Malawi Demographics Profile 2003

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.)

Net migration rate

0 migrant(s)/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
male: 109.36 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 100.81 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

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.)