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Madagascar vs Zambia statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Madagascar has a population of 32M (ranked 49/197), compared with 21.3M in Zambia (ranked 63/197). Madagascar's land area is 224,634 sq mi versus 287,024 sq mi for Zambia (ranked 44th vs. 37th).

By GDP, Madagascar ranks 136/197 ($17.4B) and Zambia ranks 115/197 ($26.3B). By GDP per capita, Madagascar ranks 193/197 ($545), while Zambia ranks 169/197 ($1,235).

Main facts and rankings

Madagascar Zambia
Population
33368335
22402291
Population rank 49/197 62/197
GDP
$17.4B
2024
$26.3B
2024
GDP rank 136/197 115/197
GDP per capita
$545
2024
$1,235
2024
GDP per capita rank 193/197 169/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$1,884
2024
$4,224
2024
Government debt
$8.78B
2024
$30.3B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
51.3%
2025
99%
2025
Government debt per person
$274.7
2024
$1,420
2024
Government debt per person rank 180/185 132/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$1,489
2025
$1,168
2025
Land area
224,634 sq mi
2025
287,024 sq mi
2025
Population density
142.3 ppl/mi²
2024
74.3 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
3.97
2023
4.1
2023
Median age
20 years
2024
18.8 years
2024
Life expectancy
64 years
2025
66.7 years
2025

Madagascar and Zambia: Comparison Charts

Madagascar and Zambia economies compared

GDP
Madagascar

Zambia
Year GDP
Madagascar Zambia
1960 $673,081,725 $698,739,721
1961 $699,161,945 $682,359,727
1962 $739,286,908 $679,279,729
1963 $759,345,864 $704,339,719
1964 $802,482,184 $822,639,671
1965 $833,563,473 $1,061,199,576
1966 $900,264,585 $1,238,999,505
1967 $956,436,932 $1,340,639,464
1968 $1,031,669,637 $1,573,739,371
1969 $1,056,391,056 $1,926,399,230
1970 $1,111,859,571 $1,788,779,285
1971 $1,199,507,631 $1,653,259,341
1972 $1,341,590,690 $1,872,416,680
1973 $1,653,062,335 $2,434,255,237
1974 $1,917,508,190 $2,910,981,262
1975 $2,283,049,215 $2,442,672,141
1976 $2,181,844,179 $2,742,859,263
1977 $2,358,930,406 $2,515,296,940
1978 $2,669,755,115 $2,811,032,473
1979 $3,463,565,854 $3,353,445,378
1980 $5,201,818,348 $3,884,530,854
1981 $4,759,333,998 $4,008,126,497
1982 $4,784,977,326 $3,871,117,093
1983 $4,686,457,031 $3,321,048,451
1984 $3,905,938,481 $2,719,518,933
1985 $3,802,557,895 $2,252,454,500
1986 $4,347,989,788 $1,664,413,508
1987 $3,212,900,556 $2,265,250,972
1988 $3,189,456,965 $3,728,878,149
1989 $3,175,638,333 $3,994,673,161
1990 $3,931,334,875 $3,288,381,797
1991 $3,254,713,056 $3,376,806,697
1992 $3,714,966,678 $3,182,810,841
1993 $4,063,298,919 $3,273,505,344
1994 $3,522,227,092 $3,656,806,166
1995 $3,838,100,904 $3,806,983,413
1996 $4,931,861,039 $3,597,220,962
1997 $4,262,965,420 $4,303,288,480
1998 $4,401,967,633 $3,537,741,942
1999 $4,277,903,780 $3,404,284,891
2000 $4,629,247,204 $3,600,632,111
2001 $5,438,332,602 $4,094,441,301
2002 $5,351,701,663 $4,193,850,445
2003 $6,372,498,890 $4,901,869,764
2004 $5,064,732,626 $6,221,110,219
2005 $5,859,269,753 $8,331,870,169
2006 $6,395,712,491 $12,756,858,899
2007 $8,524,620,890 $14,056,957,976
2008 $10,725,137,724 $17,910,858,638
2009 $9,616,879,409 $15,328,342,304
2010 $9,982,711,338 $20,265,559,484
2011 $11,551,819,618 $23,459,515,276
2012 $11,578,975,062 $25,503,060,420
2013 $12,423,555,455 $28,037,239,463
2014 $12,522,957,399 $27,141,023,558
2015 $11,323,020,701 $21,251,216,799
2016 $11,848,613,858 $20,958,412,538
2017 $13,176,313,594 $25,873,601,261
2018 $13,760,033,282 $26,311,507,274
2019 $14,104,664,679 $23,308,667,781
2020 $13,051,441,204 $18,137,764,931
2021 $14,354,731,964 $22,096,416,932
2022 $15,325,603,273 $29,163,782,140
2023 $15,869,945,478 $27,577,956,471
2024 $17,420,814,801 $26,325,775,287

Madagascar and Zambia economies compared

GDP per capita
Madagascar

Zambia
Year GDP per capita
Madagascar Zambia
1960 $131.7 $221.6
1961 $133.3 $209.7
1962 $137.3 $202.3
1963 $137.4 $203.2
1964 $141.5 $230
1965 $143.2 $287.4
1966 $150.7 $325
1967 $155.9 $341
1968 $163.6 $387
1969 $162.9 $459
1970 $166.6 $414
1971 $174.6 $372
1972 $189.6 $410
1973 $226.8 $518
1974 $255.3 $601
1975 $295 $490
1976 $273.5 $533
1977 $286.9 $474
1978 $315 $514
1979 $396 $595
1980 $578 $669
1981 $513 $670
1982 $501 $627
1983 $476 $520
1984 $385 $413
1985 $364 $332
1986 $405 $238.2
1987 $290.8 $315
1988 $280.5 $504
1989 $271.3 $526
1990 $326 $422
1991 $262 $423
1992 $290.2 $389
1993 $308 $391
1994 $258.7 $426
1995 $273.1 $433
1996 $340 $400
1997 $284.4 $466
1998 $284.2 $373
1999 $267.4 $350
2000 $280.3 $359
2001 $319 $397
2002 $305 $394
2003 $353 $446
2004 $272.2 $549
2005 $306 $711
2006 $324 $1,052
2007 $420 $1,119
2008 $513 $1,376
2009 $446 $1,136
2010 $450 $1,451
2011 $506 $1,625
2012 $494 $1,710
2013 $515 $1,821
2014 $506 $1,707
2015 $445 $1,296
2016 $454 $1,239
2017 $492 $1,483
2018 $500 $1,464
2019 $500 $1,259
2020 $451 $952
2021 $483 $1,127
2022 $504 $1,447
2023 $509 $1,331
2024 $545 $1,235

Madagascar vs. Zambia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Madagascar

Zambia
Year Life expectancy, years
Madagascar Zambia
1950 39.7 46.8
1951 39.9 47.2
1952 40.3 47.6
1953 40.7 48
1954 40.9 48.4
1955 41.3 48.8
1956 41.7 49.1
1957 42.1 49.5
1958 42.5 49.9
1959 43 50.3
1960 43.3 50.6
1961 43.8 51
1962 44.2 51.3
1963 44.6 51.6
1964 45 51.2
1965 45.4 52.1
1966 46 52.3
1967 46.5 52.5
1968 46.9 52.7
1969 47.3 53
1970 47.9 53.4
1971 48.2 53.9
1972 48.5 54.4
1973 48.9 54.9
1974 49.3 55.4
1975 49.6 55.7
1976 49.8 56.1
1977 49.9 56.3
1978 50 56.3
1979 50.1 56
1980 50 55.5
1981 49.8 55
1982 50 54.4
1983 50.1 53.7
1984 50.2 52.9
1985 50.4 52
1986 50.7 51.1
1987 51.1 50.4
1988 51.4 49.7
1989 51.8 48.9
1990 52.1 48.2
1991 52.6 47.4
1992 52.9 47
1993 53.7 46.7
1994 54.2 46.3
1995 54.8 46.1
1996 55.5 45.8
1997 56.1 45.7
1998 56.8 45.7
1999 57.4 45.9
2000 58 46.6
2001 58.7 47.4
2002 59.2 48.5
2003 59.7 49.6
2004 60.2 50.5
2005 60.7 51.6
2006 61.1 52.7
2007 61.5 53.7
2008 62 54.8
2009 62.3 55.9
2010 62.6 56.9
2011 62.9 57.8
2012 63 58.7
2013 63.2 59.4
2014 63.3 60.1
2015 63.4 60.7
2016 63.4 61.1
2017 63.4 61.6
2018 63.5 62.1
2019 63.5 62.9
2020 62.7 63.4
2021 62.5 62.4
2022 63.1 65.3
2023 63.6 66.3
2024 63.8 66.5
2025 64 66.7

Madagascar and Zambia population clocks and comparison

Population
Madagascar

Zambia
Year Population
Madagascar Zambia
1960 5,111,029 3,153,729
1961 5,246,158 3,254,086
1962 5,384,150 3,358,099
1963 5,525,185 3,465,907
1964 5,669,863 3,577,017
1965 5,819,116 3,692,086
1966 5,974,279 3,812,003
1967 6,136,486 3,936,343
1968 6,306,493 4,065,593
1969 6,484,716 4,197,116
1970 6,672,003 4,321,718
1971 6,868,868 4,442,525
1972 7,074,398 4,569,309
1973 7,288,048 4,702,693
1974 7,509,726 4,842,746
1975 7,739,336 4,990,086
1976 7,976,831 5,143,842
1977 8,222,240 5,302,480
1978 8,475,864 5,465,374
1979 8,737,581 5,631,728
1980 9,006,032 5,802,833
1981 9,279,011 5,983,289
1982 9,557,671 6,178,637
1983 9,843,044 6,381,038
1984 10,134,550 6,580,490
1985 10,433,142 6,780,953
1986 10,736,857 6,986,471
1987 11,047,291 7,191,282
1988 11,369,462 7,391,440
1989 11,704,998 7,589,216
1990 12,055,639 7,786,169
1991 12,421,412 7,981,650
1992 12,800,870 8,176,680
1993 13,197,345 8,373,921
1994 13,613,850 8,576,269
1995 14,051,275 8,785,763
1996 14,510,711 9,004,053
1997 14,990,814 9,237,063
1998 15,489,364 9,482,408
1999 16,000,506 9,740,005
2000 16,516,338 10,017,631
2001 17,032,939 10,325,185
2002 17,549,913 10,647,949
2003 18,071,854 10,983,595
2004 18,606,608 11,338,198
2005 19,159,707 11,718,819
2006 19,730,909 12,129,553
2007 20,318,583 12,565,085
2008 20,923,840 13,021,324
2009 21,547,280 13,490,389
2010 22,183,340 13,965,594
2011 22,822,300 14,437,796
2012 23,462,438 14,913,629
2013 24,109,290 15,398,997
2014 24,764,348 15,895,315
2015 25,426,702 16,399,089
2016 26,099,952 16,914,423
2017 26,788,375 17,441,320
2018 27,494,926 17,973,569
2019 28,219,554 18,513,839
2020 28,953,556 19,059,395
2021 29,691,083 19,603,607
2022 30,437,261 20,152,938
2023 31,195,932 20,723,965
2024 31,964,956 21,314,956

Fertility rates in Madagascar and Zambia

Fertility rate
Madagascar

Zambia
Year Fertility rate
Madagascar Zambia
1960 7.34 6.95
1961 7.3 6.98
1962 7.26 7.01
1963 7.21 7.06
1964 7.19 7.09
1965 7.17 7.12
1966 7.16 7.14
1967 7.14 7.15
1968 7.13 7.18
1969 7.12 7.18
1970 7.1 7.22
1971 7.07 7.26
1972 7.04 7.3
1973 7.01 7.34
1974 6.99 7.36
1975 6.97 7.42
1976 6.95 7.39
1977 6.93 7.35
1978 6.9 7.29
1979 6.87 7.22
1980 6.84 7.14
1981 6.77 7.07
1982 6.7 7.04
1983 6.63 7.01
1984 6.55 6.97
1985 6.46 6.93
1986 6.34 6.87
1987 6.24 6.8
1988 6.18 6.7
1989 6.15 6.64
1990 6.14 6.57
1991 6.12 6.46
1992 6.08 6.35
1993 6.06 6.3
1994 6.04 6.26
1995 6.04 6.23
1996 6.03 6.18
1997 6.02 6.12
1998 5.99 6.07
1999 5.84 6
2000 5.67 5.92
2001 5.53 5.85
2002 5.41 5.77
2003 5.33 5.71
2004 5.26 5.7
2005 5.2 5.7
2006 5.13 5.68
2007 5.08 5.61
2008 5.04 5.53
2009 5 5.45
2010 4.9 5.36
2011 4.74 5.26
2012 4.61 5.14
2013 4.53 5.01
2014 4.42 4.89
2015 4.34 4.78
2016 4.29 4.67
2017 4.26 4.57
2018 4.25 4.49
2019 4.22 4.42
2020 4.17 4.32
2021 4.1 4.25
2022 4.04 4.18
2023 3.97 4.1

Madagascar and Zambia demographics compared

Median age
Madagascar

Zambia
Year Median age, years
Madagascar Zambia
1960 17.9 17
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 16.5
1967 16.7 16.5
1968 16.7 16.4
1969 16.6 16.4
1970 16.7 16.2
1971 16.7 16.1
1972 16.6 15.9
1973 16.6 15.8
1974 16.6 15.7
1975 16.6 15.5
1976 16.6 15.4
1977 16.5 15.4
1978 16.5 15.3
1979 16.5 15.3
1980 16.4 15.2
1981 16.4 15.3
1982 16.4 15.3
1983 16.4 15.4
1984 16.5 15.4
1985 16.5 15.5
1986 16.6 15.5
1987 16.6 15.6
1988 16.7 15.6
1989 16.8 15.7
1990 16.9 15.7
1991 16.9 15.7
1992 17 15.8
1993 17 15.8
1994 17.1 15.8
1995 17.1 15.8
1996 17.1 15.8
1997 17.1 15.8
1998 17.2 15.8
1999 17.2 15.8
2000 17.2 15.9
2001 17.2 15.9
2002 17.2 16
2003 17.2 16.1
2004 17.3 16.2
2005 17.3 16.3
2006 17.4 16.3
2007 17.5 16.4
2008 17.6 16.5
2009 17.7 16.6
2010 17.8 16.7
2011 17.9 16.8
2012 18.1 16.9
2013 18.2 17
2014 18.4 17.1
2015 18.6 17.2
2016 18.7 17.4
2017 18.9 17.5
2018 19.1 17.7
2019 19.3 17.9
2020 19.4 18
2021 19.6 18.2
2022 19.7 18.4
2023 19.9 18.6
2024 20 18.8

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Madagascar Zambia
GNI, Atlas method
$16.4B
2024
$27B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
15.7%
2025
27.3%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
3.05%
2023
4.07%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP
0.66%
2023
1.3%
2023
Armed forces personnel
22,000
2020
16,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-3.88%
2025
-4.92%
2025
Unemployment rate
3.19%
2022
5.86%
2023
Services, % of GDP
46.4%
2024
55.1%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
22.8%
2024
37.5%
2024
Economic freedom index
57
2025
50.9
2025
Income share by richest 10%
29.6%
2021
39.1%
2022
Income share by poorest 10%
2.9%
2021
1.5%
2022
Listed domestic companies n/a
20
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies n/a
$7.77B
2024
Total reserves including gold
$2.78B
2024
$4.09B
2024
Personal remittances received
$385M
2024
$334M
2024
International tourist arrivals
87,099
2020
502,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
7.8%
2020
n/a
Banked people share
24.5%
2024
72.7%
2024

Energy

Madagascar Zambia
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
309 kg
2022
801 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$5.56
2022
$4.8
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
4.1 megatons
2023
8.06 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
0.13 tons
2023
0.39 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2022
18.4%
2022
Renewable energy use share
83.1%
2022
83%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
0.8%
2022
9.18%
2022
Net energy imports use share
13.7%
2017
9.03%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita
81.3 kWh
2022
704 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
34%
2021
92.1%
2021
Hydroelectric share
31.5%
2022
87.7%
2022
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
39.4%
2023
51.1%
2023

Society

Madagascar Zambia
% of world population
0.39%
2024
0.26%
2024
Annual migration change
-1,795
2024
+7,381
2024
Urban population
41.2%
2024
46.9%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.42 ft
2025
5.5 ft
2025
Average female height
5.02 ft
2025
5.16 ft
2025
Quality of life index
23.6
2025
30
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
26
2024
39
2024
Higher education index
29
2025
47
2025
Homicides per 100K people
7.69
2015
5.25
2015
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
29.2
2019
20.5
2019
Visa free countries
70
2025
76
2025
Adult literacy rate
77.5%
2022
82%
2023
English speaking
18%
2023
16%
2023
People using the Internet
20.4%
2023
33%
2023

Health

Madagascar Zambia
Government health expenditure per capita
$16.3
2022
$76.1
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$5.27
2022
$7.37
2022
Life expectancy
64 years
2025
66.7 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
32.8%
2022
41.4%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
0.2
2018
0.26
2022
Age at first childbirth
19.5 years
2025
19.2 years
2025
Maternal mortality per 100K births
445
2023
85
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
64.8
2023
44.7
2023
Obesity rate
4.45%
2022
11.2%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
4.6%
2024
10.3%
2024
Air quality index
38
2025
30
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
26.8%
2022
14.6%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
0.99 liters
2020
3.62 liters
2020

Territory

Madagascar Zambia
% of world land
0.39%
2025
0.5%
2025
Land area per capita
7,028 sq mi
2024
13,466 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
157,896 sq mi
2025
92,043 sq mi
2025
Forest area
47,839 sq mi
2025
170,848 sq mi
2025
Roads length
19,660 mi
2018
42,049 mi
2018

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