Malawi
Africa · Eastern Africa
Key facts
- Capital
- Lilongwe
- Region
- Africa
- Subregion
- Eastern Africa
- Population (2025)
- 22.2 million (22,216,120) · rank 60 of 193
- Area (2023)
- 118,484 km² · rank 100 of 193
- People per km²
- 188 (calculated from the two figures above)
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (2025, 2023), CC BY 4.0. data.worldbank.org
Test yourself
The first question is always Malawi, then four more countries of the same region.
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Neighbours on the map
Countries whose outline shares a border with Malawi in the map data: 3.
- Mozambique capitals 1,340 km apart
- Tanzania capitals 900 km apart
- Zambia capitals 610 km apart
Based on the Natural Earth 1:110m outlines. The 29 states drawn as dots are not counted as neighbours.
The flag
Flags with a similar colour layout, used as wrong options on Hard: Kenya, Belarus, South Sudan, Germany.
