Lilongwe, 12 November 2008- UNFPA Malawi on November 12, 2008 joined the rest of the world in launching the State of World Population Report 2008 titled "Reaching Common Ground: Culture, Gender and Human Rights" in Malawi’s capital, Lilongwe.The report emphasises that culture is a central component of successful development of countries, and must be integrated into development policy and programming.“Cultural factors are jus

LILONGWE, 10 November, 2008– Malawi’s population is now 13.1 million, according to the preliminary results of the 2008 Malawi Population and Housing Census today. The new figure represents an annual population growth rate of 2.8% for the period 1998 to 2008, or a 32% increase of population. Of the total number of people enumerated 45 percent are found in the Southern Region, 42 percent in the Central Region and 13 percent in the Nor

Lilongwe, 23 October 2008 - Every morning, as Mayeso crosses a road from his home to his employ, and steps into another world within his own city. He is a gardener in Lilongwe’s Area 47, an absolute contrast of his dwellings in Mtandile squatter settlement - from chaos to order, from congestion and dirt to paved road and manicured gardens, from despair to hope and from a world of poverty to a world of plenty. He spends the day manicuring

Population (2004) Source: NSO DHSUrban population 2,262,000 (16.5% of total population) Housing condition  (2004) (using floor only as indicator of housing condition) NSOCement 62.3%Earth, sand 35.4%Other 12.3% Sanitation (2004) Source: NSO DHS Access to flush toilet 16.2%Access to VIP latrine 2.3%Access to