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Malawi

Country

Member state of the United Nations.[1]

Capital
Population
22,216,120 in 2025[3]
Other published figures
  • 17,563,749in 2018[4]
Land area
94,280 km²[5]
Total area
118,484 km²[6] land and water
Official languages
Currency
Land borders
Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia[12]
Coast
No ocean coast (landlocked)[13][12]
Continent
Official names

Parts of Malawi

Loading 28 places.

Through time

Population over time[3]
1960202522.2M

3,628,134 in 1960, 22,216,120 in 2025

Show as a table
YearPopulation
19603,628,134
19613,715,534
19623,806,307
19633,900,506
19643,997,305
19654,096,157
19664,197,926
19674,303,012
19684,411,054
19694,521,184
19704,633,944
19714,751,434
19724,874,475
19735,003,938
19745,141,337
19755,287,367
19765,443,384
19775,614,983
19785,810,132
19796,028,749
19806,265,529
19816,516,454
19826,778,879
19837,051,709
19847,332,810
19857,620,508
19867,906,480
19878,293,174
19888,753,262
19899,176,220
19909,545,852
19919,844,227
199210,135,079
199310,284,024
199410,164,894
199510,150,117
199610,352,228
199710,562,035
199810,792,876
199911,047,804
200011,315,942
200111,593,058
200211,880,440
200312,181,574
200412,500,737
200512,840,031
200613,198,701
200713,576,343
200813,976,417
200914,395,788
201014,826,463
201115,265,022
201215,709,577
201316,161,816
201416,621,538
201517,085,587
201617,557,739
201718,039,715
201818,528,081
201919,025,752
202019,533,888
202120,047,258
202220,568,728
202321,104,482
202421,655,286
202522,216,120

Earlier capitals

  1. until 1 January 1975 Zomba[17]

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Codes

ISO alpha-2
MW[18]
ISO alpha-3
MWI[19]
ISO numeric
454[20]

Changes to this page's data

No changes recorded since the dataset of 5 November 2026.

Sources

  1. United Nations: Member States (checked 2026-11-05) Published directly by the source.
  2. Wikidata: Malawi (Q1020), capital: Lilongwe (revision 2562956865) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  3. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  4. Wikidata: Malawi (Q1020), population (revision 2562956865) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
    • Cites: 2018 Census of Malawi
  5. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Land area (sq. km) (AG.LND.TOTL.K2) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  6. Wikidata: Malawi (Q1020), area (revision 2562956865) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  7. Wikidata: Malawi (Q1020), official language: English (revision 2562956865) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  8. Wikidata: Malawi (Q1020), official language: Chewa (revision 2562956865) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  9. Wikidata: Malawi (Q1020), official language: Tumbuka (revision 2562956865) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  10. Wikidata: Malawi (Q1020), currency: Malawian kwacha (revision 2562956865) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  11. Wikidata: Malawi (Q1020), continent: Africa (revision 2562956865) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  12. Natural Earth: Admin 0 countries, 1:50m (revision v5.1.2) Published directly by the source.
  13. Wikidata: Malawi (Q1020), instance of (revision 2562956865) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  14. Wikidata: Malawi (Q1020), official name (revision 2562956865) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  15. Wikidata: Malawi (Q1020), official name (revision 2562956865) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  16. Wikidata: Malawi (Q1020), official name (revision 2562956865) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  17. Wikidata: Malawi (Q1020), capital: Zomba (revision 2562956865) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  18. Wikidata: Malawi (Q1020), ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code (revision 2562956865) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  19. Wikidata: Malawi (Q1020), ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code (revision 2562956865) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  20. Wikidata: Malawi (Q1020), ISO 3166-1 numeric code (revision 2562956865) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.

Flag image: Flag of Malawi.svg, Public domain, Original: Unknown author Vector: Achim1999, via Wikimedia Commons.