Known as “the warm heart of Africa,” This country has a beautiful landscape and an even more beautiful culture and population.
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Total Area: 118,484 sq km
Water: 24,404 sq km
slightly smaller than Pennsylvania
People/Society:
Religions: Christian 82.6%, Muslim 13%, other 1.9%, none 2.5% (2008 est.)
Languages: English (official), Chichewa (common), Chinyanja, Chiyao, Chitumbuka, Chilomwe, Chinkhonde, Chingoni, Chisena, Chitonga, Chinyakyusa, Chilambya
Population: 17,377,468 (July 2014 est.)
Median age: 16.3 years
Age Structure:
0-14 years: 46.9% (male 4,056,810/female 4,100,841)
15-24 years: 20.2% (male 1,748,919/female 1,765,212)
25-54 years: 27.1% (male 2,329,952/female 2,371,274)
55-64 years: 2.7% (male 256,034/female 280,997)
65 years and over: 2.7% (male 206,923/female 260,506) (2014 est.)
Government:
Government Type: multiparty democracy
Independence Day: 6 July 1964 (from the UK)
Flag: three equal horizontal bands of black (top), red, and green with a radiant, rising, red sun centered on the black band; black represents the native peoples, red the blood shed in their struggle for freedom, and green the color of nature; the rising sun represents the hope of freedom for the continent of Africa
