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Malawi People 1996

Population:

9,808,384 (July 1995 est.)

Age structure:

0-14 years:

48% (female 2,361,309; male 2,384,679)

15-64 years:

49% (female 2,479,108; male 2,335,729)

65 years and over:

3% (female 139,632; male 107,927) (July 1995 est.)

Population growth rate:

2.63% (1995 est.)

Birth rate:

49.81 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Death rate:

23.53 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Net migration rate:

NA migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.)

note:

the return of refugees to Mozambique is much reduced compared with 1994

Infant mortality rate:

140.2 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

total population:

39.01 years

male:

38.28 years

female:

39.76 years (1995 est.)

Total fertility rate:

7.36 children born/woman (1995 est.)

Nationality:

noun:

Malawian(s)

adjective:

Malawian

Ethnic divisions:

Chewa, Nyanja, Tumbuko, Yao, Lomwe, Sena, Tonga, Ngoni, Ngonde, Asian, European

Religions:

Protestant 55%, Roman Catholic 20%, Muslim 20%, traditional indigenous beliefs

Languages:

English (official), Chichewa (official), other languages important regionally

Literacy:

age 15 and over can read and write (1987)

total population:

48%

male:

65%

female:

34%

Labor force:

428,000 wage earners

by occupation:

agriculture 43%, manufacturing 16%, personal services 15%, commerce 9%, construction 7%, miscellaneous services 4%, other permanently employed 6% (1986)

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