| Name: | Malawi (Republic of Malawi) |
| Local name (Chewa): | Malaŵi (Mfuko la Malaŵi) |
| Former name: | Nysaland (Nyasaland) – until 1964 |
| Bordering countries: | Zambia, Mozambique, Tanzania |
| Status: | sovereign state |
| Surface: | 118.5 ths. sq. km |
| Population (2003): | 11 651 ths. |
| Capital: | Lilongwe |
| Official languages: | Chewa (Nyanja), English |