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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Malawi	Palau	Malawi	Palau
1960	3,628,134	9,328	-	-
1961	3,715,534	9,555	2.41%	2.43%
1962	3,806,307	9,793	2.44%	2.49%
1963	3,900,506	10,037	2.47%	2.49%
1964	3,997,305	10,292	2.48%	2.54%
1965	4,096,157	10,547	2.47%	2.48%
1966	4,197,926	10,805	2.48%	2.45%
1967	4,303,012	10,988	2.5%	1.69%
1968	4,411,054	11,080	2.51%	0.84%
1969	4,521,184	11,159	2.5%	0.71%
1970	4,633,944	11,368	2.49%	1.87%
1971	4,751,434	11,759	2.54%	3.44%
1972	4,874,475	12,194	2.59%	3.7%
1973	5,003,938	12,552	2.66%	2.94%
1974	5,141,337	12,687	2.75%	1.08%
1975	5,287,367	12,655	2.84%	-0.25%
1976	5,443,384	12,598	2.95%	-0.45%
1977	5,614,983	12,525	3.15%	-0.58%
1978	5,810,132	12,440	3.48%	-0.68%
1979	6,028,749	12,337	3.76%	-0.83%
1980	6,265,529	12,271	3.93%	-0.53%
1981	6,516,454	12,402	4%	1.07%
1982	6,778,879	12,694	4.03%	2.35%
1983	7,051,709	13,006	4.02%	2.46%
1984	7,332,810	13,337	3.99%	2.54%
1985	7,620,508	13,688	3.92%	2.63%
1986	7,906,480	14,024	3.75%	2.45%
1987	8,293,174	14,334	4.89%	2.21%
1988	8,753,262	14,645	5.55%	2.17%
1989	9,176,220	14,945	4.83%	2.05%
1990	9,545,852	15,259	4.03%	2.1%
1991	9,844,227	15,614	3.13%	2.33%
1992	10,135,079	15,989	2.95%	2.4%
1993	10,284,024	16,372	1.47%	2.4%
1994	10,164,894	16,770	-1.16%	2.43%
1995	10,150,117	17,195	-0.15%	2.53%
1996	10,352,228	17,654	1.99%	2.67%
1997	10,562,035	18,108	2.03%	2.57%
1998	10,792,876	18,524	2.19%	2.3%
1999	11,047,804	18,901	2.36%	2.04%
2000	11,315,942	19,178	2.43%	1.47%
2001	11,593,058	19,352	2.45%	0.91%
2002	11,880,440	19,503	2.48%	0.78%
2003	12,181,574	19,659	2.53%	0.8%
2004	12,500,737	19,820	2.62%	0.82%
2005	12,840,031	19,819	2.71%	-0.005%
2006	13,198,701	19,593	2.79%	-1.14%
2007	13,576,343	19,302	2.86%	-1.49%
2008	13,976,417	19,009	2.95%	-1.52%
2009	14,395,788	18,709	3%	-1.58%
2010	14,826,463	18,396	2.99%	-1.67%
2011	15,265,022	18,078	2.96%	-1.73%
2012	15,709,577	17,765	2.91%	-1.73%
2013	16,161,816	17,648	2.88%	-0.66%
2014	16,621,538	17,715	2.84%	0.38%
2015	17,085,587	17,770	2.79%	0.31%
2016	17,557,739	17,797	2.76%	0.15%
2017	18,039,715	17,812	2.75%	0.08%
2018	18,528,081	17,814	2.71%	0.01%
2019	19,025,752	17,798	2.69%	-0.09%
2020	19,533,888	17,792	2.67%	-0.03%
2021	20,047,258	17,783	2.63%	-0.05%
2022	20,568,728	17,759	2.6%	-0.13%
2023	21,104,482	17,727	2.6%	-0.18%
2024	21,655,286	17,695	2.61%	-0.18%
2025	22,216,113	17,663	2.59%	-0.18%
2026	22,785,530	17,618	2.56%	-0.25%
2027	23,366,187	17,564	2.55%	-0.31%
2028	23,954,450	17,504	2.52%	-0.34%
2029	24,553,499	17,436	2.5%	-0.39%
2030	25,160,293	17,376	2.47%	-0.34%
2031	25,763,534	17,299	2.4%	-0.44%
2032	26,366,760	17,228	2.34%	-0.41%
2033	26,978,417	17,163	2.32%	-0.38%
2034	27,595,295	17,092	2.29%	-0.41%
2035	28,213,784	17,012	2.24%	-0.47%
2036	28,835,595	16,940	2.2%	-0.43%
2037	29,462,509	16,858	2.17%	-0.48%
2038	30,081,741	16,779	2.1%	-0.47%
2039	30,691,578	16,689	2.03%	-0.54%
2040	31,302,092	16,604	1.99%	-0.51%
2041	31,911,242	16,510	1.95%	-0.57%
2042	32,517,509	16,403	1.9%	-0.65%
2043	33,122,481	16,302	1.86%	-0.61%
2044	33,736,523	16,202	1.85%	-0.62%
2045	34,350,947	16,097	1.82%	-0.65%
2046	34,959,606	15,977	1.77%	-0.74%
2047	35,567,989	15,863	1.74%	-0.71%
2048	36,165,757	15,749	1.68%	-0.72%
2049	36,760,998	15,632	1.65%	-0.74%
2050	37,361,672	15,515	1.63%	-0.75%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Malawi increased by 4,245,556 people (a 33.1% growth), while Palau lost 2,049 people (a 10.3% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Malawi gained 5,587,926 (a 32.7% growth), while Palau's population decreased by -107 (a 0.6% decline).

Malawi was ranked 69th most populous country in 2005 and is 61st in 2025. Palau was ranked 194th in 2005 and still ranked 194th 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 Palau will decrease by 12.2% to 15,515 people and rank change from 194th to 195th.