Anthem: Mulungu dalitsa Malawi (Chichewa), translated in English as "God Bless Malawi"

GDP (PPP) 2007 estimate: $10.47 billion
Per capita: $800 

Capital and largest city: Lilongwe

Area:
total: 118,480 sq km
land: 94,080 sq km
water: 24,400 sq km

Natural resources:
limestone, arable land, hydropower, unexploited deposits of uranium, coal, and bauxite

Land use:
arable land: 20.68%
permanent crops: 1.18%
other: 78.14% (2005)

Population:
13,931,831
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2008 est.)

Infant mortality rate:
total: 90.55 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 94.69 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 86.35 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 43.45 years
male: 43.74 years
female: 43.15 years (2008 est.)

Population below poverty line:
53% (2004)

Agriculture - products:
tobacco, sugarcane, cotton, tea, corn, potatoes, cassava (tapioca), sorghum, pulses, groundnuts, Macadamia nuts; cattle, goats

Industries:
tobacco, tea, sugar, sawmill products, cement, consumer goods

Industrial production growth rate:
2.5% (2007 est.)