The latest officially reported population of Belarus was 9,133,712 in 2024 vs 21,655,286 people in Malawi in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Belarus' population is 9,074,112 people compared to 22,673,513 in Malawi.
Population statistics:
- Malawi's population is 2.5 times bigger than Belarus'.
- Belarus is ranked the 101st most populous country in the world, while Malawi is the 61st.
- The countries together account for 0.38% of the world: 0.11% for Belarus vs 0.27% for Malawi.
- For the last 10 years, Belarus has had an average growth rate of -0.3% per year vs +2.7% in Malawi.
- Since 2005, the population of Belarus has decreased from 9.66M people to 9.07M (6.1% decline), while Malawi has grown from 12.8M to 22.7M (76.6% growth).
- Malawi is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 59.1M people, while Belarus' population already peaked in 1993 at 10.2M people and is projected to decrease to 4.39M people by 2100.
Belarus vs Malawi: live population counter
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| Current population |
9074112
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22673513
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| Population rank | 101/197 | 61/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.11% | 0.27% |
| One net population change |
11.8 minutes
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57.3 seconds
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| One birth every |
8.02 minutes
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47.6 seconds
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| One death every |
4.29 minutes
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4.64 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
2.81 hours
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5.81 hours
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| Annual migration change | -3,119 | -1,507 |
| Daily growth/decline | -122 | +1,509 |
| Annual growth/decline | -44,586 | +550,804 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.49% | +2.61% |
| Population growth rate rank | 185/197 | 27/197 |
Belarus and Malawi: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 8,198,000 | 3,628,134 | - | - |
| 1961 | 8,271,216 | 3,715,534 | 0.89% | 2.41% |
| 1962 | 8,351,928 | 3,806,307 | 0.98% | 2.44% |
| 1963 | 8,437,232 | 3,900,506 | 1.02% | 2.47% |
| 1964 | 8,524,224 | 3,997,305 | 1.03% | 2.48% |
| 1965 | 8,610,000 | 4,096,157 | 1.01% | 2.47% |
| 1966 | 8,696,496 | 4,197,926 | 1% | 2.48% |
| 1967 | 8,785,648 | 4,303,012 | 1.03% | 2.5% |
| 1968 | 8,874,552 | 4,411,054 | 1.01% | 2.51% |
| 1969 | 8,960,304 | 4,521,184 | 0.97% | 2.5% |
| 1970 | 9,040,000 | 4,633,944 | 0.89% | 2.49% |
| 1971 | 9,115,576 | 4,751,434 | 0.84% | 2.54% |
| 1972 | 9,188,968 | 4,874,475 | 0.81% | 2.59% |
| 1973 | 9,257,272 | 5,003,938 | 0.74% | 2.66% |
| 1974 | 9,317,584 | 5,141,337 | 0.65% | 2.75% |
| 1975 | 9,367,000 | 5,287,367 | 0.53% | 2.84% |
| 1976 | 9,411,000 | 5,443,384 | 0.47% | 2.95% |
| 1977 | 9,463,000 | 5,614,983 | 0.55% | 3.15% |
| 1978 | 9,525,000 | 5,810,132 | 0.66% | 3.48% |
| 1979 | 9,584,000 | 6,028,749 | 0.62% | 3.76% |
| 1980 | 9,643,000 | 6,265,529 | 0.62% | 3.93% |
| 1981 | 9,710,000 | 6,516,454 | 0.69% | 4% |
| 1982 | 9,776,000 | 6,778,879 | 0.68% | 4.03% |
| 1983 | 9,843,000 | 7,051,709 | 0.69% | 4.02% |
| 1984 | 9,910,000 | 7,332,810 | 0.68% | 3.99% |
| 1985 | 9,975,000 | 7,620,508 | 0.66% | 3.92% |
| 1986 | 10,043,000 | 7,906,480 | 0.68% | 3.75% |
| 1987 | 10,111,000 | 8,293,174 | 0.68% | 4.89% |
| 1988 | 10,140,000 | 8,753,262 | 0.29% | 5.55% |
| 1989 | 10,170,000 | 9,176,220 | 0.3% | 4.83% |
| 1990 | 10,189,348 | 9,545,852 | 0.19% | 4.03% |
| 1991 | 10,194,050 | 9,844,227 | 0.05% | 3.13% |
| 1992 | 10,216,470 | 10,135,079 | 0.22% | 2.95% |
| 1993 | 10,239,050 | 10,284,024 | 0.22% | 1.47% |
| 1994 | 10,226,955 | 10,164,894 | -0.12% | -1.16% |
| 1995 | 10,193,831 | 10,150,117 | -0.32% | -0.15% |
| 1996 | 10,159,569 | 10,352,228 | -0.34% | 1.99% |
| 1997 | 10,117,433 | 10,562,035 | -0.41% | 2.03% |
| 1998 | 10,071,963 | 10,792,876 | -0.45% | 2.19% |
| 1999 | 10,026,738 | 11,047,804 | -0.45% | 2.36% |
| 2000 | 9,979,610 | 11,315,942 | -0.47% | 2.43% |
| 2001 | 9,928,549 | 11,593,058 | -0.51% | 2.45% |
| 2002 | 9,865,548 | 11,880,440 | -0.63% | 2.48% |
| 2003 | 9,796,749 | 12,181,574 | -0.7% | 2.53% |
| 2004 | 9,730,146 | 12,500,737 | -0.68% | 2.62% |
| 2005 | 9,663,915 | 12,840,031 | -0.68% | 2.71% |
| 2006 | 9,604,924 | 13,198,701 | -0.61% | 2.79% |
| 2007 | 9,560,953 | 13,576,343 | -0.46% | 2.86% |
| 2008 | 9,527,985 | 13,976,417 | -0.34% | 2.95% |
| 2009 | 9,504,583 | 14,395,788 | -0.25% | 3% |
| 2010 | 9,483,836 | 14,826,463 | -0.22% | 2.99% |
| 2011 | 9,461,643 | 15,265,022 | -0.23% | 2.96% |
| 2012 | 9,446,836 | 15,709,577 | -0.16% | 2.91% |
| 2013 | 9,443,211 | 16,161,816 | -0.04% | 2.88% |
| 2014 | 9,448,515 | 16,621,538 | 0.06% | 2.84% |
| 2015 | 9,461,076 | 17,085,587 | 0.13% | 2.79% |
| 2016 | 9,469,379 | 17,557,739 | 0.09% | 2.76% |
| 2017 | 9,458,989 | 18,039,715 | -0.11% | 2.75% |
| 2018 | 9,438,785 | 18,528,081 | -0.21% | 2.71% |
| 2019 | 9,419,758 | 19,025,752 | -0.2% | 2.69% |
| 2020 | 9,379,952 | 19,533,888 | -0.42% | 2.67% |
| 2021 | 9,302,585 | 20,047,258 | -0.82% | 2.63% |
| 2022 | 9,228,071 | 20,568,728 | -0.8% | 2.6% |
| 2023 | 9,178,298 | 21,104,482 | -0.54% | 2.6% |
| 2024 | 9,133,712 | 21,655,286 | -0.49% | 2.61% |
| 2025 | 9,074,112 | 22,216,113 | -0.65% | 2.59% |
| 2026 | 9,013,013 | 22,785,530 | -0.67% | 2.56% |
| 2027 | 8,951,103 | 23,366,187 | -0.69% | 2.55% |
| 2028 | 8,888,816 | 23,954,450 | -0.7% | 2.52% |
| 2029 | 8,825,470 | 24,553,499 | -0.71% | 2.5% |
| 2030 | 8,761,505 | 25,160,293 | -0.72% | 2.47% |
| 2031 | 8,697,799 | 25,763,534 | -0.73% | 2.4% |
| 2032 | 8,634,092 | 26,366,760 | -0.73% | 2.34% |
| 2033 | 8,570,188 | 26,978,417 | -0.74% | 2.32% |
| 2034 | 8,506,564 | 27,595,295 | -0.74% | 2.29% |
| 2035 | 8,443,463 | 28,213,784 | -0.74% | 2.24% |
| 2036 | 8,380,891 | 28,835,595 | -0.74% | 2.2% |
| 2037 | 8,318,818 | 29,462,509 | -0.74% | 2.17% |
| 2038 | 8,256,896 | 30,081,741 | -0.74% | 2.1% |
| 2039 | 8,194,864 | 30,691,578 | -0.75% | 2.03% |
| 2040 | 8,133,047 | 31,302,092 | -0.75% | 1.99% |
| 2041 | 8,071,502 | 31,911,242 | -0.76% | 1.95% |
| 2042 | 8,010,552 | 32,517,509 | -0.76% | 1.9% |
| 2043 | 7,950,255 | 33,122,481 | -0.75% | 1.86% |
| 2044 | 7,889,949 | 33,736,523 | -0.76% | 1.85% |
| 2045 | 7,829,484 | 34,350,947 | -0.77% | 1.82% |
| 2046 | 7,768,823 | 34,959,606 | -0.77% | 1.77% |
| 2047 | 7,707,590 | 35,567,989 | -0.79% | 1.74% |
| 2048 | 7,645,086 | 36,165,757 | -0.81% | 1.68% |
| 2049 | 7,581,407 | 36,760,998 | -0.83% | 1.65% |
| 2050 | 7,516,925 | 37,361,672 | -0.85% | 1.63% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Belarus decreased by 202,839 people (a 2.1% decline), while Malawi gained 4,245,556 people (a 33.1% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Belarus lost -386,964 (a 4.09% decline), while Malawi's population increased by 5,587,926 (a 32.7% growth).
Belarus was ranked 82nd most populous country in 2005 and is 101st 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) Belarus' population will shrink by 17.2% to 7,516,925 people with a rank change from 101st to 114th. 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 Belarus and Malawi
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| Life expectancy | 74.8 years | 67.7 years |
| Average age | 41.7 years | 22.8 years |
| Median age | 42 years | 18.9 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 46.6:53.4 | 48.8:51.2 |
| Fertility rate | 1.21 births per woman | 3.65 births per woman |
| Population density | 116.5 ppl/mi² | 595 ppl/mi² |
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