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Malawi: Population in the largest city

35.64percent · 2025+6.5% since 2015

Population in largest city is the percentage of a country's urban population living in that country's largest metropolitan area. Annual figures for Malawi from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202535.637
202435.649
202335.627
202235.554
202135.423
202035.238
201935.001
201834.684
201734.255
201633.854
201533.469
201433.102
201332.76
201232.437
201132.132
201031.848
200931.58
200831.322
200731.117
200631.265
200531.391
200431.499
200331.584
200231.658
200131.736
200031.832
199931.952
199832.049
199731.98
199632.038
199532.231
199431.871
199331.293
199231.614
199132.445
199033.36
198934.563
198835.996
198737.558
198638.672
198539.328
198440.019
198340.718
198241.444
198142.207
198043.028
197943.91
197844.861
197745.677
197645.949
197546.49
197447.313
197348.384
197249.661
197151.072
197052.532
196953.892
196854.976
196755.521
196654.893
196550.795
196447.005
196343.467
196240.176
196137.096
196034.215

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by United Nations. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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World Bank (2026). Population in the largest city. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-population-in-the-largest-city (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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