{
  "url": "https://phonelookup.dev/country/mw",
  "iso": "MW",
  "slug": "mw",
  "name": "Malawi",
  "callingCode": 265,
  "exitCode": "00",
  "preferredExitCode": "",
  "trunkPrefix": "0",
  "mobilePortable": false,
  "mobileStarts": [
    "01",
    "02",
    "03",
    "07",
    "08",
    "09"
  ],
  "lineTypes": [
    {
      "type": "mobile",
      "label": "Mobile",
      "regex": "111\\d{6}|(?:2[12]|31|77|[89][89])\\d{7}",
      "lengths": [
        9
      ],
      "localOnlyLengths": [],
      "exampleNational": "0991 23 45 67",
      "exampleInternational": "+265 991 23 45 67",
      "exampleE164": "+265991234567"
    },
    {
      "type": "fixedLine",
      "label": "Fixed line",
      "regex": "1[2-9]\\d{5}",
      "lengths": [
        7
      ],
      "localOnlyLengths": [],
      "exampleNational": "01 234 567",
      "exampleInternational": "+265 1 234 567",
      "exampleE164": "+2651234567"
    }
  ],
  "formats": {
    "e164": "+265991234567",
    "international": "+265 991 23 45 67",
    "national": "0991 23 45 67",
    "rfc3966": "tel:+265-991-23-45-67"
  },
  "carriers": [
    {
      "name": "TNM",
      "lineType": "mobile",
      "prefixCount": 2,
      "ranges": [
        "03",
        "08"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Airtel",
      "lineType": "mobile",
      "prefixCount": 1,
      "ranges": [
        "09"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Globally Advanced Integrated Networks Ltd",
      "lineType": "mobile",
      "prefixCount": 1,
      "ranges": [
        "07"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Malawi Telecom-munications Ltd (MTL)",
      "lineType": "mobile",
      "prefixCount": 1,
      "ranges": [
        "011"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Zero2",
      "lineType": "mobile",
      "prefixCount": 1,
      "ranges": [
        "02"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sandbox": {
    "input": "+265991234567",
    "valid": true,
    "type": "Mobile",
    "carrier": "Airtel",
    "region": "MW",
    "formats": {
      "e164": "+265991234567",
      "international": "+265 991 23 45 67",
      "national": "0991 23 45 67",
      "rfc3966": "tel:+265-991-23-45-67"
    },
    "parts": {
      "countryCode": "+265",
      "destinationCode": "991",
      "destinationKind": "network code",
      "subscriber": "234567"
    }
  },
  "faq": [
    {
      "question": "How many digits does a phone number in Malawi have?",
      "answer": "Mobile numbers have 9 national digits. Fixed line numbers have 7 national digits. That is the national number, without the country code +265 and without the trunk prefix 0."
    },
    {
      "question": "What is the country code for Malawi?",
      "answer": "+265. From abroad, dial your own exit code, then 265, then the national number without its trunk prefix 0. From inside Malawi, the exit code for international calls is 00."
    },
    {
      "question": "Which prefixes are mobile numbers in Malawi?",
      "answer": "Mobile numbers start with 01, 02, 03, 07, 08 or 09 in national form; the mobile regular expression on this page gives the exact ranges (example: 0991 23 45 67). The carrier table shows which prefix blocks were allocated to which operator."
    },
    {
      "question": "Can a mobile number in Malawi be ported to another carrier?",
      "answer": "Not on record. The plan data this page is built from does not list mobile number portability for Malawi, so the carrier a prefix was allocated to is likely, not certainly, the carrier serving the number. Only a live carrier lookup (an HLR or MNP query) confirms it."
    }
  ],
  "meta": {
    "dataAsOf": "2026-10-25",
    "dataPoints": 15,
    "references": [
      {
        "authority": "ITU",
        "title": "National numbering plan: Malawi",
        "url": "https://www.itu.int/oth/T0202000080/en"
      }
    ]
  },
  "neighbours": [
    "https://phonelookup.dev/country/ls.json",
    "https://phonelookup.dev/country/na.json",
    "https://phonelookup.dev/country/bw.json",
    "https://phonelookup.dev/country/zw.json",
    "https://phonelookup.dev/country/re.json",
    "https://phonelookup.dev/country/sz.json",
    "https://phonelookup.dev/country/yt.json",
    "https://phonelookup.dev/country/km.json",
    "https://phonelookup.dev/country/mg.json",
    "https://phonelookup.dev/country/zm.json",
    "https://phonelookup.dev/country/mz.json",
    "https://phonelookup.dev/country/bi.json"
  ]
}