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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Malawi	Mali	Malawi	Mali
1960	3,628,134	5,402,550	-	-
1961	3,715,534	5,482,283	2.41%	1.48%
1962	3,806,307	5,563,917	2.44%	1.49%
1963	3,900,506	5,646,605	2.47%	1.49%
1964	3,997,305	5,730,125	2.48%	1.48%
1965	4,096,157	5,815,487	2.47%	1.49%
1966	4,197,926	5,902,204	2.48%	1.49%
1967	4,303,012	5,990,906	2.5%	1.5%
1968	4,411,054	6,082,979	2.51%	1.54%
1969	4,521,184	6,177,704	2.5%	1.56%
1970	4,633,944	6,276,472	2.49%	1.6%
1971	4,751,434	6,377,944	2.54%	1.62%
1972	4,874,475	6,483,726	2.59%	1.66%
1973	5,003,938	6,597,106	2.66%	1.75%
1974	5,141,337	6,715,436	2.75%	1.79%
1975	5,287,367	6,837,261	2.84%	1.81%
1976	5,443,384	6,960,979	2.95%	1.81%
1977	5,614,983	7,090,979	3.15%	1.87%
1978	5,810,132	7,229,651	3.48%	1.96%
1979	6,028,749	7,375,266	3.76%	2.01%
1980	6,265,529	7,530,515	3.93%	2.1%
1981	6,516,454	7,692,766	4%	2.15%
1982	6,778,879	7,860,194	4.03%	2.18%
1983	7,051,709	8,034,400	4.02%	2.22%
1984	7,332,810	8,208,599	3.99%	2.17%
1985	7,620,508	8,374,663	3.92%	2.02%
1986	7,906,480	8,531,277	3.75%	1.87%
1987	8,293,174	8,681,164	4.89%	1.76%
1988	8,753,262	8,833,996	5.55%	1.76%
1989	9,176,220	8,999,938	4.83%	1.88%
1990	9,545,852	9,178,830	4.03%	1.99%
1991	9,844,227	9,362,888	3.13%	2.01%
1992	10,135,079	9,553,540	2.95%	2.04%
1993	10,284,024	9,754,786	1.47%	2.11%
1994	10,164,894	9,967,031	-1.16%	2.18%
1995	10,150,117	10,185,365	-0.15%	2.19%
1996	10,352,228	10,407,278	1.99%	2.18%
1997	10,562,035	10,646,495	2.03%	2.3%
1998	10,792,876	10,919,573	2.19%	2.56%
1999	11,047,804	11,227,415	2.36%	2.82%
2000	11,315,942	11,559,290	2.43%	2.96%
2001	11,593,058	11,912,158	2.45%	3.05%
2002	11,880,440	12,288,050	2.48%	3.16%
2003	12,181,574	12,684,955	2.53%	3.23%
2004	12,500,737	13,102,409	2.62%	3.29%
2005	12,840,031	13,538,647	2.71%	3.33%
2006	13,198,701	13,990,139	2.79%	3.33%
2007	13,576,343	14,457,775	2.86%	3.34%
2008	13,976,417	14,940,782	2.95%	3.34%
2009	14,395,788	15,435,539	3%	3.31%
2010	14,826,463	15,945,198	2.99%	3.3%
2011	15,265,022	16,469,049	2.96%	3.29%
2012	15,709,577	16,957,033	2.91%	2.96%
2013	16,161,816	17,459,615	2.88%	2.96%
2014	16,621,538	18,020,267	2.84%	3.21%
2015	17,085,587	18,593,022	2.79%	3.18%
2016	17,557,739	19,191,289	2.76%	3.22%
2017	18,039,715	19,813,011	2.75%	3.24%
2018	18,528,081	20,442,030	2.71%	3.17%
2019	19,025,752	21,068,405	2.69%	3.06%
2020	19,533,888	21,713,836	2.67%	3.06%
2021	20,047,258	22,388,630	2.63%	3.11%
2022	20,568,728	23,072,640	2.6%	3.06%
2023	21,104,482	23,769,127	2.6%	3.02%
2024	21,655,286	24,478,595	2.61%	2.98%
2025	22,216,113	25,198,817	2.59%	2.94%
2026	22,785,530	25,932,275	2.56%	2.91%
2027	23,366,187	26,679,171	2.55%	2.88%
2028	23,954,450	27,440,613	2.52%	2.85%
2029	24,553,499	28,215,513	2.5%	2.82%
2030	25,160,293	29,002,864	2.47%	2.79%
2031	25,763,534	29,804,545	2.4%	2.76%
2032	26,366,760	30,618,893	2.34%	2.73%
2033	26,978,417	31,442,801	2.32%	2.69%
2034	27,595,295	32,276,672	2.29%	2.65%
2035	28,213,784	33,118,344	2.24%	2.61%
2036	28,835,595	33,967,889	2.2%	2.57%
2037	29,462,509	34,823,450	2.17%	2.52%
2038	30,081,741	35,685,576	2.1%	2.48%
2039	30,691,578	36,549,487	2.03%	2.42%
2040	31,302,092	37,413,641	1.99%	2.36%
2041	31,911,242	38,280,868	1.95%	2.32%
2042	32,517,509	39,151,280	1.9%	2.27%
2043	33,122,481	40,026,317	1.86%	2.24%
2044	33,736,523	40,902,500	1.85%	2.19%
2045	34,350,947	41,778,984	1.82%	2.14%
2046	34,959,606	42,655,642	1.77%	2.1%
2047	35,567,989	43,530,852	1.74%	2.05%
2048	36,165,757	44,405,715	1.68%	2.01%
2049	36,760,998	45,279,772	1.65%	1.97%
2050	37,361,672	46,154,079	1.63%	1.93%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Malawi increased by 4,359,038 people (a 33% growth), while Mali gained 5,201,150 people (a 37.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Malawi gained 5,234,136 (a 29.8% growth), while Mali's population increased by 6,749,148 (a 35.2% growth).

Malawi was ranked 69th most populous country in 2006 and is 61st in 2026. Mali was ranked 66th in 2006 and ranked 58th 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 Mali will increase by 77.9% to 46,154,079 people and rank change from 58th to 46th.