Population in Malawi compared to Sao Tome and Principe: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Malawi and Sao Tome and Principe: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Malawi	Sao Tome	Malawi	Sao Tome
1960	3,628,134	68,012	-	-
1961	3,715,534	68,707	2.41%	1.02%
1962	3,806,307	69,403	2.44%	1.01%
1963	3,900,506	70,112	2.47%	1.02%
1964	3,997,305	70,865	2.48%	1.07%
1965	4,096,157	71,680	2.47%	1.15%
1966	4,197,926	72,576	2.48%	1.25%
1967	4,303,012	73,596	2.5%	1.41%
1968	4,411,054	74,765	2.51%	1.59%
1969	4,521,184	76,083	2.5%	1.76%
1970	4,633,944	77,626	2.49%	2.03%
1971	4,751,434	79,330	2.54%	2.2%
1972	4,874,475	81,041	2.59%	2.16%
1973	5,003,938	82,798	2.66%	2.17%
1974	5,141,337	84,672	2.75%	2.26%
1975	5,287,367	86,708	2.84%	2.4%
1976	5,443,384	88,922	2.95%	2.55%
1977	5,614,983	91,301	3.15%	2.68%
1978	5,810,132	93,794	3.48%	2.73%
1979	6,028,749	96,252	3.76%	2.62%
1980	6,265,529	98,544	3.93%	2.38%
1981	6,516,454	100,615	4%	2.1%
1982	6,778,879	102,508	4.03%	1.88%
1983	7,051,709	104,380	4.02%	1.83%
1984	7,332,810	106,394	3.99%	1.93%
1985	7,620,508	108,658	3.92%	2.13%
1986	7,906,480	111,150	3.75%	2.29%
1987	8,293,174	113,919	4.89%	2.49%
1988	8,753,262	116,939	5.55%	2.65%
1989	9,176,220	119,979	4.83%	2.6%
1990	9,545,852	122,980	4.03%	2.5%
1991	9,844,227	125,697	3.13%	2.21%
1992	10,135,079	128,110	2.95%	1.92%
1993	10,284,024	130,467	1.47%	1.84%
1994	10,164,894	132,732	-1.16%	1.74%
1995	10,150,117	134,895	-0.15%	1.63%
1996	10,352,228	136,962	1.99%	1.53%
1997	10,562,035	138,922	2.03%	1.43%
1998	10,792,876	140,751	2.19%	1.32%
1999	11,047,804	142,442	2.36%	1.2%
2000	11,315,942	144,018	2.43%	1.11%
2001	11,593,058	146,375	2.45%	1.64%
2002	11,880,440	149,922	2.48%	2.42%
2003	12,181,574	153,814	2.53%	2.6%
2004	12,500,737	157,705	2.62%	2.53%
2005	12,840,031	161,639	2.71%	2.49%
2006	13,198,701	165,638	2.79%	2.47%
2007	13,576,343	169,700	2.86%	2.45%
2008	13,976,417	173,793	2.95%	2.41%
2009	14,395,788	177,853	3%	2.34%
2010	14,826,463	181,802	2.99%	2.22%
2011	15,265,022	185,649	2.96%	2.12%
2012	15,709,577	189,439	2.91%	2.04%
2013	16,161,816	193,148	2.88%	1.96%
2014	16,621,538	196,767	2.84%	1.87%
2015	17,085,587	200,291	2.79%	1.79%
2016	17,557,739	203,689	2.76%	1.7%
2017	18,039,715	206,970	2.75%	1.61%
2018	18,528,081	210,187	2.71%	1.55%
2019	19,025,752	213,392	2.69%	1.52%
2020	19,533,888	217,435	2.67%	1.89%
2021	20,047,258	221,961	2.63%	2.08%
2022	20,568,728	226,305	2.6%	1.96%
2023	21,104,482	230,871	2.6%	2.02%
2024	21,655,286	235,536	2.61%	2.02%
2025	22,216,113	240,251	2.59%	2%
2026	22,785,530	244,987	2.56%	1.97%
2027	23,366,187	249,783	2.55%	1.96%
2028	23,954,450	254,657	2.52%	1.95%
2029	24,553,499	259,597	2.5%	1.94%
2030	25,160,293	264,560	2.47%	1.91%
2031	25,763,534	269,566	2.4%	1.89%
2032	26,366,760	274,643	2.34%	1.88%
2033	26,978,417	279,761	2.32%	1.86%
2034	27,595,295	284,911	2.29%	1.84%
2035	28,213,784	290,082	2.24%	1.81%
2036	28,835,595	295,269	2.2%	1.79%
2037	29,462,509	300,439	2.17%	1.75%
2038	30,081,741	305,590	2.1%	1.71%
2039	30,691,578	310,729	2.03%	1.68%
2040	31,302,092	315,833	1.99%	1.64%
2041	31,911,242	320,875	1.95%	1.6%
2042	32,517,509	325,888	1.9%	1.56%
2043	33,122,481	330,908	1.86%	1.54%
2044	33,736,523	335,919	1.85%	1.51%
2045	34,350,947	340,911	1.82%	1.49%
2046	34,959,606	345,883	1.77%	1.46%
2047	35,567,989	350,758	1.74%	1.41%
2048	36,165,757	355,569	1.68%	1.37%
2049	36,760,998	360,353	1.65%	1.35%
2050	37,361,672	365,103	1.63%	1.32%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Malawi increased by 4,245,556 people (a 33.1% growth), while Sao Tome and Principe gained 38,652 people (a 23.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Malawi gained 5,587,926 (a 32.7% growth), while Sao Tome and Principe's population increased by 43,764 (a 21.9% growth).

Malawi was ranked 69th most populous country in 2005 and is 61st in 2025. Sao Tome and Principe was ranked 178th in 2005 and ranked 176th 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 Sao Tome and Principe will increase by 49.6% to 365,103 people and rank change from 176th to 175th.