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Malawi

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Malawi’s Lake Malawi, 580 km (360 mi) long, is the country's most prominent geographical feature and contains more fish species than any other lake on earth. Lake Malawi is the fourth-largest freshwater lake in the world by volume, the ninth-largest lake in the world by area, and the third-largest and second-deepest lake in Africa.
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Geography

Area

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Area - comparative

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<p>slightly smaller than Pennsylvania</p>

People and Society

Age structure

2024 population pyramid:
This is the population pyramid for Malawi. A population pyramid illustrates the age and sex structure of a country's population and may provide insights about political and social stability, as well as economic development. The population is distributed along the horizontal axis, with males shown on the left and females on the right. The male and female populations are broken down into 5-year age groups represented as horizontal bars along the vertical axis, with the youngest age groups at the bottom and the oldest at the top. The shape of the population pyramid gradually evolves over time based on fertility, mortality, and international migration trends. <br/><br/>For additional information, please see the entry for Population pyramid on the Definitions and Notes page.

Median age

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Population growth rate

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Birth rate

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Death rate

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Net migration rate

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Maternal mortality ratio

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Infant mortality rate

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Total fertility rate

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Tobacco use

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Environment

Government

Economy

Real GDP growth rate

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Real GDP per capita

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Labor force

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Unemployment rate

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Public debt

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Taxes and other revenues

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Current account balance

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Exports

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Imports

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Debt - external

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Energy

Communications

Transportation

Airports

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Military and Security

Transnational Issues

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