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The 2018 projected population of Malawi was 17,931,637 based on the medium variant of projections based on the 2008 census. The actual enumerated population was 17,563,749 which was about 98% the size of the 2018 projection.
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Preliminary results from the 2018 census were released to the public in
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There are 8,521,460 males in Malawi (48.52% of the population) and 9,042,289 females (51.48% of the population).
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The 2018 census asked a question on ethnicity for the first time and the five largest ethnic groups were
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was the sixth national census in Malawi, which took place on 3-23 September 2018. The population of
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In 2018, 17,506,538 people (99.67%) were born in Malawi, with 57,211 (0.33%) born abroad.
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Resident population count was 17,563,749, up 4,534,251 from the 2008 census.
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website. The next
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67:General information
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1116:Traditional
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943:, 13.8% as
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159:2008 census
142:(2,289,780)
119:(7,750,629)
1296:categories
1268:26 January
1201:References
1191:17,563,749
1097:Irreligion
976:13,581,623
960:Population
925:17,506,022
669:Population
617:17,563,749
439:Mozambique
337:17,506,538
299:Birthplace
289:Birthplace
266:17,563,749
209:Population
1084:2,426,754
1068:4,666,337
1043:1,332,420
1029:1,644,829
1025:Apostolic
1007:2,498,969
993:3,028,435
970:Christian
941:Christian
793:Mang'anja
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641:(34.4%),
633:Ethnicity
353:4,538,143
302:Responses
248:2,289,780
235:7,523,340
222:7,750,629
1330:Category
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1135:Buddhism
1053:Anglican
935:Religion
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657:(9.2%).
526:Tanzania
468:Zimbabwe
244:Northern
218:Southern
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1177:983,587
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231:Central
196:de jure
181:Results
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72:Country
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945:Muslim
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869:Lambya
812:Nyanja
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586:33,010
454:13,671
414:12,127
410:Zambia
374:57,211
369:Abroad
332:Malawi
321:Number
315:Number
263:Malawi
251:13.04
238:42.83
225:44.13
205:Region
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1141:5,506
1089:13.82
1078:Islam
1060:2.34
1046:7.59
1032:9.36
981:77.33
922:Total
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736:Ngoni
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709:18.87
698:Lomwe
690:34.39
679:Chewa
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639:Chewa
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124:Least
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