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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Malawi	Peru	Malawi	Peru
1960	3,628,134	10,174,127	-	-
1961	3,715,534	10,475,123	2.41%	2.96%
1962	3,806,307	10,784,612	2.44%	2.95%
1963	3,900,506	11,102,099	2.47%	2.94%
1964	3,997,305	11,427,978	2.48%	2.94%
1965	4,096,157	11,761,085	2.47%	2.91%
1966	4,197,926	12,101,297	2.48%	2.89%
1967	4,303,012	12,448,814	2.5%	2.87%
1968	4,411,054	12,803,993	2.51%	2.85%
1969	4,521,184	13,166,767	2.5%	2.83%
1970	4,633,944	13,501,237	2.49%	2.54%
1971	4,751,434	13,838,067	2.54%	2.49%
1972	4,874,475	14,210,147	2.59%	2.69%
1973	5,003,938	14,582,867	2.66%	2.62%
1974	5,141,337	14,956,552	2.75%	2.56%
1975	5,287,367	15,333,957	2.84%	2.52%
1976	5,443,384	15,716,809	2.95%	2.5%
1977	5,614,983	16,109,806	3.15%	2.5%
1978	5,810,132	16,516,059	3.48%	2.52%
1979	6,028,749	16,933,139	3.76%	2.53%
1980	6,265,529	17,360,949	3.93%	2.53%
1981	6,516,454	17,798,805	4%	2.52%
1982	6,778,879	18,246,503	4.03%	2.52%
1983	7,051,709	18,705,957	4.02%	2.52%
1984	7,332,810	19,174,716	3.99%	2.51%
1985	7,620,508	19,648,204	3.92%	2.47%
1986	7,906,480	20,117,122	3.75%	2.39%
1987	8,293,174	20,582,320	4.89%	2.31%
1988	8,753,262	21,054,702	5.55%	2.3%
1989	9,176,220	21,532,589	4.83%	2.27%
1990	9,545,852	22,014,771	4.03%	2.24%
1991	9,844,227	22,483,775	3.13%	2.13%
1992	10,135,079	22,946,340	2.95%	2.06%
1993	10,284,024	23,413,783	1.47%	2.04%
1994	10,164,894	23,881,493	-1.16%	2%
1995	10,150,117	24,348,919	-0.15%	1.96%
1996	10,352,228	24,811,171	1.99%	1.9%
1997	10,562,035	25,274,147	2.03%	1.87%
1998	10,792,876	25,738,095	2.19%	1.84%
1999	11,047,804	26,186,504	2.36%	1.74%
2000	11,315,942	26,598,331	2.43%	1.57%
2001	11,593,058	26,964,601	2.45%	1.38%
2002	11,880,440	27,288,217	2.48%	1.2%
2003	12,181,574	27,580,490	2.53%	1.07%
2004	12,500,737	27,852,190	2.62%	0.99%
2005	12,840,031	28,101,180	2.71%	0.89%
2006	13,198,701	28,324,491	2.79%	0.79%
2007	13,576,343	28,530,699	2.86%	0.73%
2008	13,976,417	28,719,041	2.95%	0.66%
2009	14,395,788	28,896,811	3%	0.62%
2010	14,826,463	29,086,019	2.99%	0.65%
2011	15,265,022	29,304,086	2.96%	0.75%
2012	15,709,577	29,550,366	2.91%	0.84%
2013	16,161,816	29,817,919	2.88%	0.91%
2014	16,621,538	30,115,826	2.84%	1%
2015	17,085,587	30,457,600	2.79%	1.13%
2016	17,557,739	30,866,494	2.76%	1.34%
2017	18,039,715	31,324,637	2.75%	1.48%
2018	18,528,081	31,897,584	2.71%	1.83%
2019	19,025,752	32,449,303	2.69%	1.73%
2020	19,533,888	32,838,579	2.67%	1.2%
2021	20,047,258	33,155,882	2.63%	0.97%
2022	20,568,728	33,475,438	2.6%	0.96%
2023	21,104,482	33,845,617	2.6%	1.11%
2024	21,655,286	34,217,848	2.61%	1.1%
2025	22,216,113	34,576,670	2.59%	1.05%
2026	22,785,530	34,922,144	2.56%	1%
2027	23,366,187	35,255,683	2.55%	0.96%
2028	23,954,450	35,578,281	2.52%	0.92%
2029	24,553,499	35,890,705	2.5%	0.88%
2030	25,160,293	36,193,882	2.47%	0.84%
2031	25,763,534	36,488,437	2.4%	0.81%
2032	26,366,760	36,774,937	2.34%	0.79%
2033	26,978,417	37,054,380	2.32%	0.76%
2034	27,595,295	37,326,798	2.29%	0.74%
2035	28,213,784	37,591,420	2.24%	0.71%
2036	28,835,595	37,848,147	2.2%	0.68%
2037	29,462,509	38,096,898	2.17%	0.66%
2038	30,081,741	38,337,328	2.1%	0.63%
2039	30,691,578	38,569,891	2.03%	0.61%
2040	31,302,092	38,794,647	1.99%	0.58%
2041	31,911,242	39,011,537	1.95%	0.56%
2042	32,517,509	39,220,371	1.9%	0.54%
2043	33,122,481	39,420,647	1.86%	0.51%
2044	33,736,523	39,612,847	1.85%	0.49%
2045	34,350,947	39,796,723	1.82%	0.46%
2046	34,959,606	39,971,719	1.77%	0.44%
2047	35,567,989	40,137,869	1.74%	0.42%
2048	36,165,757	40,294,857	1.68%	0.39%
2049	36,760,998	40,443,273	1.65%	0.37%
2050	37,361,672	40,583,875	1.63%	0.35%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Malawi increased by 4,359,038 people (a 33% growth), while Peru gained 2,542,003 people (a 8.97% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Malawi gained 5,234,136 (a 29.8% growth), while Peru's population increased by 4,059,295 (a 13.2% growth).

Malawi was ranked 69th most populous country in 2006 and is 61st in 2026. Peru was ranked 40th in 2006 and ranked 48th 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 Peru will increase by 16.2% to 40,583,875 people and rank change from 48th to 51st.