The latest officially reported population of Malawi was 21,655,286 in 2024 vs 5,338,500 people in New Zealand in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Malawi's population is 22,673,513 people compared to 5,406,623 in New Zealand.
Population statistics:
- Malawi's population is 4.19 times bigger than New Zealand's.
- Malawi is ranked the 61st most populous country in the world, while New Zealand is the 124th.
- The countries together account for 0.34% of the world: 0.27% for Malawi vs 0.07% for New Zealand.
- For the last 10 years, Malawi has had an average growth rate of +2.7% per year vs +1.69% in New Zealand.
- Since 2005, the population of Malawi has increased from 12.8M people to 22.7M (76.6% growth), while New Zealand has grown from 4.13M to 5.41M (30.8% growth).
- Malawi is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 59.1M people compared to the peak of 6.01M people in 2078 for New Zealand.
Malawi vs New Zealand: live population counter
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| Current population |
22673513
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5406623
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| Population rank | 61/197 | 124/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.27% | 0.07% |
| One net population change |
57.3 seconds
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5.62 minutes
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| One birth every |
47.6 seconds
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9.23 minutes
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| One death every |
4.64 minutes
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13.9 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
5.81 hours
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28 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -1,507 | +18,766 |
| Daily growth/decline | +1,509 | +256 |
| Annual growth/decline | +550,804 | +93,500 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.61% | +1.78% |
| Population growth rate rank | 27/197 | 63/197 |
Malawi and New Zealand: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 3,628,134 | 2,371,800 | - | - |
| 1961 | 3,715,534 | 2,419,700 | 2.41% | 2.02% |
| 1962 | 3,806,307 | 2,482,000 | 2.44% | 2.57% |
| 1963 | 3,900,506 | 2,531,800 | 2.47% | 2.01% |
| 1964 | 3,997,305 | 2,585,400 | 2.48% | 2.12% |
| 1965 | 4,096,157 | 2,628,400 | 2.47% | 1.66% |
| 1966 | 4,197,926 | 2,675,900 | 2.48% | 1.81% |
| 1967 | 4,303,012 | 2,724,100 | 2.5% | 1.8% |
| 1968 | 4,411,054 | 2,748,100 | 2.51% | 0.88% |
| 1969 | 4,521,184 | 2,772,800 | 2.5% | 0.9% |
| 1970 | 4,633,944 | 2,810,700 | 2.49% | 1.37% |
| 1971 | 4,751,434 | 2,853,000 | 2.54% | 1.5% |
| 1972 | 4,874,475 | 2,903,900 | 2.59% | 1.78% |
| 1973 | 5,003,938 | 2,961,300 | 2.66% | 1.98% |
| 1974 | 5,141,337 | 3,023,700 | 2.75% | 2.11% |
| 1975 | 5,287,367 | 3,083,100 | 2.84% | 1.96% |
| 1976 | 5,443,384 | 3,110,500 | 2.95% | 0.89% |
| 1977 | 5,614,983 | 3,120,200 | 3.15% | 0.31% |
| 1978 | 5,810,132 | 3,121,200 | 3.48% | 0.03% |
| 1979 | 6,028,749 | 3,109,000 | 3.76% | -0.39% |
| 1980 | 6,265,529 | 3,112,900 | 3.93% | 0.13% |
| 1981 | 6,516,454 | 3,124,900 | 4% | 0.39% |
| 1982 | 6,778,879 | 3,156,100 | 4.03% | 1% |
| 1983 | 7,051,709 | 3,199,300 | 4.02% | 1.37% |
| 1984 | 7,332,810 | 3,227,100 | 3.99% | 0.87% |
| 1985 | 7,620,508 | 3,247,100 | 3.92% | 0.62% |
| 1986 | 7,906,480 | 3,246,300 | 3.75% | -0.02% |
| 1987 | 8,293,174 | 3,274,400 | 4.89% | 0.87% |
| 1988 | 8,753,262 | 3,283,400 | 5.55% | 0.27% |
| 1989 | 9,176,220 | 3,299,200 | 4.83% | 0.48% |
| 1990 | 9,545,852 | 3,329,800 | 4.03% | 0.93% |
| 1991 | 9,844,227 | 3,495,100 | 3.13% | 4.96% |
| 1992 | 10,135,079 | 3,531,700 | 2.95% | 1.05% |
| 1993 | 10,284,024 | 3,572,200 | 1.47% | 1.15% |
| 1994 | 10,164,894 | 3,620,000 | -1.16% | 1.34% |
| 1995 | 10,150,117 | 3,673,400 | -0.15% | 1.48% |
| 1996 | 10,352,228 | 3,732,000 | 1.99% | 1.6% |
| 1997 | 10,562,035 | 3,781,300 | 2.03% | 1.32% |
| 1998 | 10,792,876 | 3,815,000 | 2.19% | 0.89% |
| 1999 | 11,047,804 | 3,835,100 | 2.36% | 0.53% |
| 2000 | 11,315,942 | 3,857,700 | 2.43% | 0.59% |
| 2001 | 11,593,058 | 3,880,500 | 2.45% | 0.59% |
| 2002 | 11,880,440 | 3,948,500 | 2.48% | 1.75% |
| 2003 | 12,181,574 | 4,027,200 | 2.53% | 1.99% |
| 2004 | 12,500,737 | 4,087,500 | 2.62% | 1.5% |
| 2005 | 12,840,031 | 4,133,900 | 2.71% | 1.14% |
| 2006 | 13,198,701 | 4,184,600 | 2.79% | 1.23% |
| 2007 | 13,576,343 | 4,223,800 | 2.86% | 0.94% |
| 2008 | 13,976,417 | 4,259,800 | 2.95% | 0.85% |
| 2009 | 14,395,788 | 4,302,600 | 3% | 1% |
| 2010 | 14,826,463 | 4,350,700 | 2.99% | 1.12% |
| 2011 | 15,265,022 | 4,384,000 | 2.96% | 0.77% |
| 2012 | 15,709,577 | 4,408,100 | 2.91% | 0.55% |
| 2013 | 16,161,816 | 4,442,100 | 2.88% | 0.77% |
| 2014 | 16,621,538 | 4,516,500 | 2.84% | 1.67% |
| 2015 | 17,085,587 | 4,609,400 | 2.79% | 2.06% |
| 2016 | 17,557,739 | 4,714,100 | 2.76% | 2.27% |
| 2017 | 18,039,715 | 4,813,600 | 2.75% | 2.11% |
| 2018 | 18,528,081 | 4,900,600 | 2.71% | 1.81% |
| 2019 | 19,025,752 | 4,979,200 | 2.69% | 1.6% |
| 2020 | 19,533,888 | 5,090,200 | 2.67% | 2.23% |
| 2021 | 20,047,258 | 5,111,300 | 2.63% | 0.41% |
| 2022 | 20,568,728 | 5,117,100 | 2.6% | 0.11% |
| 2023 | 21,104,482 | 5,245,000 | 2.6% | 2.5% |
| 2024 | 21,655,286 | 5,338,500 | 2.61% | 1.78% |
| 2025 | 22,216,113 | 5,377,360 | 2.59% | 0.73% |
| 2026 | 22,785,530 | 5,413,790 | 2.56% | 0.68% |
| 2027 | 23,366,187 | 5,447,979 | 2.55% | 0.63% |
| 2028 | 23,954,450 | 5,479,675 | 2.52% | 0.58% |
| 2029 | 24,553,499 | 5,509,133 | 2.5% | 0.54% |
| 2030 | 25,160,293 | 5,536,522 | 2.47% | 0.5% |
| 2031 | 25,763,534 | 5,562,256 | 2.4% | 0.46% |
| 2032 | 26,366,760 | 5,586,456 | 2.34% | 0.44% |
| 2033 | 26,978,417 | 5,609,501 | 2.32% | 0.41% |
| 2034 | 27,595,295 | 5,631,457 | 2.29% | 0.39% |
| 2035 | 28,213,784 | 5,652,480 | 2.24% | 0.37% |
| 2036 | 28,835,595 | 5,673,146 | 2.2% | 0.37% |
| 2037 | 29,462,509 | 5,693,185 | 2.17% | 0.35% |
| 2038 | 30,081,741 | 5,713,185 | 2.1% | 0.35% |
| 2039 | 30,691,578 | 5,732,750 | 2.03% | 0.34% |
| 2040 | 31,302,092 | 5,751,482 | 1.99% | 0.33% |
| 2041 | 31,911,242 | 5,770,413 | 1.95% | 0.33% |
| 2042 | 32,517,509 | 5,789,187 | 1.9% | 0.33% |
| 2043 | 33,122,481 | 5,806,468 | 1.86% | 0.3% |
| 2044 | 33,736,523 | 5,822,166 | 1.85% | 0.27% |
| 2045 | 34,350,947 | 5,836,730 | 1.82% | 0.25% |
| 2046 | 34,959,606 | 5,849,932 | 1.77% | 0.23% |
| 2047 | 35,567,989 | 5,861,661 | 1.74% | 0.2% |
| 2048 | 36,165,757 | 5,872,796 | 1.68% | 0.19% |
| 2049 | 36,760,998 | 5,882,711 | 1.65% | 0.17% |
| 2050 | 37,361,672 | 5,892,766 | 1.63% | 0.17% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Malawi increased by 4,245,556 people (a 33.1% growth), while New Zealand gained 475,500 people (a 11.5% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Malawi gained 5,587,926 (a 32.7% growth), while New Zealand's population increased by 797,223 (a 17.3% growth).
Malawi was ranked 69th most populous country in 2005 and is 61st in 2025. New Zealand was ranked 122nd in 2005 and ranked 124th 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 New Zealand will increase by 8.99% to 5,892,766 people and rank change from 124th to 122nd.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Lilongwe | 989K |
| Mzimba | 936K |
| Blantyre | 800K |
| Mzuzu | 150K |
| Zomba | 101K |
| Mangochi | 53.5K |
| Mulanje | 14.8K |
| Ntcheu | 14.6K |
| Monkey Bay | 14.6K |
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| City | Population |
| Auckland | 1.47M |
| Christchurch | 383K |
| Wellington | 216K |
| Hamilton | 176K |
| Tauranga | 151K |
| Dunedin | 106K |
| Lower Hutt | 103K |
| Palmerston North | 81.5K |
| Napier | 66.3K |
| Porirua | 59.6K |
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Population differences between Malawi and New Zealand
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| Life expectancy | 67.7 years | 82.4 years |
| Average age | 22.8 years | 39.8 years |
| Median age | 18.9 years | 38.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.8:51.2 | 49.7:50.3 |
| Fertility rate | 3.65 births per woman | 1.56 births per woman |
| Population density | 595 ppl/mi² | 52.5 ppl/mi² |
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