Where is Malawi?
Malawi is a landlocked country in Eastern Africa, bordered by Mozambique, Tanzania, and Zambia.
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Crazy but True
Lake Malawi holds more species of fish than any other lake on Earth, most of them cichlids, and most found nowhere else. Estimates run to around a thousand species, and new ones are still being described. The lake takes up roughly a fifth of the country.
Malawi facts
- Capital
- Lilongwe
- Population
- 22,216,120 (2025)
- Area
- 118,484 km²
- Continent
- Africa
- Region
- Eastern Africa
- Currency
- Malawian kwacha (MWK)
- Languages
- English and Chewa
- Coordinates
- -13.5°, 34°
- Landlocked
- Yes
- Country code
- MW · MWI
How Malawi compares
- Malawi is the 99th largest of the 168 countries on our map by area.
- It is smaller than North Korea and larger than Eritrea.
- It is the 60th most populous of the 167 with population data.
- It shares land borders with 3 countries.
- It is landlocked, one of 40 landlocked countries on our map.
- Within Africa, it is the 36th largest of 49 countries by area.