Businesses in Mulanje

Industries

Business Distribution by Industry in Mulanje

Industry Description	Number of Establishments
Education	12
Hotels and motels	12
Mosques	11
Other accommodation	10
Churches	9
Secondary education	7
Hospitals	6
Primary and elementary schools	6

Mulanje Facts

Area	1488.8 km²
Population	693,608
Male Population	327,841 (47.3%)
Female Population	365,767 (52.7%)
Population change (1975 to 2020)	+189.2%
Population change (2000 to 2020)	+51.9%
Median Age	17.3 years (Male: 16.3, Female: 18.3)
GDP per capita (PPP)	$1,176 (2022)
Local Time
Timezone	Central Africa Time
Lat & Lng	-16.03163, 35.50000

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Mulanje Population

Years 1975 to 2030

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015	2020	2025*	2030*
Population	239,813	407,114	456,682	629,164	693,608	764,764	836,239
Population Density	161.1 / km²	273.4 / km²	306.7 / km²	422.6 / km²	465.9 / km²	513.7 / km²	561.7 / km²

* Projected

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Mulanje Population change from 2000 to 2020

Increase of 51.9% from year 2000 to 2020

Location	Change since 1975	Change since 1990	Change since 2000
Mulanje	+189.2%	+70.4%	+51.9%
Malawi	—	—	—

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Mulanje Median Age

Median Age: 17.3 years

Location	Median Age	Median Age (Female)	Median Age (Male)
Mulanje	17.3 yrs	18.3 yrs	16.3 yrs
Malawi	17.1 yrs	17.4 yrs	16.8 yrs

Sources: CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)

Mulanje Population Density

Population Density: 466 / km²

Location	Population	Area	Density
Mulanje	693,608	1,488.8 km²	466 / km²
Malawi	17.4 million	118,839 km²	146 / km²

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Mulanje Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Population from 1600 to 2100

Sources:

JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid
CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)
[Link] Klein Goldewijk, K., Beusen, A., Doelman, J., and Stehfest, E.: Anthropogenic land use estimates for the Holocene – HYDE 3.2, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 9, 927–953, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-927-2017, 2017.

Price Distribution

Business distribution by price for Mulanje

Human Development Index (HDI)

Statistic composite index of life expectancy, education, and per capita income.

Source: [Link] Kummu, M., Taka, M. &Guillaume, J. Gridded global datasets for Gross Domestic Product and Human Development Index over 1990–2015. Sci Data 5, 180004 (2018) doi:10.1038/sdata.2018.4

Mulanje Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2017 international $)

Data	1990	1995	2000	2005	2010	2015	2020	2022
GDP per capita	$805	$811	$846	$776	$978	$1,052	$1,153	$1,176
Total GDP	$282.9M	$307.1M	$344.8M	$342.6M	$491.6M	$576.2M	$677.9M	$718.6M

Source: [Link] Kummu, M., Kosonen, M. & Masoumzadeh Sayyar, S. Downscaled gridded global dataset for gross domestic product (GDP) per capita PPP over 1990–2022. Sci Data 12, 178 (2025) doi:10.1038/s41597-025-04487-x

Mulanje CO2 Emissions

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Emissions Per Capita in Tonnes Per Year

Location	CO2 Emissions	CO2 Emissions Per Capita	CO2 Emissions Intensity
Mulanje	111,638 tn	0.16 tn	75 tons/km²
Malawi	2,635,428 tn	0.15 tn	22.2 tons/km²

Sources: [Link] Moran, D., Kanemoto K; Jiborn, M., Wood, R., Többen, J., and Seto, K.C. (2018) Carbon footprints of 13,000 cities. Environmental Research Letters DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aac72a

Mulanje CO2 Emissions

2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year)	111,638 tn
2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year) per capita	0.16 tn
2013 CO2 emissions intensity (tonnes/km²/year)	75 tons/km²

Natural Hazards Risk

Relative risk out of 10

Hazard	Risk Level
Drought	Medium (7)
Flood	Medium (7)
Earthquake	Medium (4)
Cyclone	Medium (7)

* Risk, particularly concerning flood or landslide, may not be for the entire area.

Sources:

Dilley, M., R.S. Chen, U. Deichmann, A.L. Lerner-Lam, M. Arnold, J. Agwe, P. Buys, O. Kjekstad, B. Lyon, and G. Yetman. 2005. Natural Disaster Hotspots: A Global Risk Analysis. Washington, D.C.: World Bank. https://doi.org/10.1596/0-8213-5930-4.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development - The World Bank, and United Nations Environment Programme Global Resource Information Database Geneva - UNEP/GRID-Geneva. 2005. Global Cyclone Hazard Frequency and Distribution. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4CZ353K.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, and International Research Institute for Climate and Society - IRI - Columbia University. 2005. Global Drought Hazard Frequency and Distribution. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4VX0DFT.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University. 2005. Global Flood Hazard Frequency and Distribution. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4668B3D.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University. 2005. Global Earthquake Hazard Distribution - Peak Ground Acceleration. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4BZ63ZS.

Recent Nearby Earthquakes

Magnitude 3.0 and greater

Date▼	Time↕	Magnitude↕	Distance↕	Depth↕	Location↕	Link
4/6/18	12:43 PM	4.1	92.3 km	10,000 m	9km NNE of Nsanje, Malawi	usgs.gov
3/17/18	3:12 PM	4.8	84.6 km	10,000 m	22km NE of Nsanje, Malawi	usgs.gov
3/8/18	9:52 AM	4.9	88.3 km	10,000 m	25km ENE of Nsanje, Malawi	usgs.gov
3/8/18	8:49 AM	5.5	81 km	17,000 m	24km NE of Nsanje, Malawi	usgs.gov
8/25/15	5:40 PM	4.7	88.1 km	10,000 m	28km ENE of Nsanje, Malawi	usgs.gov
6/17/15	8:32 AM	4.3	93.7 km	12,050 m	9km NNW of Nsanje, Malawi	usgs.gov
6/14/12	2:46 AM	4.3	78.2 km	10,000 m	Malawi	usgs.gov
5/13/12	12:09 AM	4.6	58.9 km	10,000 m	Mozambique	usgs.gov
11/8/07	1:39 AM	4.8	82.7 km	9,500 m	Malawi	usgs.gov
1/29/05	2:27 AM	4	72.8 km	23,200 m	Malawi	usgs.gov

Source: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

Mulanje

Mulanje is a town in the Southern Region, Malawi close to the border of Mozambique. It is near the Mulanje Massif. is the headquarters of the conservation group, the Mulanje Mountain Conservation Trust. small town of Mulanje is the center of the ce..

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