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Madagascar vs Vietnam statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Madagascar has a population of 32M (ranked 49/197), compared with 101M in Vietnam (ranked 16/197). Madagascar's land area is 224,634 sq mi versus 121,016 sq mi for Vietnam (ranked 44th vs. 67th).

By GDP, Madagascar ranks 136/197 ($17.4B) and Vietnam ranks 34/197 ($476B). By GDP per capita, Madagascar ranks 193/197 ($545), while Vietnam ranks 123/197 ($4,717).

Main facts and rankings

Madagascar Vietnam
Population
33368335
102063551
Population rank 49/197 16/197
GDP
$17.4B
2024
$476B
2024
GDP rank 136/197 34/197
GDP per capita
$545
2024
$4,717
2024
GDP per capita rank 193/197 123/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$1,884
2024
$16,386
2024
Government debt
$8.78B
2024
$157B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
51.3%
2025
33.6%
2025
Government debt per person
$274.7
2024
$1,550
2024
Government debt per person rank 180/185 127/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$1,489
2025
$4,107
2025
Land area
224,634 sq mi
2025
121,016 sq mi
2025
Population density
142.3 ppl/mi²
2024
835 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
3.97
2023
1.91
2023
Median age
20 years
2024
33.9 years
2024
Life expectancy
64 years
2025
74.9 years
2025

Madagascar and Vietnam: Comparison Charts

Madagascar and Vietnam economies compared

GDP
Madagascar

Vietnam
Year GDP
Madagascar Vietnam
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 -
1976 $2,181,844,179 -
1977 $2,358,930,406 -
1978 $2,669,755,115 -
1979 $3,463,565,854 -
1980 $5,201,818,348 -
1981 $4,759,333,998 -
1982 $4,784,977,326 -
1983 $4,686,457,031 -
1984 $3,905,938,481 -
1985 $3,802,557,895 $14,094,687,821
1986 $4,347,989,788 $26,336,616,250
1987 $3,212,900,556 $36,658,108,850
1988 $3,189,456,965 $25,423,812,649
1989 $3,175,638,333 $6,293,304,975
1990 $3,931,334,875 $6,471,740,806
1991 $3,254,713,056 $9,613,369,520
1992 $3,714,966,678 $9,866,990,236
1993 $4,063,298,919 $13,180,953,598
1994 $3,522,227,092 $16,286,433,533
1995 $3,838,100,904 $20,736,164,459
1996 $4,931,861,039 $24,657,470,575
1997 $4,262,965,420 $26,843,700,442
1998 $4,401,967,633 $27,209,602,050
1999 $4,277,903,780 $28,683,659,007
2000 $4,629,247,204 $31,172,518,403
2001 $5,438,332,602 $32,685,198,809
2002 $5,351,701,663 $35,064,105,501
2003 $6,372,498,890 $39,552,513,232
2004 $5,064,732,626 $45,427,854,693
2005 $5,859,269,753 $57,633,255,738
2006 $6,395,712,491 $66,371,664,817
2007 $8,524,620,890 $77,414,425,532
2008 $10,725,137,724 $99,130,304,099
2009 $9,616,879,409 $106,014,659,565
2010 $9,982,711,338 $147,201,173,197
2011 $11,551,819,618 $172,595,049,184
2012 $11,578,975,062 $195,590,661,129
2013 $12,423,555,455 $213,708,811,665
2014 $12,522,957,399 $233,451,469,643
2015 $11,323,020,701 $239,258,328,382
2016 $11,848,613,858 $257,096,001,178
2017 $13,176,313,594 $281,353,605,987
2018 $13,760,033,282 $310,106,478,395
2019 $14,104,664,679 $334,365,270,497
2020 $13,051,441,204 $346,615,738,538
2021 $14,354,731,964 $366,474,752,771
2022 $15,325,603,273 $413,445,230,669
2023 $15,869,945,478 $433,857,681,378
2024 $17,420,814,801 $476,388,230,307

Madagascar and Vietnam economies compared

GDP per capita
Madagascar

Vietnam
Year GDP per capita
Madagascar Vietnam
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 -
1976 $273.5 -
1977 $286.9 -
1978 $315 -
1979 $396 -
1980 $578 -
1981 $513 -
1982 $501 -
1983 $476 -
1984 $385 -
1985 $364 $238.6
1986 $405 $436
1987 $290.8 $595
1988 $280.5 $405
1989 $271.3 $98.1
1990 $326 $98.8
1991 $262 $143.7
1992 $290.2 $144.5
1993 $308 $189.4
1994 $258.7 $229.9
1995 $273.1 $287.8
1996 $340 $337
1997 $284.4 $362
1998 $284.2 $361
1999 $267.4 $376
2000 $280.3 $404
2001 $319 $419
2002 $305 $445
2003 $353 $497
2004 $272.2 $565
2005 $306 $711
2006 $324 $808
2007 $420 $926
2008 $513 $1,164
2009 $446 $1,226
2010 $450 $1,683
2011 $506 $1,951
2012 $494 $2,185
2013 $515 $2,360
2014 $506 $2,546
2015 $445 $2,578
2016 $454 $2,735
2017 $492 $2,956
2018 $500 $3,222
2019 $500 $3,441
2020 $451 $3,534
2021 $483 $3,704
2022 $504 $4,148
2023 $509 $4,323
2024 $545 $4,717

Madagascar vs. Vietnam life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Madagascar

Vietnam
Year Life expectancy, years
Madagascar Vietnam
1950 39.7 48
1951 39.9 48.7
1952 40.3 49.4
1953 40.7 50
1954 40.9 52
1955 41.3 54.8
1956 41.7 55.5
1957 42.1 56.2
1958 42.5 56.8
1959 43 57.4
1960 43.3 58
1961 43.8 58.5
1962 44.2 58.2
1963 44.6 56.9
1964 45 57.5
1965 45.4 57
1966 46 56.9
1967 46.5 56.7
1968 46.9 52.7
1969 47.3 54.8
1970 47.9 54.9
1971 48.2 55.6
1972 48.5 51.9
1973 48.9 55.7
1974 49.3 54.8
1975 49.6 61.9
1976 49.8 63.7
1977 49.9 64.1
1978 50 64.5
1979 50.1 65
1980 50 65.3
1981 49.8 65.8
1982 50 66.2
1983 50.1 66.5
1984 50.2 66.9
1985 50.4 67.2
1986 50.7 67.6
1987 51.1 68
1988 51.4 68.6
1989 51.8 68.8
1990 52.1 69
1991 52.6 69.3
1992 52.9 69.6
1993 53.7 70
1994 54.2 70.4
1995 54.8 70.9
1996 55.5 71.3
1997 56.1 71.7
1998 56.8 72.3
1999 57.4 72.6
2000 58 72.7
2001 58.7 73
2002 59.2 73.1
2003 59.7 73.2
2004 60.2 73.1
2005 60.7 73.2
2006 61.1 73.3
2007 61.5 73.4
2008 62 73.5
2009 62.3 73.5
2010 62.6 73.6
2011 62.9 73.7
2012 63 73.8
2013 63.2 73.8
2014 63.3 73.9
2015 63.4 74
2016 63.4 74
2017 63.4 74
2018 63.5 74.1
2019 63.5 74.2
2020 62.7 75.4
2021 62.5 74.1
2022 63.1 74.5
2023 63.6 74.6
2024 63.8 74.7
2025 64 74.9

Madagascar and Vietnam population clocks and comparison

Population
Madagascar

Vietnam
Year Population
Madagascar Vietnam
1960 5,111,029 32,531,933
1961 5,246,158 33,409,059
1962 5,384,150 34,288,560
1963 5,525,185 35,249,101
1964 5,669,863 36,201,563
1965 5,819,116 37,129,656
1966 5,974,279 38,024,836
1967 6,136,486 38,895,080
1968 6,306,493 39,734,609
1969 6,484,716 40,582,096
1970 6,672,003 41,475,230
1971 6,868,868 42,449,276
1972 7,074,398 43,429,168
1973 7,288,048 44,409,861
1974 7,509,726 45,413,537
1975 7,739,336 46,482,903
1976 7,976,831 47,684,931
1977 8,222,240 48,954,872
1978 8,475,864 50,249,552
1979 8,737,581 51,378,211
1980 9,006,032 52,490,101
1981 9,279,011 53,738,141
1982 9,557,671 55,011,289
1983 9,843,044 56,337,921
1984 10,134,550 57,706,067
1985 10,433,142 59,060,622
1986 10,736,857 60,347,048
1987 11,047,291 61,584,651
1988 11,369,462 62,843,228
1989 11,704,998 64,147,348
1990 12,055,639 65,504,552
1991 12,421,412 66,891,775
1992 12,800,870 68,260,337
1993 13,197,345 69,586,384
1994 13,613,850 70,854,391
1995 14,051,275 72,049,940
1996 14,510,711 73,156,447
1997 14,990,814 74,226,889
1998 15,489,364 75,299,660
1999 16,000,506 76,287,452
2000 16,516,338 77,154,011
2001 17,032,939 77,969,361
2002 17,549,913 78,772,224
2003 18,071,854 79,563,777
2004 18,606,608 80,338,971
2005 19,159,707 81,088,313
2006 19,730,909 82,167,897
2007 20,318,583 83,633,375
2008 20,923,840 85,175,788
2009 21,547,280 86,460,018
2010 22,183,340 87,455,152
2011 22,822,300 88,468,314
2012 23,462,438 89,510,356
2013 24,109,290 90,573,104
2014 24,764,348 91,679,578
2015 25,426,702 92,823,254
2016 26,099,952 94,000,117
2017 26,788,375 95,176,977
2018 27,494,926 96,237,319
2019 28,219,554 97,173,776
2020 28,953,556 98,079,191
2021 29,691,083 98,935,098
2022 30,437,261 99,680,655
2023 31,195,932 100,352,192
2024 31,964,956 100,987,686

Fertility rates in Madagascar and Vietnam

Fertility rate
Madagascar

Vietnam
Year Fertility rate
Madagascar Vietnam
1960 7.34 6.27
1961 7.3 5.48
1962 7.26 6.26
1963 7.21 6.39
1964 7.19 6.29
1965 7.17 6.16
1966 7.16 5.97
1967 7.14 5.88
1968 7.13 6.03
1969 7.12 6.01
1970 7.1 6.02
1971 7.07 6.07
1972 7.04 6.1
1973 7.01 6.11
1974 6.99 5.78
1975 6.97 5.62
1976 6.95 5.46
1977 6.93 5.29
1978 6.9 5.1
1979 6.87 4.94
1980 6.84 4.8
1981 6.77 4.67
1982 6.7 4.59
1983 6.63 4.52
1984 6.55 4.41
1985 6.46 4.21
1986 6.34 3.96
1987 6.24 3.72
1988 6.18 3.62
1989 6.15 3.64
1990 6.14 3.6
1991 6.12 3.52
1992 6.08 3.35
1993 6.06 3.17
1994 6.04 2.94
1995 6.04 2.7
1996 6.03 2.47
1997 6.02 2.27
1998 5.99 2.1
1999 5.84 2
2000 5.67 2.03
2001 5.53 2.02
2002 5.41 2.01
2003 5.33 2
2004 5.26 1.97
2005 5.2 1.89
2006 5.13 1.87
2007 5.08 1.91
2008 5.04 1.93
2009 5 1.92
2010 4.9 1.91
2011 4.74 1.93
2012 4.61 1.97
2013 4.53 1.98
2014 4.42 2.09
2015 4.34 2.1
2016 4.29 2
2017 4.26 1.99
2018 4.25 1.88
2019 4.22 1.94
2020 4.17 1.96
2021 4.1 1.94
2022 4.04 1.93
2023 3.97 1.91

Madagascar and Vietnam demographics compared

Median age
Madagascar

Vietnam
Year Median age, years
Madagascar Vietnam
1960 17.9 21.2
1961 17.5 20.7
1962 17.2 20.2
1963 17 19.7
1964 16.8 19.2
1965 16.8 18.9
1966 16.7 18.7
1967 16.7 18.5
1968 16.7 18.4
1969 16.6 18.4
1970 16.7 18.4
1971 16.7 18.4
1972 16.6 18.5
1973 16.6 18.5
1974 16.6 18.6
1975 16.6 18.7
1976 16.6 18.8
1977 16.5 19
1978 16.5 19.1
1979 16.5 19.3
1980 16.4 19.4
1981 16.4 19.5
1982 16.4 19.6
1983 16.4 19.7
1984 16.5 19.8
1985 16.5 19.9
1986 16.6 20
1987 16.6 20.1
1988 16.7 20.2
1989 16.8 20.4
1990 16.9 20.5
1991 16.9 20.7
1992 17 20.9
1993 17 21.1
1994 17.1 21.4
1995 17.1 21.7
1996 17.1 22
1997 17.1 22.4
1998 17.2 22.9
1999 17.2 23.3
2000 17.2 23.7
2001 17.2 24.2
2002 17.2 24.6
2003 17.2 25
2004 17.3 25.4
2005 17.3 25.8
2006 17.4 26.3
2007 17.5 26.9
2008 17.6 27.4
2009 17.7 27.9
2010 17.8 28.3
2011 17.9 28.7
2012 18.1 29
2013 18.2 29.4
2014 18.4 29.8
2015 18.6 30.2
2016 18.7 30.5
2017 18.9 30.8
2018 19.1 31.2
2019 19.3 31.6
2020 19.4 32.1
2021 19.6 32.5
2022 19.7 33
2023 19.9 33.4
2024 20 33.9

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Finance

Madagascar Vietnam
GNI, Atlas method
$16.4B
2024
$454B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
15.7%
2025
22%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
3.05%
2023
2.89%
2022
Military expenditure, % of GDP
0.66%
2023
1.81%
2018
Armed forces personnel
22,000
2020
522,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-3.88%
2025
-3.39%
2025
Unemployment rate
3.19%
2022
1.65%
2023
Services, % of GDP
46.4%
2024
42.4%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
22.8%
2024
37.6%
2024
Economic freedom index
57
2025
65.2
2025
Income share by richest 10%
29.6%
2021
28.1%
2022
Income share by poorest 10%
2.9%
2021
2.6%
2022
Number of billionaires n/a
5
2025
Percentage of billionaires n/a
0.000007%
2025
Listed domestic companies n/a
393
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies n/a
$205B
2024
Total reserves including gold
$2.78B
2024
$83.1B
2024
Personal remittances received
$385M
2024
$16B
2024
International tourist arrivals
87,099
2020
3,837,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
7.8%
2020
1.11%
2020
Banked people share
24.5%
2024
70.6%
2024

Energy

Madagascar Vietnam
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
309 kg
2022
1,023 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$5.56
2022
$13.6
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
4.1 megatons
2023
373 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
0.13 tons
2023
3.72 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2022
79.4%
2022
Renewable energy use share
83.1%
2022
24.2%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
0.8%
2022
11.3%
2022
Net energy imports use share
13.7%
2017
34%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita
81.3 kWh
2022
2,624 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
34%
2021
41.2%
2021
Hydroelectric share
31.5%
2022
34.7%
2022
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
39.4%
2023
99.8%
2023

Society

Madagascar Vietnam
% of world population
0.39%
2024
1.24%
2024
Annual migration change
-1,795
2024
-59,645
2024
Urban population
41.2%
2024
40.2%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.42 ft
2025
5.54 ft
2025
Average female height
5.02 ft
2025
5.2 ft
2025
Quality of life index
23.6
2025
47.3
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
26
2024
40
2024
Higher education index
29
2025
52
2025
Homicides per 100K people
7.69
2015
1.54
2011
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
29.2
2019
30.6
2019
Visa free countries
70
2025
69
2025
Adult literacy rate
77.5%
2022
96.1%
2022
English speaking
18%
2023
16%
2025
People using the Internet
20.4%
2023
84.2%
2024

Health

Madagascar Vietnam
Government health expenditure per capita
$16.3
2022
$188.9
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$5.27
2022
$74.7
2022
Life expectancy
64 years
2025
74.9 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
32.8%
2022
1.59%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
0.2
2018
0.83
2016
Age at first childbirth
19.5 years
2025
n/a
Maternal mortality per 100K births
445
2023
48
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
64.8
2023
20
2023
Obesity rate
4.45%
2022
2.04%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
4.6%
2024
3.4%
2024
Air quality index
38
2025
18
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
26.8%
2022
22.5%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
0.99 liters
2020
8.04 liters
2020

Territory

Madagascar Vietnam
% of world land
0.39%
2025
0.21%
2025
Land area per capita
7,028 sq mi
2024
1,198 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
157,896 sq mi
2025
47,456 sq mi
2025
Forest area
47,839 sq mi
2025
57,416 sq mi
2025
Roads length
19,660 mi
2018
354,460 mi
2019

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