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The Association of Religion Data Archives noted that in 2020, 58.1% of the population is Christian, 2.1% is Muslim and 39.2% practices traditional faiths, while 0.6% of the population is non-religious or adheres to other faiths. [13] Madagascar's traditional religions tend to emphasize links between the living and the dead.
The Malagasy (French: Malgache or Malagasy: Gasy [1]) are a group of Austronesian-speaking ethnic groups indigenous to the island country of Madagascar, formed through generations of interaction between Austronesians originally from southern Borneo and Bantus from Southeast Africa. Traditionally, the population have been divided into sub-ethnic ...
Christianity is the largest religion in Madagascar, with Protestantism and Catholicism being its main denominations. Madagascar is a secular state , and the nation's constitution provides for freedom of religious thought and expression and prohibits religious discrimination.
' people of the shore ') are an ethnic group of Madagascar living on the southeastern coast, mostly between Manakara and Farafangana. Numbering around 500,000, this ethnic group mostly traces its origins back to East African Bantu and Indonesian Austronesian speakers like most other Malagasy.
Category: Demographics of Madagascar. 18 languages. ... Ethnic groups in Madagascar (4 C, 30 P) Expatriates in Madagascar (14 C, 5 P) I. Immigrants to Madagascar (1 C)
The Merina people (also known as the Imerina, Antimerina, Borizany or Ambaniandro [3]) formerly called Amboalambo are the largest ethnic group in Madagascar. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] They are the "highlander" Malagasy ethnic group of the African island and one of the country's eighteen official ethnic groups .
The Sakalava are an ethnic group of Madagascar. [3] They are found on the western and northwest region of the island, in a band along the coast. The Sakalava constitute about 6.2 percent of the total population, [4] that is about 2,079,000 in 2018. [5] Their name means "people of the long valleys."
They are one of the largest Malagasy ethnic groups and their population estimates range between 700,000 and over 1.2 million. [1] [6] This estimation places them as the fourth-largest ethnicity in Madagascar. [7] Distribution of Tsimihety people (light yellow in north), compared to other Malagasy ethnic groups.