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Madagascar vs Vatican statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Madagascar has a population of 32M (ranked 49/197), compared with 1K in The Vatican (ranked 197/197). Madagascar's land area is 224,634 sq mi versus 0.17 sq mi for The Vatican (ranked 44th vs. 197th).

By GDP, Madagascar ranks 136/197 ($17.4B) and The Vatican ranks 197/197 ($19.8M). By GDP per capita, Madagascar ranks 193/197 ($545), while The Vatican ranks 59/197 ($19,800).

Main facts and rankings

Madagascar Vatican
Population
33368335
949
Population rank 49/197 197/197
GDP
$17.4B
2024
$19.8M
2025
GDP rank 136/197 197/197
GDP per capita
$545
2024
$19,800
2025
GDP per capita rank 193/197 59/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$1,884
2024
$39,191
2025
Government debt
$8.78B
2024
n/a
Debt-to-GDP ratio
51.3%
2025
n/a
Government debt per person
$274.7
2024
n/a
Government debt per person rank 180/185 n/a
Average annual personal income after taxes
$1,489
2025
$17,307
2025
Land area
224,634 sq mi
2025
0.17 sq mi
2025
Population density
142.3 ppl/mi²
2024
5,886 ppl/mi²
2019
Fertility rate
3.97
2023
n/a
Median age
20 years
2024
n/a
Life expectancy
64 years
2025
83.3 years
2025

Madagascar and Vatican: Comparison Charts

Madagascar vs. Vatican life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Madagascar

Vatican
Year Life expectancy, years
Madagascar Vatican
1950 39.7 65.9
1951 39.9 65.3
1952 40.3 65.7
1953 40.7 66.3
1954 40.9 67.5
1955 41.3 67.8
1956 41.7 67.3
1957 42.1 67.5
1958 42.5 68.7
1959 43 69.2
1960 43.3 69.2
1961 43.8 69.8
1962 44.2 69.2
1963 44.6 69.3
1964 45 70.3
1965 45.4 70.1
1966 46 70.9
1967 46.5 70.9
1968 46.9 70.7
1969 47.3 70.7
1970 47.9 71.5
1971 48.2 71.7
1972 48.5 72
1973 48.9 71.9
1974 49.3 72.7
1975 49.6 72.6
1976 49.8 72.9
1977 49.9 73.3
1978 50 73.7
1979 50.1 74
1980 50 74.1
1981 49.8 74.3
1982 50 74.8
1983 50.1 74.7
1984 50.2 75.1
1985 50.4 75.5
1986 50.7 75.7
1987 51.1 76.2
1988 51.4 76.4
1989 51.8 76.8
1990 52.1 76.9
1991 52.6 76.9
1992 52.9 77.3
1993 53.7 77
1994 54.2 77.7
1995 54.8 77.8
1996 55.5 78.5
1997 56.1 78.2
1998 56.8 78.3
1999 57.4 78.7
2000 58 79.3
2001 58.7 79.9
2002 59.2 80
2003 59.7 79.8
2004 60.2 80.2
2005 60.7 80.6
2006 61.1 81.2
2007 61.5 81.3
2008 62 81.4
2009 62.3 81.3
2010 62.6 81.5
2011 62.9 81.7
2012 63 82
2013 63.2 82.5
2014 63.3 82.6
2015 63.4 82.5
2016 63.4 82.9
2017 63.4 82.7
2018 63.5 83.3
2019 63.5 83.6
2020 62.7 83
2021 62.5 82.9
2022 63.1 83.3
2023 63.6 83
2024 63.8 83.1
2025 64 83.3

Madagascar and Vatican population clocks and comparison

Population
Madagascar

Vatican
Year Population
Madagascar Vatican
1960 5,111,029 -
1961 5,246,158 -
1962 5,384,150 -
1963 5,525,185 -
1964 5,669,863 -
1965 5,819,116 -
1966 5,974,279 -
1967 6,136,486 -
1968 6,306,493 -
1969 6,484,716 -
1970 6,672,003 -
1971 6,868,868 -
1972 7,074,398 -
1973 7,288,048 -
1974 7,509,726 -
1975 7,739,336 -
1976 7,976,831 -
1977 8,222,240 -
1978 8,475,864 -
1979 8,737,581 -
1980 9,006,032 -
1981 9,279,011 -
1982 9,557,671 -
1983 9,843,044 -
1984 10,134,550 -
1985 10,433,142 -
1986 10,736,857 -
1987 11,047,291 -
1988 11,369,462 -
1989 11,704,998 -
1990 12,055,639 -
1991 12,421,412 -
1992 12,800,870 -
1993 13,197,345 -
1994 13,613,850 -
1995 14,051,275 -
1996 14,510,711 -
1997 14,990,814 -
1998 15,489,364 -
1999 16,000,506 -
2000 16,516,338 880
2001 17,032,939 890
2002 17,549,913 900
2003 18,071,854 911
2004 18,606,608 921
2005 19,159,707 921
2006 19,730,909 932
2007 20,318,583 821
2008 20,923,840 824
2009 21,547,280 826
2010 22,183,340 829
2011 22,822,300 832
2012 23,462,438 836
2013 24,109,290 839
2014 24,764,348 842
2015 25,426,702 1,000
2016 26,099,952 -
2017 26,788,375 1,000
2018 27,494,926 -
2019 28,219,554 1,000
2020 28,953,556 -
2021 29,691,083 -
2022 30,437,261 -
2023 31,195,932 -
2024 31,964,956 -

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Finance

Madagascar Vatican
GNI, Atlas method
$16.4B
2024
n/a
Government expenditure, % of GDP
15.7%
2025
n/a
Education expenditure, % of GDP
3.05%
2023
n/a
Military expenditure, % of GDP
0.66%
2023
n/a
Armed forces personnel
22,000
2020
n/a
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-3.88%
2025
n/a
Unemployment rate
3.19%
2022
n/a
Services, % of GDP
46.4%
2024
n/a
Industry, % of GDP
22.8%
2024
n/a
Economic freedom index
57
2025
65
2025
Income share by richest 10%
29.6%
2021
n/a
Income share by poorest 10%
2.9%
2021
n/a
Total reserves including gold
$2.78B
2024
n/a
Personal remittances received
$385M
2024
n/a
International tourist arrivals
87,099
2020
n/a
International tourism as share of exports
7.8%
2020
n/a
Banked people share
24.5%
2024
n/a

Energy

Madagascar Vatican
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
n/a
CO2 emissions per capita
0.13 tons
2023
n/a
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2022
n/a
Renewable energy use share
83.1%
2022
n/a
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
n/a
Hydroelectric share
31.5%
2022
n/a
Nuclear share
0%
2021
n/a
Electricity access
39.4%
2023
n/a

Society

Madagascar Vatican
% of world population
0.39%
2024
0.00001%
2024
Annual migration change
-1,795
2024
n/a
Urban population
41.2%
2024
n/a
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
n/a
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
76
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
26
2024
60
2025
Higher education index
29
2025
32
2025
Homicides per 100K people
7.69
2015
0
2023
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
29.2
2019
0.5
2025
Visa free countries
70
2025
150
2025
Adult literacy rate
77.5%
2022
100%
2013
English speaking
18%
2023
20%
2025
People using the Internet
20.4%
2023
n/a

Health

Madagascar Vatican
Government health expenditure per capita
$16.3
2022
n/a
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$5.27
2022
n/a
Life expectancy
64 years
2025
83.3 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
32.8%
2022
n/a
Physicians per 1,000 people
0.2
2018
n/a
Age at first childbirth
19.5 years
2025
n/a
Maternal mortality per 100K births
445
2023
n/a
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
64.8
2023
n/a
Obesity rate
4.45%
2022
n/a
Diabetes prevalence
4.6%
2024
n/a
Air quality index
38
2025
72
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
26.8%
2022
n/a
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
0.99 liters
2020
n/a

Territory

Madagascar Vatican
% of world land
0.39%
2025
0.0000003%
2025
Land area per capita
7,028 sq mi
2024
169.9 sq mi
2019
Agricultural land area
157,896 sq mi
2025
n/a
Forest area
47,839 sq mi
2025
n/a
Roads length
19,660 mi
2018
5.59 mi
2003

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