Malawi is the 7th poorest country in the world.
 
It has a population of approximately 15.4 million; of those 750,000 are orphans, a
figure increasing by 65,000 a year.  

Over 200 people die of AIDS each day. 

Life expectancy in 1997 was 41; now it is 36.

48% of children in Malawi are chronically malnourished. 

In the last decade maternal deaths in childbirth have increased by 100%. This figure is
the third highest in the world, behind Sierra Leone and Afghanistan. 

One in four children die before the age of five. 

7% of the population have electricity.  

42% of the population are illiterate. 

3.4% of the population complete secondary education. 

1% of the population go to University.  

Every 30 seconds a child dies of malaria in sub-Saharan Africa.

The total population of Malawi is 15,447,500 (as of July 2010) of which nearly 80%
are Christians. The other major religion followed is Islam by 12% of the population.

The official languages of Malawi are English and Chichewa, spoken by 52% of the
population. Other languages spoken in Malawi are Chinyanja, Chiyao, Chitumbuka,
Chisena, Chilomwe, and Chitonga.