The latest officially reported population of Algeria was 46,814,308 in 2024 vs 21,655,286 people in Malawi in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Algeria's population is 47,911,682 people compared to 22,673,513 in Malawi.
Population statistics:
- Algeria's population is 2.11 times bigger than Malawi's.
- Algeria is ranked the 33rd most populous country in the world, while Malawi is the 61st.
- The countries together account for 0.85% of the world: 0.58% for Algeria vs 0.27% for Malawi.
- For the last 10 years, Algeria has had an average growth rate of +1.81% per year vs +2.7% in Malawi.
- Since 2005, the population of Algeria has increased from 33.1M people to 47.9M (44.7% growth), while Malawi has grown from 12.8M to 22.7M (76.6% growth).
- Algeria is projected to reach its peak in 2090 at 65.1M people compared to the peak of 59.1M people in 2100 for Malawi.
Algeria vs Malawi: live population counter
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| Current population |
47911682
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22673513
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| Population rank | 33/197 | 61/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.58% | 0.27% |
| One net population change |
48.5 seconds
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57.3 seconds
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| One birth every |
34.8 seconds
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47.6 seconds
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| One death every |
2.45 minutes
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4.64 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
16.8 minutes
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5.81 hours
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| Annual migration change | -31,240 | -1,507 |
| Daily growth/decline | +1,781 | +1,509 |
| Annual growth/decline | +650,089 | +550,804 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.41% | +2.61% |
| Population growth rate rank | 76/197 | 27/197 |
Algeria and Malawi: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 11,424,922 | 3,628,134 | - | - |
| 1961 | 11,628,883 | 3,715,534 | 1.79% | 2.41% |
| 1962 | 11,800,771 | 3,806,307 | 1.48% | 2.44% |
| 1963 | 11,982,118 | 3,900,506 | 1.54% | 2.47% |
| 1964 | 12,179,813 | 3,997,305 | 1.65% | 2.48% |
| 1965 | 12,365,976 | 4,096,157 | 1.53% | 2.47% |
| 1966 | 12,590,069 | 4,197,926 | 1.81% | 2.48% |
| 1967 | 12,876,118 | 4,303,012 | 2.27% | 2.5% |
| 1968 | 13,172,614 | 4,411,054 | 2.3% | 2.51% |
| 1969 | 13,475,960 | 4,521,184 | 2.3% | 2.5% |
| 1970 | 13,783,719 | 4,633,944 | 2.28% | 2.49% |
| 1971 | 14,098,936 | 4,751,434 | 2.29% | 2.54% |
| 1972 | 14,427,072 | 4,874,475 | 2.33% | 2.59% |
| 1973 | 14,771,147 | 5,003,938 | 2.38% | 2.66% |
| 1974 | 15,133,502 | 5,141,337 | 2.45% | 2.75% |
| 1975 | 15,678,596 | 5,287,367 | 3.6% | 2.84% |
| 1976 | 16,409,170 | 5,443,384 | 4.66% | 2.95% |
| 1977 | 17,015,994 | 5,614,983 | 3.7% | 3.15% |
| 1978 | 17,506,974 | 5,810,132 | 2.89% | 3.48% |
| 1979 | 18,036,655 | 6,028,749 | 3.03% | 3.76% |
| 1980 | 18,607,174 | 6,265,529 | 3.16% | 3.93% |
| 1981 | 19,220,704 | 6,516,454 | 3.3% | 4% |
| 1982 | 19,872,348 | 6,778,879 | 3.39% | 4.03% |
| 1983 | 20,558,115 | 7,051,709 | 3.45% | 4.02% |
| 1984 | 21,271,969 | 7,332,810 | 3.47% | 3.99% |
| 1985 | 22,008,544 | 7,620,508 | 3.46% | 3.92% |
| 1986 | 22,745,499 | 7,906,480 | 3.35% | 3.75% |
| 1987 | 23,443,624 | 8,293,174 | 3.07% | 4.89% |
| 1988 | 24,109,536 | 8,753,262 | 2.84% | 5.55% |
| 1989 | 24,754,485 | 9,176,220 | 2.68% | 4.83% |
| 1990 | 25,375,810 | 9,545,852 | 2.51% | 4.03% |
| 1991 | 25,987,928 | 9,844,227 | 2.41% | 3.13% |
| 1992 | 26,628,568 | 10,135,079 | 2.47% | 2.95% |
| 1993 | 27,277,048 | 10,284,024 | 2.44% | 1.47% |
| 1994 | 27,887,279 | 10,164,894 | 2.24% | -1.16% |
| 1995 | 28,470,191 | 10,150,117 | 2.09% | -0.15% |
| 1996 | 29,033,044 | 10,352,228 | 1.98% | 1.99% |
| 1997 | 29,579,301 | 10,562,035 | 1.88% | 2.03% |
| 1998 | 30,054,133 | 10,792,876 | 1.61% | 2.19% |
| 1999 | 30,474,354 | 11,047,804 | 1.4% | 2.36% |
| 2000 | 30,903,893 | 11,315,942 | 1.41% | 2.43% |
| 2001 | 31,331,221 | 11,593,058 | 1.38% | 2.45% |
| 2002 | 31,750,835 | 11,880,440 | 1.34% | 2.48% |
| 2003 | 32,175,818 | 12,181,574 | 1.34% | 2.53% |
| 2004 | 32,628,286 | 12,500,737 | 1.41% | 2.62% |
| 2005 | 33,109,249 | 12,840,031 | 1.47% | 2.71% |
| 2006 | 33,623,506 | 13,198,701 | 1.55% | 2.79% |
| 2007 | 34,189,416 | 13,576,343 | 1.68% | 2.86% |
| 2008 | 34,816,961 | 13,976,417 | 1.84% | 2.95% |
| 2009 | 35,490,445 | 14,395,788 | 1.93% | 3% |
| 2010 | 36,188,236 | 14,826,463 | 1.97% | 2.99% |
| 2011 | 36,903,376 | 15,265,022 | 1.98% | 2.96% |
| 2012 | 37,646,166 | 15,709,577 | 2.01% | 2.91% |
| 2013 | 38,414,171 | 16,161,816 | 2.04% | 2.88% |
| 2014 | 39,205,031 | 16,621,538 | 2.06% | 2.84% |
| 2015 | 40,019,529 | 17,085,587 | 2.08% | 2.79% |
| 2016 | 40,850,721 | 17,557,739 | 2.08% | 2.76% |
| 2017 | 41,689,299 | 18,039,715 | 2.05% | 2.75% |
| 2018 | 42,505,035 | 18,528,081 | 1.96% | 2.71% |
| 2019 | 43,294,546 | 19,025,752 | 1.86% | 2.69% |
| 2020 | 44,042,091 | 19,533,888 | 1.73% | 2.67% |
| 2021 | 44,761,099 | 20,047,258 | 1.63% | 2.63% |
| 2022 | 45,477,389 | 20,568,728 | 1.6% | 2.6% |
| 2023 | 46,164,219 | 21,104,482 | 1.51% | 2.6% |
| 2024 | 46,814,308 | 21,655,286 | 1.41% | 2.61% |
| 2025 | 47,435,316 | 22,216,113 | 1.33% | 2.59% |
| 2026 | 48,028,344 | 22,785,530 | 1.25% | 2.56% |
| 2027 | 48,593,419 | 23,366,187 | 1.18% | 2.55% |
| 2028 | 49,135,532 | 23,954,450 | 1.12% | 2.52% |
| 2029 | 49,655,386 | 24,553,499 | 1.06% | 2.5% |
| 2030 | 50,154,168 | 25,160,293 | 1% | 2.47% |
| 2031 | 50,637,369 | 25,763,534 | 0.96% | 2.4% |
| 2032 | 51,113,505 | 26,366,760 | 0.94% | 2.34% |
| 2033 | 51,584,249 | 26,978,417 | 0.92% | 2.32% |
| 2034 | 52,048,009 | 27,595,295 | 0.9% | 2.29% |
| 2035 | 52,516,794 | 28,213,784 | 0.9% | 2.24% |
| 2036 | 52,986,277 | 28,835,595 | 0.89% | 2.2% |
| 2037 | 53,452,788 | 29,462,509 | 0.88% | 2.17% |
| 2038 | 53,921,847 | 30,081,741 | 0.88% | 2.1% |
| 2039 | 54,396,263 | 30,691,578 | 0.88% | 2.03% |
| 2040 | 54,873,482 | 31,302,092 | 0.88% | 1.99% |
| 2041 | 55,351,998 | 31,911,242 | 0.87% | 1.95% |
| 2042 | 55,834,554 | 32,517,509 | 0.87% | 1.9% |
| 2043 | 56,319,606 | 33,122,481 | 0.87% | 1.86% |
| 2044 | 56,806,185 | 33,736,523 | 0.86% | 1.85% |
| 2045 | 57,290,162 | 34,350,947 | 0.85% | 1.82% |
| 2046 | 57,767,681 | 34,959,606 | 0.83% | 1.77% |
| 2047 | 58,234,183 | 35,567,989 | 0.81% | 1.74% |
| 2048 | 58,690,893 | 36,165,757 | 0.78% | 1.68% |
| 2049 | 59,136,165 | 36,760,998 | 0.76% | 1.65% |
| 2050 | 59,565,558 | 37,361,672 | 0.73% | 1.63% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Algeria increased by 6,910,280 people (a 20.9% growth), while Malawi gained 4,245,556 people (a 33.1% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Algeria gained 7,892,153 (a 19.7% growth), while Malawi's population increased by 5,587,926 (a 32.7% growth).
Algeria was ranked 34th most populous country in 2005 and is 33rd in 2025. Malawi was ranked 69th in 2005 and ranked 61st now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Algeria's population will grow by 24.3% to 59,565,558 people and will still be ranked 33rd. The population of Malawi will increase by 64.8% to 37,361,672 people and rank change from 61st to 55th.
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Population differences between Algeria and Malawi
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| Life expectancy | 76.7 years | 67.7 years |
| Average age | 30.8 years | 22.8 years |
| Median age | 29.3 years | 18.9 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 51:49 | 48.8:51.2 |
| Fertility rate | 2.77 births per woman | 3.65 births per woman |
| Population density | 50.9 ppl/mi² | 595 ppl/mi² |
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