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Malawi:
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Other pages in this profile of Malawi:
Geography, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation, Military & Transnational Issues.
Geography, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation, Military & Transnational Issues.
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Population |
Definition - World rank and map 13,931,831 note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2008 est.) |
Population density |
Definition - World rank and map 148.1 people per sq. km (July 2008 est.) |
Age structure |
Definition - World rank and map 0-14 years: 46% (male 3,208,112/female 3,194,600) 15-64 years: 51.4% (male 3,592,073/female 3,563,840) 65 years and over: 2.7% (male 159,450/female 213,756) (2008 est.) |
Median Age |
Definition - World rank and map total: 16.8 years male: 16.7 years female: 16.8 years (2008 est.) |
Population growth rate |
Definition - World rank and map 2.39% (2008 est.) |
Birth rate |
Definition - World rank and map 41.79 births/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Death rate |
Definition - World rank and map 17.89 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Net migration rate |
Definition - World rank and map NA |
Sex ratio |
Definition at birth: 1.01 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.75 male(s)/female total population: 1 male(s)/female (2008 est.) |
Infant mortality rate |
Definition - World rank and map total: 90.55 deaths/1,000 live births male: 94.69 deaths/1,000 live births female: 86.35 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth |
Definition - World rank and map total population: 43.45 years male: 43.74 years female: 43.15 years (2008 est.) |
Total fertility rate |
Definition - World rank and map 5.67 children born/woman (2008 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate |
Definition - World rank and map 14.2% (2003 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS |
Definition - World rank and map 900,000 (2003 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths |
Definition 84,000 (2003 est.) |
Major infectious diseases |
Definition degree of risk: very high food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever vectorborne diseases: malaria and plague water contact disease: schistosomiasis (2008) |
Nationality |
Definition noun: Malawian(s) adjective: Malawian |
Ethnic groups |
Definition Chewa, Nyanja, Tumbuka, Yao, Lomwe, Sena, Tonga, Ngoni, Ngonde, Asian, European |
Religions |
Definition Christian 79.9%, Muslim 12.8%, other 3%, none 4.3% (1998 census) |
Languages |
Definition Chichewa 57.2% (official), Chinyanja 12.8%, Chiyao 10.1%, Chitumbuka 9.5%, Chisena 2.7%, Chilomwe 2.4%, Chitonga 1.7%, other 3.6% (1998 census) |
Literacy |
Definition definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 62.7% male: 76.1% female: 49.8% (2003 est.) |
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