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Malawi

Cities of Malawi

Cities listed

23

Lilongwe

largest city

22.2M

national population

23 of 23 listed cities

Largest region

Southern Region

9 cities listed

Regions with a hub

3

Every region with a listed city

Median city

31,974

People, half are smaller

Above 100,000

4

of 23 listed

Smallest listed

Nkhata Bay

Cities in Malawi

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23 cities

cities table, sortable

1	Lilongwe	Central Region	1,115,815	5.0%
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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