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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Malawi	Nepal	Malawi	Nepal
1960	3,628,134	10,123,658	-	-
1961	3,715,534	10,318,396	2.41%	1.92%
1962	3,806,307	10,521,116	2.44%	1.96%
1963	3,900,506	10,729,818	2.47%	1.98%
1964	3,997,305	10,946,392	2.48%	2.02%
1965	4,096,157	11,173,411	2.47%	2.07%
1966	4,197,926	11,408,710	2.48%	2.11%
1967	4,303,012	11,652,716	2.5%	2.14%
1968	4,411,054	11,906,266	2.51%	2.18%
1969	4,521,184	12,167,036	2.5%	2.19%
1970	4,633,944	12,436,190	2.49%	2.21%
1971	4,751,434	12,710,061	2.54%	2.2%
1972	4,874,475	12,989,099	2.59%	2.2%
1973	5,003,938	13,275,239	2.66%	2.2%
1974	5,141,337	13,568,435	2.75%	2.21%
1975	5,287,367	13,870,695	2.84%	2.23%
1976	5,443,384	14,177,649	2.95%	2.21%
1977	5,614,983	14,499,175	3.15%	2.27%
1978	5,810,132	14,839,695	3.48%	2.35%
1979	6,028,749	15,190,590	3.76%	2.36%
1980	6,265,529	15,553,105	3.93%	2.39%
1981	6,516,454	15,922,423	4%	2.37%
1982	6,778,879	16,297,987	4.03%	2.36%
1983	7,051,709	16,689,119	4.02%	2.4%
1984	7,332,810	17,085,242	3.99%	2.37%
1985	7,620,508	17,477,692	3.92%	2.3%
1986	7,906,480	17,868,124	3.75%	2.23%
1987	8,293,174	18,250,505	4.89%	2.14%
1988	8,753,262	18,638,661	5.55%	2.13%
1989	9,176,220	19,057,807	4.83%	2.25%
1990	9,545,852	19,524,573	4.03%	2.45%
1991	9,844,227	20,036,500	3.13%	2.62%
1992	10,135,079	20,609,707	2.95%	2.86%
1993	10,284,024	21,180,159	1.47%	2.77%
1994	10,164,894	21,717,479	-1.16%	2.54%
1995	10,150,117	22,245,439	-0.15%	2.43%
1996	10,352,228	22,741,862	1.99%	2.23%
1997	10,562,035	23,219,463	2.03%	2.1%
1998	10,792,876	23,680,357	2.19%	1.98%
1999	11,047,804	24,125,199	2.36%	1.88%
2000	11,315,942	24,546,509	2.43%	1.75%
2001	11,593,058	24,946,748	2.45%	1.63%
2002	11,880,440	25,328,981	2.48%	1.53%
2003	12,181,574	25,688,758	2.53%	1.42%
2004	12,500,737	26,016,656	2.62%	1.28%
2005	12,840,031	26,309,458	2.71%	1.13%
2006	13,198,701	26,565,425	2.79%	0.97%
2007	13,576,343	26,788,492	2.86%	0.84%
2008	13,976,417	26,990,037	2.95%	0.75%
2009	14,395,788	27,173,035	3%	0.68%
2010	14,826,463	27,341,952	2.99%	0.62%
2011	15,265,022	27,464,494	2.96%	0.45%
2012	15,709,577	27,534,915	2.91%	0.26%
2013	16,161,816	27,589,996	2.88%	0.2%
2014	16,621,538	27,672,370	2.84%	0.3%
2015	17,085,587	27,823,629	2.79%	0.55%
2016	17,557,739	27,955,462	2.76%	0.47%
2017	18,039,715	28,011,258	2.75%	0.2%
2018	18,528,081	28,079,689	2.71%	0.24%
2019	19,025,752	28,414,064	2.69%	1.19%
2020	19,533,888	28,966,574	2.67%	1.94%
2021	20,047,258	29,475,010	2.63%	1.76%
2022	20,568,728	29,715,436	2.6%	0.82%
2023	21,104,482	29,694,614	2.6%	-0.07%
2024	21,655,286	29,651,054	2.61%	-0.15%
2025	22,216,113	29,618,120	2.59%	-0.11%
2026	22,785,530	29,629,406	2.56%	0.04%
2027	23,366,187	29,727,164	2.55%	0.33%
2028	23,954,450	29,947,588	2.52%	0.74%
2029	24,553,499	30,232,115	2.5%	0.95%
2030	25,160,293	30,509,999	2.47%	0.92%
2031	25,763,534	30,780,916	2.4%	0.89%
2032	26,366,760	31,045,411	2.34%	0.86%
2033	26,978,417	31,304,035	2.32%	0.83%
2034	27,595,295	31,555,068	2.29%	0.8%
2035	28,213,784	31,798,003	2.24%	0.77%
2036	28,835,595	32,033,714	2.2%	0.74%
2037	29,462,509	32,262,286	2.17%	0.71%
2038	30,081,741	32,484,801	2.1%	0.69%
2039	30,691,578	32,700,695	2.03%	0.66%
2040	31,302,092	32,909,540	1.99%	0.64%
2041	31,911,242	33,112,254	1.95%	0.62%
2042	32,517,509	33,309,062	1.9%	0.59%
2043	33,122,481	33,499,440	1.86%	0.57%
2044	33,736,523	33,683,331	1.85%	0.55%
2045	34,350,947	33,861,058	1.82%	0.53%
2046	34,959,606	34,032,994	1.77%	0.51%
2047	35,567,989	34,197,261	1.74%	0.48%
2048	36,165,757	34,352,077	1.68%	0.45%
2049	36,760,998	34,500,201	1.65%	0.43%
2050	37,361,672	34,642,021	1.63%	0.41%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Malawi increased by 4,359,038 people (a 33% growth), while Nepal gained 1,390,037 people (a 5.23% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Malawi gained 5,234,136 (a 29.8% growth), while Nepal's population increased by 1,675,012 (a 5.99% growth).

Malawi was ranked 69th most populous country in 2006 and is 61st in 2026. Nepal was ranked 43rd in 2006 and ranked 52nd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Malawi's population will grow by 63.9% to 37,361,672 people with a rank change from 61st to 55th. The population of Nepal will increase by 16.9% to 34,642,021 people and rank change from 52nd to 58th.