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Madagascar

Madagascar is a country in Sub-Saharan Africa with a population of approximately ~31.2 million. Its capital is Antananarivo. This is the complete reference for identifying Madagascar in MapDash, Worldle, Globle, and other daily geography puzzles — drawn from one of 212 country profiles in the network.

Quick facts

Continent / regionSub-Saharan Africa
CapitalAntananarivo
Population~31.2 million
ISO codesMG / MDG
Coordinates-20.47°, 45.72°
Bordering countriesNone on file (island or maritime)

How Madagascar appears in daily geography puzzles

In MapDash, Madagascar is identified through the clue sequence: sub-saharan africa first, then population range (~31.2 million), then bordering countries, then capital (Antananarivo), then a famous-for hint.

In Worldle, Madagascar is identified by its country outline shape. In Globle, the heat-map proximity game warms guesses as they approach Sub-Saharan Africa.

Reading Madagascar in MapDash context

The Madagascar record above pulls directly from OpenStreetMap country geometries and MapDash editorial commentary. What follows is the per-entity context — how Madagascar sits in the broader country-guessing geography puzzles distribution and which underlying factors drive the headline numbers.

The methodology behind every numeric value on this page is publicly documented on the OpenStreetMap country geometries and MapDash editorial commentary portal and described in detail on this site’s methodology page. Refresh cadence varies by underlying series; the page surfaces the as-of date for each number so readers can trace any figure back to the source release.

Practical use of this page is in combination with the comparison and ranking pages elsewhere on the site, which surface the same data for Madagascar’s peers within recognized sovereign countries. A single-entity reading without peer context can be misleading when an entity is an outlier on one axis but typical on another.

Frequently asked questions

What is the capital of Madagascar?

The capital of Madagascar is Antananarivo.

What continent is Madagascar in?

Madagascar is in Sub-Saharan Africa.

What is the population of Madagascar?

Madagascar has a population of approximately ~31.2 million.

What countries border Madagascar?

Madagascar has no bordering countries on file — likely an island nation or has only maritime neighbors.

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