Madagascar in figures : An island of Indian Ocean
Get to know Madagascar in a few figures with Temea Tour. Tourist sites, national parks, fauna and flora, UNESCO World Heritage, ethnicity.
5th largest island in the world
3rd largest Nile crocodile basin
2nd largest coral reef in the world
587,295 km2 in area
4,800 km of coastline
13,260,000 ha of forestry training
More than 43 protected areas on 2,600,000 ha covering 3% of the island’s surface area
27 national parks including 7 parks classified as “UNESCO World Heritage”,
5 RAMSAR sites, 4 biosphere reserves, 3 Great Tsingy, 3 marine parks
14 special reserves
2 integral nature reserves
25 million population/ 18 ethnicities
Endemicity rate between 80% (flora) and 90% (fauna)
4,220 tree species, 96% of which are endemic
12,000 to 14,000 flowering plant species
More than 1,000 orchid species
400 arachnid species
294 bird species including 115 endemic species
108 endemic lemur species including 5 families and 15 genera
Hundreds of whales migrate in the Madagascar’s warm waters every year (June to November) and 300 whale sharks counted in the Nosy Be area
Close to 100% the fish endemicity rate
51 freshwater fish families including 143 endemic species
30 cetacean species and 1 sirenian species
95 chameleon species of which 2/3 of the world census is found on the island
Brookesies measuring 30 mm (the smallest chameleons in the world), all endemic to Madagascar
100 snake species recorded, of which only 3 are not endemic
14 turtle species (9 terrestrial and 5 marine), including 7 endemic species
More than 4,500 butterfly species, most of which are endemic, including 4,219 nocturnal and 341 diurnal
362 frog species have been recorded, of which only 2 are not endemic
7 baobab species, 6 of which are endemic among the 8 existing in the world
Thousands of fairy sites and landscapes
Water between 24 and 30°C all year round