• Call Code: +261 

• Continent: Africa 

• Internet TLD: .mg 

• Capital: Antananarivo 

• Population: 23,812,681

• Currency: Malagasy Ariary 

• Languages: Malagasy and French 

• Co-ordinates: 20º0'0"S, 48º0'0"E

• Area: 587, 041 km2 , water 0.009%

• President: Hery Rajaonarimampianina

• Economy: Madagascar is the world's leading producer of vanilla.

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

• Age Structure: 0-14 years: 40.45% (male 4,856,231/female 4,775,025)

• 15-24 years: 20.53% (male 2,450,164/female 2,439,035)

• 25-54 years: 31.56% (male 3,760,230/female 3,755,775)

• 55-64 years: 4.24% (male 488,315/female 521,690)

• 65 years and over: 3.22% (male 347,151/female 419,065)

• The Madagascar flag was adopted on October 14, 1958.

• Madagascar gained independence from France on June 26, 1960.

Graphs sources from: http://www.indexmundi.com/g/g.aspx?v=89&c=ma&l=en