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  1. <text>
  2. <title>
  3. Malawi: People
  4. </title>
  5. <article><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Malawi
  6. People</hdr><body>
  7. <p>Population: 9,831,935 (July 1993 est.)
  8. </p>
  9. <p>Population growth rate: -0.95% (1993 est.)
  10. </p>
  11. <p>Birth rate: 51.1 births/1,000 population (1993 est.)
  12. </p>
  13. <p>Death rate: 22.87 deaths/1,000 population (1993 est.)
  14. </p>
  15. <p>Net migration rate: -37.71 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1993 est.)
  16. </p>
  17. <p>Infant mortality rate: 141.9 deaths/1,000 live births (1993 est.)
  18. </p>
  19. <list>
  20. <l>Life expectancy at birth:</l>
  21. <l>  total population: 40.48 years</l>
  22. <l>  male: 39.61 years</l>
  23. <l>  female: 41.37 years (1993 est.)</l>
  24. </list>
  25. <p>Total fertility rate: 7.5 children born/woman (1993 est.)
  26. </p>
  27. <list>
  28. <l>Nationality:</l>
  29. <l>  noun: Malawian(s)</l>
  30. <l>  adjective: Malawian</l>
  31. </list>
  32. <p>Ethnic divisions: Chewa, Nyanja, Tumbuko, Yao, Lomwe, Sena, Tonga,
  33. Ngoni, Ngonde, Asian, European
  34. </p>
  35. <p>Religions: Protestant 55%, Roman Catholic 20%, Muslim 20%,
  36. traditional indigenous beliefs
  37. </p>
  38. <p>Languages: English (official), Chichewa (official), other languages
  39. important regionally
  40. </p>
  41. <list>
  42. <l>Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1966)</l>
  43. <l>  total population: 22%</l>
  44. <l>  male: 34%</l>
  45. <l>  female: 12%</l>
  46. </list>
  47. <p>Labor force: 428,000 wage earners
  48. </p>
  49. <p>  by occupation: agriculture 43%, manufacturing 16%, personal
  50. services 15%, commerce 9%, construction 7%, miscellaneous services
  51. 4%, other permanently employed 6% (1986)
  52. </p></body></article></text>
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