Central

Region in Malawi

Contents: Subdivision

The population development in Central as well as related information and services (Wikipedia, Google, images).

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Name	Status	Population Census 1977-09-20	Population Census 1987-09-01	Population Census 1998-09-01	Population Census 2008-06-08	Population Census 2018-09-03	Population Projection 2020-09-03
Central	Region	2,143,716	3,110,986	4,066,340	5,497,252	7,523,340	7,922,416
Dedza	District	298,190	411,787	486,682	625,828	830,512	869,712	→
Dowa	District	247,603	322,432	411,387	559,849	772,569	814,635	→
Kasungu	District	194,436	323,453	480,659	623,592	842,953	885,624	→
Lilongwe	District	605,399	753,309	905,889	1,232,972	1,637,583	1,715,103	→
Lilongwe City	City	98,718	223,318	440,471	669,532	989,318	1,055,737	→
Mchinji	District	158,833	249,843	324,941	454,584	602,305	630,560	→
Nkhotakota	District	94,370	158,044	229,460	299,240	393,077	410,891	→
Ntcheu	District	226,454	358,767	370,757	471,353	659,608	697,236	→
Ntchisi	District	87,437	120,860	167,880	222,374	317,069	336,263	→
Salima	District	132,276	189,173	248,214	337,928	478,346	506,655	→
Malawi	Republic	5,547,460	7,988,507	9,933,868	13,029,498	17,563,749	18,449,828

Source: National Statistical Office of Malawi (web).

Explanation: Population figures until 1998 are de facto, later figures are de jure.

Further information about the population structure:

Gender (P 2020)
Males	3,875,622
Females	4,046,794

Age Groups (P 2020)
0-14 years	3,289,533
15-64 years	4,367,628
65+ years	265,259

Age Distribution (P 2020)
0-9 years	2,279,703
10-19 years	1,900,002
20-29 years	1,412,600
30-39 years	964,003
40-49 years	619,516
50-59 years	362,333
60-69 years	209,558
70-79 years	116,486
80+ years	58,219

Urbanization (C 2018)
Rural	6,224,555
Urban	1,298,785

Nationality (C 2018)
Malawi	7,486,594
Other Nationality	36,746

Country of Birth (C 2018)
Malawi	7,464,704
Other Country	58,636

Religion (C 2018)
Christian	6,089,669
Muslim	516,200
Traditional	130,282
Other religion	493,619
No religion	293,570

Literacy (A5+) (C 2018)
yes	4,310,059
no	2,124,091

Tribe (C 2018)
Chewa	5,351,396
Tumbuka	236,695
Lomwe	229,244
Yao	367,915
Ngoni	1,091,623
Sena	36,242
Mang'anja	30,263
Other Tribe	143,216