Map of Malawi
Courtesy of Mbendi
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Vital Statistics
Areal extent: 118,480 sq.km.~
Population (1998): 10,377,000**
Population density: 87.6 per sq. km.
Urban population, % of total (1980/1997): 9/14*
Population growth (1985-1990/1995-2000): 5.1/2.5**
Life expectancy (1975-80/1995-2000): 43.1/40.7**
Fertility rate (1980/1996): 7.6/6.5*
Capital: Lilongwe
Largest city/population (1994): Blantyre/446,800~
Gross National Product (1997): $2.3* billions
GNP per capita (1997): $220*
GNP per capita annual growth rate (1975-1995): -0.6¬
Human Development Index rank/value (1999): 159/0.0.399¬
* = World Bank 1999
** World Resources Institute 1998
~ = Instituto del Tercer Mundo 1997
¬ = Human Development Report 1999
n.a. = Information not available at present
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