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Transportation of Malawi

Airports:42 (2006)
Airports - with paved runways:total: 6
over 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 4 (2006)
Airports - with unpaved runways:total: 36
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 15
under 914 m: 20 (2006)
Railways:total: 797 km
narrow gauge: 797 km 1.067-m gauge (2006)
Roadways:total: 15,451 km
paved: 6,956 km
unpaved: 8,495 km (2003)
Waterways:700 km (on Lake Nyasa (Lake Malawi) and Shire River) (2007)
Ports and terminals:Chipoka, Monkey Bay, Nkhata Bay, Nkhotakota, Chilumba

Malawi Quickstats

  • Population: 13,603,181
  • Area: 118,480 sq km
  • Density: 109 /km² (91st)
  • GDP (total): $7.67 billion (143rd)
  • GDP (per capita): $596 (181st)
  • Literacy: 62.7%

Languages of Malawi

  • Chichewa 57.2%
  • Chinyanja 12.8%
  • Chiyao 10.1%
  • Chitumbuka 9.5%
  • Other 10.4%

Useful to know

  • Currency: Kwacha (D) (MWK)
  • Dial code: +265

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