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Location: Southern Africa,
East of Zambia
Area: Total: 118,480 sq km
Water: 24,400 sq km
Land: 94,080 sq km
PEOPLE
Population: 11,651,239
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 and death
rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in
the distribution of population by age and sex than would
otherwise be expected (July 2003 est.)
Age Structure:
0-14 years: 46.8% (male 2,748,058; female 2,698,052)
15-64 years: 50.5% (male 2,911,892; female 2,973,723)
65 years and over: 2.7% (male 128,722; female 190,792) (2003
est.)
Median Age:
Total: 16.4 years
Male: 16.1 years
Female: 16.7 years (2002)
Population Growth Rate:
2.21% (2003 est.)
Birth Rate: 44.7 births/1,000
population (2003 est.)
Death Rate: 22.64 deaths/1,000
population (2003 est.)
Sex Ratio:
At birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.98 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.67 male(s)/female
Total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2003 est.)
Infant Mortality Rate:
Total: 105.15 deaths/1,000 live births
Female: 100.81 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)
Male: 109.36 deaths/1,000 live births
Life Expectancy at Birth:
Total population: 37.98 years
Male: 37.57 years
Female: 38.39 years (2003 est.)
Total Fertility Rate:
6.1 children born/woman (2003 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 15% (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 850,000 (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths: 80,000 (2001 est.)
Nationality: Noun: Malawian(s)
Adjective: Malawian
Ethnic Groups:
Chewa, Nyanja, Tumbuka, Yao, Lomwe, Sena, Tonga, Ngoni,
Ngonde, Asian, European
Religions: Protestant 55%,
Roman Catholic 20%, Muslim 20%, indigenous beliefs 3%, other
2%
Languages: English (official),
Chichewa (official), other languages important regionally
Literacy: 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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CRIDOC was established to create access to information on child rights & related issues. Its Director, Mr George Mwika Kayange, recently ran a column in The Malawi News entitled "Know About Acess to Information Bill." To access the articles, please 
The Children's Manifesto published by CRIDOC ahead of the Presidential and Parliamentary Elections on 19th May 2009 outlines all the major issues affecting children and young people in Malawi which the incumbent government must address urgently.
