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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Malawi	Senegal	Malawi	Senegal
1960	3,628,134	3,340,907	-	-
1961	3,715,534	3,436,375	2.41%	2.86%
1962	3,806,307	3,534,686	2.44%	2.86%
1963	3,900,506	3,635,876	2.47%	2.86%
1964	3,997,305	3,740,535	2.48%	2.88%
1965	4,096,157	3,849,788	2.47%	2.92%
1966	4,197,926	3,964,299	2.48%	2.97%
1967	4,303,012	4,083,870	2.5%	3.02%
1968	4,411,054	4,207,587	2.51%	3.03%
1969	4,521,184	4,334,974	2.5%	3.03%
1970	4,633,944	4,466,328	2.49%	3.03%
1971	4,751,434	4,601,864	2.54%	3.03%
1972	4,874,475	4,741,631	2.59%	3.04%
1973	5,003,938	4,885,181	2.66%	3.03%
1974	5,141,337	5,029,437	2.75%	2.95%
1975	5,287,367	5,170,810	2.84%	2.81%
1976	5,443,384	5,308,564	2.95%	2.66%
1977	5,614,983	5,439,549	3.15%	2.47%
1978	5,810,132	5,568,096	3.48%	2.36%
1979	6,028,749	5,702,895	3.76%	2.42%
1980	6,265,529	5,845,638	3.93%	2.5%
1981	6,516,454	5,997,160	4%	2.59%
1982	6,778,879	6,156,961	4.03%	2.66%
1983	7,051,709	6,324,504	4.02%	2.72%
1984	7,332,810	6,499,364	3.99%	2.76%
1985	7,620,508	6,683,287	3.92%	2.83%
1986	7,906,480	6,878,192	3.75%	2.92%
1987	8,293,174	7,081,530	4.89%	2.96%
1988	8,753,262	7,289,618	5.55%	2.94%
1989	9,176,220	7,502,207	4.83%	2.92%
1990	9,545,852	7,720,523	4.03%	2.91%
1991	9,844,227	7,943,085	3.13%	2.88%
1992	10,135,079	8,168,395	2.95%	2.84%
1993	10,284,024	8,396,288	1.47%	2.79%
1994	10,164,894	8,624,078	-1.16%	2.71%
1995	10,150,117	8,848,101	-0.15%	2.6%
1996	10,352,228	9,067,014	1.99%	2.47%
1997	10,562,035	9,283,495	2.03%	2.39%
1998	10,792,876	9,502,952	2.19%	2.36%
1999	11,047,804	9,730,887	2.36%	2.4%
2000	11,315,942	9,968,260	2.43%	2.44%
2001	11,593,058	10,212,942	2.45%	2.45%
2002	11,880,440	10,466,214	2.48%	2.48%
2003	12,181,574	10,721,176	2.53%	2.44%
2004	12,500,737	10,975,704	2.62%	2.37%
2005	12,840,031	11,235,472	2.71%	2.37%
2006	13,198,701	11,500,094	2.79%	2.36%
2007	13,576,343	11,770,344	2.86%	2.35%
2008	13,976,417	12,048,959	2.95%	2.37%
2009	14,395,788	12,337,389	3%	2.39%
2010	14,826,463	12,635,413	2.99%	2.42%
2011	15,265,022	12,958,897	2.96%	2.56%
2012	15,709,577	13,310,495	2.91%	2.71%
2013	16,161,816	13,710,849	2.88%	3.01%
2014	16,621,538	14,152,102	2.84%	3.22%
2015	17,085,587	14,593,331	2.79%	3.12%
2016	17,557,739	15,034,521	2.76%	3.02%
2017	18,039,715	15,475,002	2.75%	2.93%
2018	18,528,081	15,914,498	2.71%	2.84%
2019	19,025,752	16,352,922	2.69%	2.75%
2020	19,533,888	16,789,219	2.67%	2.67%
2021	20,047,258	17,220,867	2.63%	2.57%
2022	20,568,728	17,651,103	2.6%	2.5%
2023	21,104,482	18,077,573	2.6%	2.42%
2024	21,655,286	18,501,984	2.61%	2.35%
2025	22,216,113	18,931,964	2.59%	2.32%
2026	22,785,530	19,366,546	2.56%	2.3%
2027	23,366,187	19,807,242	2.55%	2.28%
2028	23,954,450	20,254,562	2.52%	2.26%
2029	24,553,499	20,706,628	2.5%	2.23%
2030	25,160,293	21,163,189	2.47%	2.2%
2031	25,763,534	21,623,709	2.4%	2.18%
2032	26,366,760	22,085,928	2.34%	2.14%
2033	26,978,417	22,548,831	2.32%	2.1%
2034	27,595,295	23,012,018	2.29%	2.05%
2035	28,213,784	23,476,591	2.24%	2.02%
2036	28,835,595	23,942,221	2.2%	1.98%
2037	29,462,509	24,407,574	2.17%	1.94%
2038	30,081,741	24,872,512	2.1%	1.9%
2039	30,691,578	25,335,991	2.03%	1.86%
2040	31,302,092	25,797,506	1.99%	1.82%
2041	31,911,242	26,257,464	1.95%	1.78%
2042	32,517,509	26,716,424	1.9%	1.75%
2043	33,122,481	27,174,896	1.86%	1.72%
2044	33,736,523	27,632,997	1.85%	1.69%
2045	34,350,947	28,089,695	1.82%	1.65%
2046	34,959,606	28,546,280	1.77%	1.63%
2047	35,567,989	29,002,001	1.74%	1.6%
2048	36,165,757	29,457,233	1.68%	1.57%
2049	36,760,998	29,911,840	1.65%	1.54%
2050	37,361,672	30,364,944	1.63%	1.51%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Malawi increased by 4,359,038 people (a 33% growth), while Senegal gained 3,534,427 people (a 30.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Malawi gained 5,234,136 (a 29.8% growth), while Senegal's population increased by 4,336,841 (a 28.8% growth).

Malawi was ranked 69th most populous country in 2006 and is 61st in 2026. Senegal was ranked 72nd in 2006 and ranked 68th 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 Senegal will increase by 56.8% to 30,364,944 people and rank change from 68th to 63rd.