The latest officially reported population of Malawi was 21,655,286 in 2024 vs 54,500,091 people in Myanmar in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Malawi's population is 22,673,513 people compared to 55,119,090 in Myanmar.
Population statistics:
- Myanmar's population is 2.43 times bigger than Malawi's.
- Malawi is ranked the 61st most populous country in the world, while Myanmar is the 27th.
- The countries together account for 0.94% of the world: 0.27% for Malawi vs 0.67% for Myanmar.
- For the last 10 years, Malawi has had an average growth rate of +2.7% per year vs +0.74% in Myanmar.
- Since 2005, the population of Malawi has increased from 12.8M people to 22.7M (76.6% growth), while Myanmar has grown from 47.4M to 55.1M (16.2% growth).
- Malawi is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 59.1M people compared to the peak of 58.6M people in 2049 for Myanmar.
Malawi vs Myanmar: live population counter
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| Current population |
22673513
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55119090
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| Population rank | 61/197 | 27/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.27% | 0.67% |
| One net population change |
57.3 seconds
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1.43 minutes
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| One birth every |
47.6 seconds
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34.9 seconds
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| One death every |
4.64 minutes
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1.06 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
5.81 hours
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13.8 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -1,507 | -37,979 |
| Daily growth/decline | +1,509 | +1,004 |
| Annual growth/decline | +550,804 | +366,293 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.61% | +0.68% |
| Population growth rate rank | 27/197 | 121/197 |
Malawi and Myanmar: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 3,628,134 | 21,730,250 | - | - |
| 1961 | 3,715,534 | 22,210,581 | 2.41% | 2.21% |
| 1962 | 3,806,307 | 22,704,719 | 2.44% | 2.22% |
| 1963 | 3,900,506 | 23,213,408 | 2.47% | 2.24% |
| 1964 | 3,997,305 | 23,737,315 | 2.48% | 2.26% |
| 1965 | 4,096,157 | 24,279,431 | 2.47% | 2.28% |
| 1966 | 4,197,926 | 24,836,496 | 2.48% | 2.29% |
| 1967 | 4,303,012 | 25,406,429 | 2.5% | 2.29% |
| 1968 | 4,411,054 | 25,989,662 | 2.51% | 2.3% |
| 1969 | 4,521,184 | 26,585,112 | 2.5% | 2.29% |
| 1970 | 4,633,944 | 27,193,016 | 2.49% | 2.29% |
| 1971 | 4,751,434 | 27,807,219 | 2.54% | 2.26% |
| 1972 | 4,874,475 | 28,428,324 | 2.59% | 2.23% |
| 1973 | 5,003,938 | 29,026,388 | 2.66% | 2.1% |
| 1974 | 5,141,337 | 29,598,167 | 2.75% | 1.97% |
| 1975 | 5,287,367 | 30,176,565 | 2.84% | 1.95% |
| 1976 | 5,443,384 | 30,758,811 | 2.95% | 1.93% |
| 1977 | 5,614,983 | 31,355,966 | 3.15% | 1.94% |
| 1978 | 5,810,132 | 31,972,976 | 3.48% | 1.97% |
| 1979 | 6,028,749 | 32,596,550 | 3.76% | 1.95% |
| 1980 | 6,265,529 | 33,227,204 | 3.93% | 1.93% |
| 1981 | 6,516,454 | 33,858,783 | 4% | 1.9% |
| 1982 | 6,778,879 | 34,482,965 | 4.03% | 1.84% |
| 1983 | 7,051,709 | 35,162,715 | 4.02% | 1.97% |
| 1984 | 7,332,810 | 35,899,313 | 3.99% | 2.09% |
| 1985 | 7,620,508 | 36,622,827 | 3.92% | 2.02% |
| 1986 | 7,906,480 | 37,314,878 | 3.75% | 1.89% |
| 1987 | 8,293,174 | 37,971,594 | 4.89% | 1.76% |
| 1988 | 8,753,262 | 38,600,927 | 5.55% | 1.66% |
| 1989 | 9,176,220 | 39,214,618 | 4.83% | 1.59% |
| 1990 | 9,545,852 | 39,817,251 | 4.03% | 1.54% |
| 1991 | 9,844,227 | 40,394,154 | 3.13% | 1.45% |
| 1992 | 10,135,079 | 40,950,342 | 2.95% | 1.38% |
| 1993 | 10,284,024 | 41,502,429 | 1.47% | 1.35% |
| 1994 | 10,164,894 | 42,055,143 | -1.16% | 1.33% |
| 1995 | 10,150,117 | 42,605,338 | -0.15% | 1.31% |
| 1996 | 10,352,228 | 43,154,860 | 1.99% | 1.29% |
| 1997 | 10,562,035 | 43,708,798 | 2.03% | 1.28% |
| 1998 | 10,792,876 | 44,257,793 | 2.19% | 1.26% |
| 1999 | 11,047,804 | 44,787,724 | 2.36% | 1.2% |
| 2000 | 11,315,942 | 45,290,841 | 2.43% | 1.12% |
| 2001 | 11,593,058 | 45,771,139 | 2.45% | 1.06% |
| 2002 | 11,880,440 | 46,232,653 | 2.48% | 1.01% |
| 2003 | 12,181,574 | 46,667,192 | 2.53% | 0.94% |
| 2004 | 12,500,737 | 47,068,772 | 2.62% | 0.86% |
| 2005 | 12,840,031 | 47,438,365 | 2.71% | 0.79% |
| 2006 | 13,198,701 | 47,785,135 | 2.79% | 0.73% |
| 2007 | 13,576,343 | 48,125,043 | 2.86% | 0.71% |
| 2008 | 13,976,417 | 48,390,793 | 2.95% | 0.55% |
| 2009 | 14,395,788 | 48,660,459 | 3% | 0.56% |
| 2010 | 14,826,463 | 49,024,382 | 2.99% | 0.75% |
| 2011 | 15,265,022 | 49,419,820 | 2.96% | 0.81% |
| 2012 | 15,709,577 | 49,837,446 | 2.91% | 0.85% |
| 2013 | 16,161,816 | 50,262,658 | 2.88% | 0.85% |
| 2014 | 16,621,538 | 50,681,634 | 2.84% | 0.83% |
| 2015 | 17,085,587 | 51,089,056 | 2.79% | 0.8% |
| 2016 | 17,557,739 | 51,495,696 | 2.76% | 0.8% |
| 2017 | 18,039,715 | 51,894,938 | 2.75% | 0.78% |
| 2018 | 18,528,081 | 52,272,247 | 2.71% | 0.73% |
| 2019 | 19,025,752 | 52,640,713 | 2.69% | 0.7% |
| 2020 | 19,533,888 | 53,016,522 | 2.67% | 0.71% |
| 2021 | 20,047,258 | 53,387,102 | 2.63% | 0.7% |
| 2022 | 20,568,728 | 53,756,787 | 2.6% | 0.69% |
| 2023 | 21,104,482 | 54,133,798 | 2.6% | 0.7% |
| 2024 | 21,655,286 | 54,500,091 | 2.61% | 0.68% |
| 2025 | 22,216,113 | 54,850,652 | 2.59% | 0.64% |
| 2026 | 22,785,530 | 55,184,831 | 2.56% | 0.61% |
| 2027 | 23,366,187 | 55,502,494 | 2.55% | 0.58% |
| 2028 | 23,954,450 | 55,802,778 | 2.52% | 0.54% |
| 2029 | 24,553,499 | 56,085,147 | 2.5% | 0.51% |
| 2030 | 25,160,293 | 56,351,028 | 2.47% | 0.47% |
| 2031 | 25,763,534 | 56,601,632 | 2.4% | 0.44% |
| 2032 | 26,366,760 | 56,836,048 | 2.34% | 0.41% |
| 2033 | 26,978,417 | 57,054,552 | 2.32% | 0.38% |
| 2034 | 27,595,295 | 57,257,183 | 2.29% | 0.36% |
| 2035 | 28,213,784 | 57,444,471 | 2.24% | 0.33% |
| 2036 | 28,835,595 | 57,616,158 | 2.2% | 0.3% |
| 2037 | 29,462,509 | 57,773,912 | 2.17% | 0.27% |
| 2038 | 30,081,741 | 57,919,868 | 2.1% | 0.25% |
| 2039 | 30,691,578 | 58,052,183 | 2.03% | 0.23% |
| 2040 | 31,302,092 | 58,169,863 | 1.99% | 0.2% |
| 2041 | 31,911,242 | 58,274,275 | 1.95% | 0.18% |
| 2042 | 32,517,509 | 58,365,927 | 1.9% | 0.16% |
| 2043 | 33,122,481 | 58,443,291 | 1.86% | 0.13% |
| 2044 | 33,736,523 | 58,506,418 | 1.85% | 0.11% |
| 2045 | 34,350,947 | 58,558,173 | 1.82% | 0.09% |
| 2046 | 34,959,606 | 58,596,775 | 1.77% | 0.07% |
| 2047 | 35,567,989 | 58,620,774 | 1.74% | 0.04% |
| 2048 | 36,165,757 | 58,632,733 | 1.68% | 0.02% |
| 2049 | 36,760,998 | 58,633,128 | 1.65% | 0.001% |
| 2050 | 37,361,672 | 58,623,237 | 1.63% | -0.02% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Malawi increased by 4,245,556 people (a 33.1% growth), while Myanmar gained 3,650,691 people (a 7.7% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Malawi gained 5,587,926 (a 32.7% growth), while Myanmar's population increased by 4,030,034 (a 7.89% growth).
Malawi was ranked 69th most populous country in 2005 and is 61st in 2025. Myanmar was ranked 27th in 2005 and still ranked 27th 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 Myanmar will increase by 6.36% to 58,623,237 people and rank change from 27th to 35th.
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Population differences between Malawi and Myanmar
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| Life expectancy | 67.7 years | 67.3 years |
| Average age | 22.8 years | 32.6 years |
| Median age | 18.9 years | 30.8 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.8:51.2 | 49.8:50.2 |
| Fertility rate | 3.65 births per woman | 2.12 births per woman |
| Population density | 595 ppl/mi² | 216.3 ppl/mi² |
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