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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Malawi	Mozambique	Malawi	Mozambique
1960	3,628,134	6,713,695	-	-
1961	3,715,534	6,834,936	2.41%	1.81%
1962	3,806,307	6,969,364	2.44%	1.97%
1963	3,900,506	7,109,828	2.47%	2.02%
1964	3,997,305	7,255,061	2.48%	2.04%
1965	4,096,157	7,406,421	2.47%	2.09%
1966	4,197,926	7,562,990	2.48%	2.11%
1967	4,303,012	7,724,550	2.5%	2.14%
1968	4,411,054	7,892,613	2.51%	2.18%
1969	4,521,184	8,066,951	2.5%	2.21%
1970	4,633,944	8,250,506	2.49%	2.28%
1971	4,751,434	8,456,317	2.54%	2.49%
1972	4,874,475	8,692,935	2.59%	2.8%
1973	5,003,938	8,954,242	2.66%	3.01%
1974	5,141,337	9,236,093	2.75%	3.15%
1975	5,287,367	9,540,817	2.84%	3.3%
1976	5,443,384	9,867,209	2.95%	3.42%
1977	5,614,983	10,224,975	3.15%	3.63%
1978	5,810,132	10,618,250	3.48%	3.85%
1979	6,028,749	11,028,809	3.76%	3.87%
1980	6,265,529	11,336,221	3.93%	2.79%
1981	6,516,454	11,568,127	4%	2.05%
1982	6,778,879	11,824,370	4.03%	2.22%
1983	7,051,709	12,073,822	4.02%	2.11%
1984	7,332,810	12,315,954	3.99%	2.01%
1985	7,620,508	12,548,949	3.92%	1.89%
1986	7,906,480	12,770,578	3.75%	1.77%
1987	8,293,174	12,822,574	4.89%	0.41%
1988	8,753,262	12,800,558	5.55%	-0.17%
1989	9,176,220	12,906,842	4.83%	0.83%
1990	9,545,852	13,094,537	4.03%	1.45%
1991	9,844,227	13,352,090	3.13%	1.97%
1992	10,135,079	13,613,316	2.95%	1.96%
1993	10,284,024	14,051,192	1.47%	3.22%
1994	10,164,894	15,033,853	-1.16%	6.99%
1995	10,150,117	15,960,530	-0.15%	6.16%
1996	10,352,228	16,492,480	1.99%	3.33%
1997	10,562,035	16,949,982	2.03%	2.77%
1998	10,792,876	17,340,464	2.19%	2.3%
1999	11,047,804	17,734,506	2.36%	2.27%
2000	11,315,942	18,129,653	2.43%	2.23%
2001	11,593,058	18,537,729	2.45%	2.25%
2002	11,880,440	18,958,338	2.48%	2.27%
2003	12,181,574	19,392,475	2.53%	2.29%
2004	12,500,737	19,840,313	2.62%	2.31%
2005	12,840,031	20,304,569	2.71%	2.34%
2006	13,198,701	20,787,087	2.79%	2.38%
2007	13,576,343	21,287,635	2.86%	2.41%
2008	13,976,417	21,819,036	2.95%	2.5%
2009	14,395,788	22,391,745	3%	2.62%
2010	14,826,463	22,999,235	2.99%	2.71%
2011	15,265,022	23,649,039	2.96%	2.83%
2012	15,709,577	24,337,846	2.91%	2.91%
2013	16,161,816	25,051,611	2.88%	2.93%
2014	16,621,538	25,788,475	2.84%	2.94%
2015	17,085,587	26,547,572	2.79%	2.94%
2016	17,557,739	27,337,105	2.76%	2.97%
2017	18,039,715	28,166,393	2.75%	3.03%
2018	18,528,081	29,018,644	2.71%	3.03%
2019	19,025,752	29,884,380	2.69%	2.98%
2020	19,533,888	30,783,688	2.67%	3.01%
2021	20,047,258	31,707,800	2.63%	3%
2022	20,568,728	32,656,246	2.6%	2.99%
2023	21,104,482	33,635,160	2.6%	3%
2024	21,655,286	34,631,766	2.61%	2.96%
2025	22,216,113	35,631,656	2.59%	2.89%
2026	22,785,530	36,639,853	2.56%	2.83%
2027	23,366,187	37,668,656	2.55%	2.81%
2028	23,954,450	38,714,097	2.52%	2.78%
2029	24,553,499	39,774,947	2.5%	2.74%
2030	25,160,293	40,846,749	2.47%	2.69%
2031	25,763,534	41,931,250	2.4%	2.66%
2032	26,366,760	43,032,887	2.34%	2.63%
2033	26,978,417	44,144,533	2.32%	2.58%
2034	27,595,295	45,273,522	2.29%	2.56%
2035	28,213,784	46,411,774	2.24%	2.51%
2036	28,835,595	47,548,671	2.2%	2.45%
2037	29,462,509	48,684,563	2.17%	2.39%
2038	30,081,741	49,822,039	2.1%	2.34%
2039	30,691,578	50,971,124	2.03%	2.31%
2040	31,302,092	52,124,215	1.99%	2.26%
2041	31,911,242	53,271,004	1.95%	2.2%
2042	32,517,509	54,423,407	1.9%	2.16%
2043	33,122,481	55,574,711	1.86%	2.12%
2044	33,736,523	56,716,585	1.85%	2.05%
2045	34,350,947	57,851,787	1.82%	2%
2046	34,959,606	58,981,102	1.77%	1.95%
2047	35,567,989	60,117,587	1.74%	1.93%
2048	36,165,757	61,254,584	1.68%	1.89%
2049	36,760,998	62,397,018	1.65%	1.87%
2050	37,361,672	63,530,955	1.63%	1.82%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Malawi increased by 4,245,556 people (a 33.1% growth), while Mozambique gained 6,243,003 people (a 30.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Malawi gained 5,587,926 (a 32.7% growth), while Mozambique's population increased by 9,893,947 (a 37.3% growth).

Malawi was ranked 69th most populous country in 2005 and is 61st in 2025. Mozambique was ranked 52nd in 2005 and ranked 43rd 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 Mozambique will increase by 74.3% to 63,530,955 people and rank change from 43rd to 32nd.