Malawi Statistics  
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(Continental Only)
Area Total: (sq km) 118,480 752,614 801,590 954,087 9,629,091
Land: 94,080 740,724 784,090 886,037 9,158,960
Water 24,400 11,890 17,500 59,050 470,131
 
Population: 10,385,849 9,584,418 19,104,696 35,306,126 275,562,673
Growth Rate: 1.61 1.95 1.47 2.57 .91
Birth Rate: (per 1,000) 38.49 41.9 37.99 40.17 14.2
Death Rate: 22.44 22.08 23.29 12.88 8.7
Infant Mortality 122.28 92.38 139.86 80.97 6.82
Life Expectancy 37.58 37.24 37.52 52.26 77.12
Total Fertility Rate 5.33 5.62 4.93 5.51 2.06
 
Literacy: (per cent) 58.0 78.2 40.1 67.8 97.0
 
GDP (In Billions) 9.4 8.5 18.7 23.3 9.255 trillion
 
Population Per Cent
Below Poverty Line		 54 86 NA 51.1 12.7
 
Inflation Rate (per cent) 45 27.4 4 8.8 2.2
 
Labor Force:
Agriculture 86 20.6 34 49 2.6 *
Wage Earners 14        
Industry   30.6 18 17 24.5
Services   48.8 48 34 13.4
Management         30
Sales         29.2
 
Exports (millions) 510 900 300 828 663 B
 
Imports 512 M 1.15 B 1.6 B 1.44 B 912 B
 
Telephones 34,000 77,935 60,000 127,000 178 M
 
Radios 2.6 M 1.03 M 730,000 8.8 M 575 M
 
Televisions 0 277,000 90,000 103,000 219 M
 
Paved Highways km 5,254 n/a 5,685 3,704 3,732,757
* Includes farming, forestry and fishing