17.9 17.1
1961 17.5 16.9
1962 17.2 16.8
1963 17 16.7
1964 16.8 16.6
1965 16.8 16.6
1966 16.7 16.6
1967 16.7 16.6
1968 16.7 16.6
1969 16.6 16.6
1970 16.7 16.6
1971 16.7 16.6
1972 16.6 16.5
1973 16.6 16.3
1974 16.6 16.3
1975 16.6 16.2
1976 16.6 16.2
1977 16.5 16.2
1978 16.5 16.1
1979 16.5 16.1
1980 16.4 16
1981 16.4 15.9
1982 16.4 15.9
1983 16.4 15.9
1984 16.5 15.9
1985 16.5 15.9
1986 16.6 15.9
1987 16.6 15.9
1988 16.7 15.9
1989 16.8 15.8
1990 16.9 15.8
1991 16.9 15.8
1992 17 15.7
1993 17 15.7
1994 17.1 15.6
1995 17.1 15.4
1996 17.1 15.3
1997 17.1 15.1
1998 17.2 15
1999 17.2 15
2000 17.2 15
2001 17.2 15
2002 17.2 15
2003 17.2 15
2004 17.3 15
2005 17.3 15
2006 17.4 15
2007 17.5 15
2008 17.6 15.1
2009 17.7 15.1
2010 17.8 15.2
2011 17.9 15.3
2012 18.1 15.4
2013 18.2 15.5
2014 18.4 15.6
2015 18.6 15.8
2016 18.7 16
2017 18.9 16.3
2018 19.1 16.5
2019 19.3 16.8
2020 19.4 17
2021 19.6 17.2
2022 19.7 17.4
2023 19.9 17.6
2024 20 17.8

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Finance

Madagascar Uganda
GNI, Atlas method
$16.4B
2024
$50.9B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
15.7%
2025
21.4%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
3.05%
2023
2.55%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP
0.66%
2023
1.98%
2023
Armed forces personnel
22,000
2020
46,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-3.88%
2025
-6.7%
2025
Unemployment rate
3.19%
2022
3.42%
2021
Services, % of GDP
46.4%
2024
43.1%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
22.8%
2024
24.9%
2024
Economic freedom index
57
2025
51.3
2025
Income share by richest 10%
29.6%
2021
34.5%
2019
Income share by poorest 10%
2.9%
2021
2.4%
2019
Total reserves including gold
$2.78B
2024
$3.36B
2018
Personal remittances received
$385M
2024
$1.44B
2024
International tourist arrivals
87,099
2020
473,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
7.8%
2020
9.21%
2020
Banked people share
24.5%
2024
72.8%
2024

Energy

Madagascar Uganda
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
309 kg
2022
483 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$5.56
2022
$6.05
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
4.1 megatons
2023
7.22 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
0.13 tons
2023
0.15 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2022
0%
2022
Renewable energy use share
83.1%
2022
90.9%
2022
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
0.8%
2022
1.93%
2022
Net energy imports use share
13.7%
2017
20.5%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita
81.3 kWh
2022
89.9 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
34%
2021
90%
2021
Hydroelectric share
31.5%
2022
86.2%
2022
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
39.4%
2023
51.5%
2023

Society

Madagascar Uganda
% of world population
0.39%
2024
0.61%
2024
Annual migration change
-1,795
2024
-117,924
2024
Urban population
41.2%
2024
27.4%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.42 ft
2025
5.53 ft
2025
Average female height
5.02 ft
2025
5.2 ft
2025
Quality of life index
23.6
2025
28.5
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
26
2024
26
2024
Higher education index
29
2025
67
2025
Homicides per 100K people
7.69
2015
8.77
2022
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
29.2
2019
29.4
2019
Visa free countries
70
2025
74
2025
Adult literacy rate
77.5%
2022
80.6%
2022
English speaking
18%
2023
44.7%
2023
People using the Internet
20.4%
2023
8.95%
2024

Health

Madagascar Uganda
Government health expenditure per capita
$16.3
2022
$44.1
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$5.27
2022
$15
2022
Life expectancy
64 years
2025
68.7 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
32.8%
2022
41.6%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
0.2
2018
0.17
2022
Age at first childbirth
19.5 years
2025
19.4 years
2025
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
38.8
2023
Obesity rate
4.45%
2022
8.05%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
4.6%
2024
2.2%
2024
Air quality index
38
2025
8
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
26.8%
2022
7.5%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
0.99 liters
2020
11.3 liters
2020

Territory

Madagascar Uganda
% of world land
0.39%
2025
0.13%
2025
Land area per capita
7,028 sq mi
2024
1,548 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
157,896 sq mi
2025
55,657 sq mi
2025
Forest area
47,839 sq mi
2025
8,549 sq mi
2025
Roads length
19,660 mi
2018
90,720 mi
2019

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