ons--1 Indian Ocean INTELSAT and 1 Atlantic
Ocean INTELSAT; over 38,200 telephones; stations--14 AM, 1 FM, 7 (30
repeaters) TV

_*_Defense Forces
_#_Branches: Popular Armed Forces (includes Intervention Forces,
Development Forces, Aeronaval Forces--includes Navy and Air Force),
Gendarmerie, Presidential Security Regiment

_#_Manpower availability: males 15-49, 2,637,866; 1,570,393 fit for
military service; 119,882 reach military age (20) annually

_#_Defense expenditures: $37 million, 2.2% of GDP (1989 est.)
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_@_Malawi
_*_Geography
_#_Total area: 118,480 km2; land area: 94,080 km2

_#_Comparative area: slightly larger than Pennsylvania

_#_Land boundaries: 2,881 km total; Mozambique 1,569 km, Tanzania
475 km, Zambia 837 km

_#_Coastline: none--landlocked

_#_Maritime claims: none--landlocked

_#_Disputes: dispute with Tanzania over the boundary in Lake Nyasa
(Lake Malawi)

_#_Climate: tropical; rainy season (November to May); dry season
(May to November)

_#_Terrain: narrow elongated plateau with rolling plains, rounded
hills, some mountains

_#_Natural resources: limestone; unexploited deposits of uranium,
coal, and bauxite

_#_Land use: arable land 25%; permanent crops NEGL%; meadows and
pastures 20%; forest and woodland 50%; other 5%; includes irrigated
NEGL%

_#_Environment: deforestation

_#_Note: landlocked

_*_People
_#_Population: 9,438,462 (July 1991), growth rate 1.8% (1991);
note--900,000 Mozambican refugees in Malawi (1990 est.)

_#_Birth rate: 52 births/1,000 population (1991)

_#_Death rate: 18 deaths/1,000 population (1991)

_#_Net migration rate: - 17 migrants/1,000 population (1991)

_#_Infant mortality rate: 136 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)

_#_Life expectancy at birth: 48 years male, 51 years female (1991)

_#_Total fertility rate: 7.6 children born/woman (1991)

_#_Nationality: noun--Malawian(s); adjective--Malawian

_#_Ethnic divisions: Chewa, Nyanja, Tumbuko, Yao, Lomwe, Sena, Tonga,
Ngoni, Ngonde, Asian, European

_#_Religion: Protestant 55%, Roman Catholic 20%, Muslim 20%;
traditional indigenous beliefs are also practiced

_#_Language: English and Chichewa (official); other languages
important regionally

_#_Literacy: 22% (male 34%, female 12%) age 15 and over can
read and write (1966)

_#_Labor force: 428,000 wage earners; agriculture 43%, manufacturing
16%, personal services 15%, commerce 9%, co