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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Malawi	Nigeria	Malawi	Nigeria
1960	3,628,134	45,053,782	-	-
1961	3,715,534	45,989,310	2.41%	2.08%
1962	3,806,307	46,965,292	2.44%	2.12%
1963	3,900,506	47,973,575	2.47%	2.15%
1964	3,997,305	49,012,016	2.48%	2.16%
1965	4,096,157	50,086,764	2.47%	2.19%
1966	4,197,926	51,188,234	2.48%	2.2%
1967	4,303,012	52,293,065	2.5%	2.16%
1968	4,411,054	53,432,783	2.51%	2.18%
1969	4,521,184	54,631,914	2.5%	2.24%
1970	4,633,944	55,893,838	2.49%	2.31%
1971	4,751,434	57,214,684	2.54%	2.36%
1972	4,874,475	58,601,748	2.59%	2.42%
1973	5,003,938	60,082,139	2.66%	2.53%
1974	5,141,337	61,679,144	2.75%	2.66%
1975	5,287,367	63,410,815	2.84%	2.81%
1976	5,443,384	65,258,009	2.95%	2.91%
1977	5,614,983	67,234,590	3.15%	3.03%
1978	5,810,132	69,326,532	3.48%	3.11%
1979	6,028,749	71,498,242	3.76%	3.13%
1980	6,265,529	73,764,641	3.93%	3.17%
1981	6,516,454	76,068,103	4%	3.12%
1982	6,778,879	78,378,701	4.03%	3.04%
1983	7,051,709	80,438,260	4.02%	2.63%
1984	7,332,810	82,526,443	3.99%	2.6%
1985	7,620,508	84,897,973	3.92%	2.87%
1986	7,906,480	87,235,953	3.75%	2.75%
1987	8,293,174	89,591,716	4.89%	2.7%
1988	8,753,262	92,020,090	5.55%	2.71%
1989	9,176,220	94,531,014	4.83%	2.73%
1990	9,545,852	97,120,925	4.03%	2.74%
1991	9,844,227	99,720,162	3.13%	2.68%
1992	10,135,079	102,372,770	2.95%	2.66%
1993	10,284,024	105,122,069	1.47%	2.69%
1994	10,164,894	107,935,714	-1.16%	2.68%
1995	10,150,117	110,819,428	-0.15%	2.67%
1996	10,352,228	113,754,779	1.99%	2.65%
1997	10,562,035	116,754,792	2.03%	2.64%
1998	10,792,876	119,846,254	2.19%	2.65%
1999	11,047,804	123,047,320	2.36%	2.67%
2000	11,315,942	126,382,494	2.43%	2.71%
2001	11,593,058	129,862,595	2.45%	2.75%
2002	11,880,440	133,471,989	2.48%	2.78%
2003	12,181,574	137,202,644	2.53%	2.8%
2004	12,500,737	141,057,045	2.62%	2.81%
2005	12,840,031	145,017,253	2.71%	2.81%
2006	13,198,701	149,077,334	2.79%	2.8%
2007	13,576,343	153,267,261	2.86%	2.81%
2008	13,976,417	157,595,014	2.95%	2.82%
2009	14,395,788	162,049,464	3%	2.83%
2010	14,826,463	166,642,886	2.99%	2.83%
2011	15,265,022	171,379,598	2.96%	2.84%
2012	15,709,577	176,200,625	2.91%	2.81%
2013	16,161,816	181,049,443	2.88%	2.75%
2014	16,621,538	185,896,915	2.84%	2.68%
2015	17,085,587	190,671,878	2.79%	2.57%
2016	17,557,739	195,443,700	2.76%	2.5%
2017	18,039,715	200,254,579	2.75%	2.46%
2018	18,528,081	204,938,755	2.71%	2.34%
2019	19,025,752	209,485,641	2.69%	2.22%
2020	19,533,888	213,996,181	2.67%	2.15%
2021	20,047,258	218,529,286	2.63%	2.12%
2022	20,568,728	223,150,896	2.6%	2.11%
2023	21,104,482	227,882,945	2.6%	2.12%
2024	21,655,286	232,679,478	2.61%	2.1%
2025	22,216,113	237,527,783	2.59%	2.08%
2026	22,785,530	242,431,830	2.56%	2.06%
2027	23,366,187	247,374,258	2.55%	2.04%
2028	23,954,450	252,346,128	2.52%	2.01%
2029	24,553,499	257,352,638	2.5%	1.98%
2030	25,160,293	262,380,975	2.47%	1.95%
2031	25,763,534	267,421,079	2.4%	1.92%
2032	26,366,760	272,483,635	2.34%	1.89%
2033	26,978,417	277,555,116	2.32%	1.86%
2034	27,595,295	282,622,388	2.29%	1.83%
2035	28,213,784	287,685,757	2.24%	1.79%
2036	28,835,595	292,739,390	2.2%	1.76%
2037	29,462,509	297,773,236	2.17%	1.72%
2038	30,081,741	302,782,350	2.1%	1.68%
2039	30,691,578	307,764,754	2.03%	1.65%
2040	31,302,092	312,710,403	1.99%	1.61%
2041	31,911,242	317,607,237	1.95%	1.57%
2042	32,517,509	322,450,302	1.9%	1.52%
2043	33,122,481	327,243,941	1.86%	1.49%
2044	33,736,523	331,983,354	1.85%	1.45%
2045	34,350,947	336,662,502	1.82%	1.41%
2046	34,959,606	341,281,757	1.77%	1.37%
2047	35,567,989	345,844,004	1.74%	1.34%
2048	36,165,757	350,347,757	1.68%	1.3%
2049	36,760,998	354,792,418	1.65%	1.27%
2050	37,361,672	359,185,550	1.63%	1.24%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Malawi increased by 4,245,556 people (a 33.1% growth), while Nigeria gained 45,654,625 people (a 31.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Malawi gained 5,587,926 (a 32.7% growth), while Nigeria's population increased by 50,795,221 (a 26.6% growth).

Malawi was ranked 69th most populous country in 2005 and is 61st in 2025. Nigeria was ranked 7th in 2005 and ranked 6th 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 Nigeria will increase by 48.8% to 359,185,550 people and rank change from 6th to 5th.