Malawi
Republic of Malawi · Malaŵi
Malawi (MW, MWI) is a country in Eastern Africa, with Lilongwe as its capital. The currency is the Malawian Kwacha (MWK, MWK). The international dialling code is +265 and the trunk prefix is 0; mobile numbers are written like 0991 23 45 67. The time zone is Africa/Blantyre. Official languages: English and Nyanja.
CurrencyMWKMWK
Dial code+265e.g. 0991 23 45 67
Time zoneBlantyreUTC+02:00
LanguageEnglish+1 more
CapitalLilongwe
Population21.8M118.5K km²
Overview
- Official name
- Republic of Malawi
- Native name
- Malawi · Malaŵi
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
- MW
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
- MWI
- ISO 3166-1 numeric
- 454
- IOC code
- MAW
- Demonym
- Malawian
- Capital
- Lilongwe
- Region
- Africa › Eastern Africa
- Status
- Independent, UN member
- Groups
- Eastern Africa
- United Nations
- Internet domain
- .mw
- Coordinates
- -13.5, 34
- Area
- 118,484 km²
- Population
- 21,763,300
- GDP
- $35.2B ($1.6K per person)
- Literacy
- 74.8%
- Landlocked
- Yes
- Land borders
Currency
Malawian Kwacha MWK
- Symbol
- MWK
- Minor units
- 2 decimals
- Example
- MK 1,234.50
Languages
| Language | Status | Share of population | Writing |
|---|---|---|---|
| English en | Official | 63% (13.7M) | |
| Nyanja ny | Official | 63% (13.7M) | |
| Tumbuka tum | 8.4% (1.8M) | ||
| Nyasa Tonga tog | 0.98% (213.3K) | ||
| Zulu zu | 0.33% (71.8K) |
Time zones
| Time zone | Local time | Standard | Daylight saving | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Africa/Blantyre | UTC+02:00 | none | Central Africa Time |
Phone numbers
- Calling code
- +265
- Dial-out prefix
- 00
- Trunk prefix
- 0
- National number length
- 7–9 digits
- Emergency number
- 199 pattern 199|99[7-9]
Number types
| Type | National format | International format | Layout | Digits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fixed line | 01 234 567 | +265 1 234 567 | XX XXX XXX | 7 |
| Mobile | 0991 23 45 67 | +265 991 23 45 67 | XXXX XX XX XX | 9 |
Show the 2 formatting rules
| Digits pattern | Leading digits | Format | International |
|---|---|---|---|
(\d)(\d{3})(\d{3}) | 1[2-9] | $1 $2 $3 | $1 $2 $3 |
(\d{3})(\d{2})(\d{2})(\d{2}) | [1-37-9] | $1 $2 $3 $4 | $1 $2 $3 $4 |
Address and postal code
Address layout
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Postal code
- Pattern
- Postal codes are not used
Calendar, units and conventions
Number and date formats
As written by the English (Malawi) locale (en-MW), amounts in MWK.
- Number
- 1,234,567.891
- Percent
- 45.7%
- Currency (MWK)
- MK 1,234,567.89
- Accounting
- (MK 1,234,567.89)
- Currency, name
- 1,234,567.89 Malawian kwachas
- Compact short
- 1.2M
- Compact long
- 1.2 million
- Scientific
- 1.235E6
- Speed
- 88 kilometres per hour
- Temperature
- 21.5°C
- Date, full
- Friday, 27 March 2026
- Date, long
- 27 March 2026
- Date, medium
- 27 Mar 2026
- Date, short
- 27/03/2026
- Time, medium
- 3:04:05 pm
- Time, short
- 3:04 pm
- Date and time
- 27 Mar 2026, 3:04 pm
- Month and year
- March 2026
- Weekday
- Friday
- Relative time
- yesterday · in 3 days · 2 hours ago
- List: and
- A, B and C
- List: or
- A, B or C