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Malawi

Cities of Malawi

Cities listed

23

Lilongwe

largest city

22.2M

national population

23 of 23 listed cities

Cities listed

23

15,000 or more people

Largest city

Lilongwe

1,115,815 people

Capital

Lilongwe

National capital

National population

22,216,120

Largest city is 5.0%

Cities in Malawi

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23 cities


1	Lilongwe	Central Region	1,115,815	5%
2	Blantyre	Southern Region	902,588	4.1%
3	Mzuzu	Northern Region	249,564	1.1%
4	Zomba	Southern Region	118,440	0.5%
5	Karonga	Northern Region	69,486	0.3%
6	Kasungu	Central Region	66,152	0.3%
7	Mangochi	Southern Region	60,338	0.3%
8	Salima	Central Region	41,492	0.2%
9	Liwonde	Southern Region	41,077	0.2%
10	Balaka	Southern Region	40,950	0.2%
11	Dedza	Central Region	34,882	0.2%
12	Nkhotakota	Central Region	31,974	0.1%
13	Mchinji	Central Region	31,592	0.1%
14	Nsanje	Southern Region	30,276	0.1%
15	Mzimba	Northern Region	29,432	0.1%
16	Mponela	Central Region	27,681	0.1%
17	Rumphi	Northern Region	25,216	0.1%
18	Ntcheu	Central Region	23,956	0.1%
19	Mwanza	Southern Region	20,345	0.1%
20	Chitipa	Northern Region	20,011	0.1%
21	Monkey Bay	Southern Region	16,867	0.1%
22	Mulanje	Southern Region	16,672	0.1%
23	Nkhata Bay	Northern Region	16,099	0.1%

Every City in Malawi, by Region

3 regions. 3 have their own page; the rest are listed here in full.

Southern Region9 cities

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Blantyre 902,588
Zomba 118,440
Mangochi 60,338
Liwonde 41,077
Balaka 40,950
Nsanje 30,276
Mwanza 20,345
Monkey Bay 16,867
Mulanje 16,672

Central Region8 cities

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Lilongwe 1,115,815
Kasungu 66,152
Salima 41,492
Dedza 34,882
Nkhotakota 31,974
Mchinji 31,592
Mponela 27,681
Ntcheu 23,956

Northern Region6 cities

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Mzuzu 249,564
Karonga 69,486
Mzimba 29,432
Rumphi 25,216
Chitipa 20,011
Nkhata Bay 16,099

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