The graph below is a age and gender structure chart. There is an even ratio of men to women with the ratio of about 99.42 males to 100 females. The age build up of 0-14 year olds is about 38.86%. For ages 15-24 years it is 20.06%. Ages 25-54 years are about 33.02%. Ages 55-64 years is around 4.6% , and ages 65 years and over is 3.47%. The mortality rate is very high so there are more people living that are younger in age.
The people of Madagascar can be referred to as Malagasy. Madagascar has a very youthful population with over 60% of the population being under 25 years old. They also have a very high birth rate of about 4 children per woman which ensure that the population will continue to grow at a rapid rate. About 38.5% of the population is urbanized and the national rate of urbanization is about 4.48% annually. About 81.6% of the urban population have access to clean water and about 35.3% of the rural population has access to clean water. The leaves the overall total of people with access to clean water at about 51.5% which means that nearly half of the population cannot access clean water. The youth unemployment rate falls at about 1%, which means most people ages 15-25 are working. They have one of the smallest unemployment rates in the world.
The main religion build up in Madagascar, as shown on the chart, is indigenous beliefs. The other main religions are Christians and Muslims. The main language spoken in Madagascar, as show on the chart, is the native language, Malagasy. French is also commonly spoken throughout the country.