The Madagascar country code is +261 — reaching the world's fourth-largest island, ~30 million Malagasy across Telma, Orange Madagascar + Airtel Madagascar. A biodiversity wonder of lemurs, baobabs + vanilla — Malagasy bank verifications + MVola, Orange Money + Airtel Money all expect +261.
Madagascar was assigned +261 by the ITU — placing it in zone 2 with Africa + the Indian Ocean. Landlines use the prefix 020 followed by a 2-digit regional code; all mobiles begin with 3.
Madagascar uses the +261 country code, placing it in ITU zone 2 alongside the rest of Africa — Mauritius +230, Réunion +262, Comoros +269, South Africa +27 + Kenya +254. The world's fourth-largest island sits off the southeast coast of Africa across the Mozambique Channel.
Madagascar's telecom industry is regulated by ARTEC (Autorité de Régulation des Technologies de Communication). Three mobile carriers: Telma (Telecom Malagasy, prefix 34/038), Orange Madagascar (prefix 32) + Airtel Madagascar (prefix 33). Mobile money — MVola, Orange Money + Airtel Money — dominates everyday payments.
Malagasy landlines use the prefix <b>020</b> followed by a 2-digit regional code, then a 5-digit local number — e.g. <b>020 22</b> Antananarivo, <b>020 53</b> Toamasina, <b>020 44</b> Antsirabe, <b>020 62</b> Mahajanga. All Malagasy mobiles start with <b>3</b> (32 Orange, 33 Airtel, 34/038 Telma) → +261 3X XX XXX XX.
Madagascar is a world unto itself. The fourth-largest island on Earth split from the Indian subcontinent ~88 million years ago, and around 90% of its wildlife is found nowhere else — lemurs, baobabs + chameleons. The Avenue of the Baobabs + the limestone Tsingy de Bemaraha are iconic, and Madagascar is the world's largest producer of vanilla. The Malagasy people carry mixed Austronesian + African origins.
A Malagasy phone number in international format is written as +261 [number without leading 0]. Example: +261 20 22 123 45 for an Antananarivo landline (020 22 123 45 domestic), +261 20 53 123 45 for Toamasina, +261 34 12 345 67 for a Telma mobile.
Malagasy mobile numbers all start with 3 (032 Orange, 033 Airtel, 034/038 Telma domestically; +261 3X internationally). Domestically a leading 0 is used (020… for landlines, 03X… for mobiles); internationally you drop that leading 0.
From the highland capital Antananarivo to the port of Toamasina, every Malagasy number lives behind a +261. Pick the 020 regional code that matches your customer city.
Every country uses a different exit code before +261. From any mobile, + replaces the exit code — so +261 20 22 123 45 works worldwide. Always drop the leading 0 from Malagasy numbers.
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+261 reaches the world's fourth-largest island + biodiversity capital — home of lemurs, baobabs + the world's vanilla supply. MVola, Orange Money + every Malagasy bank verify with +261.
MVola (Telma), Orange Money + Airtel Money — the mobile wallets most Malagasy use daily — plus banks like BNI Madagascar + BOA Madagascar all require +261 mobile OTPs to open accounts, confirm transfers + verify identity.
A +261 line is essential for Madagascar's booming eco-tourism — lodges, tour operators + national-park guides at Andasibe, Ranomafana, the Avenue of the Baobabs + Tsingy de Bemaraha. Travellers reach a real local number for bookings + on-the-ground support.
Madagascar is the world's largest vanilla producer, plus a major exporter of cloves, lychees, cocoa + shrimp. A +261 number connects buyers, exporters + the SAVA vanilla region (Sambava, Antalaha) directly to suppliers.
A 020 22 indicatif says "Antananarivo" — the highland capital + commercial heart of Madagascar (~3 million in the metro). Government, banks, NGOs + most national businesses run through Tana on the 020 22 code.
A large Malagasy diaspora lives in France (Paris, Marseille) + Réunion. A +261 number keeps families, remittance senders + Franco-Malagasy businesses connected across the Indian Ocean + Europe — French is an official language alongside Malagasy.
Madagascar runs on East Africa Time (EAT, UTC+3) all year with no DST — the same clock as Kenya, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia + Moscow. Clean alignment with East African + Gulf business hours, just 2.5 hours ahead of CET.
Pick your indicatif — 020 22 Antananarivo, 020 53 Toamasina, 020 44 Antsirabe, 020 62 Mahajanga — and start calling, texting + receiving MVola, Orange Money + bank OTPs from real Malagasy customers.
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Name, country code, ISO 3166 alpha-2 & alpha-3, exit code, and ITU zone. Filter by continent or search by name or code.
| Country | Code | ISO-2 | ISO-3 | Exit | Zone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | +93 | AF | AFG | 00 | 9 |
| Albania | +355 | AL | ALB | 00 | 3 |
| Algeria | +213 | DZ | DZA | 00 | 2 |
| American Samoa | +1 | AS | ASM | 011 | 1 |
| Andorra | +376 | AD | AND | 00 | 3 |
| Angola | +244 | AO | AGO | 00 | 2 |
| Anguilla | +1 | AI | AIA | 011 | 1 |
| Antarctica | +672 | AQ | ATA | 00 | 6 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | +1 | AG | ATG | 011 | 1 |
| Argentina | +54 | AR | ARG | 00 | 5 |
| Armenia | +374 | AM | ARM | 00 | 3 |
| Aruba | +297 | AW | ABW | 00 | 2 |
| Australia | +61 | AU | AUS | 0011 | 6 |
| Austria | +43 | AT | AUT | 00 | 4 |
| Azerbaijan | +994 | AZ | AZE | 00 | 9 |
| Bahamas | +1 | BS | BHS | 011 | 1 |
| Bahrain | +973 | BH | BHR | 00 | 9 |
| Bangladesh | +880 | BD | BGD | 00 | 8 |
| Barbados | +1 | BB | BRB | 011 | 1 |
| Belarus | +375 | BY | BLR | 810 | 3 |
011 261 20 22 123 45 for an Antananarivo landline, or 011 261 34 12 345 67 for a Malagasy mobile. On any mobile, replace 011 with +.00 261 20 53 123 45 for Toamasina. Or use +261 20 22 123 45 from any UK mobile.00 261 34 12 345 67 for a Telma mobile. France ↔ Madagascar is the heaviest route, thanks to the large Malagasy diaspora + shared French language.00 261 20 62 123 45 for Mahajanga. Madagascar lies just across the Mozambique Channel from southern Africa.+261 [number without leading 0]. Example: +261 20 22 123 45 for an Antananarivo landline, +261 20 53 123 45 for Toamasina, +261 34 12 345 67 for a mobile.One tap to install. One more to call. It really is that simple.