Country: Malawi

People Groups
Total

26

People Groups Unreached

4 (15.4%)

People Groups Unreached Frontier

1 (3.8%)

Population
Total

22,104,000

Population in Unreached

2,775,000 (12.6%)

Population in Unreached Frontier

4,300 (0.0%)

% Evangelical

16.95%

Progress Level

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Map Notes

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Photo People Group Population
this Ctry
Population
Global
Count
Ctrys
Indigenous Primary Language Primary
Religion
Progress
Scale
% Christian
Adherent
% Evangelical Needed
Workers
 Afrikaner 4,200 5,034,000 15 Afrikaans Christianity 95.00 % 9.00 % -
 British 12,000 55,399,000 126 English Christianity 60.00 % 8.00 % -
 Deaf 221,000 51,182,000 216 Malawian Sign Language Christianity 76.00 % -
 French 2,100 52,107,000 113 French Christianity 62.00 % 1.00 % -
 Greek 6,300 10,116,000 70 Greek Christianity 92.00 % 0.40 % -
 Gujarati 62,000 2,934,000 29 Gujarati Hinduism 0.50 % 0.10 % 1
 Hutu, Rwandese 6,200 14,012,000 15 Kinyarwanda Christianity 80.00 % 20.00 % -
 Kacchi 16,000 116,000 3 Kacchi Islam 2.00 % 0.30 % 1
Kokola 370,000 550,000 2 Kokola Christianity 60.00 % 7.00 % -
 Lambya 84,000 237,000 3 Lambya Christianity 65.00 % 8.00 % -
Lomwe, Nguru 1,187,000 1,187,000 1 Lomwe, Malawi Christianity 85.00 % 14.00 % -
 Ndali 119,000 611,000 2 Ndali Christianity 65.00 % 7.00 % -
 Ngoni, Malawi 2,279,000 2,279,000 1 Chichewa Christianity 64.00 % 5.00 % -
 Nyakyusa, Ngonde 228,000 1,923,000 2 Nyakyusa-Ngonde Christianity 92.00 % 13.00 % -
 Nyanja, Chewa 10,241,000 14,810,000 8 Chichewa Christianity 88.00 % 27.00 % -
Nyiha, Malawi 14,000 14,000 1 Nyiha, Malawi Christianity 60.00 % 4.00 % -
Nyika 7,200 19,000 2 Nyika Christianity 75.00 % 4.00 % -
 Portuguese 21,000 17,725,000 46 Portuguese Christianity 94.00 % 3.00 % -
 Sena, Malawi 716,000 716,000 1 Sena, Malawi Christianity 58.00 % 12.00 % -
Senga 38,000 213,000 2 Tumbuka Christianity 75.00 % 12.00 % -
 Shona 105,000 1,434,000 7 Shona Christianity 75.00 % 5.00 % -
 Swahili 4,300 1,201,000 25 Swahili Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Tonga 415,000 415,000 1 Tonga (Malawi) Christianity 97.00 % 15.00 % -
 Tumbuka 3,171,000 3,818,000 3 Tumbuka Christianity 97.00 % 14.00 % -
 Yao 2,693,000 3,862,000 4 Yao Islam 1.00 % 0.50 % 54
  Totals:  26 22,104,000           1 ☀︎  4 74.08 % 16.95 % 57 
  Unclassified / Other Individuals 112,000                  
  UN Country Population (2025) 22,216,000                  

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Province Estimated
Population
Balaka 538,000
Blantyre 1,535,000
Chikwawa 692,000
Chiradzulu 438,000
Chitipa 288,000
Dedza 1,018,000
Dowa 947,000
Karonga 448,000
Kasungu 1,034,000
Likoma 18,000
Lilongwe 3,221,000
Machinga 902,000
Mangochi 1,409,000
Mchinji 739,000
Mulanje 839,000
Mwanza 161,000
Mzimba 1,419,000
Neno 170,000
Nkhata Bay 350,000
Nkhotakota 485,000
Nsanje 367,000
Ntcheu 809,000
Ntchisi 389,000
Phalombe 527,000
Rumphi 281,000
Salima 587,000
Thyolo 885,000
Zomba 1,044,000
Provinces:  28 21,540,000
UN Country Population 22,216,000
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Language Code # Peoples
w/ this Primary
Language
# Unreached
w/ this Primary
Language
Scripture
Status
YouVersion
Bible
Resources
Faith Comes
By Hearing
Bible Resources
Jesus Film
Online
Global
Recordings
Resources
Gospel
Tract
Online
Afrikaans afr 1 0 Complete Bible
Chichewa nya 2 0 Complete Bible
English eng 1 0 Complete Bible
French fra 1 0 Complete Bible
Greek ell 1 0 Complete Bible
Gujarati guj 1 1 Complete Bible
Kacchi kfr 1 1 New Testament
Kinyarwanda kin 1 0 Complete Bible
Kokola kzn 1 0 New Testament
Lambya lai 1 0 Complete Bible
Lomwe, Malawi lon 1 0 Complete Bible
Malawian Sign Language lws 1 0 Unspecified
Ndali ndh 1 0 New Testament
Nyakyusa-Ngonde nyy 1 0 Complete Bible
Nyiha, Malawi nyr 1 0 Bible Portions
Nyika nkv 1 0 Bible Portions
Portuguese por 1 0 Complete Bible
Sena, Malawi swk 1 0 Complete Bible
Shona sna 1 0 Complete Bible
Swahili swh 1 1 Complete Bible
Tonga (Malawi) tog 1 0 Complete Bible
Tumbuka tum 2 0 Complete Bible
Yao yao 1 1 Complete Bible
Zulu zul 1 0 Complete Bible
Totals: 24 26 4   19 20 21 19 11
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Malawi Statistics
People Groups 26
Unreached People Groups 4  (15.4%)
Population 22,104,000
Population Annual Growth Rate 3.1%
Population in Unreached 2,775,000  (12.6%)
Primary Religion Christianity
Percent Christian Adherent 74.1%
Percent Evangelical 17.0%
Pioneer Workers Needed * 57
Country Progress Level 5
Continent Africa
Region Africa, East and Southern
10/40 Window No
Country Code MI
Official Language(s) EnglishChichewa
Literacy Rate 62%
Estimated Illiterate Population 8,400,000
Persecution Ranking Not ranked
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