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Malawi Malawi, officially the Republic of Malawi, is a landlocked country in Southeastern Africa. It is bordered by Zambia to the west, Tanzania to the north and northeast, and Mozambique to the east, south, and southwest. Malawi spans over and ...

include

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, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.

Region distribution

Northern region

The

Tumbuka people The Tumbuka (also known as Yombe, Kamanga, Senga, Tonga and Henga) are a group of Bantu peoples, Bantu peoples found in Malawi, Zambia, Tanzania and Zimbabwe.Northen region. Other groups include the Ngonde, Lambya and Sukwa. The predominant and common language in the region is Chitumbuka, which is also spoken in Central Region of Malawi. The sub branch of Tonga people are part of the Tumbuka people who relocated in their current territories in the early 19th Century when the Nkhamanga Kingdom started to decline.

Central region

The

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ethnic group make up about 65% of the population of the central region. Other ethnic groups found in the region include the Tumbuka and Ngoni, among others. Chichewa is the common language in the region, followed by Chitumbuka in some districts such as Kasungu, Dowa and Nkhotakota.

Southern region

The Southern region is made up of the Yao and the Lomwe people. They are both the Bantu groups who came from Mozambique due to wars. The common languages in urban areas such as Blantyre are Chichewa, English and Chitumbuka. In rural areas, Lomwe, Sena and Yao are used, primarily by elder people.

Population

Total and percent distribution of population by single year of age (Census 09.03.2018)

UN population projections

Numbers are in thousands. UN medium variant projections Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, World Population Prospects: The 2010 Revision
*2015 17,522 *2020 20,677 *2025 24,212 *2030 28,173 *2035 32,667 *2040 37,797 *2045 43,521 *2050 49,719

Vital statistics

Registration of vital events is in Malawi not complete. The website

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prepared the following estimates based on statistics from the Population Department of the

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Demographic and Health Surveys

Total Fertility Rate (TFR) (Wanted Fertility Rate) and Crude Birth Rate (CBR): Fertility data as of 2016 (DHS Program):

Ethnic groups

24.3% * Tumbuka 21.4% * Lomwe 17.8% * Yao 13.2% * Ngoni 11.4% * Sena 3.8% *

Mang'anja The Mang'anja are a Bantu people of Southern Malawi, particularly around Chikwawa in the Shire River valley of southern Malawi Malawi, officially the Republic of Malawi, is a landlocked country in Southeastern Africa. It is bordered by ...

3.2% *

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1.8% * Nyakyusa 1% * Asians 0.09% *

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0.04% *Other 2.5%

Languages

The official language of Malawi is English and the other common languages understood by the majority of the population are Chichewa and Chitumbuka. English (official) *

Chichewa Chewa ( ; also known as Nyanja ) is a Bantu language spoken in Malawi and a recognised minority in Zambia and Mozambique. The noun class prefix ''chi-'' is used for languages, so the language is often called or Chinyanja. In Malawi, the name wa ...

6,180,000 * Chitumbuka - 4,180,000 * Chiyao - 3,760,000 * Chilomwe - 3,290,000 * Chisena - 2,468,000 * Chingoni - 37,500 * Chitonga - 471,000 * Chinyika - 5,000 * Chindali - 70,000 * Chinyakyusa - 149,000 * Chilambya - 59,500

Religion

Protestant 33.5% (includes Church of Central Africa Presbyterian 14.2%, Seventh Day Adventist/Baptist 9.4%, Pentecostal 7.6%, Anglican 2.3%), Roman Catholic 17.2%, other Christian 26.6%, Muslim 13.8%, traditionalist 1.1%, other 5.6%, none 2.1% (2018 est.)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Demographics Of Malawi Society of Malawi