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Likoma Island, Lake Malawi, Malawi
Malawi flag
1,192
Records
12
Datasets
35
Tables
12
Sources
155
SEL Fields
57
CCL Fields
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📋 Most recent national census: 2018. Included in HERA.
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Datasets (12)
SEL — DGIWG Statistical Extent Location SEL+ — Platform extension (not in DGIWG core spec) CCL — DGIWG Cultural Context Location Extension — Preserved in extension tables (not in core SEL/CCL schema) Pending — Awaiting mapping

4 further sources (Afrobarometer, Ethnic Power Relations Dataset, GI-TOC / ENACT, Global Data Lab) are held but not offered: their licences do not permit commercial redistribution. HERA cites their published findings with attribution and can supply the data to organisations holding their own licence — ask us.

MWI USAID DHS Program MWI-DHS Health Surveys
236 rows · 2 tables · 2024 USAID DHS Program 0 1 2 3 6 SEL 3 CCL 10 ext ▶
MWI World Bank Open Data MWI-WORLD_BANK Development Indicators
198 rows · 3 tables · 2024 World Bank Open Data 0 1 2 3 19 SEL 4 ext ▶
MWI UNHCR Refugee Data Finder MWI-UNHCR Migration
100 rows · 2 tables · 2025 UNHCR Refugee Data Finder 0 1 2 3 12 CCL 36 ext ▶
MWI HDX Subnational Population MWI-HDX-SUBNATIONAL-POP Population
63 rows · 1 table · 2024 OCHA HDX Humanitarian Data Exchange 0 1 2 3 ▶
MWI HDX COD — Population Statistics (OCHA/UNFPA) MWI-COD_PS Census Derived Population
36 rows · 3 tables · 2023 HDX COD — Population Statistics (OCHA/UNFPA) 0 1 2 3 10 SEL ▶
MWI Glottolog Language Catalog MWI-GLOTTOLOG Language
29 rows · 1 table · 2024 Glottolog Language Catalog 0 1 2 3 12 CCL 4 ext ▶
MWI OpenFactBook MWI-OPENFACTBOOK Country Profile
14 rows · 14 tables · 2024 OpenFactBook 0 1 2 3 90 SEL 3 CCL 549 ext ▶
MWI LandScan Global (ORNL) MWI-LANDSCAN Modeled Population
12 rows · 3 tables · 2024 LandScan Global (ORNL) 0 1 2 3 Locality 21 SEL 2 ext ▶
MWI D-PLACE MWI-DPLACE Ethnographic Societies
8 rows · 2 tables · 2024 D-PLACE 0 1 2 3 2 SEL 15 CCL 55 ext ▶
MWI GHS Urban Centre Database (EU JRC) MWI-GHSL_UCDB Modeled Population
8 rows · 1 table · 2025 GHS Urban Centre Database (EU JRC) 0 1 2 3 Locality 3 SEL 7 ext ▶
MWI NGA GEOnet Names Server (GNS) MWI-NGA_GNS Language
2 rows · 2 tables · 2026 NGA GEOnet Names Server (GNS) 0 1 2 3 4 SEL 12 CCL 22 ext ▶
MWI INFORM Risk Index (EC-JRC) MWI-INFORM Risk Index
1 row · 1 table · 2026 INFORM Risk Index (EC-JRC) 0 1 2 3 ▶
Toponymic Footprint 15,914 place names from NGA GNS

Which languages name the landscape here, and in which writing systems. A language's toponymic footprint and its speaker population are different measures and often diverge. Counts include variant and foreign-language renderings of the same place, so a language can rank high because outside sources record names in it rather than because it is spoken locally — and a widely spoken language can be almost absent where official naming is in another language.

LanguagePlace names Share*Script
English (eng) 6,986 100.0% —

13,149 distinct features · 1 language · 0 scripts · 1 conventional English name
Source: NGA GEOnet Names Server (public domain) · rebuilt Wed, 05 Aug 2026.
* Shares are of the 6,986 names that carry a language code; the remaining 8,928 of 15,914 are unattributed, so these percentages do not divide into the headline count. Names follow the US/BGN convention.

Data Sources (12)

The data providers this country's datasets are sourced from — each links out to the provider.

SourceTypeAccess
HDX COD — Population Statistics (OCHA/UNFPA) international_organization bulk_download
OCHA HDX Humanitarian Data Exchange (UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) international_organization bulk_download
D-PLACE (Database of Places, Language, Culture & Environment) academic bulk_download
World Bank Open Data international_organization api
INFORM Risk Index (EC-JRC) international_organization api
Glottolog Language Catalog academic bulk_download
UNHCR Refugee Data Finder (UN High Commissioner for Refugees) international_organization api
USAID DHS Program (US Agency for International Development · Demographic and Health Surveys) international_organization api
NGA GEOnet Names Server (GNS) official_government bulk_download
GHS Urban Centre Database (Global Human Settlement · EU Joint Research Centre) international_organization bulk_download
LandScan Global (ORNL — Oak Ridge National Laboratory) research_institution earth_engine
OpenFactBook community_compilation bulk_download

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