Population in Malawi compared to Sierra Leone: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Malawi and Sierra Leone: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Malawi	Sierra Leone	Malawi	Sierra Leone
1960	3,628,134	2,268,356	-	-
1961	3,715,534	2,304,227	2.41%	1.58%
1962	3,806,307	2,342,242	2.44%	1.65%
1963	3,900,506	2,382,258	2.47%	1.71%
1964	3,997,305	2,424,390	2.48%	1.77%
1965	4,096,157	2,468,666	2.47%	1.83%
1966	4,197,926	2,514,638	2.48%	1.86%
1967	4,303,012	2,562,384	2.5%	1.9%
1968	4,411,054	2,611,532	2.51%	1.92%
1969	4,521,184	2,661,365	2.5%	1.91%
1970	4,633,944	2,712,286	2.49%	1.91%
1971	4,751,434	2,763,222	2.54%	1.88%
1972	4,874,475	2,814,388	2.59%	1.85%
1973	5,003,938	2,866,955	2.66%	1.87%
1974	5,141,337	2,920,459	2.75%	1.87%
1975	5,287,367	2,974,657	2.84%	1.86%
1976	5,443,384	3,028,820	2.95%	1.82%
1977	5,614,983	3,085,354	3.15%	1.87%
1978	5,810,132	3,145,517	3.48%	1.95%
1979	6,028,749	3,207,499	3.76%	1.97%
1980	6,265,529	3,272,089	3.93%	2.01%
1981	6,516,454	3,338,940	4%	2.04%
1982	6,778,879	3,408,183	4.03%	2.07%
1983	7,051,709	3,481,646	4.02%	2.16%
1984	7,332,810	3,558,758	3.99%	2.21%
1985	7,620,508	3,638,438	3.92%	2.24%
1986	7,906,480	3,728,380	3.75%	2.47%
1987	8,293,174	3,829,718	4.89%	2.72%
1988	8,753,262	3,934,517	5.55%	2.74%
1989	9,176,220	4,034,037	4.83%	2.53%
1990	9,545,852	4,196,828	4.03%	4.04%
1991	9,844,227	4,246,267	3.13%	1.18%
1992	10,135,079	4,166,366	2.95%	-1.88%
1993	10,284,024	4,157,130	1.47%	-0.22%
1994	10,164,894	4,173,105	-1.16%	0.38%
1995	10,150,117	4,179,179	-0.15%	0.15%
1996	10,352,228	4,199,210	1.99%	0.48%
1997	10,562,035	4,253,716	2.03%	1.3%
1998	10,792,876	4,295,785	2.19%	0.99%
1999	11,047,804	4,318,043	2.36%	0.52%
2000	11,315,942	4,423,611	2.43%	2.44%
2001	11,593,058	4,692,716	2.45%	6.08%
2002	11,880,440	4,971,435	2.48%	5.94%
2003	12,181,574	5,177,687	2.53%	4.15%
2004	12,500,737	5,355,717	2.62%	3.44%
2005	12,840,031	5,501,712	2.71%	2.73%
2006	13,198,701	5,624,466	2.79%	2.23%
2007	13,576,343	5,749,352	2.86%	2.22%
2008	13,976,417	5,894,722	2.95%	2.53%
2009	14,395,788	6,055,646	3%	2.73%
2010	14,826,463	6,222,714	2.99%	2.76%
2011	15,265,022	6,387,251	2.96%	2.64%
2012	15,709,577	6,551,080	2.91%	2.56%
2013	16,161,816	6,714,051	2.88%	2.49%
2014	16,621,538	6,876,385	2.84%	2.42%
2015	17,085,587	7,037,655	2.79%	2.35%
2016	17,557,739	7,205,328	2.76%	2.38%
2017	18,039,715	7,379,299	2.75%	2.41%
2018	18,528,081	7,554,563	2.71%	2.38%
2019	19,025,752	7,731,991	2.69%	2.35%
2020	19,533,888	7,912,558	2.67%	2.34%
2021	20,047,258	8,094,602	2.63%	2.3%
2022	20,568,728	8,276,807	2.6%	2.25%
2023	21,104,482	8,460,512	2.6%	2.22%
2024	21,655,286	8,642,022	2.61%	2.15%
2025	22,216,113	8,819,789	2.59%	2.06%
2026	22,785,530	8,996,743	2.56%	2.01%
2027	23,366,187	9,174,695	2.55%	1.98%
2028	23,954,450	9,349,021	2.52%	1.9%
2029	24,553,499	9,520,811	2.5%	1.84%
2030	25,160,293	9,694,851	2.47%	1.83%
2031	25,763,534	9,870,295	2.4%	1.81%
2032	26,366,760	10,047,193	2.34%	1.79%
2033	26,978,417	10,221,006	2.32%	1.73%
2034	27,595,295	10,391,485	2.29%	1.67%
2035	28,213,784	10,563,163	2.24%	1.65%
2036	28,835,595	10,734,341	2.2%	1.62%
2037	29,462,509	10,902,263	2.17%	1.56%
2038	30,081,741	11,066,143	2.1%	1.5%
2039	30,691,578	11,230,060	2.03%	1.48%
2040	31,302,092	11,398,391	1.99%	1.5%
2041	31,911,242	11,566,213	1.95%	1.47%
2042	32,517,509	11,728,787	1.9%	1.41%
2043	33,122,481	11,887,934	1.86%	1.36%
2044	33,736,523	12,049,424	1.85%	1.36%
2045	34,350,947	12,208,872	1.82%	1.32%
2046	34,959,606	12,363,446	1.77%	1.27%
2047	35,567,989	12,512,739	1.74%	1.21%
2048	36,165,757	12,659,609	1.68%	1.17%
2049	36,760,998	12,805,136	1.65%	1.15%
2050	37,361,672	12,948,320	1.63%	1.12%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Malawi increased by 4,359,038 people (a 33% growth), while Sierra Leone gained 1,580,862 people (a 28.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Malawi gained 5,234,136 (a 29.8% growth), while Sierra Leone's population increased by 1,793,359 (a 24.9% growth).

Malawi was ranked 69th most populous country in 2006 and is 61st in 2026. Sierra Leone was ranked 106th in 2006 and ranked 102nd 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 Sierra Leone will increase by 43.9% to 12,948,320 people and rank change from 102nd to 91st.