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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Malawi	Maldives	Malawi	Maldives
1960	3,628,134	91,189	-	-
1961	3,715,534	93,450	2.41%	2.48%
1962	3,806,307	95,802	2.44%	2.52%
1963	3,900,506	98,222	2.47%	2.53%
1964	3,997,305	100,662	2.48%	2.48%
1965	4,096,157	104,102	2.47%	3.42%
1966	4,197,926	108,507	2.48%	4.23%
1967	4,303,012	112,528	2.5%	3.71%
1968	4,411,054	116,075	2.51%	3.15%
1969	4,521,184	119,564	2.5%	3.01%
1970	4,633,944	123,219	2.49%	3.06%
1971	4,751,434	127,035	2.54%	3.1%
1972	4,874,475	130,968	2.59%	3.1%
1973	5,003,938	134,952	2.66%	3.04%
1974	5,141,337	138,978	2.75%	2.98%
1975	5,287,367	143,158	2.84%	3.01%
1976	5,443,384	147,525	2.95%	3.05%
1977	5,614,983	151,930	3.15%	2.99%
1978	5,810,132	156,159	3.48%	2.78%
1979	6,028,749	160,360	3.76%	2.69%
1980	6,265,529	164,835	3.93%	2.79%
1981	6,516,454	169,532	4%	2.85%
1982	6,778,879	174,333	4.03%	2.83%
1983	7,051,709	179,128	4.02%	2.75%
1984	7,332,810	184,198	3.99%	2.83%
1985	7,620,508	190,169	3.92%	3.24%
1986	7,906,480	196,935	3.75%	3.56%
1987	8,293,174	203,944	4.89%	3.56%
1988	8,753,262	210,885	5.55%	3.4%
1989	9,176,220	217,738	4.83%	3.25%
1990	9,545,852	224,762	4.03%	3.23%
1991	9,844,227	231,802	3.13%	3.13%
1992	10,135,079	238,543	2.95%	2.91%
1993	10,284,024	244,884	1.47%	2.66%
1994	10,164,894	250,822	-1.16%	2.42%
1995	10,150,117	256,649	-0.15%	2.32%
1996	10,352,228	262,347	1.99%	2.22%
1997	10,562,035	267,707	2.03%	2.04%
1998	10,792,876	272,723	2.19%	1.87%
1999	11,047,804	277,412	2.36%	1.72%
2000	11,315,942	282,019	2.43%	1.66%
2001	11,593,058	286,767	2.45%	1.68%
2002	11,880,440	291,616	2.48%	1.69%
2003	12,181,574	296,491	2.53%	1.67%
2004	12,500,737	301,413	2.62%	1.66%
2005	12,840,031	306,429	2.71%	1.66%
2006	13,198,701	313,851	2.79%	2.42%
2007	13,576,343	324,479	2.86%	3.39%
2008	13,976,417	336,170	2.95%	3.6%
2009	14,395,788	348,275	3%	3.6%
2010	14,826,463	360,792	2.99%	3.59%
2011	15,265,022	373,674	2.96%	3.57%
2012	15,709,577	386,818	2.91%	3.52%
2013	16,161,816	400,070	2.88%	3.43%
2014	16,621,538	413,617	2.84%	3.39%
2015	17,085,587	428,154	2.79%	3.51%
2016	17,557,739	443,308	2.76%	3.54%
2017	18,039,715	458,287	2.75%	3.38%
2018	18,528,081	473,099	2.71%	3.23%
2019	19,025,752	487,731	2.69%	3.09%
2020	19,533,888	502,118	2.67%	2.95%
2021	20,047,258	516,154	2.63%	2.8%
2022	20,568,728	524,106	2.6%	1.54%
2023	21,104,482	525,994	2.6%	0.36%
2024	21,655,286	527,799	2.61%	0.34%
2025	22,216,113	529,677	2.59%	0.36%
2026	22,785,530	531,514	2.56%	0.35%
2027	23,366,187	533,433	2.55%	0.36%
2028	23,954,450	535,502	2.52%	0.39%
2029	24,553,499	537,574	2.5%	0.39%
2030	25,160,293	539,667	2.47%	0.39%
2031	25,763,534	541,929	2.4%	0.42%
2032	26,366,760	544,288	2.34%	0.44%
2033	26,978,417	546,723	2.32%	0.45%
2034	27,595,295	549,162	2.29%	0.45%
2035	28,213,784	551,599	2.24%	0.44%
2036	28,835,595	554,092	2.2%	0.45%
2037	29,462,509	556,637	2.17%	0.46%
2038	30,081,741	559,231	2.1%	0.47%
2039	30,691,578	561,958	2.03%	0.49%
2040	31,302,092	564,800	1.99%	0.51%
2041	31,911,242	567,606	1.95%	0.5%
2042	32,517,509	570,381	1.9%	0.49%
2043	33,122,481	573,138	1.86%	0.48%
2044	33,736,523	575,811	1.85%	0.47%
2045	34,350,947	578,459	1.82%	0.46%
2046	34,959,606	581,026	1.77%	0.44%
2047	35,567,989	583,393	1.74%	0.41%
2048	36,165,757	585,720	1.68%	0.4%
2049	36,760,998	587,988	1.65%	0.39%
2050	37,361,672	589,960	1.63%	0.34%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Malawi increased by 4,359,038 people (a 33% growth), while Maldives gained 129,457 people (a 41.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Malawi gained 5,234,136 (a 29.8% growth), while Maldives' population increased by 88,226 (a 19.9% growth).

Malawi was ranked 69th most populous country in 2006 and is 61st in 2026. Maldives was ranked 171st in 2006 and ranked 168th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Malawi's population will grow by 63.9% to 37,361,672 people with a rank change from 61st to 55th. The population of Maldives will increase by 11% to 589,960 people and rank change from 168th to 166th.