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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Malawi	Samoa	Malawi	Samoa
1960	3,628,134	112,490	-	-
1961	3,715,534	115,496	2.41%	2.67%
1962	3,806,307	118,597	2.44%	2.68%
1963	3,900,506	121,764	2.47%	2.67%
1964	3,997,305	124,894	2.48%	2.57%
1965	4,096,157	127,978	2.47%	2.47%
1966	4,197,926	131,073	2.48%	2.42%
1967	4,303,012	133,764	2.5%	2.05%
1968	4,411,054	136,020	2.51%	1.69%
1969	4,521,184	138,233	2.5%	1.63%
1970	4,633,944	140,400	2.49%	1.57%
1971	4,751,434	142,503	2.54%	1.5%
1972	4,874,475	144,538	2.59%	1.43%
1973	5,003,938	146,516	2.66%	1.37%
1974	5,141,337	149,431	2.75%	1.99%
1975	5,287,367	153,344	2.84%	2.62%
1976	5,443,384	157,113	2.95%	2.46%
1977	5,614,983	159,753	3.15%	1.68%
1978	5,810,132	161,375	3.48%	1.02%
1979	6,028,749	162,882	3.76%	0.93%
1980	6,265,529	164,322	3.93%	0.88%
1981	6,516,454	165,678	4%	0.83%
1982	6,778,879	166,484	4.03%	0.49%
1983	7,051,709	166,714	4.02%	0.14%
1984	7,332,810	166,796	3.99%	0.05%
1985	7,620,508	166,849	3.92%	0.03%
1986	7,906,480	167,061	3.75%	0.13%
1987	8,293,174	167,661	4.89%	0.36%
1988	8,753,262	168,346	5.55%	0.41%
1989	9,176,220	168,768	4.83%	0.25%
1990	9,545,852	169,042	4.03%	0.16%
1991	9,844,227	169,368	3.13%	0.19%
1992	10,135,079	170,331	2.95%	0.57%
1993	10,284,024	171,774	1.47%	0.85%
1994	10,164,894	173,159	-1.16%	0.81%
1995	10,150,117	174,571	-0.15%	0.82%
1996	10,352,228	176,071	1.99%	0.86%
1997	10,562,035	177,547	2.03%	0.84%
1998	10,792,876	178,905	2.19%	0.76%
1999	11,047,804	180,275	2.36%	0.77%
2000	11,315,942	181,685	2.43%	0.78%
2001	11,593,058	183,166	2.45%	0.82%
2002	11,880,440	184,471	2.48%	0.71%
2003	12,181,574	185,430	2.53%	0.52%
2004	12,500,737	186,249	2.62%	0.44%
2005	12,840,031	186,978	2.71%	0.39%
2006	13,198,701	187,709	2.79%	0.39%
2007	13,576,343	188,753	2.86%	0.56%
2008	13,976,417	190,107	2.95%	0.72%
2009	14,395,788	191,513	3%	0.74%
2010	14,826,463	193,023	2.99%	0.79%
2011	15,265,022	194,713	2.96%	0.88%
2012	15,709,577	196,498	2.91%	0.92%
2013	16,161,816	198,268	2.88%	0.9%
2014	16,621,538	200,037	2.84%	0.89%
2015	17,085,587	201,782	2.79%	0.87%
2016	17,557,739	203,499	2.76%	0.85%
2017	18,039,715	205,415	2.75%	0.94%
2018	18,528,081	207,582	2.71%	1.05%
2019	19,025,752	209,780	2.69%	1.06%
2020	19,533,888	211,944	2.67%	1.03%
2021	20,047,258	213,779	2.63%	0.87%
2022	20,568,728	215,261	2.6%	0.69%
2023	21,104,482	216,663	2.6%	0.65%
2024	21,655,286	218,019	2.61%	0.63%
2025	22,216,113	219,302	2.59%	0.59%
2026	22,785,530	220,530	2.56%	0.56%
2027	23,366,187	221,772	2.55%	0.56%
2028	23,954,450	223,104	2.52%	0.6%
2029	24,553,499	224,504	2.5%	0.63%
2030	25,160,293	225,968	2.47%	0.65%
2031	25,763,534	227,581	2.4%	0.71%
2032	26,366,760	229,298	2.34%	0.75%
2033	26,978,417	231,110	2.32%	0.79%
2034	27,595,295	233,061	2.29%	0.84%
2035	28,213,784	235,172	2.24%	0.91%
2036	28,835,595	237,415	2.2%	0.95%
2037	29,462,509	239,730	2.17%	0.98%
2038	30,081,741	242,155	2.1%	1.01%
2039	30,691,578	244,653	2.03%	1.03%
2040	31,302,092	247,196	1.99%	1.04%
2041	31,911,242	249,796	1.95%	1.05%
2042	32,517,509	252,427	1.9%	1.05%
2043	33,122,481	255,023	1.86%	1.03%
2044	33,736,523	257,609	1.85%	1.01%
2045	34,350,947	260,250	1.82%	1.03%
2046	34,959,606	262,849	1.77%	1%
2047	35,567,989	265,365	1.74%	0.96%
2048	36,165,757	267,836	1.68%	0.93%
2049	36,760,998	270,291	1.65%	0.92%
2050	37,361,672	272,711	1.63%	0.9%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Malawi increased by 4,245,556 people (a 33.1% growth), while Samoa gained 14,804 people (a 7.92% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Malawi gained 5,587,926 (a 32.7% growth), while Samoa's population increased by 18,506 (a 9.17% growth).

Malawi was ranked 69th most populous country in 2005 and is 61st in 2025. Samoa was ranked 176th in 2005 and ranked 177th 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 Samoa will increase by 23.8% to 272,711 people and rank change from 177th to 176th.