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Country
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Leader
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President: Joyce Banda
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Population
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16,777,547
| 10,698
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Life Expectancy
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52.780 years
| 65.470 years
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Capital City
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Largest city
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| Lilongwe (population: 646,750) | Funafuti (population: 4,749) |
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Human Development Index
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0.457
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Literacy Rate
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62.7%
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Corruption Perception Index
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2.8
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
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13%
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Death Penalty
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Abolished in practice
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Political System
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multiparty democracy
| constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary democracy
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Independence date
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| Religions |
Christian 79.9%, Muslim 12.8%, other 3%, none 4.3% (1998 census)
| Church of Tuvalu (Congregationalist) 97%, Seventh-Day Adventist 1.4%, Baha'i 1%, other 0.6%
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| Languages |
Chichewa 57.2% (official), Chinyanja 12.8%, Chiyao 10.1%, Chitumbuka 9.5%, Chisena 2.7%, Chilomwe 2.4%, Chitonga 1.7%, other 3.6% (1998 census)
| Tuvaluan, English, Samoan, Kiribati (on the island of Nui)
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| Location |
Southern Africa, east of Zambia
| Oceania, island group consisting of nine coral atolls in the South Pacific Ocean, about one-half of the way from Hawaii to Australia
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| Area |
118,484 km sq
| 26 km sq
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| Coastline |
0 km
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| Climate |
sub-tropical; rainy season (November to May); dry season (May to November)
| tropical; moderated by easterly trade winds (March to November); westerly gales and heavy rain (November to March)
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