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Historical Values
Year Value
1990 French and Malagasy (official)
1991 French and Malagasy (official)
1992 French and Malagasy (official)
1993 French (official), Malagasy (official)
1994 French (official), Malagasy (official)
1995 French (official), Malagasy (official)
1996 French (official), Malagasy (official)
1997 French (official), Malagasy (official)
1998 French (official), Malagasy (official)
1999 French (official), Malagasy (official)
2000 French (official), Malagasy (official)
2001 French (official), Malagasy (official)
2002 French (official), Malagasy (official)
2003 French (official), Malagasy (official)
2004 French (official), Malagasy (official)
2005 French (official), Malagasy (official)
2006 French (official), Malagasy (official)
2007 English (official), French (official), Malagasy (official)
2008 English (official), French (official), Malagasy (official)
2009 English (official), French (official), Malagasy (official)
2010 French (official), Malagasy (official), English
2011 French (official), Malagasy (official), English
2012 French (official), Malagasy (official), English
2013 French (official), Malagasy (official), English
2014 French (official), Malagasy (official), English
2015 French (official), Malagasy (official), English
2016 French (official), Malagasy (official), English
2017 French (official), Malagasy (official), English
2018 French (official), Malagasy (official), English
2019 French (official), Malagasy (official), English
2020 French (official), Malagasy (official), English
2021 Malagasy (official) 99.9%, French (official) 23.6%, English 8.2%, other 0.6% (2018 est.) note: shares sum to more than 100% because some respondents gave more than one answer on the census
2022 Malagasy (official) 99.9%, French (official) 23.6%, English 8.2%, other 0.6% (2018 est.) note: shares sum to more than 100% because some respondents gave more than one answer on the census
2023 Malagasy (official) 99.9%, French (official) 23.6%, English 8.2%, other 0.6% (2018 est.) note: shares sum to more than 100% because some respondents gave more than one answer on the census
2024 Malagasy (official) 99.9%, French (official) 23.6%, English 8.2%, other 0.6% (2018 est.) note: shares sum to more than 100% because some respondents gave more than one answer on the census
2025 Malagasy (official) 99.9%, French (official) 23.6%, English 8.2%, other 0.6% (2018 est.) note: shares sum to more than 100% because some respondents gave more than one answer on the census