Population in Malawi compared to Saudi Arabia: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Malawi and Saudi Arabia: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Malawi	Saudi Arabia	Malawi	Saudi Arabia
1960	3,628,134	2,435,403	-	-
1961	3,715,534	2,526,347	2.41%	3.73%
1962	3,806,307	2,620,910	2.44%	3.74%
1963	3,900,506	2,719,341	2.47%	3.76%
1964	3,997,305	2,821,968	2.48%	3.77%
1965	4,096,157	2,928,771	2.47%	3.78%
1966	4,197,926	3,039,887	2.48%	3.79%
1967	4,303,012	3,157,242	2.5%	3.86%
1968	4,411,054	3,282,711	2.51%	3.97%
1969	4,521,184	3,417,114	2.5%	4.09%
1970	4,633,944	3,562,470	2.49%	4.25%
1971	4,751,434	3,724,031	2.54%	4.54%
1972	4,874,475	3,905,722	2.59%	4.88%
1973	5,003,938	4,106,344	2.66%	5.14%
1974	5,141,337	4,323,632	2.75%	5.29%
1975	5,287,367	4,556,287	2.84%	5.38%
1976	5,443,384	4,807,933	2.95%	5.52%
1977	5,614,983	5,083,048	3.15%	5.72%
1978	5,810,132	5,381,902	3.48%	5.88%
1979	6,028,749	5,703,698	3.76%	5.98%
1980	6,265,529	6,047,997	3.93%	6.04%
1981	6,516,454	6,420,551	4%	6.16%
1982	6,778,879	6,824,486	4.03%	6.29%
1983	7,051,709	7,252,941	4.02%	6.28%
1984	7,332,810	7,697,307	3.99%	6.13%
1985	7,620,508	8,151,779	3.92%	5.9%
1986	7,906,480	8,628,639	3.75%	5.85%
1987	8,293,174	9,130,194	4.89%	5.81%
1988	8,753,262	9,629,165	5.55%	5.47%
1989	9,176,220	10,128,394	4.83%	5.18%
1990	9,545,852	10,640,691	4.03%	5.06%
1991	9,844,227	11,160,744	3.13%	4.89%
1992	10,135,079	11,686,676	2.95%	4.71%
1993	10,284,024	12,215,862	1.47%	4.53%
1994	10,164,894	12,750,040	-1.16%	4.37%
1995	10,150,117	13,289,245	-0.15%	4.23%
1996	10,352,228	13,831,009	1.99%	4.08%
1997	10,562,035	14,374,943	2.03%	3.93%
1998	10,792,876	14,922,185	2.19%	3.81%
1999	11,047,804	15,472,075	2.36%	3.69%
2000	11,315,942	16,177,722	2.43%	4.56%
2001	11,593,058	17,041,397	2.45%	5.34%
2002	11,880,440	17,910,910	2.48%	5.1%
2003	12,181,574	18,786,767	2.53%	4.89%
2004	12,500,737	19,669,480	2.62%	4.7%
2005	12,840,031	20,559,890	2.71%	4.53%
2006	13,198,701	21,459,144	2.79%	4.37%
2007	13,576,343	22,368,313	2.86%	4.24%
2008	13,976,417	23,287,877	2.95%	4.11%
2009	14,395,788	24,217,654	3%	3.99%
2010	14,826,463	23,978,487	2.99%	-0.99%
2011	15,265,022	25,091,867	2.96%	4.64%
2012	15,709,577	26,168,861	2.91%	4.29%
2013	16,161,816	27,624,004	2.88%	5.56%
2014	16,621,538	28,309,273	2.84%	2.48%
2015	17,085,587	29,816,382	2.79%	5.32%
2016	17,557,739	30,954,198	2.76%	3.82%
2017	18,039,715	30,977,355	2.75%	0.07%
2018	18,528,081	30,196,281	2.71%	-2.52%
2019	19,025,752	30,063,799	2.69%	-0.44%
2020	19,533,888	31,552,510	2.67%	4.95%
2021	20,047,258	30,784,383	2.63%	-2.43%
2022	20,568,728	32,175,224	2.6%	4.52%
2023	21,104,482	33,702,731	2.6%	4.75%
2024	21,655,286	35,300,280	2.61%	4.74%
2025	22,216,113	35,927,625	2.59%	1.78%
2026	22,785,530	36,550,694	2.56%	1.73%
2027	23,366,187	37,167,513	2.55%	1.69%
2028	23,954,450	37,775,810	2.52%	1.64%
2029	24,553,499	38,364,377	2.5%	1.56%
2030	25,160,293	38,918,375	2.47%	1.44%
2031	25,763,534	39,450,880	2.4%	1.37%
2032	26,366,760	39,983,934	2.34%	1.35%
2033	26,978,417	40,517,599	2.32%	1.33%
2034	27,595,295	41,052,423	2.29%	1.32%
2035	28,213,784	41,588,429	2.24%	1.31%
2036	28,835,595	42,125,184	2.2%	1.29%
2037	29,462,509	42,661,908	2.17%	1.27%
2038	30,081,741	43,198,420	2.1%	1.26%
2039	30,691,578	43,734,316	2.03%	1.24%
2040	31,302,092	44,269,571	1.99%	1.22%
2041	31,911,242	44,804,338	1.95%	1.21%
2042	32,517,509	45,338,111	1.9%	1.19%
2043	33,122,481	45,870,896	1.86%	1.18%
2044	33,736,523	46,403,116	1.85%	1.16%
2045	34,350,947	46,934,822	1.82%	1.15%
2046	34,959,606	47,465,267	1.77%	1.13%
2047	35,567,989	47,993,976	1.74%	1.11%
2048	36,165,757	48,521,364	1.68%	1.1%
2049	36,760,998	49,047,461	1.65%	1.08%
2050	37,361,672	49,572,202	1.63%	1.07%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Malawi increased by 4,245,556 people (a 33.1% growth), while Saudi Arabia gained 9,256,492 people (a 45% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Malawi gained 5,587,926 (a 32.7% growth), while Saudi Arabia's population increased by 6,611,741 (a 22.2% growth).

Malawi was ranked 69th most populous country in 2005 and is 61st in 2025. Saudi Arabia was ranked 51st in 2005 and ranked 44th 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 Saudi Arabia will increase by 36.1% to 49,572,202 people and rank change from 44th to 43rd.