ACOG - Madagascar  - IBM

Geography

Location: Southern Africa, island in the Indian Ocean, east of Mozambique

Area:
total area: 587,040 sq km
land area: 581,540 sq km
comparative area: slightly less than twice the size of Arizona

Land boundaries: 0 km

Coastline: 4,828 km


People

Population: 13,862,325 (July 1995 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 47% (female 3,231,647; male 3,265,715)
15-64 years: 50% (female 3,511,699; male 3,413,564)
65 years and over: 3% (female 225,205; male 214,495)

Population growth rate: 3.18% (1995 est.)

Birth rate: 44.82 births/1,000 population

Death rate: 12.99 deaths/1,000 population

Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population

Infant mortality rate: 86.9 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 54.45 years
male: 52.47 years
female: 56.48 years

Total fertility rate: 6.62 children born/woman

Ethnic divisions: Malayo-Indonesian (Merina and related Betsileo), Cotiers (mixed African, Malayo-Indonesian, and Arab ancestry - Betsimisaraka, Tsimihety, Antaisaka, Sakalava), French, Indian, Creole, Comoran

Religions: indigenous beliefs 52%, Christian 41%, Muslim 7%

Languages: French (official), Malagasy (official)

Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
total population: 80%
male: 88%
female: 73%


Government

Names:
conventional long form: Republic of Madagascar
conventional short form: Madagascar

Type: republic

Capital: Antananarivo

Independence: 26 June 1960 (from France)

Constitution: 19 August 1992 by national referendum


Economy

National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $10.6 billion

National product real growth rate: 2.8%

National product per capita: $790

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 35%

Unemployment rate:

Electricity:
capacity: 220,000 kW
production: 560 million kWh
consumption per capita: 40 kWh



Olympic Factoid
The Mother Nature was kind to Olympic athletes and spectators. The average high temperature during the Games was 89 degrees with an average low of 72 degrees. Highest temperature registered (20 July) - 99 degrees. Lowest high temperature registered is 79 degrees (28 July).