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Malawi: Statistics

People [1]

People

Population 20,405,317 (2022)
Population Growth Rate 2.559 annual % (2022)
Age Dependency Ratio 82.486 % of working-age population (2022)
Urban Population 17.98 % of total (2022)
Infant Mortality Rate 31.2 per 1,000 live births (2021)
Life Expectancy at Birth 62.904 years (2021)

Age Distribution - % of Total Population (2022)

Energy [2]

Electricity

Ranking
Production 1.42 billion kWh (2021) #144
Consumption 0.96 billion kWh (2021) #154
Exports 0 billion kWh (2021) #96
Imports 0 billion kWh (2021) #118
Renewable Electricity Generation 1.22 billion kWh (2021) #112

Oil

Ranking
Production 0 thousand bbl/day (2021) #119
Consumption 9.49 thousand bbl/day (2021) #155
Exports (Refined) [3] 0 thousand bbl/day (2013) #87
Imports (Refined) [3] 0 thousand bbl/day (2013) #85
Proved Reserves (Crude) 0 billion bbl (2021) #100

Natural Gas

Ranking
Production (Gross) 0 billion cu ft (2015) #97
Consumption (Dry) 0 billion cu ft (2021) #122
Exports (Dry) 0 billion cu ft (2021) #57
Imports (Dry) 0 billion cu ft (2021) #86
Proved Reserves 0 trillion cu ft (2021) #100

Other [3]

Technology

Airports 32 (2013)
Cellular Telephones 7,076,906 (2018 est.)
Highways 15,452 km (2015)
Internet Users 1,785,369 (2016 est.)
Railways 767 km (2014)
Telephones 14,992 (2018 est.)

Geography & Environment

LocationSouthern Africa, east of Zambia, west and north of Mozambique
Total Area118,484 sq. km
Land Area94,080 sq. km
Water Area24,404 sq. km
Coastline0 km
Climatesub-tropical; rainy season (November to May); dry season (May to November)
Terrainnarrow elongated plateau with rolling plains, rounded hills, some mountains
Lowest Pointjunction of the Shire River and international boundary with Mozambique 37 m
Highest Point Sapitwa (Mount Mlanje) 3,002 m

Sources

  1. The World Bank Date Accessed: 9/11/2023
  2. U.S. Energy Information Administration
  3. CIA World Factbook Date Accessed: 5/9/2020