Malawis economy is strongly dependent on tobacco which accounts for 695 of malawis total exports a fact that is increasingly problematic for malawian families given the declining global demand for.

Malawi country people. For the first 30 years of independence malawi was run by an. Malawi a small country in southern africa has the fourth highest percentage of people living in extreme poverty in the world. The malawi people are of bantu origin with the ethnic groups including chewa nyanja yao tumbuka lomwe sena tonga ngoni ngonde asian and european.

The countrys few large urban centres include lilongwe the capital and blantyre the seat of the countrys judiciary. The malawi country health profiles provide an overview of the situation and trends of priority health problems and the health systems profile including a description of institutional frameworks trends in the national response key issues and challenges. From 1968 to 1994 chewa was the only national language.

Maravi is thought to mean flames and may have come from the sight of many kilns lighting up the night sky. Most malawians reside in rural locations. Ten major ethnic groups are historically associated with modern malawithe chewa nyanja lomwe yao tumbuka sena tonga ngoni ngonde and the lambyanyiha.

The population is forecast to grow to over 45 million people by 2050 nearly tripling the estimated 16 million in 2010. Malawis estimated 2016 population is based on most recent estimates 18091575. The chichewa chewa people form the largest part of the population and are mostly in the central and southern parts of the country.

Malawi country profile 2 july malawi a largely agricultural country is making efforts to overcome decades of underdevelopment. Malawi is a country in southern africa with an estimated population of 186 million people bordered by zambia mozambique and tanzania and lake malawi. The people of the maravi empire were iron workers.

Most people in the landlocked southern african country rely on day to day street trade and odd jobs stifled by movement restrictions. Malawi has a population of over 18 million with a growth rate of 332 according to 2018 estimates. The name malawi is thought to derive from the word maravi.

It is now one of the numerous languages used in print and broadcast media and is spoken by a majority of the population. Largest cities and towns. All the african languages spoken are bantu languages.

Around half of malawis 186 million inhabitants live below the poverty line and an additional 11 million fell into that category this year according to the international food policy research institute.