The latest officially reported population of Malawi was 21,655,286 in 2024 vs 6,916,140 people in Nicaragua in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Malawi's population is 22,673,513 people compared to 7,079,664 in Nicaragua.
Population statistics:
- Malawi's population is 3.2 times bigger than Nicaragua's.
- Malawi is ranked the 61st most populous country in the world, while Nicaragua is the 107th.
- The countries together account for 0.36% of the world: 0.27% for Malawi vs 0.09% for Nicaragua.
- For the last 10 years, Malawi has had an average growth rate of +2.7% per year vs +1.33% in Nicaragua.
- Since 2005, the population of Malawi has increased from 12.8M people to 22.7M (76.6% growth), while Nicaragua has grown from 5.34M to 7.08M (32.5% growth).
- Malawi is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 59.1M people compared to the peak of 9.24M people in 2071 for Nicaragua.
Malawi vs Nicaragua: live population counter
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| Current population |
22673513
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7079664
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| Population rank | 61/197 | 107/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.27% | 0.09% |
| One net population change |
57.3 seconds
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5.68 minutes
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| One birth every |
47.6 seconds
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3.98 minutes
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| One death every |
4.64 minutes
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16.8 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
5.81 hours
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1.07 hours
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| Annual migration change | -1,507 | -8,189 |
| Daily growth/decline | +1,509 | +253 |
| Annual growth/decline | +550,804 | +92,527 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.61% | +1.36% |
| Population growth rate rank | 27/197 | 81/197 |
Malawi and Nicaragua: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 3,628,134 | 1,782,370 | - | - |
| 1961 | 3,715,534 | 1,836,451 | 2.41% | 3.03% |
| 1962 | 3,806,307 | 1,892,320 | 2.44% | 3.04% |
| 1963 | 3,900,506 | 1,950,159 | 2.47% | 3.06% |
| 1964 | 3,997,305 | 2,010,176 | 2.48% | 3.08% |
| 1965 | 4,096,157 | 2,072,681 | 2.47% | 3.11% |
| 1966 | 4,197,926 | 2,137,820 | 2.48% | 3.14% |
| 1967 | 4,303,012 | 2,205,567 | 2.5% | 3.17% |
| 1968 | 4,411,054 | 2,275,836 | 2.51% | 3.19% |
| 1969 | 4,521,184 | 2,348,398 | 2.5% | 3.19% |
| 1970 | 4,633,944 | 2,423,065 | 2.49% | 3.18% |
| 1971 | 4,751,434 | 2,499,825 | 2.54% | 3.17% |
| 1972 | 4,874,475 | 2,573,578 | 2.59% | 2.95% |
| 1973 | 5,003,938 | 2,649,278 | 2.66% | 2.94% |
| 1974 | 5,141,337 | 2,732,075 | 2.75% | 3.13% |
| 1975 | 5,287,367 | 2,816,943 | 2.84% | 3.11% |
| 1976 | 5,443,384 | 2,903,851 | 2.95% | 3.09% |
| 1977 | 5,614,983 | 2,992,534 | 3.15% | 3.05% |
| 1978 | 5,810,132 | 3,080,314 | 3.48% | 2.93% |
| 1979 | 6,028,749 | 3,164,525 | 3.76% | 2.73% |
| 1980 | 6,265,529 | 3,252,403 | 3.93% | 2.78% |
| 1981 | 6,516,454 | 3,345,674 | 4% | 2.87% |
| 1982 | 6,778,879 | 3,438,745 | 4.03% | 2.78% |
| 1983 | 7,051,709 | 3,530,282 | 4.02% | 2.66% |
| 1984 | 7,332,810 | 3,619,104 | 3.99% | 2.52% |
| 1985 | 7,620,508 | 3,706,479 | 3.92% | 2.41% |
| 1986 | 7,906,480 | 3,794,157 | 3.75% | 2.37% |
| 1987 | 8,293,174 | 3,882,164 | 4.89% | 2.32% |
| 1988 | 8,753,262 | 3,972,320 | 5.55% | 2.32% |
| 1989 | 9,176,220 | 4,066,476 | 4.83% | 2.37% |
| 1990 | 9,545,852 | 4,162,559 | 4.03% | 2.36% |
| 1991 | 9,844,227 | 4,259,637 | 3.13% | 2.33% |
| 1992 | 10,135,079 | 4,357,026 | 2.95% | 2.29% |
| 1993 | 10,284,024 | 4,453,732 | 1.47% | 2.22% |
| 1994 | 10,164,894 | 4,549,316 | -1.16% | 2.15% |
| 1995 | 10,150,117 | 4,642,931 | -0.15% | 2.06% |
| 1996 | 10,352,228 | 4,729,974 | 1.99% | 1.87% |
| 1997 | 10,562,035 | 4,809,573 | 2.03% | 1.68% |
| 1998 | 10,792,876 | 4,883,655 | 2.19% | 1.54% |
| 1999 | 11,047,804 | 4,954,018 | 2.36% | 1.44% |
| 2000 | 11,315,942 | 5,022,633 | 2.43% | 1.39% |
| 2001 | 11,593,058 | 5,087,825 | 2.45% | 1.3% |
| 2002 | 11,880,440 | 5,149,909 | 2.48% | 1.22% |
| 2003 | 12,181,574 | 5,210,963 | 2.53% | 1.19% |
| 2004 | 12,500,737 | 5,272,912 | 2.62% | 1.19% |
| 2005 | 12,840,031 | 5,342,105 | 2.71% | 1.31% |
| 2006 | 13,198,701 | 5,418,855 | 2.79% | 1.44% |
| 2007 | 13,576,343 | 5,497,243 | 2.86% | 1.45% |
| 2008 | 13,976,417 | 5,576,593 | 2.95% | 1.44% |
| 2009 | 14,395,788 | 5,656,601 | 3% | 1.43% |
| 2010 | 14,826,463 | 5,737,450 | 2.99% | 1.43% |
| 2011 | 15,265,022 | 5,819,051 | 2.96% | 1.42% |
| 2012 | 15,709,577 | 5,901,287 | 2.91% | 1.41% |
| 2013 | 16,161,816 | 5,983,845 | 2.88% | 1.4% |
| 2014 | 16,621,538 | 6,066,492 | 2.84% | 1.38% |
| 2015 | 17,085,587 | 6,149,417 | 2.79% | 1.37% |
| 2016 | 17,557,739 | 6,232,666 | 2.76% | 1.35% |
| 2017 | 18,039,715 | 6,316,231 | 2.75% | 1.34% |
| 2018 | 18,528,081 | 6,400,080 | 2.71% | 1.33% |
| 2019 | 19,025,752 | 6,483,657 | 2.69% | 1.31% |
| 2020 | 19,533,888 | 6,565,267 | 2.67% | 1.26% |
| 2021 | 20,047,258 | 6,644,741 | 2.63% | 1.21% |
| 2022 | 20,568,728 | 6,730,654 | 2.6% | 1.29% |
| 2023 | 21,104,482 | 6,823,613 | 2.6% | 1.38% |
| 2024 | 21,655,286 | 6,916,140 | 2.61% | 1.36% |
| 2025 | 22,216,113 | 7,007,511 | 2.59% | 1.32% |
| 2026 | 22,785,530 | 7,097,335 | 2.56% | 1.28% |
| 2027 | 23,366,187 | 7,185,724 | 2.55% | 1.25% |
| 2028 | 23,954,450 | 7,272,691 | 2.52% | 1.21% |
| 2029 | 24,553,499 | 7,358,003 | 2.5% | 1.17% |
| 2030 | 25,160,293 | 7,441,612 | 2.47% | 1.14% |
| 2031 | 25,763,534 | 7,523,773 | 2.4% | 1.1% |
| 2032 | 26,366,760 | 7,604,398 | 2.34% | 1.07% |
| 2033 | 26,978,417 | 7,683,391 | 2.32% | 1.04% |
| 2034 | 27,595,295 | 7,760,901 | 2.29% | 1.01% |
| 2035 | 28,213,784 | 7,836,706 | 2.24% | 0.98% |
| 2036 | 28,835,595 | 7,910,787 | 2.2% | 0.95% |
| 2037 | 29,462,509 | 7,983,295 | 2.17% | 0.92% |
| 2038 | 30,081,741 | 8,054,140 | 2.1% | 0.89% |
| 2039 | 30,691,578 | 8,122,959 | 2.03% | 0.85% |
| 2040 | 31,302,092 | 8,189,916 | 1.99% | 0.82% |
| 2041 | 31,911,242 | 8,255,163 | 1.95% | 0.8% |
| 2042 | 32,517,509 | 8,318,515 | 1.9% | 0.77% |
| 2043 | 33,122,481 | 8,380,014 | 1.86% | 0.74% |
| 2044 | 33,736,523 | 8,439,720 | 1.85% | 0.71% |
| 2045 | 34,350,947 | 8,497,618 | 1.82% | 0.69% |
| 2046 | 34,959,606 | 8,553,413 | 1.77% | 0.66% |
| 2047 | 35,567,989 | 8,607,283 | 1.74% | 0.63% |
| 2048 | 36,165,757 | 8,659,292 | 1.68% | 0.6% |
| 2049 | 36,760,998 | 8,708,929 | 1.65% | 0.57% |
| 2050 | 37,361,672 | 8,756,439 | 1.63% | 0.55% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Malawi increased by 4,245,556 people (a 33.1% growth), while Nicaragua gained 807,312 people (a 15.1% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Malawi gained 5,587,926 (a 32.7% growth), while Nicaragua's population increased by 930,247 (a 15.1% growth).
Malawi was ranked 69th most populous country in 2005 and is 61st in 2025. Nicaragua was ranked 110th in 2005 and ranked 107th 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 Nicaragua will increase by 23.7% to 8,756,439 people and rank change from 107th to 109th.
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Population differences between Malawi and Nicaragua
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| Life expectancy | 67.7 years | 75.3 years |
| Average age | 22.8 years | 29.3 years |
| Median age | 18.9 years | 26.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.8:51.2 | 49.2:50.8 |
| Fertility rate | 3.65 births per woman | 2.22 births per woman |
| Population density | 595 ppl/mi² | 148.9 ppl/mi² |
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