Malawi
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Elders in numbers
- of people are 65 or older
- 2.6%
- people aged 65 or older
- 575.1K
- will be 65 or older in 2050
- 4.9%
- is how long people live after 60, on average
- 16.2 years
- of people 65+ live alone
- 7.7%
- women 9%, men 6.1%
- of people 65+ live in collective quarters: care homes, hospitals, hostels and the like
- 1%
Sources: World Bank, 2025; World Bank projection for 2050; WHO, 2023; UN, 2024; UN, 2008 census
Languages
29 languages, 4 of them endangered
- KisiVulnerable
- MandaVulnerable
- Mbamba BayVulnerable
- ShinyihaVulnerable
- Bemba
- Chewa
- Chibarwe
- Fipa
- Kinga
- Kokola
- Lambya
- Lolo
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- Lomwe
- Makhuwa-Shirima
- Malawi Lomwe
- Malawi Sena
- Malawian Sign Language
- Marenje
- Mpoto
- Mwanga
- Ndali
- Nyakyusa
- Nyiha
- Nyika
- Nyungwe
- Takwane
- Tonga
- Tumbuka
- Yao
Languages and their status: Glottolog v5.3, CC BY 4.0. Names: Wikidata.
UNESCO intangible heritage
- Art of crafting and playing Mbira/Sansi, the finger-plucking traditional musical instrument in Malawi and Zimbabwe2020
- Mwinoghe, joyous dance2018
- Nsima, culinary tradition of Malawi2017
- Tchopa, sacrificial dance of the Lhomwe people of southern Malawi2014
- Gule Wamkulu2008
- Vimbuza healing dance2008
List and years: ich.unesco.org
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