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Madagascar: cities by population

Madagascar has a population of 26,262,368, with Antananarivo as its capital. The 50 largest of its 147 recorded towns and cities, ranked.

Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are GeoNames country data. Sources & method.

#	Place	Region	Population
1	Antananarivo	Analamanga	1,349,501
2	Toamasina	Atsinanana	345,107
3	Antsirabe	Vakinankaratra	260,907
4	Mahajanga	Boeny	260,556
5	Fianarantsoa	Upper Matsiatra	203,105
6	Toliara	Atsimo-Andrefana	178,725
7	Antsiranana	Diana	136,959
8	Sambava	Sava	89,003
9	Imerintsiatosika	Itasy	74,085
10	Antalaha	Sava	71,898
11	Tôlanaro	Anosy	71,258
12	Antanifotsy	Vakinankaratra	70,626
13	Ambovombe	Androy	69,265
14	Ambilobe	Diana	66,029
15	Ambanja	Diana	63,884
16	Moramanga	Alaotra Mangoro	60,456
17	Antsalova	Melaky	58,280
18	Morondava	Menabe	56,671
19	Hell-Ville	Diana	53,219
20	Ivato	Analamanga	52,376
21	Ambatondrazaka	Alaotra Mangoro	50,463
22	Amboasary	Anosy	48,705
23	Tsiroanomandidy	Bongolava	47,087
24	Manakara	Fitovinany Region	46,850
25	Ambalavao	Upper Matsiatra	45,784
26	Maroantsetra	Analanjirofo	45,041
27	Fenoarivo Atsinanana	Analanjirofo	44,199
28	Ambositra	Amoron'i Mania	43,504
29	Soavinandriana	Itasy	42,410
30	Ihosy	Ihorombe	41,892
31	Marovoay	Boeny	41,611
32	Vangaindrano	Atsimo-Atsinanana	40,813
33	Antsohihy	Sofia	40,512
34	Ampanihy	Atsimo-Andrefana	40,244
35	Mahanoro	Atsinanana	40,033
36	Ambatofinandrahana	Amoron'i Mania	39,618
37	Andilamena	Alaotra Mangoro	39,428
38	Soanierana Ivongo	Analanjirofo	39,271
39	Ikongo	Fitovinany Region	38,851
40	Vavatenina	Analanjirofo	37,861
41	Faratsiho	Vakinankaratra	37,563
42	Mananara	Analanjirofo	37,224
43	Nosy Varika	Vatovavy Region	37,152
44	Farafangana	Atsimo-Atsinanana	36,724
45	Andapa	Sava	36,660
46	Betafo	Vakinankaratra	36,364
47	Ambato Boeny	Boeny	35,432
48	Amparafaravola	Alaotra Mangoro	35,266
49	Ambatolampy	Vakinankaratra	34,198
50	Maromandia	Sofia	33,596

Twenty years earlier: Madagascar in the 2005 World Gazetteer — population then 17,955,589.