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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Liberia	Malawi	Liberia	Malawi
1960	1,139,522	3,628,134	-	-
1961	1,167,717	3,715,534	2.47%	2.41%
1962	1,197,039	3,806,307	2.51%	2.44%
1963	1,227,414	3,900,506	2.54%	2.47%
1964	1,258,745	3,997,305	2.55%	2.48%
1965	1,291,156	4,096,157	2.57%	2.47%
1966	1,324,383	4,197,926	2.57%	2.48%
1967	1,358,435	4,303,012	2.57%	2.5%
1968	1,393,530	4,411,054	2.58%	2.51%
1969	1,429,605	4,521,184	2.59%	2.5%
1970	1,466,676	4,633,944	2.59%	2.49%
1971	1,504,077	4,751,434	2.55%	2.54%
1972	1,542,670	4,874,475	2.57%	2.59%
1973	1,583,588	5,003,938	2.65%	2.66%
1974	1,626,362	5,141,337	2.7%	2.75%
1975	1,670,913	5,287,367	2.74%	2.84%
1976	1,717,060	5,443,384	2.76%	2.95%
1977	1,766,019	5,614,983	2.85%	3.15%
1978	1,818,247	5,810,132	2.96%	3.48%
1979	1,872,713	6,028,749	3%	3.76%
1980	1,929,253	6,265,529	3.02%	3.93%
1981	1,986,867	6,516,454	2.99%	4%
1982	2,045,073	6,778,879	2.93%	4.03%
1983	2,107,113	7,051,709	3.03%	4.02%
1984	2,173,312	7,332,810	3.14%	3.99%
1985	2,240,539	7,620,508	3.09%	3.92%
1986	2,308,511	7,906,480	3.03%	3.75%
1987	2,377,229	8,293,174	2.98%	4.89%
1988	2,446,941	8,753,262	2.93%	5.55%
1989	2,517,858	9,176,220	2.9%	4.83%
1990	2,223,667	9,545,852	-11.7%	4.03%
1991	1,956,518	9,844,227	-12%	3.13%
1992	2,072,461	10,135,079	5.93%	2.95%
1993	2,155,126	10,284,024	3.99%	1.47%
1994	2,149,928	10,164,894	-0.24%	-1.16%
1995	2,169,162	10,150,117	0.89%	-0.15%
1996	2,232,289	10,352,228	2.91%	1.99%
1997	2,412,989	10,562,035	8.09%	2.03%
1998	2,670,124	10,792,876	10.7%	2.19%
1999	2,821,684	11,047,804	5.68%	2.36%
2000	2,928,117	11,315,942	3.77%	2.43%
2001	3,015,338	11,593,058	2.98%	2.45%
2002	3,094,782	11,880,440	2.63%	2.48%
2003	3,119,532	12,181,574	0.8%	2.53%
2004	3,156,892	12,500,737	1.2%	2.62%
2005	3,301,015	12,840,031	4.57%	2.71%
2006	3,490,787	13,198,701	5.75%	2.79%
2007	3,669,050	13,576,343	5.11%	2.86%
2008	3,821,003	13,976,417	4.14%	2.95%
2009	3,943,028	14,395,788	3.19%	3%
2010	4,058,890	14,826,463	2.94%	2.99%
2011	4,221,178	15,265,022	4%	2.96%
2012	4,373,043	15,709,577	3.6%	2.91%
2013	4,470,239	16,161,816	2.22%	2.88%
2014	4,564,293	16,621,538	2.1%	2.84%
2015	4,659,431	17,085,587	2.08%	2.79%
2016	4,755,608	17,557,739	2.06%	2.76%
2017	4,848,925	18,039,715	1.96%	2.75%
2018	4,944,726	18,528,081	1.98%	2.71%
2019	5,043,721	19,025,752	2%	2.69%
2020	5,149,463	19,533,888	2.1%	2.67%
2021	5,259,323	20,047,258	2.13%	2.63%
2022	5,373,294	20,568,728	2.17%	2.6%
2023	5,493,031	21,104,482	2.23%	2.6%
2024	5,612,817	21,655,286	2.18%	2.61%
2025	5,731,211	22,216,113	2.11%	2.59%
2026	5,853,958	22,785,530	2.14%	2.56%
2027	5,986,805	23,366,187	2.27%	2.55%
2028	6,118,769	23,954,450	2.2%	2.52%
2029	6,245,093	24,553,499	2.06%	2.5%
2030	6,366,293	25,160,293	1.94%	2.47%
2031	6,486,749	25,763,534	1.89%	2.4%
2032	6,614,257	26,366,760	1.97%	2.34%
2033	6,744,927	26,978,417	1.98%	2.32%
2034	6,873,688	27,595,295	1.91%	2.29%
2035	7,003,567	28,213,784	1.89%	2.24%
2036	7,142,326	28,835,595	1.98%	2.2%
2037	7,278,759	29,462,509	1.91%	2.17%
2038	7,408,720	30,081,741	1.79%	2.1%
2039	7,545,510	30,691,578	1.85%	2.03%
2040	7,681,693	31,302,092	1.8%	1.99%
2041	7,817,089	31,911,242	1.76%	1.95%
2042	7,954,182	32,517,509	1.75%	1.9%
2043	8,077,173	33,122,481	1.55%	1.86%
2044	8,194,136	33,736,523	1.45%	1.85%
2045	8,310,657	34,350,947	1.42%	1.82%
2046	8,428,924	34,959,606	1.42%	1.77%
2047	8,552,033	35,567,989	1.46%	1.74%
2048	8,673,963	36,165,757	1.43%	1.68%
2049	8,795,838	36,760,998	1.41%	1.65%
2050	8,910,539	37,361,672	1.3%	1.63%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Liberia increased by 1,358,416 people (a 41.2% growth), while Malawi gained 4,245,556 people (a 33.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Liberia gained 1,170,380 (a 25.1% growth), while Malawi's population increased by 5,587,926 (a 32.7% growth).

Liberia was ranked 129th most populous country in 2005 and is 116th 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) Liberia's population will grow by 52.8% to 8,910,539 people with a rank change from 116th to 107th. The population of Malawi will increase by 64.8% to 37,361,672 people and rank change from 61st to 55th.