Malawi — World Gazetteer, 2005 edition
Malawi had an estimated population of 11,166,595 in 2005, with 33 places recorded. Archived from the World Gazetteer, the reference work formerly published at this domain.
For current figures: Malawi today — population now 22,785,535, against 11,166,595 in 2005.
| Source | 2005 | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| World Gazetteer (the work cited) | 11,166,595 | — | — |
| UN World Population Prospects | 12,840,031 | 22,785,535 | +77% |
The two sources differ by 13% for 2005. The Gazetteer figure is the one the citation you followed refers to; the UN pair is the like-for-like comparison.
Cities and towns, 2005
| # | Place | Region | Population (2005) | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lilongwe | Lilongwe City | 646,750 | 1,115,815 now |
| 2 | Blantyre | Blantyre City | 584,877 | 902,588 now |
| 3 | Mzuzu | Mzuzu City | 128,361 | 249,564 now |
| 4 | Zomba | Zomba Municipality | 80,932 | 118,440 now |
| 5 | Kasungu | Kasungu | 42,555 | 66,152 now |
| 6 | Mangochi | Mangochi | 40,236 | 60,338 now |
| 7 | Karonga | Karonga | 34,207 | 69,486 now |
| 8 | Salima | Salima | 30,052 | 41,492 now |
| 9 | Nkhotakota | Nkhotakota | 24,865 | 31,974 now |
| 10 | Liwonde | Machinga | 22,469 | 41,077 now |
| 11 | Nsanje | Nsanje | 21,774 | 30,276 now |
| 12 | Rumphi | Rumphi | 20,727 | 25,216 now |
| 13 | Mzimba | Mzimba | 19,308 | 29,432 now |
| 14 | Balaka | Balaka | 18,902 | 40,950 now |
| 15 | Mchinji | Mchinji | 18,305 | 31,592 now |
| 16 | Mulanje | Mulanje | 16,483 | 16,672 now |
| 17 | Dedza | Dedza | 15,608 | 34,882 now |
| 18 | Luchenza | Thyolo | 11,939 | 14,211 now |
| 19 | Nkhata Bay | Nkhata Bay | 11,721 | 16,099 now |
| 20 | Monkey Bay | Mangochi | 11,619 | 16,867 now |
| 21 | Mwanza | Mwanza | 11,379 | 20,345 now |
| 22 | Mponela | Dowa | 11,222 | 27,681 now |
| 23 | Ntcheu | Ntcheu | 10,445 | 23,956 now |
| 24 | Chikwawa | Chikwawa | 8,962 | 6,987 now |
| 25 | Chitipa | Chitipa | 8,824 | 20,011 now |
| 26 | Ntchisi | Ntchisi | 7,325 | 7,918 now |
| 27 | Thyolo | Thyolo | 5,775 | 8,845 now |
| 28 | Dowa | Dowa | 5,565 | 8,047 now |
| 29 | Livingstonia | Karonga | 5,552 | 5,552 now |
| 30 | Chipoka | Dedza | 4,346 | 7,212 now |
| 31 | Phalombe | Phalombe | 2,663 | 7,040 now |
| 32 | Chiradzulu | Chiradzulu | 1,580 | 1,580 now |
| 33 | Machinga | Machinga | 1,418 | 1,418 now |
The Today column links to our current page for the same place, where one matches by name and plausible size; the figure shown there is today's, never 2005's. A dash means no confident match, which is more honest than a guessed link.
Administrative divisions, 2005
| # | Name | Population (2005) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lilongwe Rural | 984,709 |
| 2 | Mangochi | 674,224 |
| 3 | Lilongwe City | 646,750 |
| 4 | Mzimba | 612,086 |
| 5 | Kasungu | 594,371 |
| 6 | Blantyre City | 584,877 |
| 7 | Dedza | 526,771 |
| 8 | Zomba Rural | 518,870 |
| 9 | Thyolo | 472,144 |
| 10 | Dowa | 462,730 |
| 11 | Mulanje | 432,418 |
| 12 | Machinga | 410,411 |
| 13 | Ntcheu | 382,590 |
| 14 | Mchinji | 367,483 |
| 15 | Chikwawa | 362,918 |
| 16 | Blantyre Rural | 332,970 |
| 17 | Salima | 288,028 |
| 18 | Nkhotakota | 286,519 |
| 19 | Balaka | 277,072 |
| 20 | Chiradzulu | 246,489 |
| 21 | Phalombe | 237,747 |
| 22 | Karonga | 224,948 |
| 23 | Ntchisi | 199,341 |
| 24 | Nsanje | 194,768 |
| 25 | Nkhata Bay | 191,061 |
| 26 | Rumphi | 152,065 |
| 27 | Mwanza | 148,763 |
| 28 | Chitipa | 144,179 |
| 29 | Mzuzu City | 128,361 |
| 30 | Zomba Municipality | 80,932 |
The complete dataset is available as a free CSV download, with attribution to Stefan Helders / World Gazetteer.