COUNTRY & TERRITORY REFERENCE

Malawi country codes

MalawiAfrica

Flag shown for Malawi
ISO alpha-2
MW
2 letters
ISO alpha-3
MWI
3 letters
ISO numeric
454
3 digits
Calling prefix
+265
Telephone reference

Malawi at a glance

The ISO country identifiers for Malawi are MW, MWI, and 454. Select the format your form or system requests.

Namename
Malawi
Native name in sourcenative_name
Malawi
Capital / administrative centrecapital
Lilongwe
Continentcontinent
Africa (AF)
Regionregion
Africa
Sub-regionsub_region
Sub-Saharan Africa

Calling prefixes, currency & internet domain

International calling prefixdial_code
+265
Currency referencecurrency_code
MWKMalawian Kwacha
Country-code domaintld
.mw

A listed telephone prefix may combine a shared country calling code with an area code. It is not a complete phone number.

Languages & native names

Languages listed for Malawi in the reference source, with native language names where available. This is not an exhaustive list of the languages spoken or a statement of their legal status.

NyanjaChi-Chewany
Yaoyao
Tumbukatum
swkswk

The small codes are source language tags. A tag such as en-US includes a language and a regional variant; it is different from an ISO country code on its own.

Malawi time zones

1 identifier is listed for MW in IANA zone.tab, release 2026d. Time-zone identifiers describe clock-rule locations, not fixed UTC offsets.

  • Africa/Blantyre

UTC offsets and daylight-saving rules depend on the date and location. Use the time-zone converter to compare local times for a chosen date.

ISO, sporting & legacy identifiers

These code systems serve different purposes. Similar-looking codes can refer to different places or organisations.

ISO alpha-2iso_alpha_2
MW
ISO alpha-3iso_alpha_3
MWI
ISO numericiso_numeric
454
FIFA referencefifa
MWI
IOC referenceioc
MAW
Legacy FIPS-style referencefips
MI

FIFA and IOC values are source references, not confirmation of current membership or event participation. FIPS 10-4 was withdrawn in 2008; legacy FIPS-style values are for interpreting older datasets and must not replace current ISO codes.

Sources & reference notes

The base record is from ListBase.org v2026.08. English and native country names use Annexare Countries, language names use Annexare and runtime display-name data, time zones use IANA 2026d, and the locally hosted flag is from flag-icons.