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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Malawi	Malaysia	Malawi	Malaysia
1960	3,628,134	7,956,197	-	-
1961	3,715,534	8,164,443	2.41%	2.62%
1962	3,806,307	8,380,172	2.44%	2.64%
1963	3,900,506	8,602,160	2.47%	2.65%
1964	3,997,305	8,828,406	2.48%	2.63%
1965	4,096,157	9,056,408	2.47%	2.58%
1966	4,197,926	9,284,688	2.48%	2.52%
1967	4,303,012	9,507,099	2.5%	2.4%
1968	4,411,054	9,725,281	2.51%	2.29%
1969	4,521,184	9,947,597	2.5%	2.29%
1970	4,633,944	10,178,802	2.49%	2.32%
1971	4,751,434	10,423,453	2.54%	2.4%
1972	4,874,475	10,676,835	2.59%	2.43%
1973	5,003,938	10,935,621	2.66%	2.42%
1974	5,141,337	11,200,906	2.75%	2.43%
1975	5,287,367	11,471,914	2.84%	2.42%
1976	5,443,384	11,750,097	2.95%	2.42%
1977	5,614,983	12,035,713	3.15%	2.43%
1978	5,810,132	12,328,157	3.48%	2.43%
1979	6,028,749	12,627,862	3.76%	2.43%
1980	6,265,529	12,983,363	3.93%	2.82%
1981	6,516,454	13,399,203	4%	3.2%
1982	6,778,879	13,832,798	4.03%	3.24%
1983	7,051,709	14,285,907	4.02%	3.28%
1984	7,332,810	14,759,009	3.99%	3.31%
1985	7,620,508	15,252,258	3.92%	3.34%
1986	7,906,480	15,760,419	3.75%	3.33%
1987	8,293,174	16,276,737	4.89%	3.28%
1988	8,753,262	16,796,605	5.55%	3.19%
1989	9,176,220	17,314,997	4.83%	3.09%
1990	9,545,852	17,833,171	4.03%	2.99%
1991	9,844,227	18,342,464	3.13%	2.86%
1992	10,135,079	18,834,572	2.95%	2.68%
1993	10,284,024	19,322,664	1.47%	2.59%
1994	10,164,894	19,820,446	-1.16%	2.58%
1995	10,150,117	20,330,599	-0.15%	2.57%
1996	10,352,228	20,850,087	1.99%	2.56%
1997	10,562,035	21,375,218	2.03%	2.52%
1998	10,792,876	21,906,713	2.19%	2.49%
1999	11,047,804	22,435,531	2.36%	2.41%
2000	11,315,942	22,967,816	2.43%	2.37%
2001	11,593,058	23,526,538	2.45%	2.43%
2002	11,880,440	24,102,477	2.48%	2.45%
2003	12,181,574	24,679,602	2.53%	2.39%
2004	12,500,737	25,256,772	2.62%	2.34%
2005	12,840,031	25,836,071	2.71%	2.29%
2006	13,198,701	26,417,909	2.79%	2.25%
2007	13,576,343	26,998,389	2.86%	2.2%
2008	13,976,417	27,570,059	2.95%	2.12%
2009	14,395,788	28,124,778	3%	2.01%
2010	14,826,463	28,655,776	2.99%	1.89%
2011	15,265,022	29,162,039	2.96%	1.77%
2012	15,709,577	29,662,831	2.91%	1.72%
2013	16,161,816	30,174,265	2.88%	1.72%
2014	16,621,538	30,696,137	2.84%	1.73%
2015	17,085,587	31,232,798	2.79%	1.75%
2016	17,557,739	31,789,685	2.76%	1.78%
2017	18,039,715	32,355,644	2.75%	1.78%
2018	18,528,081	32,910,967	2.71%	1.72%
2019	19,025,752	33,440,596	2.69%	1.61%
2020	19,533,888	33,889,558	2.67%	1.34%
2021	20,047,258	34,282,399	2.63%	1.16%
2022	20,568,728	34,695,493	2.6%	1.2%
2023	21,104,482	35,126,298	2.6%	1.24%
2024	21,655,286	35,557,673	2.61%	1.23%
2025	22,216,113	35,977,838	2.59%	1.18%
2026	22,785,530	36,385,119	2.56%	1.13%
2027	23,366,187	36,785,089	2.55%	1.1%
2028	23,954,450	37,182,773	2.52%	1.08%
2029	24,553,499	37,574,292	2.5%	1.05%
2030	25,160,293	37,961,722	2.47%	1.03%
2031	25,763,534	38,347,786	2.4%	1.02%
2032	26,366,760	38,728,383	2.34%	0.99%
2033	26,978,417	39,097,871	2.32%	0.95%
2034	27,595,295	39,457,849	2.29%	0.92%
2035	28,213,784	39,814,834	2.24%	0.9%
2036	28,835,595	40,166,904	2.2%	0.88%
2037	29,462,509	40,512,289	2.17%	0.86%
2038	30,081,741	40,853,318	2.1%	0.84%
2039	30,691,578	41,185,892	2.03%	0.81%
2040	31,302,092	41,509,646	1.99%	0.79%
2041	31,911,242	41,828,594	1.95%	0.77%
2042	32,517,509	42,144,474	1.9%	0.76%
2043	33,122,481	42,455,952	1.86%	0.74%
2044	33,736,523	42,754,140	1.85%	0.7%
2045	34,350,947	43,038,205	1.82%	0.66%
2046	34,959,606	43,313,754	1.77%	0.64%
2047	35,567,989	43,580,459	1.74%	0.62%
2048	36,165,757	43,831,577	1.68%	0.58%
2049	36,760,998	44,065,538	1.65%	0.53%
2050	37,361,672	44,289,765	1.63%	0.51%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Malawi increased by 4,245,556 people (a 33.1% growth), while Malaysia gained 5,396,727 people (a 20.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Malawi gained 5,587,926 (a 32.7% growth), while Malaysia's population increased by 5,072,200 (a 16.2% growth).

Malawi was ranked 69th most populous country in 2005 and is 61st in 2025. Malaysia was ranked 44th in 2005 and ranked 45th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Malawi's population will grow by 64.8% to 37,361,672 people with a rank change from 61st to 55th. The population of Malaysia will increase by 22% to 44,289,765 people and rank change from 45th to 49th.