Malawi: Fact file
| Name | Republic of Malawi |
| Area | 118 484 sq km |
| Capital | Lilongwe |
| Major cities | Blantyre, Mzuzu, Zomba, Karonga, Mangochi, Kasungu |
| Boundaries | Mozambique, Zambia, Tanzania (Landlocked) |
| Population | 12 608 000, 2004 (UNDP 2006) |
| Pop growth rate | 2.2%, 2004-15 (UNDP 2006) |
| Urbanisation | 16.7%, 2004 (UNDP 2006) |
| Life expectancy | Female 39.6 yrs, male 40.0 yrs; 2004 (UNDP 2006) |
| Infant mortality | 110/1000, 2004 (UNDP 2006) |
| HIV/AIDS prevalence | 14.1%, 2006 (UNAIDS 2006) |
| Adult Literacy rate | Female 54.0%, male 74.9%; 2004 (UNDP 2006) |
| Legal system | English common law, customary law (africa in sight undated) |
| Independence | July 6, 1964 (Commonwealth Secretariat undated) |
| GDP | US$2.158 billion, 2006 est (IMF 2006) |
| GDP per capita | US$164.45, 2006 est (IMF 2006) |
| GDP growth rate | 8.4%, 2006 est (IMF 2006) |
| Main exports | Tobacco, sugar, tea, coffee and cotton (Commonwealth Secretariat undated) |
| Currency | 100 Tambala = 1 Kwacha (Commonwealth Secretariat undated) |
| Unemployment | +53%, 2004 (Disability Front Line 2004) |
| Inflation rate | 10.9%, 2006 est (IMF 2006) |
| External debt ratio | 202.4% of GDP, 2006 (IMF 2007) |
| Ethnic groups | Chewa, Yaos, Lomwes, Nkhonde, Lambya, Tonga, Tumbuka, Ngoni (Government of Malawi undated) |
| Languages | Official English, national Nyanja (Chewa), Tumbuka. Others Yao, Nyakyusa-Ngonde, Sena, Kokola, Lomwe, Ndali, Lambya (Ethnologue.com undated) |
| Religion | Christian 76.8% (Roman Catholic 24.7%, Protestant 22.9%, Independent 16.8%) Muslims 14.8%, African Traditional 7.8% (Religious Freedom undated) |
References
AFRICA IN SIGHT UNDATED "Legal System", [www] Legal System (AI) [opens new window] (September 2005).
COMMONWEALTH SECRETARIAT UNDATED "Country profile: Malawi", [www] http://www.thecommonwealth.org/Templates/YearbookHomeInternal.asp?NodeID=138698 [opens new window] (September 2005).
DISABILITY FRONT LINE 2004 "Representative surveys on the 'Living Conditions Among Disabled People' in three countries in Southern Africa: Malawi, Namibia, Zimbabwe", Disability Front Line, October 29, [www] http://www.safod.com/DRC/DFL29.pdf [PDF document, opens new window] (Document not available on-line March 2005).
ETHNOLOGUE.COM UNDATED "Languages of Malawi" [www] http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=Malawi [opens new window].
GOVERNMENT OF MALAWI UNDATED "History of Malawi", [www] http://www.malawi.gov.mw/information/history.htm [opens new window] (Page not available, March 2005).
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RELIGIOUS FREEDOM UNDATED "Nation profile: Malawi", [www] http://religiousfreedom.lib.virginia.edu/nationprofiles/Malawi/rbodies.html [opens new window] (September 2005).
UNAIDS 2006 "Malawi", [www] http://www.unaids.org/en/Regions_Countries/Countries/malawi.asp [opens in window] (September 2005).
UNDP 2006 "Malawi", IN Human Development Reports, [www] http://hdr.undp.org/hdr2006/statistics/countries/data_sheets/cty_ds_MWI.html [opens new window].