Southern

Region in Malawi

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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
Southern	Region	2,754,891	3,965,734	4,633,968	5,852,755	7,750,629	8,743,362
Balaka	District	146,587	213,416	253,098	316,574	438,379	504,349	→
Blantyre	District	189,051	256,405	307,344	339,406	451,220	509,289	→
Blantyre City	City	219,011	333,120	502,053	648,852	800,264	871,776	→
Chikwawa	District	194,425	316,733	356,682	437,892	564,684	628,282	→
Chiradzulu	District	176,184	210,912	236,050	287,604	356,875	389,928	→
Machinga	District	195,249	301,849	369,614	494,835	735,438	874,337	→
Mangochi	District	302,341	496,578	610,239	796,036	1,148,611	1,346,740	→
Mulanje	District	307,804	419,928	428,322	523,949	684,107	765,623	→
Mwanza	District	...	60,300	63,200	92,237	130,949	152,433	→
Neno	District	...	61,200	74,800	108,339	138,291	153,132	→
Nsanje	District	108,758	204,374	194,924	241,107	299,168	326,874	→
Phalombe	District	169,742	218,134	231,990	315,185	429,450	490,345	→
Thyolo	District	322,000	431,157	458,976	590,472	721,456	782,442	→
Zomba	District	328,100	398,365	480,746	578,766	746,724	831,015	→
Zomba City	City	24,234	43,250	65,915	81,501	105,013	116,797	→
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	4,204,446
Females	4,538,916

Age Groups (P 2023)
0-14 years	3,702,336
15-64 years	4,730,190
65+ years	310,837

Age Distribution (P 2023)
0-9 years	2,628,704
10-19 years	2,055,938
20-29 years	1,524,435
30-39 years	1,021,733
40-49 years	662,969
50-59 years	404,694
60-69 years	239,189
70-79 years	136,760
80+ years	68,941

Urbanization (C 2018)
Rural	6,597,597
Urban	1,153,032

Citizenship (C 2018)
Malawi	7,735,866
Foreign Citizenship	14,763

Country of Birth (C 2018)
Malawi	7,697,839
Other Country	52,790

Religion (C 2018)
Christian	5,448,774
Muslim	1,878,983
Traditional	19,202
Other religion	327,774
No religion	75,896

Literacy (A5+) (C 2018)
yes	4,428,915
no	2,177,582

Tribe (C 2018)
Chewa	511,299
Tumbuka	66,968
Lomwe	3,043,350
Yao	1,927,920
Ngoni	638,551
Sena	630,788
Mang'anja	526,381
Other Tribe	390,609