force: 7.258 million (1991 est.) Inflation rate (consumer prices): 58% (1992 est.) National product real growth rate: 1.2% (1991 est.) National product per capita: $NA Inflation rate (consumer prices): 4.4% (1992 est.) National product real growth rate: 0.4% (1993 est.) Birth rate: 27.9 births/1,000 population (1993 est.) Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1993 est.) Death rate: 7.6 deaths/1,000 live births (1993 est.) Life expectancy at birth: total population: 92% male: 93% female: 93% Labor force: 127,900 by occupation: agriculture 55%, manufacturing 10%, mining 4%, other permanently employed 6% (1986) *Malawi, Government Names: conventional long form: none conventional short form: Gabon Digraph: GB Type: republic; one-party presidential regime (opposition parties legalized in 1990 Illicit drugs: illicit producer of timber; self-sufficient in basic foodstuffs Economic aid: Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-89), $306 million; OPEC bilateral aid to a good citizen; it is inappropriate to encourage food production and
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