NationMaster - Malawian People statistics

Age structure > 0-14 years	46.9		[8th of 226]
Age structure > 15-64 years	50.4		[221st of 226]
Age structure > 65 years and over	2.7 %		[200th of 225]
Chinese population	50		[115th of 127]
Gender development	0.389		[133rd of 141]
Percentage living in urban areas	16%		[194th of 199]
Population in 2015	15,998		[65th of 225]
Projected population growth	110.28%		[36th of 141]
Sex ratio > 15-64 years	0.99		[133rd of 223]
Urban population growth > annual %	4.63 annual %	...	[13th of 195]
Urbanization	15		[199th of 204]
Urbanization in 1975	7.7%		[160th of 164]
Urbanization in 2015	21.3%		[159th of 164]
Women > Adult literacy rate females as a % of males	62		[124th of 144]
Women > Antenatal care coverage %	91		[57th of 133]
Women > Contraceptive prevalence %	31		[125th of 170]
Women > Life expectancy females as a % of males	100		[171st of 173]
Women > Maternal mortality ratio > reported	1,100		[3rd of 154]
Women > Maternal mortality ratio adjusted	1,800		[3rd of 166]
Women > Skilled attendant at delivery %	56		[135th of 172]

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006 ; University Libraries, Ohio University; Human Development Reports, United Nations 2002; Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat, World Urbanization Prospects: The 2003 Revision, Data Tables and Highlights. Estimates and projections of urban and rural populations are made by the Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat and published every two years. These estimates and projections are based on national census or survey data that have been evaluated and, whenever necessary, adjusted for deficiencies and inconsistencies; Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, World Population Prospects: The 2004 Revision and World Urbanization Prospects: http://esa.un.org/unpp; Population Reference Bureau, 2001 World Population Data Sheet, Washington, DC: PRB, 2001. via ciesin.org; World Development Indicators database; Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat, World Urbanization Prospects: The 2001 Revision, Data Tables and Highlights (ESA/P/WP.173, 20 March 2002); UN (United Nations). 2002. World Urbanization Prospects: The 2001 Revision. Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. New York; UNICEF

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