Malawi er inddelt i 28 distrikter<ref name="CIA" /> indenfor tre regioner<ref name="Benson1">{{cite web|title=Chapter 1: An Introduction|work=Malawi: An Atlas of Social Statistics|format=PDF|author= Benson, Todd|page=2|url=http://www.ifpri.org/publication/malawi|publisher=National Statistical Office, Government of Malawi| access-date=24. august 2008}}</ref> (videre underinddelt i ca. 250 traditionelle myndigheder og 110 administrative afdelinger)<ref name="Benson1" />:
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|-bgcolor="#BBBBBB"
! Nr
! Provins
! Areal i km²
! Indbyggere
! Indbyggere per km²
|-
| align=right | 
|'''[[Centrale Region (Malawi)|Centrale Region]]'''
| align=right | 35.592
| align=right | 4.066.340 
| align=right | 114,2
|-
| align=right | 1 
| [[Dedza (distrikt)|Dedza]] 
| align=right | 3.624
| align=right | 486.682 
| align=right | 134,3 
|-
| align=right | 2 
| [[Dowa (distrikt)|Dowa]] 
| align=right | 3.041 
| align=right | 411.387 
| align=right | 135,3
|-
| align=right | 3
| [[Kasungu (distrikt)|Kasungu]]
| align=right | 7.878 
| align=right | 480.659 
| align=right | 61,0 
|-
| align=right | 4
| [[Lilongwe (distrikt)|Lilongwe]]
| align=right | 6.159
| align=right | 1.346.360 
| align=right | 218,6 
|-
| align=right | 5
| [[Mchinji (distrikt)|Mchinji]]
| align=right | 3.356 
| align=right | 324.941 
| align=right | 96,8 
|-
| align=right | 6
| [[Nkhotakota (distrikt)|Nkhotakota]]
| align=right | 4.259 
| align=right | 229.460
| align=right | 53,9 
|-
| align=right | 7
| [[Ntcheu (distrikt)|Ntcheu]]
| align=right | 3.424 
| align=right | 370.757 
| align=right | 108,3 
|-
| align=right | 8
| [[Ntchisi (distrikt)|Ntchisi]]
| align=right | 1.655 
| align=right | 167.880 
| align=right | 101,4 
|-
| align=right | 9
| [[Salima (distrikt)|Salima]]
| align=right | 2.196 
| align=right | 248.214 
| align=right | 113,0 
|-
| align=right | 
| '''[[Nordlige Region (Malawi)|Nordlige Region]]'''
| align=right | 26.931 
| align=right | 1.233.560 
| align=right | 45,8 
|-
| align=right | 10
| [[Chitipa (distrikt)|Chitipa]]
| align=right | 4.288 
| align=right | 126.799 
| align=right | 29,6 
|-
| align=right | 11
| [[Karonga (distrikt)|Karonga]]
| align=right | 3.355 
| align=right | 194.572 
| align=right | 58,0 
|-
| align=right | 12
| [[Likoma (distrikt)|Likoma]]
| align=right | 18 
| align=right | 8.074 
| align=right | 448,6 
|-
| align=right | 13
| [[Mzimba (distrikt)|Mzimba]]
| align=right | 10.430 
| align=right | 610.994 
| align=right | 59,1 
|-
| align=right | 14
| [[Nkhata Bay (distrikt)|Nkhata Bay]]
| align=right | 4.071 
| align=right | 164.761 
| align=right | 40,5 
|-
| align=right | 15
| [[Rumphi (distrikt)|Rumphi]]
| align=right | 4.769 
| align=right | 128.360 
| align=right | 26,9 
|-
| align=right | 
| '''[[Sydlige Region (Malawi)|Sydlige Region]]'''
| align=right | 31.754 
| align=right | 4.633.968 
| align=right | 145,9 
|-
| align=right | 16
| [[Balaka (distrikt)|Balaka]]
| align=right | 2.193 
| align=right | 253.098 
| align=right | 115,4 
|-
| align=right | 17
| [[Blantyre (distrikt)|Blantyre]]
| align=right | 2.012 
| align=right | 809.397 
| align=right | 402,3 
|-
| align=right | 18
| [[Chikwawa (distrikt)|Chikwawa]]
| align=right | 4.755 
| align=right | 356.682 
| align=right | 75,0 
|-
| align=right | 19
| [[Chiradzulu (distrikt)|Chiradzulu]]
| align=right | 767 
| align=right | 236.050 
| align=right | 307,8 
|-
| align=right | 20
| [[Machinga (distrikt)|Machinga]]
| align=right | 3.771 
| align=right | 369.614 
| align=right | 98,0 
|-
| align=right | 21
| [[Mangochi (distrikt)|Mangochi]]
| align=right | 6.273 
| align=right | 610.239 
| align=right | 97,3 
|-
| align=right | 22
| [[Mulanje (distrikt)|Mulanje]]
| align=right | 2.056 
| align=right | 428.322
| align=right | 208,3 
|-
| align=right | 23
| [[Mwanza (distrikt)|Mwanza]]
| align=right | 2.295 
| align=right | 138.015 
| align=right | 60,1 
|-
| align=right | 24
| [[Nsanje (distrikt)|Nsanje]]
| align=right | 1.942 
| align=right | 194.924 
| align=right | 100,4 
|-
| align=right | 25
| [[Thyolo (distrikt)|Thyolo]]
| align=right | 1.715 
| align=right | 458.976 
| align=right | 267,6 
|-
| align=right | 26
| [[Phalombe (distrikt)|Phalombe]]
| align=right | 1.394 
| align=right | 231.990 
| align=right | 166,4 
|-
| align=right | 27
| [[Zomba (distrikt)|Zomba]]
| align=right | 2.580 
| align=right | 546.661 
| align=right | 211,9 
|-
| align=right | 28
| [[Neno (distrikt)|Neno]]
| align=right | -
| align=right | -
| align=right | -
|-
| align=right | 
| '''Malawi Totalt'''
| align=right | '''94.276'''
| align=right | '''9.933.868'''
| align=right | '''105,4'''
|}
''(Tallene er hentet fra folketællingen i september 1998 <ref>[http://www.statoids.com/umw.html Malawi Districts<!-- Bot genereret titel -->]</ref>)''
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