Population in Malawi compared to the Marshall Islands: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Malawi and the Marshall Islands: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Malawi	Marshall Islands	Malawi	Marshall Islands
1960	3,628,134	14,703	-	-
1961	3,715,534	15,219	2.41%	3.51%
1962	3,806,307	15,755	2.44%	3.52%
1963	3,900,506	16,302	2.47%	3.47%
1964	3,997,305	16,852	2.48%	3.37%
1965	4,096,157	17,402	2.47%	3.26%
1966	4,197,926	17,927	2.48%	3.02%
1967	4,303,012	18,655	2.5%	4.06%
1968	4,411,054	19,862	2.51%	6.47%
1969	4,521,184	21,305	2.5%	7.27%
1970	4,633,944	22,530	2.49%	5.75%
1971	4,751,434	23,366	2.54%	3.71%
1972	4,874,475	23,992	2.59%	2.68%
1973	5,003,938	24,581	2.66%	2.45%
1974	5,141,337	25,296	2.75%	2.91%
1975	5,287,367	26,154	2.84%	3.39%
1976	5,443,384	27,021	2.95%	3.31%
1977	5,614,983	27,906	3.15%	3.28%
1978	5,810,132	28,809	3.48%	3.24%
1979	6,028,749	29,738	3.76%	3.22%
1980	6,265,529	30,774	3.93%	3.48%
1981	6,516,454	32,017	4%	4.04%
1982	6,778,879	33,397	4.03%	4.31%
1983	7,051,709	34,811	4.02%	4.23%
1984	7,332,810	36,264	3.99%	4.17%
1985	7,620,508	37,761	3.92%	4.13%
1986	7,906,480	39,286	3.75%	4.04%
1987	8,293,174	40,828	4.89%	3.93%
1988	8,753,262	42,321	5.55%	3.66%
1989	9,176,220	43,586	4.83%	2.99%
1990	9,545,852	44,629	4.03%	2.39%
1991	9,844,227	45,568	3.13%	2.1%
1992	10,135,079	46,388	2.95%	1.8%
1993	10,284,024	47,093	1.47%	1.52%
1994	10,164,894	47,712	-1.16%	1.31%
1995	10,150,117	48,266	-0.15%	1.16%
1996	10,352,228	48,775	1.99%	1.05%
1997	10,562,035	49,259	2.03%	0.99%
1998	10,792,876	49,717	2.19%	0.93%
1999	11,047,804	50,202	2.36%	0.98%
2000	11,315,942	50,706	2.43%	1%
2001	11,593,058	51,123	2.45%	0.82%
2002	11,880,440	51,425	2.48%	0.59%
2003	12,181,574	51,639	2.53%	0.42%
2004	12,500,737	51,791	2.62%	0.29%
2005	12,840,031	51,906	2.71%	0.22%
2006	13,198,701	51,992	2.79%	0.17%
2007	13,576,343	52,035	2.86%	0.08%
2008	13,976,417	52,030	2.95%	-0.01%
2009	14,395,788	52,019	3%	-0.02%
2010	14,826,463	52,044	2.99%	0.05%
2011	15,265,022	51,907	2.96%	-0.26%
2012	15,709,577	51,419	2.91%	-0.94%
2013	16,161,816	50,681	2.88%	-1.44%
2014	16,621,538	49,796	2.84%	-1.75%
2015	17,085,587	48,800	2.79%	-2%
2016	17,557,739	47,709	2.76%	-2.24%
2017	18,039,715	46,529	2.75%	-2.47%
2018	18,528,081	45,285	2.71%	-2.67%
2019	19,025,752	44,007	2.69%	-2.82%
2020	19,533,888	42,706	2.67%	-2.96%
2021	20,047,258	41,367	2.63%	-3.14%
2022	20,568,728	40,077	2.6%	-3.12%
2023	21,104,482	38,827	2.6%	-3.12%
2024	21,655,286	37,548	2.61%	-3.29%
2025	22,216,113	36,281	2.59%	-3.37%
2026	22,785,530	35,078	2.56%	-3.32%
2027	23,366,187	33,976	2.55%	-3.14%
2028	23,954,450	32,977	2.52%	-2.94%
2029	24,553,499	32,054	2.5%	-2.8%
2030	25,160,293	31,191	2.47%	-2.69%
2031	25,763,534	30,420	2.4%	-2.47%
2032	26,366,760	29,740	2.34%	-2.23%
2033	26,978,417	29,142	2.32%	-2.01%
2034	27,595,295	28,608	2.29%	-1.83%
2035	28,213,784	28,147	2.24%	-1.61%
2036	28,835,595	27,751	2.2%	-1.41%
2037	29,462,509	27,405	2.17%	-1.25%
2038	30,081,741	27,092	2.1%	-1.14%
2039	30,691,578	26,836	2.03%	-0.94%
2040	31,302,092	26,598	1.99%	-0.89%
2041	31,911,242	26,396	1.95%	-0.76%
2042	32,517,509	26,217	1.9%	-0.68%
2043	33,122,481	26,054	1.86%	-0.62%
2044	33,736,523	25,913	1.85%	-0.54%
2045	34,350,947	25,777	1.82%	-0.52%
2046	34,959,606	25,653	1.77%	-0.48%
2047	35,567,989	25,543	1.74%	-0.43%
2048	36,165,757	25,429	1.68%	-0.45%
2049	36,760,998	25,311	1.65%	-0.46%
2050	37,361,672	25,195	1.63%	-0.46%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Malawi increased by 4,245,556 people (a 33.1% growth), while the Marshall Islands lost 3,106 people (a 5.98% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Malawi gained 5,587,926 (a 32.7% growth), while the Marshall Islands' population decreased by -12,519 (a 25.7% decline).

Malawi was ranked 69th most populous country in 2005 and is 61st in 2025. The Marshall Islands was ranked 188th in 2005 and ranked 192nd 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 the Marshall Islands will decrease by 30.6% to 25,195 people and rank change from 192nd to 193rd.