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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Malawi	Namibia	Malawi	Namibia
1960	3,628,134	591,465	-	-
1961	3,715,534	603,067	2.41%	1.96%
1962	3,806,307	615,759	2.44%	2.1%
1963	3,900,506	629,589	2.47%	2.25%
1964	3,997,305	644,530	2.48%	2.37%
1965	4,096,157	660,558	2.47%	2.49%
1966	4,197,926	677,655	2.48%	2.59%
1967	4,303,012	696,045	2.5%	2.71%
1968	4,411,054	715,542	2.51%	2.8%
1969	4,521,184	736,120	2.5%	2.88%
1970	4,633,944	757,868	2.49%	2.95%
1971	4,751,434	780,584	2.54%	3%
1972	4,874,475	804,399	2.59%	3.05%
1973	5,003,938	828,928	2.66%	3.05%
1974	5,141,337	854,320	2.75%	3.06%
1975	5,287,367	881,032	2.84%	3.13%
1976	5,443,384	906,566	2.95%	2.9%
1977	5,614,983	931,104	3.15%	2.71%
1978	5,810,132	947,269	3.48%	1.74%
1979	6,028,749	962,825	3.76%	1.64%
1980	6,265,529	981,434	3.93%	1.93%
1981	6,516,454	992,500	4%	1.13%
1982	6,778,879	1,010,308	4.03%	1.79%
1983	7,051,709	1,037,511	4.02%	2.69%
1984	7,332,810	1,065,989	3.99%	2.74%
1985	7,620,508	1,096,890	3.92%	2.9%
1986	7,906,480	1,131,081	3.75%	3.12%
1987	8,293,174	1,167,889	4.89%	3.25%
1988	8,753,262	1,209,696	5.55%	3.58%
1989	9,176,220	1,288,947	4.83%	6.55%
1990	9,545,852	1,369,303	4.03%	6.23%
1991	9,844,227	1,415,684	3.13%	3.39%
1992	10,135,079	1,461,322	2.95%	3.22%
1993	10,284,024	1,508,697	1.47%	3.24%
1994	10,164,894	1,556,304	-1.16%	3.16%
1995	10,150,117	1,602,170	-0.15%	2.95%
1996	10,352,228	1,646,103	1.99%	2.74%
1997	10,562,035	1,689,264	2.03%	2.62%
1998	10,792,876	1,732,745	2.19%	2.57%
1999	11,047,804	1,776,368	2.36%	2.52%
2000	11,315,942	1,818,647	2.43%	2.38%
2001	11,593,058	1,857,048	2.45%	2.11%
2002	11,880,440	1,889,970	2.48%	1.77%
2003	12,181,574	1,917,464	2.53%	1.45%
2004	12,500,737	1,942,082	2.62%	1.28%
2005	12,840,031	1,966,582	2.71%	1.26%
2006	13,198,701	1,991,888	2.79%	1.29%
2007	13,576,343	2,018,600	2.86%	1.34%
2008	13,976,417	2,047,056	2.95%	1.41%
2009	14,395,788	2,077,394	3%	1.48%
2010	14,826,463	2,109,811	2.99%	1.56%
2011	15,265,022	2,146,325	2.96%	1.73%
2012	15,709,577	2,194,654	2.91%	2.25%
2013	16,161,816	2,252,508	2.88%	2.64%
2014	16,621,538	2,312,139	2.84%	2.65%
2015	17,085,587	2,374,300	2.79%	2.69%
2016	17,557,739	2,439,213	2.76%	2.73%
2017	18,039,715	2,506,853	2.75%	2.77%
2018	18,528,081	2,577,327	2.71%	2.81%
2019	19,025,752	2,650,494	2.69%	2.84%
2020	19,533,888	2,728,762	2.67%	2.95%
2021	20,047,258	2,810,548	2.63%	3%
2022	20,568,728	2,889,662	2.6%	2.81%
2023	21,104,482	2,963,095	2.6%	2.54%
2024	21,655,286	3,030,131	2.61%	2.26%
2025	22,216,113	3,092,826	2.59%	2.07%
2026	22,785,530	3,153,252	2.56%	1.95%
2027	23,366,187	3,212,910	2.55%	1.89%
2028	23,954,450	3,272,166	2.52%	1.84%
2029	24,553,499	3,330,819	2.5%	1.79%
2030	25,160,293	3,389,961	2.47%	1.78%
2031	25,763,534	3,449,508	2.4%	1.76%
2032	26,366,760	3,508,245	2.34%	1.7%
2033	26,978,417	3,565,349	2.32%	1.63%
2034	27,595,295	3,621,829	2.29%	1.58%
2035	28,213,784	3,678,888	2.24%	1.58%
2036	28,835,595	3,735,939	2.2%	1.55%
2037	29,462,509	3,792,807	2.17%	1.52%
2038	30,081,741	3,850,310	2.1%	1.52%
2039	30,691,578	3,907,182	2.03%	1.48%
2040	31,302,092	3,962,414	1.99%	1.41%
2041	31,911,242	4,017,690	1.95%	1.4%
2042	32,517,509	4,073,359	1.9%	1.39%
2043	33,122,481	4,129,577	1.86%	1.38%
2044	33,736,523	4,186,114	1.85%	1.37%
2045	34,350,947	4,243,359	1.82%	1.37%
2046	34,959,606	4,299,969	1.77%	1.33%
2047	35,567,989	4,355,507	1.74%	1.29%
2048	36,165,757	4,409,459	1.68%	1.24%
2049	36,760,998	4,460,507	1.65%	1.16%
2050	37,361,672	4,512,307	1.63%	1.16%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Malawi increased by 4,245,556 people (a 33.1% growth), while Namibia gained 407,718 people (a 20.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Malawi gained 5,587,926 (a 32.7% growth), while Namibia's population increased by 767,064 (a 32.3% growth).

Malawi was ranked 69th most populous country in 2005 and is 61st in 2025. Namibia was ranked 143rd in 2005 and ranked 134th 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 Namibia will increase by 43.6% to 4,512,307 people and rank change from 134th to 131st.