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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Iceland	Malawi	Iceland	Malawi
1960	175,574	3,628,134	-	-
1961	179,029	3,715,534	1.97%	2.41%
1962	182,378	3,806,307	1.87%	2.44%
1963	185,653	3,900,506	1.8%	2.47%
1964	188,983	3,997,305	1.79%	2.48%
1965	192,286	4,096,157	1.75%	2.47%
1966	195,570	4,197,926	1.71%	2.48%
1967	198,751	4,303,012	1.63%	2.5%
1968	201,488	4,411,054	1.38%	2.51%
1969	203,369	4,521,184	0.93%	2.5%
1970	204,438	4,633,944	0.53%	2.49%
1971	206,098	4,751,434	0.81%	2.54%
1972	209,137	4,874,475	1.47%	2.59%
1973	212,317	5,003,938	1.52%	2.66%
1974	215,209	5,141,337	1.36%	2.75%
1975	217,979	5,287,367	1.29%	2.84%
1976	220,154	5,443,384	1%	2.95%
1977	221,799	5,614,983	0.75%	3.15%
1978	223,537	5,810,132	0.78%	3.48%
1979	225,735	6,028,749	0.98%	3.76%
1980	228,138	6,265,529	1.06%	3.93%
1981	230,755	6,516,454	1.15%	4%
1982	233,860	6,778,879	1.35%	4.03%
1983	236,977	7,051,709	1.33%	4.02%
1984	239,511	7,332,810	1.07%	3.99%
1985	241,405	7,620,508	0.79%	3.92%
1986	243,180	7,906,480	0.74%	3.75%
1987	245,859	8,293,174	1.1%	4.89%
1988	249,740	8,753,262	1.58%	5.55%
1989	252,852	9,176,220	1.25%	4.83%
1990	254,826	9,545,852	0.78%	4.03%
1991	257,797	9,844,227	1.17%	3.13%
1992	261,057	10,135,079	1.26%	2.95%
1993	263,725	10,284,024	1.02%	1.47%
1994	266,021	10,164,894	0.87%	-1.16%
1995	267,468	10,150,117	0.54%	-0.15%
1996	268,916	10,352,228	0.54%	1.99%
1997	271,128	10,562,035	0.82%	2.03%
1998	274,047	10,792,876	1.08%	2.19%
1999	277,381	11,047,804	1.22%	2.36%
2000	281,205	11,315,942	1.38%	2.43%
2001	284,968	11,593,058	1.34%	2.45%
2002	287,523	11,880,440	0.9%	2.48%
2003	289,521	12,181,574	0.69%	2.53%
2004	292,074	12,500,737	0.88%	2.62%
2005	296,734	12,840,031	1.6%	2.71%
2006	303,782	13,198,701	2.38%	2.79%
2007	311,566	13,576,343	2.56%	2.86%
2008	317,414	13,976,417	1.88%	2.95%
2009	318,499	14,395,788	0.34%	3%
2010	318,041	14,826,463	-0.14%	2.99%
2011	319,014	15,265,022	0.31%	2.96%
2012	320,716	15,709,577	0.53%	2.91%
2013	323,764	16,161,816	0.95%	2.88%
2014	327,386	16,621,538	1.12%	2.84%
2015	330,815	17,085,587	1.05%	2.79%
2016	335,439	17,557,739	1.4%	2.76%
2017	343,400	18,039,715	2.37%	2.75%
2018	352,721	18,528,081	2.71%	2.71%
2019	360,563	19,025,752	2.22%	2.69%
2020	366,463	19,533,888	1.64%	2.67%
2021	372,520	20,047,258	1.65%	2.63%
2022	382,003	20,568,728	2.55%	2.6%
2023	393,349	21,104,482	2.97%	2.6%
2024	404,610	21,655,286	2.86%	2.61%
2025	409,614	22,216,113	1.24%	2.59%
2026	413,792	22,785,530	1.02%	2.56%
2027	417,406	23,366,187	0.87%	2.55%
2028	420,691	23,954,450	0.79%	2.52%
2029	423,592	24,553,499	0.69%	2.5%
2030	426,158	25,160,293	0.61%	2.47%
2031	428,479	25,763,534	0.54%	2.4%
2032	430,544	26,366,760	0.48%	2.34%
2033	432,406	26,978,417	0.43%	2.32%
2034	434,083	27,595,295	0.39%	2.29%
2035	435,646	28,213,784	0.36%	2.24%
2036	437,132	28,835,595	0.34%	2.2%
2037	438,466	29,462,509	0.31%	2.17%
2038	439,670	30,081,741	0.27%	2.1%
2039	440,754	30,691,578	0.25%	2.03%
2040	441,687	31,302,092	0.21%	1.99%
2041	442,487	31,911,242	0.18%	1.95%
2042	443,200	32,517,509	0.16%	1.9%
2043	443,884	33,122,481	0.15%	1.86%
2044	444,457	33,736,523	0.13%	1.85%
2045	444,812	34,350,947	0.08%	1.82%
2046	445,028	34,959,606	0.05%	1.77%
2047	445,183	35,567,989	0.03%	1.74%
2048	445,283	36,165,757	0.02%	1.68%
2049	445,335	36,760,998	0.01%	1.65%
2050	445,330	37,361,672	-0.001%	1.63%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Iceland increased by 34,081 people (a 11.5% growth), while Malawi gained 4,245,556 people (a 33.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Iceland gained 82,155 (a 24.8% growth), while Malawi's population increased by 5,587,926 (a 32.7% growth).

Iceland was ranked 172nd most populous country in 2005 and is still 172nd 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) Iceland's population will grow by 7.84% to 445,330 people with a rank change from 172nd to 173rd. The population of Malawi will increase by 64.8% to 37,361,672 people and rank change from 61st to 55th.