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Country

Malawi

Africa MW
IPv4 addresses
637,648
CIDR ranges
140
Global rank · IPv4
#107 of 250
ASNs
30
Organizations
29
Regions / states
3

Top ASNs

ASNNameIPs
AS37294 TELEKOM NETWORKS MALAWI LTD 139.8K
AS37215 Malawi Research and Education Network - MAREN 32.8K
AS37187 Inq. Digital Limited 14.3K
AS36913 TELEKOM NETWORKS MALAWI LTD 13.3K
AS36969 Malawi Telecommunications Limited 12.8K
AS37440 Airtel Malawi Ltd 12.5K
AS37098 globe internet limited 5.1K
AS327708 Airtel Rwanda Ltd 3.1K
AS29286 Skylogic S.p.A. 2.0K
AS36944 Ubuntunet Alliance For Research and Education Networking 2.0K
AS327941 SIMBANET MALAWI LIMITED 2.0K
AS329220 Department of E-Government 1.5K
AS37712 National Integrated Technologies Limited 1.0K
AS328600 BENGOL.NET LIMITED 1.0K
AS328844 Afrimax Limited 1.0K
AS328949 Converged Technology Networks Limited 1.0K
AS329427 Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi Ltd 1.0K
AS37713 Access Communications Ltd 512
AS328919 Open Connect Limited 512
AS329335 Department of HIV & AIDS and Viral Hepatitis 512
AS329434 Datacom.mw Limited 512
AS37518 Fiber Grid INC 256
AS37616 Airtel Gabon S.A 256
AS328300 National Bank of Malawi 256
AS328403 Malawi Revenue Authority 256

Regions / states / provinces

Network composition

How Malawi's allocated IPv4 space breaks down by operator type, regional registry, and block size.

By operator category
CategoryIPv4Share
Enterprise 137.7K
62.6%
Academic / Research 34.8K
15.8%
ISP / Telecom 27.9K
12.7%
Mobile 17.4K
7.9%
Government 2.0K
0.9%
By regional registry (RIR)
RegistryIPv4Share
ARIN 274.6K
43.1%
AFRINIC 222.5K
34.9%
APNIC 139.5K
21.9%
RIPE NCC 776
0.1%
LACNIC 256
0.0%
Prefix-size distribution (network ranges by block size)
/8–/15
1
/16–/19
12
/20–/22
29
/23
11
/24
32
/25–/28
5
/29–/32
50

Routing & security

Live BGP routing footprint for Malawi from our global collectors, with RPKI route-origin validation coverage.

Announced prefixes
1,420
Origin ASNs
36
RPKI-valid
13.9%
198 of 1,420 ROA-covered

RPKI-valid % = announced prefixes with a matching Route Origin Authorization. Live routing →

Reverse-DNS, threat intelligence & internet health

How much of Malawi's address space resolves to a hostname, how much appears on public threat blocklists, how widely the population is online, and independent signals of censorship and outages.

Reverse-DNS coverage
91.2%
581.5K IPs with a PTR
Internet adoption
19.0%
of population · 2024
Censorship signal
5.0%
0 confirmed-blocked · 30d
Network outages
2
events · last 90d
Median speed
23 Mbps ↓
13 Mbps ↑ · 130ms
91.2% of allocated IPv4 has a PTR

Reverse-DNS + threat-blocklist footprint from our own scanning & 8 threat-intel feeds. Internet adoption from the World Bank; censorship measurements from OONI; outage detection from IODA / Georgia Tech; connection speed from Cloudflare Radar.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many IPv4 addresses are allocated to Malawi?

Malawi has 637,648 IPv4 addresses allocated across 140 network ranges. These allocations are managed by regional internet registries and assigned to organizations operating within the country.

What are the largest internet providers in Malawi?

The top organizations in Malawi by IP allocation include the major ISPs, hosting providers, and enterprises listed above. These 29 organizations collectively manage the majority of the country's IPv4 address space.

How many ASNs operate in Malawi?

Malawi has 30 or more registered Autonomous Systems. Each ASN represents an independently routed network, such as an ISP, cloud provider, or enterprise network.

What continent is Malawi in?

Malawi is located in Africa. IP address allocations in this region are managed by AFRINIC.

Last updated: 2026-07-22 17:55:32 UTC
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