Population in the Bahamas compared to Malawi: Trends, Charts, Rankings

the Bahamas and Malawi: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bahamas	Malawi	Bahamas	Malawi
1960	116,317	3,628,134	-	-
1961	122,197	3,715,534	5.06%	2.41%
1962	128,493	3,806,307	5.15%	2.44%
1963	135,087	3,900,506	5.13%	2.47%
1964	141,528	3,997,305	4.77%	2.48%
1965	147,952	4,096,157	4.54%	2.47%
1966	154,874	4,197,926	4.68%	2.48%
1967	162,267	4,303,012	4.77%	2.5%
1968	170,089	4,411,054	4.82%	2.51%
1969	177,981	4,521,184	4.64%	2.5%
1970	184,982	4,633,944	3.93%	2.49%
1971	190,857	4,751,434	3.18%	2.54%
1972	196,055	4,874,475	2.72%	2.59%
1973	200,791	5,003,938	2.42%	2.66%
1974	205,342	5,141,337	2.27%	2.75%
1975	209,886	5,287,367	2.21%	2.84%
1976	214,501	5,443,384	2.2%	2.95%
1977	219,157	5,614,983	2.17%	3.15%
1978	223,761	5,810,132	2.1%	3.48%
1979	228,230	6,028,749	2%	3.76%
1980	232,526	6,265,529	1.88%	3.93%
1981	236,614	6,516,454	1.76%	4%
1982	240,614	6,778,879	1.69%	4.03%
1983	244,698	7,051,709	1.7%	4.02%
1984	248,863	7,332,810	1.7%	3.99%
1985	253,154	7,620,508	1.72%	3.92%
1986	257,536	7,906,480	1.73%	3.75%
1987	261,935	8,293,174	1.71%	4.89%
1988	266,448	8,753,262	1.72%	5.55%
1989	271,178	9,176,220	1.78%	4.83%
1990	275,945	9,545,852	1.76%	4.03%
1991	280,731	9,844,227	1.73%	3.13%
1992	285,927	10,135,079	1.85%	2.95%
1993	291,339	10,284,024	1.89%	1.47%
1994	296,509	10,164,894	1.77%	-1.16%
1995	301,461	10,150,117	1.67%	-0.15%
1996	306,268	10,352,228	1.59%	1.99%
1997	310,904	10,562,035	1.51%	2.03%
1998	315,368	10,792,876	1.44%	2.19%
1999	319,614	11,047,804	1.35%	2.36%
2000	323,835	11,315,942	1.32%	2.43%
2001	327,836	11,593,058	1.24%	2.45%
2002	331,614	11,880,440	1.15%	2.48%
2003	335,618	12,181,574	1.21%	2.53%
2004	339,782	12,500,737	1.24%	2.62%
2005	343,894	12,840,031	1.21%	2.71%
2006	348,375	13,198,701	1.3%	2.79%
2007	353,334	13,576,343	1.42%	2.86%
2008	358,120	13,976,417	1.35%	2.95%
2009	362,810	14,395,788	1.31%	3%
2010	367,478	14,826,463	1.29%	2.99%
2011	371,729	15,265,022	1.16%	2.96%
2012	375,469	15,709,577	1.01%	2.91%
2013	378,953	16,161,816	0.93%	2.88%
2014	382,298	16,621,538	0.88%	2.84%
2015	385,346	17,085,587	0.8%	2.79%
2016	388,055	17,557,739	0.7%	2.76%
2017	390,485	18,039,715	0.63%	2.75%
2018	392,717	18,528,081	0.57%	2.71%
2019	394,675	19,025,752	0.5%	2.69%
2020	395,863	19,533,888	0.3%	2.67%
2021	396,373	20,047,258	0.13%	2.63%
2022	397,538	20,568,728	0.29%	2.6%
2023	399,440	21,104,482	0.48%	2.6%
2024	401,283	21,655,286	0.46%	2.61%
2025	403,042	22,216,113	0.44%	2.59%
2026	404,635	22,785,530	0.4%	2.56%
2027	406,126	23,366,187	0.37%	2.55%
2028	407,560	23,954,450	0.35%	2.52%
2029	408,950	24,553,499	0.34%	2.5%
2030	410,269	25,160,293	0.32%	2.47%
2031	411,543	25,763,534	0.31%	2.4%
2032	412,724	26,366,760	0.29%	2.34%
2033	413,846	26,978,417	0.27%	2.32%
2034	414,942	27,595,295	0.26%	2.29%
2035	415,982	28,213,784	0.25%	2.24%
2036	416,939	28,835,595	0.23%	2.2%
2037	417,847	29,462,509	0.22%	2.17%
2038	418,753	30,081,741	0.22%	2.1%
2039	419,595	30,691,578	0.2%	2.03%
2040	420,348	31,302,092	0.18%	1.99%
2041	421,079	31,911,242	0.17%	1.95%
2042	421,746	32,517,509	0.16%	1.9%
2043	422,343	33,122,481	0.14%	1.86%
2044	422,831	33,736,523	0.12%	1.85%
2045	423,269	34,350,947	0.1%	1.82%
2046	423,679	34,959,606	0.1%	1.77%
2047	423,952	35,567,989	0.06%	1.74%
2048	424,123	36,165,757	0.04%	1.68%
2049	424,251	36,760,998	0.03%	1.65%
2050	424,273	37,361,672	0.005%	1.63%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the Bahamas increased by 39,680 people (a 11.4% growth), while Malawi gained 4,359,038 people (a 33% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the Bahamas gained 16,596 (a 4.28% growth), while Malawi's population increased by 5,234,136 (a 29.8% growth).

The Bahamas was ranked 170th most populous country in 2006 and is 172nd 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) the Bahamas' population will grow by 4.85% to 424,273 people with a rank change from 172nd to 174th. The population of Malawi will increase by 63.9% to 37,361,672 people and rank change from 61st to 55th.