Malawi: Land area (sq. km)

Key figures

What the numbers say

From 2015 to 2024 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains less than 1% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2024, Malawi had the 107th highest value of the 214 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Malawi in the 2024 ranking

• Iceland — 104th of 214: 100,830
• Korea, Rep. — 105th of 214: 97,600
• Liberia — 106th of 214: 96,320
• Portugal — 108th of 214: 91,606
• Hungary — 109th of 214: 91,260
• Jordan — 110th of 214: 88,794

What this measures

Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes.

Limitations: The data are collected by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations through annual questionnaires. The FAO tries to impose standard definitions and reporting methods, but complete consistency across countries and over time is not possible. The data collected from official national sources through the questionnaire are supplemented with information from official secondary data sources. The secondary sources cover official country data from websites of national ministries, national publications and related country data reported by various international organizations.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.

All 64 values

Land area (sq. km) in nearby economies

• Angola — 1.25 million (2024)
• Benin — 112,760 (2024)
• Botswana — 566,730 (2024)
• Burkina Faso — 273,600 (2024)
• Burundi — 25,680 (2024)
• Cabo Verde — 4,030 (2024)
• Cameroon — 472,710 (2024)
• Central African Republic — 622,980 (2024)
• Chad — 1.26 million (2024)
• Comoros — 1,870 (2024)
• Congo, Dem. Rep. — 2.27 million (2024)
• Congo, Rep. — 341,500 (2024)

More environment data for Malawi

• Population in largest city — 1.39 million (2025)
• Population in the largest city (% of urban population) — 35.64% (2025)
• Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million — 1.39 million (2025)
• Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population) — 6.27% (2025)
• Rural population — 18.31 million (2025)
• Rural population (% of total population) — 82.41% (2025)
• Urban population — 3.91 million (2025)
• Urban population (% of total population) — 17.6% (2025)
• Aquaculture production (metric tons) — 4,800 (2024)
• Capture fisheries production (metric tons)

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Questions people ask

What is Malawi's land area (sq. km)?

94,280 in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1961?

It is unchanged at from 94,280 in 1961. The highest value was 94,280 in 1961 and the lowest 94,280 in 1961.

How does Malawi rank?

107th highest of 214 economies with data for 2024.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), uri: https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/RL, publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator AG.LND.TOTL.K2, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), uri: https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/RL, publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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