Malawi
Malawi
Capital Lilongwe
118,484 km² · 22,216,120 people (2025) · Malawian kwacha
Lake Malawi covers about a fifth of the country and holds more fish species than any other lake on Earth — several hundred cichlids, most found nowhere else. The lake is around 700 km long and over 700 m deep.
The facts
- Capital
- Lilongwe
- Area
- 118,484 km² — 45,747 sq mi
- Population
- 22,216,120 (2025)
- Density
- 187.5 people per km²
- Currency
- Malawian kwacha (MWK, MK)
- Official languages
- English, Chewa
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Calling code
- +265
- Drives on the
- left
- ISO codes
- MW · MWI
- Continent
- Africa
How it compares
- By area
- 99 of 200
- By population
- 61 of 200
Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.
Countries of a similar size
| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
|---|---|---|
| Nicaragua | 130,370 | 7,007,502 |
| North Korea | 120,538 | 26,571,036 |
| Malawi ← | 118,484 | 22,216,120 |
| Eritrea | 117,600 | 3,607,003 |
| Benin | 112,622 | 14,814,460 |
Common questions
- What is the capital of Malawi?
- Lilongwe
- What currency does Malawi use?
- The Malawian kwacha (MWK).
- How big is Malawi?
- 118,484 km², or 45,747 square miles — 99 of 200 by area.
- Which side of the road does Malawi drive on?
- The left.
Related pages
- Nicaragua 130,370 km²
- North Korea 120,538 km²
- Eritrea 117,600 km²
- Benin 112,622 km²
- Nigeria Africa
- Ethiopia Africa
- Egypt Africa
- Democratic Republic of the Congo Africa
- Tanzania Africa
- South Africa Africa
- Kenya Africa
- Sudan Africa
Sources
- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (Public domain (US Government))
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (CC BY 4.0)