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Capital of Malawi
The capital of Malawi is Lilongwe. The largest, Lilongwe, has around 989,318 residents in the city proper — a mid-size capital. From Wikidata, snapshot 2026-06-23.
CAPITALLilongwe
POPULATION989,318
NUMBER OF CAPITALS1
The capital
Lilongwe989,318 people
In context
Where Lilongwesits on the world’s scale of capital sizes — from the micro-capitals of a few hundred to the mega-capitals of over ten million.
10M+
5–10M
1–5M
250k–1MLilongwe is here
50–250k
<50k
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