Malawi

    Religious Affiliation
    Chart source: Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, 2010
    Total Population
    19,164,728 1
    Urban
    16.9% 1
    Rural
    83.1% 1
    Immigrants as % of Population
    1.0% 2
    Level of Public Corruption
    34 (100 is very clean, 0 is highly corrupt) 4
    Fertility Rate
    3.90 live births per woman 5
    Under-Five Mortality Rate
    42.00 deaths per 1,000 live births 5
    Life Expectancy at Birth
    63 years 5
    Adult Literacy Rate
    31.10% 6
    Internet Users
    24% 6
    GDP per Capita
    US$412 5
    Population Living Below US$2.15 per Day
    70.1% 7
    Gender Gap Ranking based on economy, health, education, and politics
    110 (146 is the lowest ranked country; 1 is the highest ranked country) 8
    Religious Freedom: Government Restrictions Index (GRI)
    2.2 - Low
    Religious Freedom: Social Hostilities Index (SHI)
    1.8 - Moderate

    These statistics are derived from the Vatican's official publication, Statistical Yearbook of the Church 2020 (Vatican City: Librera Editrice Vaticana, 2022). The numbers may differ from data reported by other sources on this site.

    Baptized Catholics
    6,308,000
    Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population
    33.38
    Baptisms per Year (Under age 7)
    47,495
    Baptisms per Year (Over age 7)
    28,217
    First Communions per Year
    61,259
    Confirmations per Year
    52,254
    Students Enrolled in Catholic Primary Schools
    1,893,292
    Students Enrolled in Catholic Secondary Schools
    83,471
    Students Enrolled in Catholic Higher Education
    14,803
    Church Marriages per Year
    8,938
    Church Marriages in Which Both Spouses are Catholics
    4,328
    Priests
    645
    Women Religious (Nuns & Sisters)
    1,119
    Catholics per Priest
    9,780
    Parishes
    207
    Mission Stations (no resident priests)
    872
    Catholic Hospitals
    29
    Homes for Aged, Handicapped, Invalids
    5