Malawi: flag, capital & map
Get to know Malawi, then put your memory to work.
Country facts
- Capital
- Lilongwe
- Region
- Africa
- Subregion
- Eastern Africa
- Population (2025, World Bank)
- 22,216,120
- Area
- 118,484 km²
- Languages (REST Countries)
- English, Chewa
- Currency (CLDR, October 2026)
- Malawian Kwacha (MWK)
- Land neighbours
- Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia
Malawi is a landlocked country in Eastern Africa. Its capital is Lilongwe.
Dated population: World Bank; geographic facts: REST Countries; currencies: Unicode CLDR. Sources and dates →
Flag of Malawi
The flag of Malawi is composed of three equal horizontal bands of black, red and green. The top half of a red sun with thirty-one visible rays is centered in the black band.
Where it is
Malawi is grouped in Eastern Africa, within Roam’s Africa region. Its land-border list includes 3 countries in this atlas: Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia. It is landlocked.
Malawi has a recorded area of 118,484 square kilometres. Among the 16 countries assigned to Eastern Africa in this dataset, it ranks 9 by area, from largest to smallest. Uganda is immediately above it in that ordering, at 241,550 km². Eritrea is immediately below it, at 117,600 km². This comparison uses the source’s area figures and subregions, not a ranking of all territories.
The marker shows the atlas location. Small countries may be too small for an outline at this scale. Map boundaries are illustrative.
People, languages and currency
The World Bank records 22,216,120 people for Malawi in 2025. This is the latest non-empty annual observation in Roam’s committed 2020–2025 download, rather than a live population counter. Dividing that population by the source area gives approximately 188 people per square kilometre. This calculated average does not describe how evenly people are distributed.
The language entries in the source are English and Chewa. They describe the dataset’s listed languages, not every language spoken by residents. The currency listed for this date is Malawian Kwacha (MWK). Currency assignments are selected from Unicode CLDR’s date ranges for 23 October 2026; the three-letter codes identify currencies, not countries.
Test yourself
Cover the facts above and work through these five questions. Open each answer when you are ready to check it. You can use this section without JavaScript.
What is the capital of Malawi?
Reveal answer
Lilongwe. Malawi is a landlocked country in Eastern Africa. Its capital is Lilongwe.
Without looking at the image, how would you describe the flag of Malawi?
Reveal answer
The flag of Malawi is composed of three equal horizontal bands of black, red and green. The top half of a red sun with thirty-one visible rays is centered in the black band.
Which land neighbours of Malawi are included in this atlas?
Reveal answer
Mozambique, Tanzania, and Zambia. Malawi is landlocked.
Which languages does the source list for Malawi?
Reveal answer
English and Chewa. These are the source’s language entries, not a complete inventory of every language spoken in Malawi.
Which currency codes are listed for Malawi?
Reveal answer
Malawian Kwacha (MWK). These assignments use Unicode CLDR’s legal-tender date ranges for 23 October 2026.
Try it from memory
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