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  1. Date of Independence: July 6, 1964 (from the United Kingdom)
  2. Date of Current Constitution: May 18, 1995
  3. Population: 10,000,416 (1999 est.)
  4. Area: 45,747 sq. mi.
  5. Capital: Lilongwe
  6. Form of Government: democracy
  7. Natural Resources: limestone, uranium, coal, bauxite
  8. Main Industries: tea, tobacco, sugar, cement, consumer goods
  9. Agriculture: tobacco, sugarcane, cotton, tea, corn, potatoes, cassava (edible root), sorghum (grain), beans, cattle, goats
  10. Currency: kwacha
  11. GDP: $8.9 billion (1998 est.)
  12. GDP per Capita: $940 (1998 est.)
  13. Languages: English (official), Chichewa (official)
  14. Religions: Christianity (Protestant denominations, Roman Catholicism), Islam, traditional African belief systems
  15. Literacy Rate: 56%
  16. Life Expectancy:    36 years (male)
  17.                 36 years (female)
  18. Birthrate: 40 births per 1,000 population
  19. Death Rate: 24 deaths per 1,000 population