The current population of Malawi is 22,673,513 people, as of 2025 based on the adjusted UN estimation. The latest officially reported number was 21,655,286 in 2024.
Population facts:
- Malawi is ranked 61/197 by population and was ranked 69th in 2005.
- Malawi accounts for 0.27% of the world's population.
- Malawi is projected to reach 59.1M people in 2100.
- For the last 20 years, Malawi has had an average growth rate of 3.83% per year.
- Since 2005, population has increased from 12.8M people to 22.7M (76.6% growth in 20 years).
Malawi population clock
Malawi
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World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
22673513
|
8266870341
|
| Population rank | 61/197 | N/A |
| Percent of world population | 0.27% | N/A |
| One net population change |
57.3 seconds
|
0.41 seconds
|
| One birth every |
47.6 seconds
|
0.24 seconds
|
| One death every |
4.64 minutes
|
0.52 seconds
|
| Daily growth/decline | +1,509 | +211,178 |
| Annual growth/decline | +550,804 | +77,079,845 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.61% | +0.96% |
| Population growth rate rank | 27/197 | N/A |
| One migration net change every |
5.81 hours
|
N/A |
| Annual migration change | -1,507 | N/A |
Malawi population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 3,628,134 | - |
| 1961 | 3,715,534 | 2.41% |
| 1962 | 3,806,307 | 2.44% |
| 1963 | 3,900,506 | 2.47% |
| 1964 | 3,997,305 | 2.48% |
| 1965 | 4,096,157 | 2.47% |
| 1966 | 4,197,926 | 2.48% |
| 1967 | 4,303,012 | 2.5% |
| 1968 | 4,411,054 | 2.51% |
| 1969 | 4,521,184 | 2.5% |
| 1970 | 4,633,944 | 2.49% |
| 1971 | 4,751,434 | 2.54% |
| 1972 | 4,874,475 | 2.59% |
| 1973 | 5,003,938 | 2.66% |
| 1974 | 5,141,337 | 2.75% |
| 1975 | 5,287,367 | 2.84% |
| 1976 | 5,443,384 | 2.95% |
| 1977 | 5,614,983 | 3.15% |
| 1978 | 5,810,132 | 3.48% |
| 1979 | 6,028,749 | 3.76% |
| 1980 | 6,265,529 | 3.93% |
| 1981 | 6,516,454 | 4% |
| 1982 | 6,778,879 | 4.03% |
| 1983 | 7,051,709 | 4.02% |
| 1984 | 7,332,810 | 3.99% |
| 1985 | 7,620,508 | 3.92% |
| 1986 | 7,906,480 | 3.75% |
| 1987 | 8,293,174 | 4.89% |
| 1988 | 8,753,262 | 5.55% |
| 1989 | 9,176,220 | 4.83% |
| 1990 | 9,545,852 | 4.03% |
| 1991 | 9,844,227 | 3.13% |
| 1992 | 10,135,079 | 2.95% |
| 1993 | 10,284,024 | 1.47% |
| 1994 | 10,164,894 | -1.16% |
| 1995 | 10,150,117 | -0.15% |
| 1996 | 10,352,228 | 1.99% |
| 1997 | 10,562,035 | 2.03% |
| 1998 | 10,792,876 | 2.19% |
| 1999 | 11,047,804 | 2.36% |
| 2000 | 11,315,942 | 2.43% |
| 2001 | 11,593,058 | 2.45% |
| 2002 | 11,880,440 | 2.48% |
| 2003 | 12,181,574 | 2.53% |
| 2004 | 12,500,737 | 2.62% |
| 2005 | 12,840,031 | 2.71% |
| 2006 | 13,198,701 | 2.79% |
| 2007 | 13,576,343 | 2.86% |
| 2008 | 13,976,417 | 2.95% |
| 2009 | 14,395,788 | 3% |
| 2010 | 14,826,463 | 2.99% |
| 2011 | 15,265,022 | 2.96% |
| 2012 | 15,709,577 | 2.91% |
| 2013 | 16,161,816 | 2.88% |
| 2014 | 16,621,538 | 2.84% |
| 2015 | 17,085,587 | 2.79% |
| 2016 | 17,557,739 | 2.76% |
| 2017 | 18,039,715 | 2.75% |
| 2018 | 18,528,081 | 2.71% |
| 2019 | 19,025,752 | 2.69% |
| 2020 | 19,533,888 | 2.67% |
| 2021 | 20,047,258 | 2.63% |
| 2022 | 20,568,728 | 2.6% |
| 2023 | 21,104,482 | 2.6% |
| 2024 | 21,655,286 | 2.61% |
| 2025 | 22,216,113 | 2.59% |
| 2026 | 22,785,530 | 2.56% |
| 2027 | 23,366,187 | 2.55% |
| 2028 | 23,954,450 | 2.52% |
| 2029 | 24,553,499 | 2.5% |
| 2030 | 25,160,293 | 2.47% |
| 2031 | 25,763,534 | 2.4% |
| 2032 | 26,366,760 | 2.34% |
| 2033 | 26,978,417 | 2.32% |
| 2034 | 27,595,295 | 2.29% |
| 2035 | 28,213,784 | 2.24% |
| 2036 | 28,835,595 | 2.2% |
| 2037 | 29,462,509 | 2.17% |
| 2038 | 30,081,741 | 2.1% |
| 2039 | 30,691,578 | 2.03% |
| 2040 | 31,302,092 | 1.99% |
| 2041 | 31,911,242 | 1.95% |
| 2042 | 32,517,509 | 1.9% |
| 2043 | 33,122,481 | 1.86% |
| 2044 | 33,736,523 | 1.85% |
| 2045 | 34,350,947 | 1.82% |
| 2046 | 34,959,606 | 1.77% |
| 2047 | 35,567,989 | 1.74% |
| 2048 | 36,165,757 | 1.68% |
| 2049 | 36,760,998 | 1.65% |
| 2050 | 37,361,672 | 1.63% |
Malawi has a population of 22.7M as of 2025, compared to 17.1M in 2015, 12.8M in 2005, and 10.2M in 1995.
Over the past 10 years, the population has had a trend to increase by an average of 3.27% per year. Malawi is ranked 26th out of 197 countries by a 10-year average growth rate.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 20 years (in 2045) Malawi will have 34,350,947 people (51.5% growth) with a rank change from 61st to 56th.
By the year 2100, Malawi's population is projected to grow by 160.8% to 59.1M people.
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Malawi population statistics
|
Malawi
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 67.7 years | 73.5 years |
| Average age | 22.8 years | 33.8 years |
| Median age | 18.9 years | 31.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.8:51.2 | 50.3:49.7 |
| Fertility rate | 3.65 births per woman | 2.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 595 ppl/mi² | 141.6 ppl/mi² |
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