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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Malawi	Portugal	Malawi	Portugal
1960	3,628,134	8,857,716	-	-
1961	3,715,534	8,929,316	2.41%	0.81%
1962	3,806,307	8,993,985	2.44%	0.72%
1963	3,900,506	9,030,355	2.47%	0.4%
1964	3,997,305	9,035,365	2.48%	0.06%
1965	4,096,157	8,998,595	2.47%	-0.41%
1966	4,197,926	8,930,990	2.48%	-0.75%
1967	4,303,012	8,874,520	2.5%	-0.63%
1968	4,411,054	8,836,650	2.51%	-0.43%
1969	4,521,184	8,757,705	2.5%	-0.89%
1970	4,633,944	8,680,431	2.49%	-0.88%
1971	4,751,434	8,643,756	2.54%	-0.42%
1972	4,874,475	8,630,430	2.59%	-0.15%
1973	5,003,938	8,633,100	2.66%	0.03%
1974	5,141,337	8,754,365	2.75%	1.4%
1975	5,287,367	9,093,470	2.84%	3.87%
1976	5,443,384	9,355,810	2.95%	2.88%
1977	5,614,983	9,455,675	3.15%	1.07%
1978	5,810,132	9,558,250	3.48%	1.08%
1979	6,028,749	9,661,265	3.76%	1.08%
1980	6,265,529	9,766,312	3.93%	1.09%
1981	6,516,454	9,851,362	4%	0.87%
1982	6,778,879	9,911,771	4.03%	0.61%
1983	7,051,709	9,957,865	4.02%	0.47%
1984	7,332,810	9,996,232	3.99%	0.39%
1985	7,620,508	10,023,613	3.92%	0.27%
1986	7,906,480	10,032,734	3.75%	0.09%
1987	8,293,174	10,030,031	4.89%	-0.03%
1988	8,753,262	10,019,610	5.55%	-0.1%
1989	9,176,220	10,005,000	4.83%	-0.15%
1990	9,545,852	9,983,218	4.03%	-0.22%
1991	9,844,227	9,960,235	3.13%	-0.23%
1992	10,135,079	9,952,494	2.95%	-0.08%
1993	10,284,024	9,964,675	1.47%	0.12%
1994	10,164,894	9,991,525	-1.16%	0.27%
1995	10,150,117	10,026,176	-0.15%	0.35%
1996	10,352,228	10,063,945	1.99%	0.38%
1997	10,562,035	10,108,977	2.03%	0.45%
1998	10,792,876	10,160,196	2.19%	0.51%
1999	11,047,804	10,217,828	2.36%	0.57%
2000	11,315,942	10,289,898	2.43%	0.71%
2001	11,593,058	10,362,722	2.45%	0.71%
2002	11,880,440	10,419,631	2.48%	0.55%
2003	12,181,574	10,458,821	2.53%	0.38%
2004	12,500,737	10,483,861	2.62%	0.24%
2005	12,840,031	10,503,330	2.71%	0.19%
2006	13,198,701	10,522,288	2.79%	0.18%
2007	13,576,343	10,542,964	2.86%	0.2%
2008	13,976,417	10,558,177	2.95%	0.14%
2009	14,395,788	10,568,247	3%	0.1%
2010	14,826,463	10,573,100	2.99%	0.05%
2011	15,265,022	10,557,560	2.96%	-0.15%
2012	15,709,577	10,514,844	2.91%	-0.4%
2013	16,161,816	10,457,295	2.88%	-0.55%
2014	16,621,538	10,401,062	2.84%	-0.54%
2015	17,085,587	10,358,076	2.79%	-0.41%
2016	17,557,739	10,325,452	2.76%	-0.31%
2017	18,039,715	10,300,300	2.75%	-0.24%
2018	18,528,081	10,283,822	2.71%	-0.16%
2019	19,025,752	10,286,263	2.69%	0.02%
2020	19,533,888	10,297,081	2.67%	0.11%
2021	20,047,258	10,361,831	2.63%	0.63%
2022	20,568,728	10,434,332	2.6%	0.7%
2023	21,104,482	10,578,174	2.6%	1.38%
2024	21,655,286	10,701,636	2.61%	1.17%
2025	22,216,113	10,687,819	2.59%	-0.13%
2026	22,785,530	10,670,917	2.56%	-0.16%
2027	23,366,187	10,653,073	2.55%	-0.17%
2028	23,954,450	10,632,868	2.52%	-0.19%
2029	24,553,499	10,611,484	2.5%	-0.2%
2030	25,160,293	10,591,436	2.47%	-0.19%
2031	25,763,534	10,571,418	2.4%	-0.19%
2032	26,366,760	10,549,456	2.34%	-0.21%
2033	26,978,417	10,526,482	2.32%	-0.22%
2034	27,595,295	10,502,882	2.29%	-0.22%
2035	28,213,784	10,478,843	2.24%	-0.23%
2036	28,835,595	10,454,630	2.2%	-0.23%
2037	29,462,509	10,430,128	2.17%	-0.23%
2038	30,081,741	10,404,947	2.1%	-0.24%
2039	30,691,578	10,377,968	2.03%	-0.26%
2040	31,302,092	10,349,515	1.99%	-0.27%
2041	31,911,242	10,321,577	1.95%	-0.27%
2042	32,517,509	10,294,106	1.9%	-0.27%
2043	33,122,481	10,264,596	1.86%	-0.29%
2044	33,736,523	10,233,543	1.85%	-0.3%
2045	34,350,947	10,201,832	1.82%	-0.31%
2046	34,959,606	10,168,932	1.77%	-0.32%
2047	35,567,989	10,135,159	1.74%	-0.33%
2048	36,165,757	10,101,419	1.68%	-0.33%
2049	36,760,998	10,066,064	1.65%	-0.35%
2050	37,361,672	10,029,252	1.63%	-0.37%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Malawi increased by 4,245,556 people (a 33.1% growth), while Portugal lost 145,254 people (a 1.38% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Malawi gained 5,587,926 (a 32.7% growth), while Portugal's population increased by 329,743 (a 3.18% growth).

Malawi was ranked 69th most populous country in 2005 and is 61st in 2025. Portugal was ranked 76th in 2005 and ranked 92nd 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 Portugal will decrease by 6.16% to 10,029,252 people and rank change from 92nd to 97th.