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Capital:
Lilongwe
Government:
Multiparty Democracy
Current Head of Government:
Lazarus Chakwera
Economy:
- Predominantly agriculture with about 80% of the population living in rural areas.
- Agriculture, which has benefited from fertilizer subsidies since 2006, accounts for one third of GDP and 90% of export revenues.
Population:
20,308,502 (July 2021 est.)
Land Size:
118,484 sq km (45,747 sq miles)
Major Ethnic Groups:
- Chewa: 32.6%
- Lomwe: 17.6%
- Yao: 13.5%
- Ngoni: 11.5%
- Tumbuka: 8.8%
- Nyanja: 5.8%
- Sena: 3.6%
- Tonga: 2.1%
- Ngonde: 1%
- Other: 3.4% (2008 census)
Religions:
- Christianity: 82.7%
- Islam: 12.9%
- Other: 1.9%
- None: 2.5%
Languages(s):
- Chichewa (official): 57.2%
- English (official)
- Chinyanja: 12.8%
- Chiyao: 10.1%
- Chitumbuka: 9.5%
- Chisena: 2.7%
- Chilomwe: 2.4%
- Chitonga: 1.7%
- Other: 3.6%