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People
15,447,500
country comparison to the world: 
64
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, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2010 est.)
0-14 years: 45.4% (male 3,419,711/female 3,404,726)
15-64 years: 51.9% (male 3,889,065/female 3,915,309)
65 years and over: 2.7% (male 172,679/female 227,267) (2010 est.)
total: 17.1 years
male: 17 years
female: 17.3 years (2010 est.)
2.758% (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 21
41.28 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 11
13.69 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 20
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population
country comparison to the world: 91
urban population: 19% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 5.2% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)
at birth: 1.015 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.76 male(s)/female
total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2010 est.)
total: 83.5 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 11
male: 87.6 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 79.34 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)
total population: 50.92 years
country comparison to the world: 211
male: 50.22 years
female: 51.64 years (2010 est.)
5.51 children born/woman (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 12
11.9% (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 9
930,000 (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 15
68,000 (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 10
degree of risk: very high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne diseases: malaria and plague
water contact disease: schistosomiasis
animal contact disease: rabies (2009)
noun: Malawian(s)
adjective: Malawian
Chewa, Nyanja, Tumbuka, Yao, Lomwe, Sena, Tonga, Ngoni, Ngonde, Asian, European
Christian 79.9%, Muslim 12.8%, other 3%, none 4.3% (1998 census)
Chichewa 57.2% (official), Chinyanja 12.8%, Chiyao 10.1%, Chitumbuka 9.5%, Chisena 2.7%, Chilomwe 2.4%, Chitonga 1.7%, other 3.6% (1998 census)
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 62.7%
male: 76.1%
female: 49.8% (2003 est.)
total: 9 years
male: 9 years
female: 9 years (2007)
4.2% of GDP (2003)
country comparison to the world: 101
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