The latest officially reported population of Croatia was 3,866,300 in 2024 vs 21,655,286 people in Malawi in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Croatia's population is 3,839,202 people compared to 22,673,513 in Malawi.
Population statistics:
- Malawi's population is 5.91 times bigger than Croatia's.
- Croatia is ranked the 129th most populous country in the world, while Malawi is the 61st.
- The countries together account for 0.32% of the world: 0.05% for Croatia vs 0.27% for Malawi.
- For the last 10 years, Croatia has had an average growth rate of -0.82% per year vs +2.7% in Malawi.
- Since 2005, the population of Croatia has decreased from 4.31M people to 3.84M (10.9% 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 Croatia's population already peaked in 1990 at 4.78M people and is projected to decrease to 2.14M people by 2100.
Croatia vs Malawi: live population counter
Croatia
|
Malawi
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|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
3839202
|
22673513
|
| Population rank | 129/197 | 61/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.05% | 0.27% |
| One net population change |
1.32 hours
|
57.3 seconds
|
| One birth every |
16.4 minutes
|
47.6 seconds
|
| One death every |
10.2 minutes
|
4.64 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
1.69 hours
|
5.81 hours
|
| Annual migration change | -5,186 | -1,507 |
| Daily growth/decline | +18 | +1,509 |
| Annual growth/decline | +6,614 | +550,804 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.17% | +2.61% |
| Population growth rate rank | 155/197 | 27/197 |
Croatia and Malawi: population history and growth rate by year chart
Croatia
Population
Growth rate
Malawi
Population
Growth rate
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Croatia
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Malawi
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Croatia
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Malawi
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| 1960 | 4,140,181 | 3,628,134 | - | - |
| 1961 | 4,167,292 | 3,715,534 | 0.65% | 2.41% |
| 1962 | 4,196,712 | 3,806,307 | 0.71% | 2.44% |
| 1963 | 4,225,675 | 3,900,506 | 0.69% | 2.47% |
| 1964 | 4,252,876 | 3,997,305 | 0.64% | 2.48% |
| 1965 | 4,280,923 | 4,096,157 | 0.66% | 2.47% |
| 1966 | 4,310,701 | 4,197,926 | 0.7% | 2.48% |
| 1967 | 4,338,683 | 4,303,012 | 0.65% | 2.5% |
| 1968 | 4,365,628 | 4,411,054 | 0.62% | 2.51% |
| 1969 | 4,391,490 | 4,521,184 | 0.59% | 2.5% |
| 1970 | 4,412,252 | 4,633,944 | 0.47% | 2.49% |
| 1971 | 4,431,275 | 4,751,434 | 0.43% | 2.54% |
| 1972 | 4,450,564 | 4,874,475 | 0.44% | 2.59% |
| 1973 | 4,470,161 | 5,003,938 | 0.44% | 2.66% |
| 1974 | 4,490,660 | 5,141,337 | 0.46% | 2.75% |
| 1975 | 4,512,082 | 5,287,367 | 0.48% | 2.84% |
| 1976 | 4,535,934 | 5,443,384 | 0.53% | 2.95% |
| 1977 | 4,559,571 | 5,614,983 | 0.52% | 3.15% |
| 1978 | 4,581,085 | 5,810,132 | 0.47% | 3.48% |
| 1979 | 4,594,778 | 6,028,749 | 0.3% | 3.76% |
| 1980 | 4,599,782 | 6,265,529 | 0.11% | 3.93% |
| 1981 | 4,611,509 | 6,516,454 | 0.25% | 4% |
| 1982 | 4,634,234 | 6,778,879 | 0.49% | 4.03% |
| 1983 | 4,658,254 | 7,051,709 | 0.52% | 4.02% |
| 1984 | 4,680,285 | 7,332,810 | 0.47% | 3.99% |
| 1985 | 4,701,417 | 7,620,508 | 0.45% | 3.92% |
| 1986 | 4,721,446 | 7,906,480 | 0.43% | 3.75% |
| 1987 | 4,739,745 | 8,293,174 | 0.39% | 4.89% |
| 1988 | 4,755,207 | 8,753,262 | 0.33% | 5.55% |
| 1989 | 4,767,260 | 9,176,220 | 0.25% | 4.83% |
| 1990 | 4,777,368 | 9,545,852 | 0.21% | 4.03% |
| 1991 | 4,689,022 | 9,844,227 | -1.85% | 3.13% |
| 1992 | 4,575,818 | 10,135,079 | -2.41% | 2.95% |
| 1993 | 4,600,463 | 10,284,024 | 0.54% | 1.47% |
| 1994 | 4,652,024 | 10,164,894 | 1.12% | -1.16% |
| 1995 | 4,620,030 | 10,150,117 | -0.69% | -0.15% |
| 1996 | 4,557,097 | 10,352,228 | -1.36% | 1.99% |
| 1997 | 4,534,920 | 10,562,035 | -0.49% | 2.03% |
| 1998 | 4,532,135 | 10,792,876 | -0.06% | 2.19% |
| 1999 | 4,512,597 | 11,047,804 | -0.43% | 2.36% |
| 2000 | 4,468,302 | 11,315,942 | -0.98% | 2.43% |
| 2001 | 4,299,642 | 11,593,058 | -3.77% | 2.45% |
| 2002 | 4,302,174 | 11,880,440 | 0.06% | 2.48% |
| 2003 | 4,303,399 | 12,181,574 | 0.03% | 2.53% |
| 2004 | 4,304,600 | 12,500,737 | 0.03% | 2.62% |
| 2005 | 4,310,145 | 12,840,031 | 0.13% | 2.71% |
| 2006 | 4,311,159 | 13,198,701 | 0.02% | 2.79% |
| 2007 | 4,310,217 | 13,576,343 | -0.02% | 2.86% |
| 2008 | 4,309,705 | 13,976,417 | -0.01% | 2.95% |
| 2009 | 4,305,181 | 14,395,788 | -0.1% | 3% |
| 2010 | 4,295,427 | 14,826,463 | -0.23% | 2.99% |
| 2011 | 4,280,622 | 15,265,022 | -0.34% | 2.96% |
| 2012 | 4,260,368 | 15,709,577 | -0.47% | 2.91% |
| 2013 | 4,233,922 | 16,161,816 | -0.62% | 2.88% |
| 2014 | 4,201,598 | 16,621,538 | -0.76% | 2.84% |
| 2015 | 4,151,725 | 17,085,587 | -1.19% | 2.79% |
| 2016 | 4,106,867 | 17,557,739 | -1.08% | 2.76% |
| 2017 | 4,041,407 | 18,039,715 | -1.59% | 2.75% |
| 2018 | 3,988,775 | 18,528,081 | -1.3% | 2.71% |
| 2019 | 3,949,390 | 19,025,752 | -0.99% | 2.69% |
| 2020 | 3,914,206 | 19,533,888 | -0.89% | 2.67% |
| 2021 | 3,878,981 | 20,047,258 | -0.9% | 2.63% |
| 2022 | 3,855,641 | 20,568,728 | -0.6% | 2.6% |
| 2023 | 3,859,686 | 21,104,482 | 0.1% | 2.6% |
| 2024 | 3,866,300 | 21,655,286 | 0.17% | 2.61% |
| 2025 | 3,839,202 | 22,216,113 | -0.7% | 2.59% |
| 2026 | 3,813,444 | 22,785,530 | -0.67% | 2.56% |
| 2027 | 3,788,509 | 23,366,187 | -0.65% | 2.55% |
| 2028 | 3,764,509 | 23,954,450 | -0.63% | 2.52% |
| 2029 | 3,740,864 | 24,553,499 | -0.63% | 2.5% |
| 2030 | 3,717,091 | 25,160,293 | -0.64% | 2.47% |
| 2031 | 3,693,060 | 25,763,534 | -0.65% | 2.4% |
| 2032 | 3,668,891 | 26,366,760 | -0.65% | 2.34% |
| 2033 | 3,645,252 | 26,978,417 | -0.64% | 2.32% |
| 2034 | 3,621,822 | 27,595,295 | -0.64% | 2.29% |
| 2035 | 3,598,817 | 28,213,784 | -0.64% | 2.24% |
| 2036 | 3,576,022 | 28,835,595 | -0.63% | 2.2% |
| 2037 | 3,552,470 | 29,462,509 | -0.66% | 2.17% |
| 2038 | 3,528,382 | 30,081,741 | -0.68% | 2.1% |
| 2039 | 3,504,319 | 30,691,578 | -0.68% | 2.03% |
| 2040 | 3,480,182 | 31,302,092 | -0.69% | 1.99% |
| 2041 | 3,455,709 | 31,911,242 | -0.7% | 1.95% |
| 2042 | 3,430,926 | 32,517,509 | -0.72% | 1.9% |
| 2043 | 3,406,019 | 33,122,481 | -0.73% | 1.86% |
| 2044 | 3,380,680 | 33,736,523 | -0.74% | 1.85% |
| 2045 | 3,355,131 | 34,350,947 | -0.76% | 1.82% |
| 2046 | 3,329,736 | 34,959,606 | -0.76% | 1.77% |
| 2047 | 3,304,173 | 35,567,989 | -0.77% | 1.74% |
| 2048 | 3,278,352 | 36,165,757 | -0.78% | 1.68% |
| 2049 | 3,252,533 | 36,760,998 | -0.79% | 1.65% |
| 2050 | 3,226,623 | 37,361,672 | -0.8% | 1.63% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Croatia decreased by 158,420 people (a 3.68% decline), while Malawi gained 4,245,556 people (a 33.1% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Croatia lost -312,523 (a 7.53% decline), while Malawi's population increased by 5,587,926 (a 32.7% growth).
Croatia was ranked 117th most populous country in 2005 and is 129th 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) Croatia's population will shrink by 16% to 3,226,623 people with a rank change from 129th to 139th. 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 Croatia and Malawi
|
Croatia
|
Malawi
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 78.9 years | 67.7 years |
| Average age | 44.6 years | 22.8 years |
| Median age | 46 years | 18.9 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.2:51.8 | 48.8:51.2 |
| Fertility rate | 1.46 births per woman | 3.65 births per woman |
| Population density | 178.9 ppl/mi² | 595 ppl/mi² |
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