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Population in Cities of More Than 1 million rose 4.38% to 1.17 mil in Malawi in 2021

Population in Cities of More Than 1 million (mil), 2021
Society | Malawi | February 1, 2023
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Population in cities of more than 1 million rose 4.38% to 1.17 mil in Malawi in 2021, according to the National Statistical Office.

Historically, population in cities of more than 1 million in Malawi reached an all time high of 1.17 mil in 2021 and an all time low of 0.011 mil in 1960. When compared to Malawi's main peers, population in cities of more than 1 million in Mozambique amounted to 2.87 mil, 21.7 mil in South Africa, 8.23 mil in Tanzania and 2.91 mil in Zambia in 2021.

Malawi has been ranked 114th within the group of 121 countries we follow in terms of population in cities of more than 1 million, 7 places above the position seen 10 years ago.

Population in Cities of More Than 1 million Unit 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Angola mil 7.02 7.27 7.52 7.77 8.04
Botswana mil ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Dem. Republic of the Congo mil 17.8 18.6 19.4 20.3 21.1
Kenya mil 5.02 5.20 5.40 5.60 5.81
Lesotho mil ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Malawi mil 0.905 0.945 0.986 1.03 1.07
Mozambique mil 2.45 2.57 2.71 2.74 2.77
Namibia mil ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
South Africa mil 18.9 19.4 19.9 20.4 20.8
Swaziland mil ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Tanzania mil 5.95 6.30 6.66 7.05 7.43
Uganda mil 2.58 2.71 2.84 2.99 3.14
Zambia mil 2.19 2.29 2.41 2.52 2.65
Zimbabwe mil 1.50 1.50 1.51 1.52 1.52