Area Database (v4.2.1)
% households with a phone
| 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | |
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| Total | 0.01 | 1.70 | 3.40 | 5.09 | 10.8 | 16.5 | 22.2 | 27.9 | 33.6 | 39.3 | 41.8 | 44.3 | 46.7 | 49.2 | 51.6 | 54.1 | 54.2 | 54.4 | 54.5 | 54.7 | 54.8 | |||||||||
| Blantyre | 0.01 | 4.64 | 9.27 | 13.9 | 22.5 | 31.2 | 39.8 | 48.5 | 57.1 | 65.8 | 66.9 | 68.0 | 69.1 | 70.2 | 71.3 | 72.5 | 74.2 | 76.0 | 77.7 | 79.5 | 81.2 | |||||||||
| Kasungu | 0.01 | 0.83 | 1.66 | 2.48 | 9.46 | 16.4 | 23.4 | 30.4 | 37.4 | 44.4 | 46.1 | 47.9 | 49.7 | 51.5 | 53.3 | 55.1 | 57.1 | 59.1 | 61.1 | 63.1 | 65.1 | |||||||||
| Lilongwe | 0.01 | 4.02 | 8.02 | 12.0 | 17.4 | 22.7 | 28.1 | 33.4 | 38.7 | 44.1 | 47.0 | 49.9 | 52.8 | 55.7 | 58.6 | 61.5 | 59.6 | 57.8 | 55.9 | 54.1 | 52.2 | |||||||||
| Machinga | 0.01 | 0.68 | 1.34 | 2.01 | 7.92 | 13.8 | 19.7 | 25.7 | 31.6 | 37.5 | 38.7 | 39.9 | 41.1 | 42.3 | 43.5 | 44.7 | 44.3 | 43.9 | 43.5 | 43.2 | 42.8 | |||||||||
| Mangochi | 0.01 | 1.09 | 2.16 | 3.24 | 8.18 | 13.1 | 18.0 | 23.0 | 27.9 | 32.9 | 35.3 | 37.8 | 40.3 | 42.8 | 45.3 | 47.8 | 46.3 | 44.8 | 43.2 | 41.7 | 40.2 | |||||||||
| Mulanje | 0.01 | 0.62 | 1.23 | 1.84 | 6.98 | 12.1 | 17.3 | 22.4 | 27.5 | 32.7 | 35.1 | 37.5 | 39.9 | 42.3 | 44.7 | 47.1 | 48.5 | 49.9 | 51.3 | 52.8 | 54.2 | |||||||||
| Mzimba | 0.01 | 2.02 | 4.04 | 6.05 | 12.9 | 19.7 | 26.5 | 33.3 | 40.1 | 46.9 | 50.3 | 53.7 | 57.0 | 60.4 | 63.8 | 67.2 | 67.9 | 68.6 | 69.3 | 70.0 | 70.8 | |||||||||
| Other central (Nkhota Kota, Mchinji, Dowa, Ntchisi, Dedza, Ntcheu) | 0.01 | 0.47 | 0.92 | 1.38 | 6.28 | 11.2 | 16.1 | 21.0 | 25.9 | 30.8 | 33.5 | 36.2 | 38.9 | 41.6 | 44.3 | 47.0 | 46.9 | 46.9 | 46.8 | 46.8 | 46.8 | |||||||||
| Other northern (Chitipa, Karonga, Rumphi, Nkhata Bay) | 0.01 | 1.78 | 3.55 | 5.32 | 12.3 | 19.3 | 26.3 | 33.3 | 40.3 | 47.3 | 50.6 | 54.0 | 57.3 | 60.7 | 64.0 | 67.4 | 67.3 | 67.2 | 67.1 | 67.1 | 67.0 | |||||||||
| Other southern (Balaka, Mwanza, Phalombe, Chiradzulu, Chikwawa, Nsanje, neno) | 0.01 | 0.44 | 0.88 | 1.31 | 6.34 | 11.4 | 16.4 | 21.4 | 26.5 | 31.5 | 34.0 | 36.4 | 38.9 | 41.3 | 43.8 | 46.2 | 47.4 | 48.5 | 49.7 | 50.8 | 51.9 | |||||||||
| Salima | 0.01 | 0.83 | 1.64 | 2.46 | 8.39 | 14.3 | 20.2 | 26.2 | 32.1 | 38.0 | 40.2 | 42.4 | 44.6 | 46.8 | 49.0 | 51.2 | 51.1 | 51.0 | 50.9 | 50.9 | 50.8 | |||||||||
| Thyolo | 0.01 | 0.84 | 1.67 | 2.50 | 8.14 | 13.8 | 19.4 | 25.1 | 30.7 | 36.4 | 37.4 | 38.4 | 39.4 | 40.5 | 41.5 | 42.5 | 45.4 | 48.3 | 51.2 | 54.1 | 57.0 | |||||||||
| Zomba | 0.01 | 2.09 | 4.16 | 6.24 | 12.0 | 17.8 | 23.6 | 29.3 | 35.1 | 40.9 | 43.7 | 46.5 | 49.3 | 52.1 | 54.9 | 57.7 | 57.4 | 57.0 | 56.6 | 56.2 | 55.8 | |||||||||
Lighter numbers are estimates