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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Malawi	Malta	Malawi	Malta
1960	3,628,134	326,550	-	-
1961	3,715,534	325,250	2.41%	-0.4%
1962	3,806,307	323,900	2.44%	-0.42%
1963	3,900,506	322,550	2.47%	-0.42%
1964	3,997,305	321,250	2.48%	-0.4%
1965	4,096,157	318,800	2.47%	-0.76%
1966	4,197,926	315,200	2.48%	-1.13%
1967	4,303,012	311,550	2.5%	-1.16%
1968	4,411,054	307,900	2.51%	-1.17%
1969	4,521,184	304,300	2.5%	-1.17%
1970	4,633,944	302,650	2.49%	-0.54%
1971	4,751,434	302,700	2.54%	0.02%
1972	4,874,475	302,450	2.59%	-0.08%
1973	5,003,938	302,200	2.66%	-0.08%
1974	5,141,337	301,996	2.75%	-0.07%
1975	5,287,367	304,222	2.84%	0.74%
1976	5,443,384	305,774	2.95%	0.51%
1977	5,614,983	306,970	3.15%	0.39%
1978	5,810,132	310,182	3.48%	1.05%
1979	6,028,749	313,342	3.76%	1.02%
1980	6,265,529	316,645	3.93%	1.05%
1981	6,516,454	318,982	4%	0.74%
1982	6,778,879	325,898	4.03%	2.17%
1983	7,051,709	330,524	4.02%	1.42%
1984	7,332,810	330,593	3.99%	0.02%
1985	7,620,508	336,452	3.92%	1.77%
1986	7,906,480	342,121	3.75%	1.68%
1987	8,293,174	344,485	4.89%	0.69%
1988	8,753,262	347,325	5.55%	0.82%
1989	9,176,220	350,722	4.83%	0.98%
1990	9,545,852	354,170	4.03%	0.98%
1991	9,844,227	363,845	3.13%	2.73%
1992	10,135,079	367,618	2.95%	1.04%
1993	10,284,024	371,308	1.47%	1%
1994	10,164,894	374,797	-1.16%	0.94%
1995	10,150,117	377,419	-0.15%	0.7%
1996	10,352,228	379,905	1.99%	0.66%
1997	10,562,035	382,791	2.03%	0.76%
1998	10,792,876	385,287	2.19%	0.65%
1999	11,047,804	387,578	2.36%	0.59%
2000	11,315,942	390,087	2.43%	0.65%
2001	11,593,058	393,028	2.45%	0.75%
2002	11,880,440	395,969	2.48%	0.75%
2003	12,181,574	398,582	2.53%	0.66%
2004	12,500,737	401,268	2.62%	0.67%
2005	12,840,031	403,834	2.71%	0.64%
2006	13,198,701	405,308	2.79%	0.37%
2007	13,576,343	406,724	2.86%	0.35%
2008	13,976,417	409,379	2.95%	0.65%
2009	14,395,788	412,477	3%	0.76%
2010	14,826,463	414,508	2.99%	0.49%
2011	15,265,022	416,268	2.96%	0.42%
2012	15,709,577	420,028	2.91%	0.9%
2013	16,161,816	424,810	2.88%	1.14%
2014	16,621,538	433,481	2.84%	2.04%
2015	17,085,587	444,220	2.79%	2.48%
2016	17,557,739	454,505	2.76%	2.32%
2017	18,039,715	467,106	2.75%	2.77%
2018	18,528,081	483,903	2.71%	3.6%
2019	19,025,752	503,912	2.69%	4.13%
2020	19,533,888	515,490	2.67%	2.3%
2021	20,047,258	518,150	2.63%	0.52%
2022	20,568,728	531,113	2.6%	2.5%
2023	21,104,482	552,747	2.6%	4.07%
2024	21,655,286	574,346	2.61%	3.91%
2025	22,216,113	580,514	2.59%	1.07%
2026	22,785,530	584,351	2.56%	0.66%
2027	23,366,187	586,444	2.55%	0.36%
2028	23,954,450	588,290	2.52%	0.31%
2029	24,553,499	589,776	2.5%	0.25%
2030	25,160,293	590,973	2.47%	0.2%
2031	25,763,534	591,921	2.4%	0.16%
2032	26,366,760	592,622	2.34%	0.12%
2033	26,978,417	592,974	2.32%	0.06%
2034	27,595,295	592,827	2.29%	-0.02%
2035	28,213,784	592,332	2.24%	-0.08%
2036	28,835,595	591,668	2.2%	-0.11%
2037	29,462,509	590,830	2.17%	-0.14%
2038	30,081,741	589,771	2.1%	-0.18%
2039	30,691,578	588,528	2.03%	-0.21%
2040	31,302,092	587,256	1.99%	-0.22%
2041	31,911,242	585,895	1.95%	-0.23%
2042	32,517,509	584,467	1.9%	-0.24%
2043	33,122,481	582,966	1.86%	-0.26%
2044	33,736,523	581,355	1.85%	-0.28%
2045	34,350,947	579,693	1.82%	-0.29%
2046	34,959,606	577,954	1.77%	-0.3%
2047	35,567,989	576,050	1.74%	-0.33%
2048	36,165,757	574,050	1.68%	-0.35%
2049	36,760,998	572,187	1.65%	-0.32%
2050	37,361,672	570,210	1.63%	-0.35%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Malawi increased by 4,245,556 people (a 33.1% growth), while Malta gained 40,386 people (a 10% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Malawi gained 5,587,926 (a 32.7% growth), while Malta's population increased by 139,376 (a 31.4% growth).

Malawi was ranked 69th most populous country in 2005 and is 61st in 2025. Malta was ranked 168th in 2005 and ranked 167th 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 Malta will decrease by 2.29% to 570,210 people and will still be ranked 167th.