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Malawi's population is made up of the [[Chewa people|Chewa]], [[Nyanja]], [[Tumbuka people|Tumbuka]], [[Yao (ethnic group in Africa)|Yao]], [[Lomwe people|Lomwe]], [[Sena people|Sena]], [[Tonga people of Malawi|Tonga]], [[Ngoni people|Ngoni]], and [[Ngonde]] native [[ethnic group]]s, as well as populations of [[Asian people|Asians]] and [[Ethnic groups in Europe|Europeans]]. The official language is English.<ref name=language /> Major languages include [[Chewa language|Chichewa]], a language spoken by over 57% of the population, [[Chewa language|Chinyanja]] (12.8%), [[Yao language|Chiyao]] (10.1%), and [[Tumbuka language|Chitumbuka]] (9.5%).<ref name="CIA" /> Other [[native language]]s are [[Malawi Lomwe language|Malawian Lomwe]], spoken by around 250,000 in the southeast of the country; [[Kokola]], spoken by around 200,000 people also in the southeast; [[Lambya people|Lambya]], spoken by around 45,000 in the northwestern tip; [[Ndali language|Ndali]], spoken by around 70,000; [[Nyakyusa language|Nyakyusa-Ngonde]], spoken by around 300,000 in northern Malawi; Malawian [[Sena language|Sena]], spoken by around 270,000 in southern Malawi; and [[Tonga (Nyasa) language|Tonga]], spoken by around 170,000 in the north.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=Malawi|title=Languages of Malawi|publisher=SIL International|accessdate=21 November 2008|work=Ethnologue|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101129051300/http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=Malawi|archivedate=29 November 2010}}</ref>

 

[[File:Initiation ritual of boys in Malawi.jpg|thumb|9- to 10-year-old boys of the [[Yao people (East Africa)|Yao]] tribe participating in circumcision and initiation rites.]]

Malawi is a majority Christian country, with a significant Muslim minority. Government surveys indicate that 87% of the country is Christian, with a minority 11.6% Islamic population.<ref name="DHS 2016">{{cite web|url=https://dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/FR319/FR319.pdf|title=Demographic and Health Survey: 2015-2016|publisher=Malawi National Statistical Office|format=PDF|page=36|accessdate=19 April 2018}}</ref> The largest Christian groups in Malawi are the Roman Catholic Church, of which 19% of Malawians are adherents, and the [[Church of Central Africa Presbyterian]] (CCAP) to which 18% belong.<ref name="DHS 2016"/> The CCAP is the largest Protestant denomination in Malawi with 1.3 million members. There are smaller [[Presbyterian]] denominations like the [[Reformed Presbyterian Church of Malawi]] and the [[Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Malawi]]. There are also smaller numbers of [[Anglicanism|Anglicans]], [[Baptists]], [[Jehovah's Witnesses]] (over 93,000),<ref>2017 Service Year Report of Jehovah's Witnesses</ref> evangelicals, [[Seventh-day Adventist Church|Seventh-day Adventists]], and the [[Lutheran Church of Central Africa|Lutherans]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.celc.info/site/cpage.asp?sec_id=180010197&cpage_id=180031340|title=Lutheran Church of Central Africa.—Malawi|publisher=Confessional Evangelical Lutheran Conference|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170111005306/http://www.celc.info/site/cpage.asp?sec_id=180010197&cpage_id=180031340|archivedate=11 January 2017}}</ref> [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] had just over 2,000 members in the country at the end of 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/facts-and-statistics/country/malawi|title=LDS Statistics and Church Facts – Total Church Membership|publisher=}}</ref>

Other religious groups within the country include [[Rastafari movement|Rastafarians]], [[Hindu]]s, [[Bahá'í Faith|Baha'is]] (0.2%<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thearda.com/QuickLists/QuickList_40c.asp |title=Baha'i population by country |publisher=Thearda.com |date= |accessdate=19 April 2013}}</ref>) and around 300 [[Jews]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Joshua Project |url=http://www.joshuaproject.net/people-profile.php?peo3=12347&rog3=MI |title=Jews in Malawi |publisher=Joshuaproject.net |date= |accessdate=19 April 2013}}</ref> [[Atheism|Atheists]] make up around 4% of the population, although this number may include people who practice traditional African religions that do not have any Gods.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2007/90107.htm|title=Malawi|work=International Religious Freedom Report 2007|accessdate=18 December 2008|publisher=U.S. Department of State|date=14 September 2007}}</ref>

 

[[File:The time is now – mums waiting for family planning services (7513648798).jpg|thumb|Malawi women with young children attending [[family planning]] services]]

Malawi has central hospitals, regional and private facilities. The public sector offers free health services and medicines, while [[non-government organisations]] offers services and medicines for fees. Private doctors offer fee-based services and medicines. Health insurance schemes have been established since 2000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2010/02/19/000333037_20100219005458/Rendered/PDF/531070WP0Pharm10Box345597B01PUBLIC1.pdf|author=McCabe, Ariane|title=Private Sector Pharmaceutical Supply and Distribution Chains: Ghana, Mali and Malawi|work=Health Systems Outcome Publication|publisher=World Bank|date=December 2009|accessdate=2 April 2012}}</ref> The country has a [[pharmaceutical manufacturing]] industry consisting of four privately owned pharmaceutical companies. Malawi's healthcare goal is for "promoting health, preventing, reducing and curing disease, and reducing the occurrence of premature death in the population".<ref>Malawi Investment Promotion Agency, 2008, p. 20 – Investment Guide</ref>