Population in Australia compared to Malawi: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Australia and Malawi: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Australia	Malawi	Australia	Malawi
1960	10,276,477	3,628,134	-	-
1961	10,483,000	3,715,534	2.01%	2.41%
1962	10,742,000	3,806,307	2.47%	2.44%
1963	10,950,000	3,900,506	1.94%	2.47%
1964	11,167,000	3,997,305	1.98%	2.48%
1965	11,388,000	4,096,157	1.98%	2.47%
1966	11,651,000	4,197,926	2.31%	2.48%
1967	11,799,000	4,303,012	1.27%	2.5%
1968	12,009,000	4,411,054	1.78%	2.51%
1969	12,263,000	4,521,184	2.12%	2.5%
1970	12,507,000	4,633,944	1.99%	2.49%
1971	12,937,000	4,751,434	3.44%	2.54%
1972	13,177,000	4,874,475	1.86%	2.59%
1973	13,380,000	5,003,938	1.54%	2.66%
1974	13,723,000	5,141,337	2.56%	2.75%
1975	13,893,000	5,287,367	1.24%	2.84%
1976	14,033,000	5,443,384	1.01%	2.95%
1977	14,192,000	5,614,983	1.13%	3.15%
1978	14,358,000	5,810,132	1.17%	3.48%
1979	14,514,000	6,028,749	1.09%	3.76%
1980	14,692,000	6,265,529	1.23%	3.93%
1981	14,923,260	6,516,454	1.57%	4%
1982	15,184,247	6,778,879	1.75%	4.03%
1983	15,393,472	7,051,709	1.38%	4.02%
1984	15,579,391	7,332,810	1.21%	3.99%
1985	15,788,312	7,620,508	1.34%	3.92%
1986	16,018,350	7,906,480	1.46%	3.75%
1987	16,263,874	8,293,174	1.53%	4.89%
1988	16,532,164	8,753,262	1.65%	5.55%
1989	16,814,416	9,176,220	1.71%	4.83%
1990	17,065,128	9,545,852	1.49%	4.03%
1991	17,284,036	9,844,227	1.28%	3.13%
1992	17,478,635	10,135,079	1.13%	2.95%
1993	17,634,808	10,284,024	0.89%	1.47%
1994	17,805,468	10,164,894	0.97%	-1.16%
1995	18,004,882	10,150,117	1.12%	-0.15%
1996	18,224,767	10,352,228	1.22%	1.99%
1997	18,423,037	10,562,035	1.09%	2.03%
1998	18,607,584	10,792,876	1%	2.19%
1999	18,812,264	11,047,804	1.1%	2.36%
2000	19,028,802	11,315,942	1.15%	2.43%
2001	19,274,701	11,593,058	1.29%	2.45%
2002	19,495,210	11,880,440	1.14%	2.48%
2003	19,720,737	12,181,574	1.16%	2.53%
2004	19,932,722	12,500,737	1.07%	2.62%
2005	20,176,844	12,840,031	1.22%	2.71%
2006	20,450,966	13,198,701	1.36%	2.79%
2007	20,827,622	13,576,343	1.84%	2.86%
2008	21,249,199	13,976,417	2.02%	2.95%
2009	21,691,653	14,395,788	2.08%	3%
2010	22,031,750	14,826,463	1.57%	2.99%
2011	22,340,024	15,265,022	1.4%	2.96%
2012	22,733,465	15,709,577	1.76%	2.91%
2013	23,128,129	16,161,816	1.74%	2.88%
2014	23,475,686	16,621,538	1.5%	2.84%
2015	23,815,995	17,085,587	1.45%	2.79%
2016	24,190,907	17,557,739	1.57%	2.76%
2017	24,592,588	18,039,715	1.66%	2.75%
2018	24,963,258	18,528,081	1.51%	2.71%
2019	25,334,826	19,025,752	1.49%	2.69%
2020	25,649,248	19,533,888	1.24%	2.67%
2021	25,685,412	20,047,258	0.14%	2.63%
2022	26,018,721	20,568,728	1.3%	2.6%
2023	26,659,922	21,104,482	2.46%	2.6%
2024	27,196,812	21,655,286	2.01%	2.61%
2025	27,462,351	22,216,113	0.98%	2.59%
2026	27,720,006	22,785,530	0.94%	2.56%
2027	27,971,653	23,366,187	0.91%	2.55%
2028	28,220,660	23,954,450	0.89%	2.52%
2029	28,462,685	24,553,499	0.86%	2.5%
2030	28,698,853	25,160,293	0.83%	2.47%
2031	28,932,262	25,763,534	0.81%	2.4%
2032	29,160,438	26,366,760	0.79%	2.34%
2033	29,384,107	26,978,417	0.77%	2.32%
2034	29,605,432	27,595,295	0.75%	2.29%
2035	29,826,537	28,213,784	0.75%	2.24%
2036	30,047,917	28,835,595	0.74%	2.2%
2037	30,264,792	29,462,509	0.72%	2.17%
2038	30,480,032	30,081,741	0.71%	2.1%
2039	30,694,219	30,691,578	0.7%	2.03%
2040	30,907,034	31,302,092	0.69%	1.99%
2041	31,123,706	31,911,242	0.7%	1.95%
2042	31,343,677	32,517,509	0.71%	1.9%
2043	31,563,469	33,122,481	0.7%	1.86%
2044	31,781,220	33,736,523	0.69%	1.85%
2045	32,000,146	34,350,947	0.69%	1.82%
2046	32,223,471	34,959,606	0.7%	1.77%
2047	32,443,112	35,567,989	0.68%	1.74%
2048	32,662,412	36,165,757	0.68%	1.68%
2049	32,881,878	36,760,998	0.67%	1.65%
2050	33,095,459	37,361,672	0.65%	1.63%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Australia increased by 3,739,941 people (a 18.3% growth), while Malawi gained 4,359,038 people (a 33% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Australia gained 3,531,849 (a 14.6% growth), while Malawi's population increased by 5,234,136 (a 29.8% growth).

Australia was ranked 54th most populous country in 2006 and is 55th in 2026. Malawi was ranked 69th in 2006 and ranked 61st now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Australia's population will grow by 19.4% to 33,095,459 people with a rank change from 55th to 59th. The population of Malawi will increase by 63.9% to 37,361,672 people and rank change from 61st to 55th.