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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.
Distribution of Malagasy ethnic groups. Africa portal; Madagascar portal; 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.
According to the Association of Religion Data Archives, 58.1% of the population is Christian, 2.1% is Muslim, 39.2% practices traditional faiths, while 0.6% of the population is non-religious or adheres to other faiths as of 2020. [4]
In 2024, the population of Madagascar was estimated at 32 million, up from 2.2 million in 1900. [221] [59] The annual population growth rate in Madagascar was approximately 2.4% in 2024. [221] Approximately 39.3 percent of the population is younger than 15 years of age, while 57.3 percent are between the ages of 15 and 64.
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 .
Christianity in Madagascar is practiced by 85.3% of Madagascar's population according to the Pew Research Center in 2020. [1] However, other surveys put the figure at 58%. [ 2 ] Malagasy Christianity is generally practised in syncretic form with traditional religious practices .
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.
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."