NavGeneral InfoEmail Print Provider National Statistical Office of MalawiTabulations only Geography Malawi (MWI) Coverage type Country Time period covered 09/2018 - 09/2018 Data type Census: De jureHouseholdIndividualInterviewNationally representativeSubnationally representativeUrban-rural representative Summary The 2018 Malawi Population and Housing Census took place in September of that year. The total population at the time of the census was 17,563,749, an increase of 35 percent since 2008. Keywords Abortion, Abortive outcome, Agriculture, Assets, Birth certificates, Birth place, Cooking fuels, Disability, Domestic migration, Education, Electricity, Employment, Family composition, Family size, Fertility, Fishing, Hearing loss, Household air pollution, Household deaths, Housing conditions, Housing materials, Hygiene, International migration, Internet, Lighting, Limited mobility, Literacy, Live births, Livestock, Manufacturing, Marital status, Marriage age, Mass media, Maternal mortality, Mental health symptoms, Mining, Mortality, Occupation codes, Occupations, Parental survival, Pervasive developmental disorders, Population, Population density, Refrigeration, Religion, Sanitation, School enrollment, Seizures, Sense organ diseases, Summary birth history, Transportation, Unemployment, Vision loss, Waste disposal, Water supply Citation Contributors National Statistical Office of Malawi United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Funders Department for International Development (DFiD) (United Kingdom) United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Government of Norway Government of Germany Government of Ireland Standard Bank of Malawi United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) United States Government Suggested citation National Statistical Office of Malawi, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). Malawi Population and Housing Census 2018. GHDx Entry last modified on: Sep 15, 2021