Malawi

Africa

Overview Coronavirus Statistics Population Population Tree Projected Population Human Development Index Weather Natural Hazards Places in Malawi

World » Malawi

Malawi

Area of Malawi	111,916.3 km²
Population	17.3 million
Male Population	8,440,849 (48.9%)
Female Population	8,821,642 (51.1%)
Population change from 1975 to 2015	+224.8%
Population change from 2000 to 2015	+53.7%
Median Age	17.1 years old
Male Median Age	16.8 years old
Female Median Age	17.4 years old
Timezone	Central Africa Time

Malawi, officially the Republic of Malawi, is a landlocked country in southeast Africa that was formerly known as Nyasaland. Source: Wikipedia

COVID-19 Data for Malawi

Last Updated: March 3, 2021

32,229
Total Cases

1,056
Total Deaths

20,204
Total Recovered

Total Coronavirus (COVID-19) Cases in Malawi

Total Coronavirus (COVID-19) Deaths in Malawi

Total Cases per 10M population	18,670
Deaths per 10M population	612
Total Cases per 1M population	1,867
Deaths per 1M population	61.2

New Coronavirus (COVID-19) Cases / Deaths in Malawi

Date	Total Cases	New Cases	Total Deaths	New Deaths
3/3/21	32,229	+81	1,056	+3
3/2/21	32,148	+140	1,053	+5
3/1/21	32,008	+63	1,048	+4
2/28/21	31,945	+147	1,044	+3
2/27/21	31,798	+123	1,041	+4
2/26/21	31,675	+173	1,037	+4
2/25/21	31,502	+207	1,033	+4
2/24/21	31,295	+189	1,029	+5
2/23/21	31,106	+164	1,024	+3
2/22/21	30,942	+200	1,021	+8
2/21/21	30,742	+214	1,013	+9
2/20/21	30,528	+251	1,004	+7
2/19/21	30,277	+440	997	+13
2/18/21	29,837	+203	984	+8
2/17/21	29,634	+213	976	+8
2/16/21	29,421	+240	968	+10
2/15/21	29,181	+146	958	+6
2/14/21	29,035	+159	952	+15
2/13/21	28,876	+246	937	+11
2/12/21	28,630	+360	926	+12
2/11/21	28,270	+220	914	+14
2/10/21	28,050	+328	900	+17
2/9/21	27,722	+300	883	+9
2/8/21	27,422	+227	874	+18
2/7/21	27,195	+320	856	+19
2/6/21	26,875	+515	837	+58
2/5/21	26,360	+476	779	0
2/4/21	25,884	+435	779	+18
2/3/21	25,449	+546	761	+35
2/2/21	24,903	+538	726	+14
2/1/21	24,365	+402	712	+10
1/31/21	23,963	+466	702	+15
1/30/21	23,497	+477	687	+44
1/29/21	23,020	+716	643	+15
1/28/21	22,304	+644	628	+73
1/27/21	21,660	+830	555	+15
1/26/21	20,830	+843	540	+22
1/25/21	19,987	+592	518	+10
1/24/21	19,395	+956	508	+38
1/23/21	18,439	+1,074	470	+25
1/22/21	17,365	+1,316	445	+49
1/21/21	16,049	+1,198	396	+43
1/20/21	14,851	+971	353	+17
1/19/21	13,880	+853	336	+15
1/18/21	13,027	+557	321	+7
1/17/21	12,470	+685	314	+14
1/16/21	11,785	+562	300	+9
1/15/21	11,223	+1,232	291	+16
1/14/21	9,991	+591	275	+21
1/13/21	9,400	+373	254	+19
1/12/21	9,027	0	235	0
1/11/21	9,027	+452	235	+10
1/10/21	8,575	+269	225	+5
1/9/21	8,306	+381	220	+12
1/8/21	7,925	+314	208	+5
1/7/21	7,611	+274	203	+4
1/6/21	7,337	+227	199	0
1/5/21	7,110	+175	199	+3
1/4/21	6,935	+91	196	+1
1/3/21	6,844	+132	195	+3
1/2/21	6,712	+28	192	+1
1/1/21	6,684	+101	191	+2
12/31/20	6,583	+112	189	0
12/30/20	6,471	+83	189	+1
12/29/20	6,388	+11	188	0
12/28/20	6,377	+23	188	0
12/27/20	6,354	+11	188	0
12/26/20	6,343	+4	188	+1
12/25/20	6,339	+62	187	0
12/24/20	6,277	+16	187	0
12/23/20	6,261	+13	187	0
12/22/20	6,248	+46	187	0
12/21/20	6,202	+41	187	0
12/20/20	6,161	+8	187	0
12/19/20	6,153	+5	187	0
12/18/20	6,148	+10	187	0
12/17/20	6,138	+47	187	0
12/16/20	6,091	+11	187	0
12/15/20	6,080	+10	187	0
12/14/20	6,070	+4	187	0
12/13/20	6,066	+3	187	+1
12/12/20	6,063	+8	186	0
12/11/20	6,055	+4	186	0
12/10/20	6,051	0	186	0
12/9/20	6,051	0	186	0
12/8/20	6,051	0	186	+1
12/7/20	6,051	0	185	0
12/6/20	6,051	+2	185	0
12/5/20	6,049	+2	185	0
12/4/20	6,047	+4	185	0
12/3/20	6,043	+3	185	0
12/2/20	6,040	+12	185	0
12/1/20	6,028	0	185	0
11/30/20	6,028	+3	185	0
11/29/20	6,025	0	185	0
11/28/20	6,025	+1	185	0
11/27/20	6,024	+4	185	0
11/26/20	6,020	+2	185	0
11/25/20	6,018	+1	185	0
11/24/20	6,017	+8	185	0
11/23/20	6,009	+6	185	0
11/22/20	6,003	0	185	0
11/21/20	6,003	0	185	0
11/20/20	6,003	+1	185	0
11/19/20	6,002	+3	185	0
11/18/20	5,999	+28	185	0
11/17/20	5,971	0	185	0
11/16/20	5,971	+6	185	0
11/15/20	5,965	+1	185	0
11/14/20	5,964	+2	185	0
11/13/20	5,962	+4	185	0
11/12/20	5,958	+3	185	0
11/11/20	5,955	+2	185	0
11/10/20	5,953	0	185	0
11/9/20	5,953	+2	185	+1
11/8/20	5,951	+3	184	0
11/7/20	5,948	+6	184	0
11/6/20	5,942	+2	184	0
11/5/20	5,940	+6	184	0
11/4/20	5,934	0	184	0
11/3/20	5,934	+1	184	0
11/2/20	5,933	+1	184	0
11/1/20	5,932	+2	184	0
10/31/20	5,930	+7	184	0
10/30/20	5,923	+7	184	0
10/29/20	5,916	+12	184	0
10/28/20	5,904	+7	184	+1
10/27/20	5,897	+3	183	0
10/26/20	5,894	+4	183	0
10/25/20	5,890	+3	183	0
10/24/20	5,887	+2	183	0
10/23/20	5,885	+11	183	0
10/22/20	5,874	+10	183	0
10/21/20	5,864	+3	183	+1
10/20/20	5,861	+1	182	+1
10/19/20	5,860	+3	181	0
10/18/20	5,857	+5	181	0
10/17/20	5,852	+10	181	0
10/16/20	5,842	+6	181	0
10/15/20	5,836	+7	181	0
10/14/20	5,829	+2	181	0
10/13/20	5,827	+3	181	+1
10/12/20	5,824	+3	180	0
10/11/20	5,821	0	180	0
10/10/20	5,821	+8	180	0
10/9/20	5,813	+4	180	0
10/8/20	5,809	+6	180	0
10/7/20	5,803	+7	180	0
10/6/20	5,796	+2	180	0
10/5/20	5,794	+8	180	+1
10/4/20	5,786	+3	179	0
10/3/20	5,783	0	179	0
10/2/20	5,783	+4	179	0
10/1/20	5,779	+6	179	0
9/30/20	5,773	+1	179	0
9/29/20	5,772	+2	179	0
9/28/20	5,770	+2	179	0
9/27/20	5,768	+2	179	0
9/26/20	5,766	+2	179	0
9/25/20	5,764	+17	179	0
9/24/20	5,747	+1	179	0
9/23/20	5,746	+7	179	0
9/22/20	5,739	+6	179	0
9/21/20	5,733	+2	179	0
9/20/20	5,731	+13	179	0
9/19/20	5,718	+2	179	0
9/18/20	5,716	+5	179	0
9/17/20	5,711	+7	179	+1
9/16/20	5,704	+3	178	0
9/15/20	5,701	+4	178	0
9/14/20	5,697	+7	178	+1
9/13/20	5,690	+12	177	0
9/12/20	5,678	+9	177	0
9/11/20	5,669	+14	177	+1
9/10/20	5,655	+2	176	0
9/9/20	5,653	+23	176	0
9/8/20	5,630	+9	176	0
9/7/20	5,621	+7	176	+1
9/6/20	5,614	+3	175	0
9/5/20	5,611	+3	175	0
9/4/20	5,608	+15	175	0
9/3/20	5,593	+14	175	0
9/2/20	5,579	+3	175	0
9/1/20	5,576	+10	175	0
8/31/20	5,566	+30	175	+1
8/30/20	5,536	+8	174	0
8/29/20	5,528	+5	174	0
8/28/20	5,523	+27	174	+1
8/27/20	5,496	+22	173	0
8/26/20	5,474	+51	173	+3
8/25/20	5,423	+4	170	+1
8/24/20	5,419	+5	169	+1
8/23/20	5,414	+32	168	0
8/22/20	5,382	+60	168	+2
8/21/20	5,322	+40	166	+1
8/20/20	5,282	+42	165	+1
8/19/20	5,240	+47	164	+1
8/18/20	5,193	+68	163	+1
8/17/20	5,125	+53	162	+1
8/16/20	5,072	+46	161	+4
8/15/20	5,026	+38	157	+1
8/14/20	4,988	+76	156	+3
8/13/20	4,912	+160	153	+1
8/12/20	4,752	+38	152	0
8/11/20	4,714	+40	152	+6
8/10/20	4,674	+16	146	0
8/9/20	4,658	+34	146	+3
8/8/20	4,624	+49	143	+6
8/7/20	4,575	+84	137	0
8/6/20	4,491	+65	137	+1
8/5/20	4,426	+65	136	+8
8/4/20	4,361	+89	128	+5
8/3/20	4,272	+41	123	0
8/2/20	4,231	+45	123	+3
8/1/20	4,186	+108	120	+6
7/31/20	4,078	+220	114	+7
7/30/20	3,858	+120	107	+4
7/29/20	3,738	+29	103	0
7/28/20	3,709	+45	103	+4
7/27/20	3,664	+24	99	0
7/26/20	3,640	+187	99	+12
7/25/20	3,453	0	87	0
7/24/20	3,453	+151	87	+11
7/23/20	3,302	0	76	0
7/22/20	3,302	+257	76	+12
7/21/20	3,045	+53	64	+2
7/20/20	2,992	+85	62	+3
7/19/20	2,907	+97	59	+4
7/18/20	2,810	+5	55	0
7/17/20	2,805	+93	55	+4
7/16/20	2,712	+98	51	+8
7/15/20	2,614	+117	43	+3
7/14/20	2,497	+67	40	+1
7/13/20	2,430	+66	39	+1
7/12/20	2,364	+103	38	+5
7/11/20	2,261	+192	33	+2
7/10/20	2,069	+127	31	+6
7/9/20	1,942	+78	25	+1
7/8/20	1,864	+46	24	+5
7/7/20	1,818	+76	19	0
7/6/20	1,742	+129	19	+2
7/5/20	1,613	0	17	0
7/4/20	1,613	+115	17	+1
7/3/20	1,498	+156	16	0
7/2/20	1,342	+77	16	0
7/1/20	1,265	+41	16	+2
6/30/20	1,224	+72	14	+1
6/29/20	1,152	+6	13	0
6/28/20	1,146	+108	13	0
6/27/20	1,038	+33	13	0
6/26/20	1,005	+45	13	+1
6/25/20	960	+19	12	+1
6/24/20	941	+138	11	0
6/23/20	803	+54	11	0
6/22/20	749	+19	11	0
6/21/20	730	+110	11	+3
6/20/20	620	0	8	0
6/19/20	620	+28	8	0
6/18/20	592	+20	8	+2
6/17/20	572	+8	6	0
6/16/20	564	+9	6	0
6/15/20	555	+8	6	0
6/14/20	547	+18	6	+1
6/13/20	529	+48	5	+1
6/12/20	481	0	4	0
6/11/20	481	+26	4	0
6/10/20	455	0	4	0
6/9/20	455	+12	4	0
6/8/20	443	+5	4	0
6/7/20	438	+29	4	0
6/6/20	409	0	4	0
6/5/20	409	+16	4	0
6/4/20	393	+24	4	0
6/3/20	369	+11	4	0
6/2/20	358	+22	4	0
6/1/20	336	+52	4	0
5/31/20	284	+5	4	0
5/30/20	279	+6	4	0
5/29/20	273	+70	4	0
5/28/20	203	+102	4	0
5/27/20	101	0	4	0
5/26/20	101	0	4	0
5/25/20	101	+18	4	0
5/24/20	83	+1	4	+1
5/23/20	82	0	3	0
5/22/20	82	+10	3	0
5/21/20	72	+1	3	0
5/20/20	71	+1	3	0
5/19/20	70	0	3	0
5/18/20	70	0	3	0
5/17/20	70	+5	3	0
5/16/20	65	+2	3	0
5/15/20	63	0	3	0
5/14/20	63	0	3	0
5/13/20	63	+6	3	0
5/12/20	57	0	3	0
5/11/20	57	+1	3	0
5/10/20	56	0	3	0
5/9/20	56	+13	3	0
5/8/20	43	0	3	0
5/7/20	43	0	3	0
5/6/20	43	+2	3	0
5/5/20	41	0	3	0
5/4/20	41	+2	3	0
5/3/20	39	+1	3	0
5/2/20	38	+1	3	0
5/1/20	37	0	3	0
4/30/20	37	+1	3	0
4/29/20	36	0	3	0
4/28/20	36	0	3	0
4/27/20	36	+2	3	0
4/26/20	34	+1	3	0
4/25/20	33	0	3	0
4/24/20	33	0	3	0
4/23/20	33	+10	3	0
4/22/20	23	+5	3	+1
4/21/20	18	+1	2	0
4/20/20	17	0	2	0
4/19/20	17	0	2	0
4/18/20	17	0	2	0
4/17/20	17	+1	2	0
4/16/20	16	0	2	0
4/15/20	16	0	2	0
4/14/20	16	0	2	0
4/13/20	16	+3	2	0
4/12/20	13	+1	2	0
4/11/20	12	+3	2	+1
4/10/20	9	+1	1	0
4/9/20	8	0	1	0
4/8/20	8	0	1	0
4/7/20	8	+3	1	+1
4/6/20	5	+1	0	0
4/5/20	4	0	0	0
4/4/20	4	+1	0	0
4/3/20	3	0	0	0

Malawi Population

Years 1975 to 2015

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015
Population	5,314,952	9,446,710	11,233,663	17,262,508
Population Density	47.5 / km²	84.4 / km²	100.4 / km²	154.2 / km²

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Malawi Population Tree

Population By Age and Gender

Age	Male	Female	Total
Under 5	1,540,489	1,579,330	3,119,819
5-9	1,288,888	1,319,512	2,608,400
10-14	1,090,835	1,110,618	2,201,454
15-19	814,445	842,825	1,657,270
20-24	735,987	899,411	1,635,399
25-29	708,712	751,471	1,460,184
30-34	561,429	537,054	1,098,483
35-39	437,933	394,604	832,537
40-44	295,620	292,858	588,479
45-49	225,828	231,128	456,956
50-54	170,640	187,160	357,801
55-59	164,477	177,251	341,729
60-64	116,798	127,604	244,403
65-69	96,480	106,855	203,336
70-74	62,111	77,802	139,913
75-79	61,282	79,183	140,466
80-84	29,174	44,382	73,556
85 Plus	39,721	62,594	102,315

Sources: CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)

Malawi Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Population from 1500 to 2100

Year	Est. Population	Avg 10 year growth %	Avg 10 year growth
1500	350,329	n/a	n/a
1600	380,134	0.8%	2,980
1700	409,939	0.8%	2,980
1800	513,408	2.3%	10,346
1900	830,009	4.9%	31,660
1910	912,336	9.9%	82,327
1920	1,028,365	12.7%	116,029
1930	1,210,222	17.7%	181,857
1940	1,562,127	29.1%	351,905
1950	2,838,566	81.7%	1,276,439
1960	3,479,952	22.6%	641,386
1970	4,468,750	28.4%	988,798
1990	9,446,710	45.4%	2,488,980
2000	11,233,663	18.9%	1,786,953
2020	19,779,572	32.7%	4,272,954
2030	25,871,190	30.8%	6,091,618
2040	32,765,949	26.7%	6,894,759
2050	39,874,805	21.7%	7,108,856
2060	46,556,926	16.8%	6,682,121
2070	52,602,516	13%	6,045,590
2080	57,840,501	10%	5,237,985
2090	62,123,432	7.4%	4,282,931
2100	65,417,214	5.3%	3,293,782

Sources:
1. JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid
2. CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)
3. [Link] Klein Goldewijk, K., Beusen, A., Doelman, J., and Stehfest, E.: Anthropogenic land use estimates for the Holocene – HYDE 3.2, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 9, 927–953, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-927-2017, 2017.

Human Development Index (HDI)

Statistic composite index of life expectancy, education, and per capita income.

Sources: [Link] Kummu, M., Taka, M. & Guillaume, J. Gridded global datasets for Gross Domestic Product and Human Development Index over 1990–2015. Sci Data 5, 180004 (2018) doi:10.1038/sdata.2018.4

Malawi Annual Weather Averages

March Historical Weather Data (1898 to 2019)

Average Temp

22.9°C

73.3°F

Average High

27.6°C

81.6°F

Average Low

18.6°C

65.4°F

Record High Temperature

32.8°C

91.0°F

Record Low Temperature

11.6°C

52.9°F

Average Precipitation

206.3 mm

8.1 in

Average Precipitation Days (≥ 0.254 mm)

15.9 days

Sources:
1. NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
2. Lawrimore, Jay H.; Ray, Ron; Applequist, Scott; Korzeniewski, Bryant; Menne, Matthew J. (2016): Global Summary of the Month (GSOM), Version 1. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. https://doi.org/10.7289/V5QV3JJ5. Accessed Fri, 08 May 2020 06:54:17 GMT.

Natural Hazards Risk

Relative risk out of 10

Landslide	High (7)
Cyclone	High (7)
Drought	High (7.1)
Flood	High (7)
Earthquake	Medium (3.3)

* Risk, particularly concerning flood or landslide, may not be for the entire area.

Sources:
1. Dilley, M., R.S. Chen, U. Deichmann, A.L. Lerner-Lam, M. Arnold, J. Agwe, P. Buys, O. Kjekstad, B. Lyon, and G. Yetman. 2005. Natural Disaster Hotspots: A Global Risk Analysis. Washington, D.C.: World Bank. https://doi.org/10.1596/0-8213-5930-4.
2. Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, and International Research Institute for Climate and Society - IRI - Columbia University. 2005. Global Drought Hazard Frequency and Distribution. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4VX0DFT.
3. Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University. 2005. Global Earthquake Hazard Distribution - Peak Ground Acceleration. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4BZ63ZS.
4. Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University. 2005. Global Flood Hazard Frequency and Distribution. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4668B3D.
5. Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development - The World Bank, and United Nations Environment Programme Global Resource Information Database Geneva - UNEP/GRID-Geneva. 2005. Global Cyclone Hazard Frequency and Distribution. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4CZ353K.
6. Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, and Norwegian Geotechnical Institute - NGI. 2005. Global Landslide Hazard Distribution. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4P848VZ.

Top places in Malawi

Places in Malawi

Place	Area	Population	Population Density
Central Region	42,197.3 km²	7.5 million	178.2 / km²
Northern Region	41,521.6 km²	2.3 million	55.6 / km²
Southern Region	34,560.7 km²	7.5 million	217.9 / km²

The data on this page is estimated using a number of publicly available tools and resources. It is provided without warranty, and could contain inaccuracies.