Capital: Lilongwe
Population: 10.5 million, 112 per sq. km, 2.0% growth
Life Expectancy: 42
Infant Mortality: 134 per thousands
Population per doctor: 117,647:1
Currency: Malawi Kwacha (K)
Gross Domestic Product (GDP): $1777.6 million, $180 per capita, 3.2% growth
Overseas Development Assistance: $348.3 million
Exports: Tobacco, Tea, Sugar
United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Human development report Rank: 159 out of 174 countries
Rural Population: 86%
Population living under the poverty line: 65.3%
Time: GMT+2
Dial Code: 265
Government
Period: 5 years; Next: 2014
Government System:
Colonized by: British
Independence: 1964
Geography and Climate
Geographic Coordinates: 13 30S, 34 00E
Health Risks: Malaria exists all year throughout the country. Rabies
Highest Points: Mulanje
Climate: The Lake side area has a low rainfall and warm climate whereas the air in the highlands is always bracing. The dry season lasts from May to October with rain during the other half particularly December to March.
Rainy Season: November to May.
People
Population Dynamics
Education
Health
Life Expectancy at Birth: 42 yrs
Economy
- Area: 118,480 sq km
Population: 10.5 million, 112 per sq. km, 2.0% growth
Life Expectancy: 42
Infant Mortality: 134 per thousands
Population per doctor: 117,647:1
Currency: Malawi Kwacha (K)
Gross Domestic Product (GDP): $1777.6 million, $180 per capita, 3.2% growth
Overseas Development Assistance: $348.3 million
Exports: Tobacco, Tea, Sugar
United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Human development report Rank: 159 out of 174 countries
Rural Population: 86%
Population living under the poverty line: 65.3%
Time: GMT+2
Dial Code: 265
Government
- Head of State: President Bakili MULUZI
- Head of Government: President Bakili MULUZI
- Government Party: United Democratic Front (UDF)
- Parliament:
Period: 5 years; Next: 2014
Government System:
- Unitary Republic. Legislative Nationally is elected by direct universal suffrage for a term of 5 years. Executive president also directly elected for a 5 years term.
- Legal System: Based on English common law and customary law, judicial review of legislative acts in the supreme court of Appeal has not accepted compulsory International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) jurisdiction.
Colonized by: British
Independence: 1964
Geography and Climate
Geographic Coordinates: 13 30S, 34 00E
Health Risks: Malaria exists all year throughout the country. Rabies
Highest Points: Mulanje
Climate: The Lake side area has a low rainfall and warm climate whereas the air in the highlands is always bracing. The dry season lasts from May to October with rain during the other half particularly December to March.
Rainy Season: November to May.
People
- Ethnic Groups: Maravi 60%, Lomwe 18%, Yao 13%, Ngoni 9%
- Religion: Christian 80%, Muslim 13%, Other 3%, No Religion 4%
- Languages: English (Official); Chichewa (Other Language) Tumbuka (Other Language); Yao (Other Language)
Population Dynamics
- Rural Population: 78% of total
- Rural Population Density: 512 per sq km of arable land
- Urban Population: 24%
- Birth Rate: 47 per 1,000
- Death Rate: 23 per 1,000
- Dependency Ratio: 86.10%
- Population aged 65+: 2.50%
Education
- Literacy rate (women): 49%
- Literacy rate (men): 72%
- Primary School attendance ratio: 78.2% of primary school going age
- Secondary School attendance Ratio: 9.6% of secondary school going age
- Girls reaching Secondary School: 6.1%
- Boys reaching Secondary School: 11.9%
- Women reaching University Level: 0.1%
- Men reaching University level: 0.5%
Health
- Fertility: 6.3 births per woman
- Contraceptive prevalence:26% 26%
- Adults(15-49) infected with HIV/AIDS: 16%
- HIV/AIDS cases amongst the 25-45 age group: 75%
- Fully vaccinated children (6 years old or more):58%
Life Expectancy at Birth: 42 yrs
- Infant Mortality: 104 per 1,000 live births
- Under 5 Mortality: 189 per 1,000 children
- Under-5 children suffering from malnutrition: 49%
Economy
- Current account: $ 35 million
- Foreign debt: $2751 million
- Gross Domestic Product (GDP) 5 year growth: 3.2% per annum