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Madagascar

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Madagascar is a country. The capital city is Antananarivo, located in the Eastern Africa region of Africa. It has a land area of 581,800 km², a population of 31,195,932 people and uses the currency Malagasy ariary. The President is Andry Rajoelina.

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currency: Malagasy ariary
capital city: Antananarivo
region: Eastern Africa
continent: Africa
land area: 581,800 km²
population: 31,195,932 people
political leader: Andry Rajoelina (President)

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expense: 10.06 % of GDP
GDP: 15,790,113,246.75 current US$
inflation: 9.87 annual %
self-employed workers: 88.97 % of total employment
tax revenue: 9.36 % of GDP
unemployment: 3.07 % of total labor force
vulnerable employment: 84.74 % of total employment
armed forces personnel: 22,000 people
democracy score: 5.22
democracy type: Hybrid regime
internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence: 2,800 people
individuals using the Internet: 20.40 % of population
military expenditure: 0.66 % of GDP
net migration: -1,487 people
press freedom: 2.82
proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 18.54 %
birth rate: 30.59 per 1,000 people
death rate: 6.80 per 1,000 people
health expenditure per capita: 17.64 current US$
health expenditure: 3.50 % of GDP
incidence of HIV: 0.30 per 1,000 uninfected population
hospital beds: 0.32 per 1,000 people
life expectancy at birth: 65
suicide mortality rate: 5.50 per 100,000 population
agricultural land: 408,950.00 km²
carbon dioxide emissions (CO2): 4.10 Mt of CO2 equivalent
access to electricity: 36.10 % of population
fertility rate: 3.79 births per woman
forest area: 124,033 km²
greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6): 33.15 Mt of CO2 equivalent
median age: 14.90
methane emissions: 23.13 Mt of CO2 equivalent
nitrous oxide emissions: 5.15 Mt of CO2 equivalent
female population: 15,549,002 people
male population: 15,646,930 people
renewable energy consumption: 83.10 % of total final energy consumption
rural land area: 588,612.86 km²
rural population: 18,544,110 people
urban land area: 1,660.59 km²
urban population: 12,651,822 people
urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 2.10 % of total population

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