The latest officially reported population of Malawi was 21,655,286 in 2024 vs 527,799 people in Maldives in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Malawi's population is 22,673,513 people compared to 531,152 in Maldives.
Population statistics:
- Malawi's population is 42.7 times bigger than Maldives'.
- Malawi is ranked the 61st most populous country in the world, while Maldives is the 168th.
- The countries together account for 0.28% of the world: 0.27% for Malawi vs 0.006% for Maldives.
- For the last 10 years, Malawi has had an average growth rate of +2.7% per year vs +2.56% in Maldives.
- Since 2005, the population of Malawi has increased from 12.8M people to 22.7M (76.6% growth), while Maldives has grown from 306K to 531K (73.3% growth).
- Malawi is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 59.1M people compared to the peak of 597K people in 2057 for Maldives.
Malawi vs Maldives: live population counter
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| Current population |
22673513
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531152
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| Population rank | 61/197 | 168/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.27% | 0.006% |
| One net population change |
57.3 seconds
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4.85 hours
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| One birth every |
47.6 seconds
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1.51 hours
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| One death every |
4.64 minutes
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7.13 hours
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| One migration net change every |
5.81 hours
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3.62 hours
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| Annual migration change | -1,507 | -2,421 |
| Daily growth/decline | +1,509 | +5 |
| Annual growth/decline | +550,804 | +1,805 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.61% | +0.34% |
| Population growth rate rank | 27/197 | 145/197 |
Malawi and Maldives: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 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 2005 to 2015, the population of Malawi increased by 4,245,556 people (a 33.1% growth), while Maldives gained 121,725 people (a 39.7% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Malawi gained 5,587,926 (a 32.7% growth), while Maldives' population increased by 102,998 (a 24.1% growth).
Malawi was ranked 69th most populous country in 2005 and is 61st in 2025. Maldives was ranked 171st in 2005 and ranked 168th 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 Maldives will increase by 11.1% to 589,960 people and rank change from 168th to 166th.
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Population differences between Malawi and Maldives
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| Life expectancy | 67.7 years | 81.5 years |
| Average age | 22.8 years | 32.7 years |
| Median age | 18.9 years | 32.9 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.8:51.2 | 61.9:38.1 |
| Fertility rate | 3.65 births per woman | 1.58 births per woman |
| Population density | 595 ppl/mi² | 4,587 ppl/mi² |
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