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GeographyLocation: Southern Africa, east of Zambia
Area: Land boundaries: total 2,881 km, Mozambique 1,569 km, Tanzania 475 km, Zambia 837 km Coastline: 0 km
PeoplePopulation: 9,808,384 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
Population growth rate: 2.63% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 49.81 births/1,000 population Death rate: 23.53 deaths/1,000 population Net migration rate: NA migrant(s)/1,000 population Infant mortality rate: 140.2 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: 7.36 children born/woman 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)
Government
Names:
Type: multiparty democracy following a referendum on 14 June 1993; formerlya one-party republic Capital: Lilongwe Independence: 6 July 1964 (from UK) Constitution: 6 July 1966; republished as amended January 1974
EconomyNational product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $7.3 billion National product real growth rate: 9.3% National product per capita: $750 Inflation rate (consumer prices): 30% Unemployment rate:
Electricity:
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