Malawi Demographics Profile 2004

Population

11,906,855
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 2004 est.)

Age structure

0-14 years: 46.8% (male 2,811,751; female 2,759,515)
15-64 years: 50.5% (male 2,978,406; female 3,029,735)
65 years and over: 2.8% (male 130,600; female 196,848) (2004 est.)

Median age

total: 16.4 years
male: 16.1 years
female: 16.7 years (2004 est.)

Population growth rate

2.14% (2004 est.)

Birth rate

44.35 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)

Death rate

23.01 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)

Net migration rate

0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 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: 0.66 male(s)/female
total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2004 est.)

Infant mortality rate

total: 104.23 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 108.4 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 99.93 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 37.48 years
male: 37.08 years
female: 37.88 years (2004 est.)

Total fertility rate

6.04 children born/woman (2004 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate

14.2% (2003 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS

900,000 (2003 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths

84,000 (2003 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.)