(SARPCCO) and INTERPOL. INTERPOL has played very vital role to rescue victims
and arrest perpetrators outside borders of Malawi.
Article 18(4) - Protection of Aged Persons and Persons with Disabilities
203 According to the 2018 national census, the statistics of persons with disabilities in
Malawi is represented in tables 14 and 15 below.
Table 14: Population 5 years and Older Population with Disability by Sex, Urban, Religion
and District, 2018- Source: National Statistical Office-2018
Region,
District,
Urban and
Rural
Malawi
Urban
Rural
Northern
Chitipa
Karonga
Nkhata Bay
Rumphi
Mzimba
Likoma
Mzuzu City
Central
Kasungu
Nkhotakota
Ntchisi
Dowa
Salima
Lilongwe
Mchinji
Dedza
Ntcheu
Lilongwe
City
Southern
Mangochi
Machinga
Zomba
Total
Total Population
Male
Female
Population with Disability
Total
Male
Female
15,011,343
2,453,244
12,558,099
1,970,696
203,122
314,597
244,658
196,572
804,228
12,856
194,663
6,434,150
721,540
331,427
269,860
667,098
401,037
1,396,310
513,652
709,264
564,400
859,562
7,255,489
1,220,724
6,034,765
956,606
98,650
151,376
119,312
96,654
388,643
6,361
95,610
3,139,752
357,174
162,016
131,531
325,820
193,454
676,361
253,024
335,963
271,798
432,611
7,755,854
1,232,520
6,523,334
1,014,090
104,472
163,221
125,346
99,918
415,585
6,495
99,053
3,294,398
364,366
169,411
138,329
341,278
207,583
719,949
260,628
373,301
292,602
426,951
203,367
19,377
183,990
34,285
3,904
4,670
5,401
4,371
14,164
161
1,614
82,134
8,822
4,634
3,716
9,218
5,303
17,793
5,230
13,222
8,043
6,153
93,889
9,407
84,482
16,284
1,837
2,235
2,502
2,114
6,744
71
781
38,112
4,396
2,125
1,757
4,350
2,328
8,081
2,455
5,963
3,621
3,036
109,478
9,970
99,508
18,001
2,067
2,435
2,899
2,257
7,420
90
833
44,022
4,426
2,509
1,959
4,868
2,975
9,712
2,775
7,259
4,422
3,117
6,606,497
946,799
611,560
640,069
3,159,131
445,436
289,390
303,663
3,447,366
501,363
322,170
336,406
86,948
12,069
7,654
9,803
39,493
5,349
3,586
4,371
47,455
6,720
4,068
5,432
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