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 2023-09-03
Central	Region	2,143,716	3,110,986	4,066,340	5,497,252	7,523,340	8,533,879
Dedza	District	298,190	411,787	486,682	625,828	830,512	928,094	→
Dowa	District	247,603	322,432	411,387	559,849	772,569	879,386	→
Kasungu	District	194,436	323,453	480,659	623,592	842,953	950,234	→
Lilongwe	District	605,399	753,309	905,889	1,232,972	1,637,583	1,830,619	→
Lilongwe City	City	98,718	223,318	440,471	669,532	989,318	1,162,544	→
Mchinji	District	158,833	249,843	324,941	454,584	602,305	672,578	→
Nkhotakota	District	94,370	158,044	229,460	299,240	393,077	437,163	→
Ntcheu	District	226,454	358,767	370,757	471,353	659,608	755,748	→
Ntchisi	District	87,437	120,860	167,880	222,374	317,069	366,491	→
Salima	District	132,276	189,173	248,214	337,928	478,346	551,022	→
Malawi	Republic	5,547,460	7,988,507	9,933,868	13,029,498	17,563,749	19,809,511

Source: National Statistical Office of Malawi.

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

Further information about the population structure:

Gender (P 2023)
Males	4,170,978
Females	4,362,901

Age Groups (P 2023)
0-14 years	3,424,112
15-64 years	4,820,806
65+ years	288,957

Age Distribution (P 2023)
0-9 years	2,348,986
10-19 years	2,034,633
20-29 years	1,545,702
30-39 years	1,067,969
40-49 years	696,865
50-59 years	417,289
60-69 years	233,123
70-79 years	126,078
80+ years	63,230

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

Citizenship (C 2018)
Malawi	7,486,594
Foreign Citizenship	36,746

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

Religion (C 2018)
Christians	6,089,669
Muslims	516,200
Traditional Religion	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