Madagascar: flag, capital & map
Get to know Madagascar, then put your memory to work.
Country facts
- Capital
- Antananarivo
- Region
- Africa
- Subregion
- Eastern Africa
- Population (2025, World Bank)
- 32,740,678
- Area
- 587,041 km²
- Languages (REST Countries)
- French, Malagasy
- Currency (CLDR, October 2026)
- Malagasy Ariary (MGA)
- Land neighbours
- No land neighbours listed in this snapshot.
Madagascar is an island country off Africa’s south-eastern coast. Its capital is Antananarivo.
Dated population: World Bank; geographic facts: REST Countries; currencies: Unicode CLDR. Sources and dates →
Flag of Madagascar
The flag of Madagascar features a white vertical band on the hoist side that takes up about one-third the width of the field, and two equal horizontal bands of red and green adjoining the vertical band.
Where it is
Madagascar is grouped in Eastern Africa, within Roam’s Africa region. No land neighbours are listed in the source. The source classifies it as not landlocked.
Madagascar has a recorded area of 587,041 square kilometres. Among the 16 countries assigned to Eastern Africa in this dataset, it ranks 6 by area, from largest to smallest. Somalia is immediately above it in that ordering, at 637,657 km². Kenya is immediately below it, at 580,367 km². This comparison uses the source’s area figures and subregions, not a ranking of all territories.
The marker shows the atlas location. Small countries may be too small for an outline at this scale. Map boundaries are illustrative.
People, languages and currency
The World Bank records 32,740,678 people for Madagascar in 2025. This is the latest non-empty annual observation in Roam’s committed 2020–2025 download, rather than a live population counter. Dividing that population by the source area gives approximately 56 people per square kilometre. This calculated average does not describe how evenly people are distributed.
The language entries in the source are French and Malagasy. They describe the dataset’s listed languages, not every language spoken by residents. The currency listed for this date is Malagasy Ariary (MGA). Currency assignments are selected from Unicode CLDR’s date ranges for 23 October 2026; the three-letter codes identify currencies, not countries.
Test yourself
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What is the capital of Madagascar?
Reveal answer
Antananarivo. Madagascar is an island country off Africa’s south-eastern coast. Its capital is Antananarivo.
Without looking at the image, how would you describe the flag of Madagascar?
Reveal answer
The flag of Madagascar features a white vertical band on the hoist side that takes up about one-third the width of the field, and two equal horizontal bands of red and green adjoining the vertical band.
Which land neighbours of Madagascar are included in this atlas?
Reveal answer
No land neighbours are listed in the source for Madagascar. It is grouped in Eastern Africa, within Roam’s Africa region.
Which languages does the source list for Madagascar?
Reveal answer
French and Malagasy. These are the source’s language entries, not a complete inventory of every language spoken in Madagascar.
Which currency codes are listed for Madagascar?
Reveal answer
Malagasy Ariary (MGA). These assignments use Unicode CLDR’s legal-tender date ranges for 23 October 2026.
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