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Allée des baobabs, Monument Naturel , Madagascar, Madagascar
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22,206
Records
12
Datasets
40
Tables
12
Sources
194
SEL Fields
55
CCL Fields
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📋 Most recent national census: 2018. Included in HERA.
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PDF-based sources. Madagascar's census data is primarily published as PDF documents. Data extraction quality may vary. Supplemented by international secondary sources.
Datasets (12)
SEL — DGIWG Statistical Extent Location SEL+ — Platform extension (not in DGIWG core spec) CCL — DGIWG Cultural Context Location Extension — Preserved in extension tables (not in core SEL/CCL schema) Pending — Awaiting mapping

3 further sources (Afrobarometer, GI-TOC / ENACT, Global Data Lab) are held but not offered: their licences do not permit commercial redistribution. HERA cites their published findings with attribution and can supply the data to organisations holding their own licence — ask us.

MDG INSTAT Madagascar MDG-INSTAT_RGPH3 Census
1,695 rows · 4 tables · 2018 INSTAT Madagascar 0 1 2 3 35 SEL 123 ext ▶
MDG HDX COD — Population Statistics (OCHA/UNFPA) MDG-COD_PS Census Derived Population
19,186 rows · 5 tables · 2018 HDX COD — Population Statistics (OCHA/UNFPA) 0 1 2 3 4 15 SEL ▶
MDG World Bank Open Data MDG-WORLD_BANK Development Indicators
198 rows · 3 tables · 2024 World Bank Open Data 0 1 2 3 19 SEL 4 ext ▶
MDG USAID DHS Program MDG-DHS Health Surveys
173 rows · 2 tables · 2021 USAID DHS Program 0 1 2 3 6 SEL 2 CCL 10 ext ▶
MDG UNHCR Refugee Data Finder MDG-UNHCR Migration
51 rows · 2 tables · 2025 UNHCR Refugee Data Finder 0 1 2 3 12 CCL 36 ext ▶
MDG LandScan Global (ORNL) MDG-LANDSCAN Modeled Population
45 rows · 3 tables · 2024 LandScan Global (ORNL) 0 1 2 3 Locality 21 SEL 2 ext ▶
MDG GHS Urban Centre Database (EU JRC) MDG-GHSL_UCDB Modeled Population
22 rows · 1 table · 2025 GHS Urban Centre Database (EU JRC) 0 1 2 3 Locality 3 SEL 7 ext ▶
MDG Glottolog Language Catalog MDG-GLOTTOLOG Language
17 rows · 1 table · 2024 Glottolog Language Catalog 0 1 2 3 12 CCL 4 ext ▶
MDG OpenFactBook MDG-OPENFACTBOOK Country Profile
14 rows · 14 tables · 2024 OpenFactBook 0 1 2 3 89 SEL 2 CCL 573 ext ▶
MDG D-PLACE MDG-DPLACE Ethnographic Societies
12 rows · 2 tables · 2024 D-PLACE 0 1 2 3 2 SEL 15 CCL 55 ext ▶
MDG NGA GEOnet Names Server (GNS) MDG-NGA_GNS Language
4 rows · 2 tables · 2026 NGA GEOnet Names Server (GNS) 0 1 2 3 4 SEL 12 CCL 22 ext ▶
MDG INFORM Risk Index (EC-JRC) MDG-INFORM Risk Index
1 row · 1 table · 2026 INFORM Risk Index (EC-JRC) 0 1 2 3 ▶
Toponymic Footprint 38,304 place names from NGA GNS

Which languages name the landscape here, and in which writing systems. A language's toponymic footprint and its speaker population are different measures and often diverge. Counts include variant and foreign-language renderings of the same place, so a language can rank high because outside sources record names in it rather than because it is spoken locally — and a widely spoken language can be almost absent where official naming is in another language.

LanguagePlace names Share*Script
French (fra) 49 62.8% —
Malagasy (mlg) 23 29.5% —
English (eng) 6 7.7% —

31,683 distinct features · 3 languages · 0 scripts · 2 conventional English names
Source: NGA GEOnet Names Server (public domain) · rebuilt Wed, 05 Aug 2026.
* Shares are of the 78 names that carry a language code; the remaining 38,226 of 38,304 are unattributed, so these percentages do not divide into the headline count. Names follow the US/BGN convention.

Data Sources (12)

The data providers this country's datasets are sourced from — each links out to the provider.

SourceTypeAccess
INSTAT Madagascar official_nso pdf_only
HDX COD — Population Statistics (OCHA/UNFPA) international_organization bulk_download
NGA GEOnet Names Server (GNS) official_government bulk_download
INFORM Risk Index (EC-JRC) international_organization api
World Bank Open Data international_organization api
D-PLACE (Database of Places, Language, Culture & Environment) academic bulk_download
Glottolog Language Catalog academic bulk_download
UNHCR Refugee Data Finder (UN High Commissioner for Refugees) international_organization api
USAID DHS Program (US Agency for International Development · Demographic and Health Surveys) international_organization api
LandScan Global (ORNL — Oak Ridge National Laboratory) research_institution earth_engine
GHS Urban Centre Database (Global Human Settlement · EU Joint Research Centre) international_organization bulk_download
OpenFactBook community_compilation bulk_download

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