A method for manufacturing a printed wiring board includes forming through holes in a double-sided copper-clad laminated plate such that a high-density region of the through holes and a low-density region of the through holes are formed, forming an electrolytic plating film on a copper foil of the plate in the high-density and low-density regions, forming a masking resist to mask the plating film in the high-density region, etching the plating film in the low-density region exposed from the resist such that the plating film in the low-density region is thinned, peeling off the resist from the plating film in the high-density region, and forming a conductor circuit including the copper foil and the plating film in the high-density and low-density regions. The forming of the plating film on the copper foil of the plate includes forming the plating film in the through holes in the high-density and low-density regions.