Roman Catholic 41.9%, Protestant 42% (Anglican 35.9%, Pentecostal 4.6%, Seventh Day Adventist 1.5%), Muslim 12.1%, other 3.1%, none 0.9% (2002 census)
Languages
English (official), French (official), Malagasy (official)
English (official national language, taught in grade schools, used in courts of law and by most newspapers and some radio broadcasts), Ganda or Luganda (most widely used of the Niger-Congo languages, preferred for native language publications in the capital and may be taught in school), other Niger-Congo languages, Nilo-Saharan languages, Swahili, Arabic
Exports
External Debt
Exchange Rate
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
Location
Southern Africa, island in the Indian Ocean, east of Mozambique
Eastern Africa, west of Kenya
Area
587,041 km sq
241,038 km sq
Coastline
4,828 km
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Climate
tropical along coast, temperate inland, arid in south
tropical; generally rainy with two dry seasons (December to February, June to August); semiarid in northeast
