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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Malawi	Rwanda	Malawi	Rwanda
1960	3,628,134	3,022,294	-	-
1961	3,715,534	3,106,779	2.41%	2.8%
1962	3,806,307	3,186,025	2.44%	2.55%
1963	3,900,506	3,258,890	2.47%	2.29%
1964	3,997,305	3,334,834	2.48%	2.33%
1965	4,096,157	3,423,210	2.47%	2.65%
1966	4,197,926	3,521,626	2.48%	2.87%
1967	4,303,012	3,629,577	2.5%	3.07%
1968	4,411,054	3,744,010	2.51%	3.15%
1969	4,521,184	3,861,271	2.5%	3.13%
1970	4,633,944	3,980,669	2.49%	3.09%
1971	4,751,434	4,100,044	2.54%	3%
1972	4,874,475	4,220,335	2.59%	2.93%
1973	5,003,938	4,345,047	2.66%	2.96%
1974	5,141,337	4,474,228	2.75%	2.97%
1975	5,287,367	4,607,728	2.84%	2.98%
1976	5,443,384	4,745,954	2.95%	3%
1977	5,614,983	4,888,240	3.15%	3%
1978	5,810,132	5,035,171	3.48%	3.01%
1979	6,028,749	5,189,541	3.76%	3.07%
1980	6,265,529	5,353,259	3.93%	3.15%
1981	6,516,454	5,527,230	4%	3.25%
1982	6,778,879	5,711,549	4.03%	3.33%
1983	7,051,709	5,905,311	4.02%	3.39%
1984	7,332,810	6,107,627	3.99%	3.43%
1985	7,620,508	6,317,228	3.92%	3.43%
1986	7,906,480	6,531,881	3.75%	3.4%
1987	8,293,174	6,749,493	4.89%	3.33%
1988	8,753,262	6,968,071	5.55%	3.24%
1989	9,176,220	7,184,706	4.83%	3.11%
1990	9,545,852	7,375,307	4.03%	2.65%
1991	9,844,227	7,526,966	3.13%	2.06%
1992	10,135,079	7,683,266	2.95%	2.08%
1993	10,284,024	7,981,132	1.47%	3.88%
1994	10,164,894	6,792,352	-1.16%	-14.9%
1995	10,150,117	5,674,118	-0.15%	-16.5%
1996	10,352,228	6,708,764	1.99%	18.2%
1997	10,562,035	7,755,238	2.03%	15.6%
1998	10,792,876	8,081,681	2.19%	4.21%
1999	11,047,804	8,147,912	2.36%	0.82%
2000	11,315,942	8,213,931	2.43%	0.81%
2001	11,593,058	8,287,094	2.45%	0.89%
2002	11,880,440	8,400,180	2.48%	1.36%
2003	12,181,574	8,586,875	2.53%	2.22%
2004	12,500,737	8,816,844	2.62%	2.68%
2005	12,840,031	9,054,528	2.71%	2.7%
2006	13,198,701	9,299,246	2.79%	2.7%
2007	13,576,343	9,549,933	2.86%	2.7%
2008	13,976,417	9,804,269	2.95%	2.66%
2009	14,395,788	10,060,432	3%	2.61%
2010	14,826,463	10,317,553	2.99%	2.56%
2011	15,265,022	10,573,733	2.96%	2.48%
2012	15,709,577	10,829,901	2.91%	2.42%
2013	16,161,816	11,093,340	2.88%	2.43%
2014	16,621,538	11,364,757	2.84%	2.45%
2015	17,085,587	11,640,022	2.79%	2.42%
2016	17,557,739	11,919,183	2.76%	2.4%
2017	18,039,715	12,202,060	2.75%	2.37%
2018	18,528,081	12,487,996	2.71%	2.34%
2019	19,025,752	12,776,103	2.69%	2.31%
2020	19,533,888	13,065,837	2.67%	2.27%
2021	20,047,258	13,355,260	2.63%	2.22%
2022	20,568,728	13,651,030	2.6%	2.21%
2023	21,104,482	13,954,471	2.6%	2.22%
2024	21,655,286	14,256,567	2.61%	2.16%
2025	22,216,113	14,569,343	2.59%	2.19%
2026	22,785,530	14,889,694	2.56%	2.2%
2027	23,366,187	15,214,324	2.55%	2.18%
2028	23,954,450	15,536,461	2.52%	2.12%
2029	24,553,499	15,844,649	2.5%	1.98%
2030	25,160,293	16,154,698	2.47%	1.96%
2031	25,763,534	16,473,106	2.4%	1.97%
2032	26,366,760	16,771,820	2.34%	1.81%
2033	26,978,417	17,073,475	2.32%	1.8%
2034	27,595,295	17,402,250	2.29%	1.93%
2035	28,213,784	17,746,315	2.24%	1.98%
2036	28,835,595	18,076,769	2.2%	1.86%
2037	29,462,509	18,395,838	2.17%	1.77%
2038	30,081,741	18,729,778	2.1%	1.82%
2039	30,691,578	19,076,783	2.03%	1.85%
2040	31,302,092	19,440,762	1.99%	1.91%
2041	31,911,242	19,806,170	1.95%	1.88%
2042	32,517,509	20,153,979	1.9%	1.76%
2043	33,122,481	20,500,826	1.86%	1.72%
2044	33,736,523	20,837,079	1.85%	1.64%
2045	34,350,947	21,152,650	1.82%	1.51%
2046	34,959,606	21,459,144	1.77%	1.45%
2047	35,567,989	21,764,578	1.74%	1.42%
2048	36,165,757	22,086,112	1.68%	1.48%
2049	36,760,998	22,403,887	1.65%	1.44%
2050	37,361,672	22,707,896	1.63%	1.36%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Malawi increased by 4,359,038 people (a 33% growth), while Rwanda gained 2,619,937 people (a 28.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Malawi gained 5,234,136 (a 29.8% growth), while Rwanda's population increased by 2,974,058 (a 25% growth).

Malawi was ranked 69th most populous country in 2006 and is 61st in 2026. Rwanda was ranked 86th in 2006 and ranked 77th 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 Rwanda will increase by 52.5% to 22,707,896 people and rank change from 77th to 72nd.