Population in Malawi compared to Papua New Guinea: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Malawi and Papua New Guinea: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Malawi	Papua New Guinea	Malawi	Papua New Guinea
1960	3,628,134	1,995,110	-	-
1961	3,715,534	2,046,127	2.41%	2.56%
1962	3,806,307	2,093,919	2.44%	2.34%
1963	3,900,506	2,141,376	2.47%	2.27%
1964	3,997,305	2,188,325	2.48%	2.19%
1965	4,096,157	2,235,820	2.47%	2.17%
1966	4,197,926	2,285,774	2.48%	2.23%
1967	4,303,012	2,337,532	2.5%	2.26%
1968	4,411,054	2,390,803	2.51%	2.28%
1969	4,521,184	2,446,927	2.5%	2.35%
1970	4,633,944	2,505,628	2.49%	2.4%
1971	4,751,434	2,566,421	2.54%	2.43%
1972	4,874,475	2,628,432	2.59%	2.42%
1973	5,003,938	2,690,629	2.66%	2.37%
1974	5,141,337	2,752,671	2.75%	2.31%
1975	5,287,367	2,814,820	2.84%	2.26%
1976	5,443,384	2,877,327	2.95%	2.22%
1977	5,614,983	2,940,327	3.15%	2.19%
1978	5,810,132	3,003,714	3.48%	2.16%
1979	6,028,749	3,067,341	3.76%	2.12%
1980	6,265,529	3,131,512	3.93%	2.09%
1981	6,516,454	3,197,019	4%	2.09%
1982	6,778,879	3,264,291	4.03%	2.1%
1983	7,051,709	3,333,633	4.02%	2.12%
1984	7,332,810	3,405,198	3.99%	2.15%
1985	7,620,508	3,478,936	3.92%	2.17%
1986	7,906,480	3,554,793	3.75%	2.18%
1987	8,293,174	3,632,543	4.89%	2.19%
1988	8,753,262	3,711,880	5.55%	2.18%
1989	9,176,220	3,796,078	4.83%	2.27%
1990	9,545,852	3,896,481	4.03%	2.64%
1991	9,844,227	4,021,837	3.13%	3.22%
1992	10,135,079	4,166,699	2.95%	3.6%
1993	10,284,024	4,320,872	1.47%	3.7%
1994	10,164,894	4,480,208	-1.16%	3.69%
1995	10,150,117	4,644,278	-0.15%	3.66%
1996	10,352,228	4,813,361	1.99%	3.64%
1997	10,562,035	4,987,883	2.03%	3.63%
1998	10,792,876	5,166,390	2.19%	3.58%
1999	11,047,804	5,349,333	2.36%	3.54%
2000	11,315,942	5,537,064	2.43%	3.51%
2001	11,593,058	5,728,435	2.45%	3.46%
2002	11,880,440	5,924,003	2.48%	3.41%
2003	12,181,574	6,123,997	2.53%	3.38%
2004	12,500,737	6,328,041	2.62%	3.33%
2005	12,840,031	6,535,905	2.71%	3.28%
2006	13,198,701	6,747,720	2.79%	3.24%
2007	13,576,343	6,963,345	2.86%	3.2%
2008	13,976,417	7,183,002	2.95%	3.15%
2009	14,395,788	7,406,438	3%	3.11%
2010	14,826,463	7,633,523	2.99%	3.07%
2011	15,265,022	7,859,346	2.96%	2.96%
2012	15,709,577	8,081,390	2.91%	2.83%
2013	16,161,816	8,302,698	2.88%	2.74%
2014	16,621,538	8,523,441	2.84%	2.66%
2015	17,085,587	8,743,246	2.79%	2.58%
2016	17,557,739	8,961,718	2.76%	2.5%
2017	18,039,715	9,178,714	2.75%	2.42%
2018	18,528,081	9,394,513	2.71%	2.35%
2019	19,025,752	9,609,010	2.69%	2.28%
2020	19,533,888	9,815,746	2.67%	2.15%
2021	20,047,258	10,012,896	2.63%	2.01%
2022	20,568,728	10,203,169	2.6%	1.9%
2023	21,104,482	10,389,635	2.6%	1.83%
2024	21,655,286	10,576,502	2.61%	1.8%
2025	22,216,113	10,762,813	2.59%	1.76%
2026	22,785,530	10,947,845	2.56%	1.72%
2027	23,366,187	11,131,268	2.55%	1.68%
2028	23,954,450	11,312,895	2.52%	1.63%
2029	24,553,499	11,492,799	2.5%	1.59%
2030	25,160,293	11,671,420	2.47%	1.55%
2031	25,763,534	11,848,221	2.4%	1.51%
2032	26,366,760	12,023,121	2.34%	1.48%
2033	26,978,417	12,196,639	2.32%	1.44%
2034	27,595,295	12,369,248	2.29%	1.42%
2035	28,213,784	12,540,596	2.24%	1.39%
2036	28,835,595	12,710,682	2.2%	1.36%
2037	29,462,509	12,879,737	2.17%	1.33%
2038	30,081,741	13,047,122	2.1%	1.3%
2039	30,691,578	13,212,668	2.03%	1.27%
2040	31,302,092	13,376,156	1.99%	1.24%
2041	31,911,242	13,537,361	1.95%	1.21%
2042	32,517,509	13,696,139	1.9%	1.17%
2043	33,122,481	13,853,410	1.86%	1.15%
2044	33,736,523	14,009,926	1.85%	1.13%
2045	34,350,947	14,165,578	1.82%	1.11%
2046	34,959,606	14,318,889	1.77%	1.08%
2047	35,567,989	14,469,210	1.74%	1.05%
2048	36,165,757	14,617,364	1.68%	1.02%
2049	36,760,998	14,763,600	1.65%	1%
2050	37,361,672	14,906,584	1.63%	0.97%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Malawi increased by 4,359,038 people (a 33% growth), while Papua New Guinea gained 2,213,998 people (a 32.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Malawi gained 5,234,136 (a 29.8% growth), while Papua New Guinea's population increased by 1,988,131 (a 22.2% growth).

Malawi was ranked 69th most populous country in 2006 and is 61st in 2026. Papua New Guinea was ranked 100th in 2006 and ranked 89th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Malawi's population will grow by 63.9% to 37,361,672 people with a rank change from 61st to 55th. The population of Papua New Guinea will increase by 36.1% to 14,906,584 people and rank change from 89th to 85th.