List of cities in Malawi

Map of Malawi

This is a list of cities in Malawi .

By far the largest agglomeration in Malawi is Lilongwe with a population of 1,631,459 (as of January 1, 2005). This means that around 15 percent of the country's population was concentrated in the capital region.

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The following table lists the cities with more than 5,000 inhabitants (as of 2018), the results of the census results from 1977, 1987, 1998, 2008 and 2018 and the region to which the city belongs. The population figures refer to the actual city without the suburbs.

Cities in Malawi
rank	city	Residents					region
		1977 census	1987 census	1998 census	2008 census	2018 census
1.	Lilongwe	102.924	223,318	435.964	674.448	989.318	Central region
2.	Blantyre	222.153	333.120	478.155	661.256	800.264	Southern Region
3.	Mzuzu	16,108	44,217	87.030	133,968	221.272	Northern region
4th	Zomba	24,234	43,250	64,115	88,314	105.013	Southern Region
5.	Karonga	11,873	19,667	27,816	40,334	61,609	Northern region
6th	Kasungu	k. A.	11,591	26,137	39,640	58,653	Central region
7th	Mangochi	3,341	14,758	27,055	39,575	53,498	Southern Region
8th.	Salima	4,646	10,618	20,332	27,852	36,789	Central region
9.	Liwonde	k. A.	8,694	15,698	22,927	36,421	Southern Region
10.	Balaka	k. A.	9,064	14,347	22,733	36,308	Southern Region
11.	Dedza	5,448	16,899	15,259	20,241	30,928	Central region
12.	Nkhotakota	10,312	12.163	19,421	24,726	28,350	Central region
13.	Mchinji	1,962	4,921	11,479	17,881	28,011	Central region
14th	Nsanje	6.091	11.009	16,941	20.179	26,844	Southern Region
15th	Mzimba	4,962	7,687	13,869	20,994	26.096	Northern region
16.	Mponela	k. A.	k. A.	9,921	14,332	24,543	Central region
17th	Rumphi	3,998	7.156	13,977	17,845	22,358	Northern region
18th	Ntcheu	1,300	5,814	8,118	14,642	21,241	Central region
19th	Mwanza	k. A.	4,743	8,118	14,226	18,039	Southern Region
20th	Chitipa	k. A.	4,925	7.136	14,753	17,743	Northern region
21st	Monkey Bay	k. A.	5,649	8,793	11,246	14,955	Southern Region
22nd	Mulanje	k. A.	7.113	12,569	14,497	14,782	Southern Region
23.	Nkhata Bay	4,000	6,494	9.424	11,269	14,274	Northern region
24.	Luchenza	k. A.	4,728	8,825	10,896	12,600	Southern Region
25th	Ntchisi	k. A.	3,073	5,323	7,918	9,357	Central region
26th	Thyolo	4,200	4,449	5,337	7,693	7,843	Southern Region
27.	Dowa	2,100	k. A.	4,482	4,765	7.135	Central region
28.	Ngabu	k. A.	k. A.	k. A.	k. A.	7,032	Southern Region
29	Chipoka	k. A.	k. A.	3,986	5,476	6,395	Central region
30th	Phalombe	k. A.	k. A.	2,592	4,935	6,242	Southern Region
31.	Chikwawa	k. A.	4,353	6,765	6,987	6.114	Southern Region

See also

• List of the largest cities in Africa
• List of city lists by country

Web links

• National Statistical Office of Malawi (English)
• City Population: Population of cities in Malawi 1977-2018 (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ City Population: Population figures of the cities in Malawi 1977 to 2018 (English), accessed on September 21, 2019