Madagascar is very much a land of villages, though there are several towns and cities of substantial size. Below are population estimates for Madagascar's largest population centers -- please bear in mind that these are only estimates. Some sources peg the capital's population closer to 3 million than 1.7 million.
Alphabetical listing
Ranked by 2005 population estimate
City / Town
Population
City / Town
Population
Ambalavao
30,559
Antananarivo (Tananarive)
1,613,375
Ambanja
29,980
Toamasina (Tamatave)
200,568
Ambato Boeny
21,054
Antsirabe
176,933
Ambatofinandrahana
27,068
Fianarantsoa
160,550
Ambatolampy
26,549
Mahajanga (Majunga)
149,863
Ambatondrazaka
39,762
Toliara (Tuléar)
113,014
Ambilobe
14,425
Antsiranana (Diégo-Suarez)
80,001
Amboasary
34,386
Antanifotsy
65,444
Ambositra
30,434
Ambovombe
63,032
Ambovombe
63,032
Ilakaka
59,682
Ampanihy
24,370
Amparafaravola
48,284
Amparafaravola
48,284
Taolagnaro (Fort Dauphin)
42,944
Ampasimanolotra
23,516
Ambatondrazaka
39,762
Andapa
20,460
Nosy Varika
38,204
Andilamena
17,729
Mananara Avaratra
37,984
Anjozorobe
17,802
Soavinandriana
37,816
Ankazoabo
24,254
Soanierana Ivongo
37,168
Ankazobe
14,356
Mahanoro
36,917
Anosibe an' Ala
24,703
Manakara
35,905
Antalaha
32,496
Faratsiho
35,810
Antananarivo
1,613,375
Vavatenina
34,904
Antanifotsy
65,444
Amboasary
34,386
Antsirabe
176,933
Ikongo
33,892
Antsirambazaha
23,050
Morondava
33,372
Antsiranana
80,001
Fandriana
32,696
Antsohihy
19,878
Antalaha
32,496
Arivonimamo
19,874
Sambava
31,069
Bealanana
15,371
Ambalavao
30,559
Belo Tsiribihina
21,929
Ambositra
30,434
Beloha
22,290
Manjakandriana
30,153
Beroroha
17,741
Betioky
30,082
Betafo
27,787
Ambanja
29,980
Betioky
30,082
Tsihombe
29,027
Diégo-Suarez
80,001
Marovoay
28,674
Fandriana
32,696
Mananjary
28,498
Faradofay
42,944
Betafo
27,787
Farafangana
25,046
Ambatofinandrahana
27,068
Faratsiho
35,810
Moramanga
26,726
Fenoarivo
17,567
Ambatolampy
26,549
Fenoarivo Atsinanana
20,439
Tsiroanomandidy
25,391
Fianarantsoa
160,550
Farafangana
25,046
Hell-Ville
23,050
Vangaindrano
24,956
Ifanadiana
17,948
Marolambo
24,787
Ihosy
18,205
Anosibe an' Ala
24,703
Ikalamavony
15,593
Ampanihy
24,370
Ikongo
33,892
Ankazoabo
24,254
Mahajanga
149,863
Ampasimanolotra
23,516
Mahanoro
36,917
Vohibinany
23,516
Majunga
149,863
Antsirambazaha
23,050
Manakara
35,905
Hell-Ville
23,050
Mananara Avaratra
37,984
Maroantsetra
22,503
Manandriana
20,564
Beloha
22,290
Mananjary
28,498
Belo Tsiribihina
21,929
Manjakandriana
30,153
Vondrozo
21,728
Maroantsetra
22,503
Sakaraha
21,197
Marolambo
24,787
Ambato Boeny
21,054
Marovoay
28,674
Manandriana
20,564
Miandrivazo
20,102
Andapa
20,460
Moramanga
26,726
Fenoarivo Atsinanana
20,439
Morondava
33,372
Miandrivazo
20,102
Nosy Varika
38,204
Antsohihy
19,878
Sakaraha
21,197
Arivonimamo
19,874
Sambava
31,069
Ihosy
18,205
Soanierana Ivongo
37,168
Ifanadiana
17,948
Soavinandriana
37,816
Anjozorobe
17,802
Tamatave
200,568
Beroroha
17,741
Tananarive
1,613,375
Andilamena
17,729
Taolagnaro
42,944
Fenoarivo
17,567
Toamasina
200,568
Ikalamavony
15,593
Tola'aro
42,944
Tsaratanana
15,445
Toliara
113,014
Bealanana
15,371
Tsaratanana
15,445
Ambilobe
14,425
Tsihombe
29,027
Ankazobe
14,356
Tsiroanomandidy
25,391
Tuléar
113,014
Vangaindrano
24,956
Vavatenina
34,904
Vohibinany
23,516
Vondrozo
21,728
The following links will give you the geographic coordinates, elevation, and administrative district of specific places in Madagascar. About 25,000 are listed here. I encourage you to submit content (pictures, descriptions, text) for various villages.
Almost all pictures on this site were taken with a Konica Minolta
Recent articles
Madagascar fires mapped with Google Earth in real-time Every year as much as one-third of Madagascar, one of the planet's most biodiverse islands, goes up in flames. Now a new tool gives scientists the ability to monitor and track Madagascar's fires in real-time through the Internet.
UNESCO lists rainforest parks of Madagascar as Heritage sites (7/2/2007) UNESCO has listed six rainforest parks in Madagascar as World Heritage sites. The announcement comes as the Indian Ocean island nation has moved aggressively to protect its biologically-rich forests from further degradation.
Conservation is saving lemurs and helping people in Madagascar (5/7/2007) Madagascar, an island nation that lies off the coast of southeastern Africa, has long been famous for its unique and diverse species of wildlife, especially lemurs--primates found nowhere else on the planet. In recent years, the island country has also become world-renowned for conservation efforts that are succeeding in spite of extraordinary pressures from a poor population that relies heavily on forest burning for basic subsistence. A large part of this success is due to the early efforts of Patricia Wright, a primatologist who has been working in the country for more than 20 years. Wright led the effort to launch the country's leading protected area and helped Madagascar become a leading global example of conservation despite its economic adversity.
