Population in Malawi compared to the Netherlands: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Malawi and the Netherlands: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Malawi	Netherlands	Malawi	Netherlands
1960	3,628,134	11,486,631	-	-
1961	3,715,534	11,638,712	2.41%	1.32%
1962	3,806,307	11,805,689	2.44%	1.43%
1963	3,900,506	11,965,966	2.47%	1.36%
1964	3,997,305	12,127,120	2.48%	1.35%
1965	4,096,157	12,294,732	2.47%	1.38%
1966	4,197,926	12,456,251	2.48%	1.31%
1967	4,303,012	12,598,201	2.5%	1.14%
1968	4,411,054	12,729,721	2.51%	1.04%
1969	4,521,184	12,877,984	2.5%	1.16%
1970	4,633,944	13,038,526	2.49%	1.25%
1971	4,751,434	13,194,497	2.54%	1.2%
1972	4,874,475	13,328,593	2.59%	1.02%
1973	5,003,938	13,439,322	2.66%	0.83%
1974	5,141,337	13,545,056	2.75%	0.79%
1975	5,287,367	13,666,335	2.84%	0.9%
1976	5,443,384	13,774,037	2.95%	0.79%
1977	5,614,983	13,856,185	3.15%	0.6%
1978	5,810,132	13,941,700	3.48%	0.62%
1979	6,028,749	14,038,270	3.76%	0.69%
1980	6,265,529	14,149,800	3.93%	0.79%
1981	6,516,454	14,247,208	4%	0.69%
1982	6,778,879	14,312,690	4.03%	0.46%
1983	7,051,709	14,367,070	4.02%	0.38%
1984	7,332,810	14,424,211	3.99%	0.4%
1985	7,620,508	14,491,632	3.92%	0.47%
1986	7,906,480	14,572,278	3.75%	0.56%
1987	8,293,174	14,665,037	4.89%	0.64%
1988	8,753,262	14,760,094	5.55%	0.65%
1989	9,176,220	14,848,907	4.83%	0.6%
1990	9,545,852	14,951,510	4.03%	0.69%
1991	9,844,227	15,069,798	3.13%	0.79%
1992	10,135,079	15,184,166	2.95%	0.76%
1993	10,284,024	15,290,368	1.47%	0.7%
1994	10,164,894	15,382,838	-1.16%	0.6%
1995	10,150,117	15,459,006	-0.15%	0.5%
1996	10,352,228	15,530,498	1.99%	0.46%
1997	10,562,035	15,610,650	2.03%	0.52%
1998	10,792,876	15,707,209	2.19%	0.62%
1999	11,047,804	15,812,088	2.36%	0.67%
2000	11,315,942	15,925,513	2.43%	0.72%
2001	11,593,058	16,046,180	2.45%	0.76%
2002	11,880,440	16,148,929	2.48%	0.64%
2003	12,181,574	16,225,302	2.53%	0.47%
2004	12,500,737	16,281,779	2.62%	0.35%
2005	12,840,031	16,319,868	2.71%	0.23%
2006	13,198,701	16,346,101	2.79%	0.16%
2007	13,576,343	16,381,696	2.86%	0.22%
2008	13,976,417	16,445,593	2.95%	0.39%
2009	14,395,788	16,530,388	3%	0.52%
2010	14,826,463	16,615,394	2.99%	0.51%
2011	15,265,022	16,693,074	2.96%	0.47%
2012	15,709,577	16,754,962	2.91%	0.37%
2013	16,161,816	16,804,432	2.88%	0.3%
2014	16,621,538	16,865,008	2.84%	0.36%
2015	17,085,587	16,939,923	2.79%	0.44%
2016	17,557,739	17,030,314	2.76%	0.53%
2017	18,039,715	17,131,296	2.75%	0.59%
2018	18,528,081	17,231,624	2.71%	0.59%
2019	19,025,752	17,344,874	2.69%	0.66%
2020	19,533,888	17,441,500	2.67%	0.56%
2021	20,047,258	17,533,044	2.63%	0.52%
2022	20,568,728	17,700,982	2.6%	0.96%
2023	21,104,482	17,877,117	2.6%	1%
2024	21,655,286	17,994,237	2.61%	0.66%
2025	22,216,113	18,110,800	2.59%	0.65%
2026	22,785,530	18,211,436	2.56%	0.56%
2027	23,366,187	18,299,531	2.55%	0.48%
2028	23,954,450	18,379,573	2.52%	0.44%
2029	24,553,499	18,452,044	2.5%	0.39%
2030	25,160,293	18,515,913	2.47%	0.35%
2031	25,763,534	18,571,934	2.4%	0.3%
2032	26,366,760	18,621,087	2.34%	0.26%
2033	26,978,417	18,664,975	2.32%	0.24%
2034	27,595,295	18,702,456	2.29%	0.2%
2035	28,213,784	18,733,223	2.24%	0.16%
2036	28,835,595	18,760,054	2.2%	0.14%
2037	29,462,509	18,781,793	2.17%	0.12%
2038	30,081,741	18,798,283	2.1%	0.09%
2039	30,691,578	18,810,276	2.03%	0.06%
2040	31,302,092	18,817,745	1.99%	0.04%
2041	31,911,242	18,820,870	1.95%	0.02%
2042	32,517,509	18,819,607	1.9%	-0.007%
2043	33,122,481	18,815,261	1.86%	-0.02%
2044	33,736,523	18,807,564	1.85%	-0.04%
2045	34,350,947	18,797,005	1.82%	-0.06%
2046	34,959,606	18,785,724	1.77%	-0.06%
2047	35,567,989	18,771,651	1.74%	-0.07%
2048	36,165,757	18,754,325	1.68%	-0.09%
2049	36,760,998	18,735,299	1.65%	-0.1%
2050	37,361,672	18,714,579	1.63%	-0.11%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Malawi increased by 4,245,556 people (a 33.1% growth), while the Netherlands gained 620,055 people (a 3.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Malawi gained 5,587,926 (a 32.7% growth), while the Netherlands' population increased by 1,251,715 (a 7.39% growth).

Malawi was ranked 69th most populous country in 2005 and is 61st in 2025. The Netherlands was ranked 61st in 2005 and ranked 72nd 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 Netherlands will increase by 2.87% to 18,714,579 people and rank change from 72nd to 77th.