Malawi

Official name:
Republic of Malawi
Name in native language:
Malaŵi
Capital:
Lilongwe
ISO country code
MW
Nat. statistical agency:
National Statistical Office
Region:
Eastern Africa

Census Results

1966-08-09 : 4,039,583
1977-09-20 : 5,547,460
1987-09-01 : 7,988,507
1998-09-12 : 9,933,868
2008-06-08 : 13,077,160

the Republic of Malawi

Administrative units

administrative unitscapitalarea (sq.km.)population
1987-09-01
census		population
1998-09-12
census		population
2008-06-08
census
source: National Statistical Office, Malawi.
note: area = land area.
note: NP = National Park; TA = Traditional Authority; STA = Sub-Traditional Authority; S/C Sub-Chiefdom.
Central Region 35,5923,110,9864,066,3405,510,195
Dedza DistrictDedza3,624411,787486,682624,445
Dowa DistrictDowa3,041322,432411,387558,470
Kasungu DistrictKasungu7,878323,453480,659627,467
Lilongwe DistrictLilongwe5,703753,309905,8891,230,834
Lilongwe CityLilongwe456223,318440,471674,448
Mchinji DistrictMchinji3,356249,843324,941456,516
Nkhotakota DistrictNkhotakota4,259158,044229,460303,659
Ntcheu DistrictNtcheu3,424358,767370,757471,589
Ntchisi DistrictNtchisi1,655120,860167,880224,872
Salima DistrictSalima2,196189,173248,214337,895
Northern Region 26,931911,7871,233,5601,708,930
Chitipa DistrictChitipa4,28896,794126,799178,904
Karonga DistrictKaronga3,355148,014194,572269,890
Likoma District-188,1928,07410,414
Mzimba DistrictMzimba10,382389,479524,014727,931
Mzuzu CityMzuzu City4844,21786,980133,968
Nkhata Bay DistrictNkhata Bay4,071130,189164,761215,789
Rumphi DistrictRumphi4,76994,902128,360172,034
Southern Region 31,7533,965,7344,633,9685,876,784
Balaka DistrictBalaka2,193213,416253,098317,324
Blantyre DistrictBlantyre1,792256,405307,344340,728
Blantyre CityBlantyre City220333,120502,053661,256
Chikwawa DistrictChikwawa4,755316,733356,682434,648
Chiradzulu DistrictChiradzulu767210,912236,050288,546
Machinga DistrictMachinga3,771301,849369,614490,579
Mangochi DistrictMangochi6,273496,578610,239797,061
Mulanje DistrictMulanje2,056419,928428,322521,391
Mwanza DistrictMwanza82660,30563,22092,947
Neno DistrictNeno1,46961,20874,795107,317
Nsanje DistrictNsanje1,942204,374194,924238,103
Phalombe DistrictPhalombe1,394218,134231,990313,129
Thyolo DistrictThyolo1,715431,157458,976587,053
Zomba DistrictZomba2,541398,365480,746579,639
Zomba CityZomba City3943,25065,91588,314
total 94,2767,988,5079,933,86813,077,160

Main cities

namepopulation
1987-09-01
census		population
1998-09-12
census		population
2008-06-08
census
Lilongwe223,318440,471674,448
Blantyre333,120502,053661,256
Mzuzu44,21786,980133,968
Zomba43,25065,91588,314
source: National Statistical Office, Malawi.