The latest officially reported population of Malawi was 21,655,286 in 2024 vs 5,422,069 people in Slovakia in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Malawi's population is 22,673,513 people compared to 5,390,674 in Slovakia.
Population statistics:
- Malawi's population is 4.21 times bigger than Slovakia's.
- Malawi is ranked the 61st most populous country in the world, while Slovakia is the 125th.
- The countries together account for 0.34% of the world: 0.27% for Malawi vs 0.07% for Slovakia.
- For the last 10 years, Malawi has had an average growth rate of +2.7% per year vs +0.01% in Slovakia.
- Since 2005, the population of Malawi has increased from 12.8M people to 22.7M (76.6% growth), while Slovakia has grown from 5.37M to 5.39M (0.33% growth).
- Malawi is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 59.1M people, while Slovakia's population already peaked in 2020 at 5.46M people and is projected to decrease to 3.37M people by 2100.
Malawi vs Slovakia: live population counter
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| Current population |
22673513
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5390674
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| Population rank | 61/197 | 125/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.27% | 0.07% |
| One net population change |
57.3 seconds
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1.88 hours
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| One birth every |
47.6 seconds
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10.8 minutes
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| One death every |
4.64 minutes
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9.69 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
5.81 hours
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25 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -1,507 | -21,027 |
| Daily growth/decline | +1,509 | -13 |
| Annual growth/decline | +550,804 | -4,671 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.61% | -0.09% |
| Population growth rate rank | 27/197 | 171/197 |
Malawi and Slovakia: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 3,628,134 | 4,068,095 | - | - |
| 1961 | 3,715,534 | 4,191,667 | 2.41% | 3.04% |
| 1962 | 3,806,307 | 4,238,188 | 2.44% | 1.11% |
| 1963 | 3,900,506 | 4,282,017 | 2.47% | 1.03% |
| 1964 | 3,997,305 | 4,327,341 | 2.48% | 1.06% |
| 1965 | 4,096,157 | 4,370,983 | 2.47% | 1.01% |
| 1966 | 4,197,926 | 4,411,666 | 2.48% | 0.93% |
| 1967 | 4,303,012 | 4,449,367 | 2.5% | 0.85% |
| 1968 | 4,411,054 | 4,483,915 | 2.51% | 0.78% |
| 1969 | 4,521,184 | 4,518,607 | 2.5% | 0.77% |
| 1970 | 4,633,944 | 4,538,223 | 2.49% | 0.43% |
| 1971 | 4,751,434 | 4,557,449 | 2.54% | 0.42% |
| 1972 | 4,874,475 | 4,596,622 | 2.59% | 0.86% |
| 1973 | 5,003,938 | 4,641,445 | 2.66% | 0.98% |
| 1974 | 5,141,337 | 4,689,623 | 2.75% | 1.04% |
| 1975 | 5,287,367 | 4,739,105 | 2.84% | 1.06% |
| 1976 | 5,443,384 | 4,789,507 | 2.95% | 1.06% |
| 1977 | 5,614,983 | 4,840,501 | 3.15% | 1.06% |
| 1978 | 5,810,132 | 4,890,125 | 3.48% | 1.03% |
| 1979 | 6,028,749 | 4,938,973 | 3.76% | 1% |
| 1980 | 6,265,529 | 4,979,815 | 3.93% | 0.83% |
| 1981 | 6,516,454 | 5,016,105 | 4% | 0.73% |
| 1982 | 6,778,879 | 5,055,099 | 4.03% | 0.78% |
| 1983 | 7,051,709 | 5,091,971 | 4.02% | 0.73% |
| 1984 | 7,332,810 | 5,127,097 | 3.99% | 0.69% |
| 1985 | 7,620,508 | 5,161,768 | 3.92% | 0.68% |
| 1986 | 7,906,480 | 5,193,838 | 3.75% | 0.62% |
| 1987 | 8,293,174 | 5,222,840 | 4.89% | 0.56% |
| 1988 | 8,753,262 | 5,250,596 | 5.55% | 0.53% |
| 1989 | 9,176,220 | 5,275,942 | 4.83% | 0.48% |
| 1990 | 9,545,852 | 5,299,187 | 4.03% | 0.44% |
| 1991 | 9,844,227 | 5,303,294 | 3.13% | 0.08% |
| 1992 | 10,135,079 | 5,305,016 | 2.95% | 0.03% |
| 1993 | 10,284,024 | 5,325,305 | 1.47% | 0.38% |
| 1994 | 10,164,894 | 5,346,331 | -1.16% | 0.39% |
| 1995 | 10,150,117 | 5,361,999 | -0.15% | 0.29% |
| 1996 | 10,352,228 | 5,373,361 | 1.99% | 0.21% |
| 1997 | 10,562,035 | 5,383,291 | 2.03% | 0.18% |
| 1998 | 10,792,876 | 5,390,516 | 2.19% | 0.13% |
| 1999 | 11,047,804 | 5,396,020 | 2.36% | 0.1% |
| 2000 | 11,315,942 | 5,388,720 | 2.43% | -0.14% |
| 2001 | 11,593,058 | 5,378,867 | 2.45% | -0.18% |
| 2002 | 11,880,440 | 5,376,912 | 2.48% | -0.04% |
| 2003 | 12,181,574 | 5,373,374 | 2.53% | -0.07% |
| 2004 | 12,500,737 | 5,372,280 | 2.62% | -0.02% |
| 2005 | 12,840,031 | 5,372,807 | 2.71% | 0.01% |
| 2006 | 13,198,701 | 5,373,054 | 2.79% | 0.005% |
| 2007 | 13,576,343 | 5,374,622 | 2.86% | 0.03% |
| 2008 | 13,976,417 | 5,379,233 | 2.95% | 0.09% |
| 2009 | 14,395,788 | 5,386,406 | 3% | 0.13% |
| 2010 | 14,826,463 | 5,391,428 | 2.99% | 0.09% |
| 2011 | 15,265,022 | 5,398,384 | 2.96% | 0.13% |
| 2012 | 15,709,577 | 5,407,579 | 2.91% | 0.17% |
| 2013 | 16,161,816 | 5,413,393 | 2.88% | 0.11% |
| 2014 | 16,621,538 | 5,418,649 | 2.84% | 0.1% |
| 2015 | 17,085,587 | 5,423,801 | 2.79% | 0.1% |
| 2016 | 17,557,739 | 5,430,798 | 2.76% | 0.13% |
| 2017 | 18,039,715 | 5,439,232 | 2.75% | 0.16% |
| 2018 | 18,528,081 | 5,446,771 | 2.71% | 0.14% |
| 2019 | 19,025,752 | 5,454,147 | 2.69% | 0.14% |
| 2020 | 19,533,888 | 5,458,827 | 2.67% | 0.09% |
| 2021 | 20,047,258 | 5,447,247 | 2.63% | -0.21% |
| 2022 | 20,568,728 | 5,431,752 | 2.6% | -0.28% |
| 2023 | 21,104,482 | 5,426,740 | 2.6% | -0.09% |
| 2024 | 21,655,286 | 5,422,069 | 2.61% | -0.09% |
| 2025 | 22,216,113 | 5,390,674 | 2.59% | -0.58% |
| 2026 | 22,785,530 | 5,367,504 | 2.56% | -0.43% |
| 2027 | 23,366,187 | 5,357,756 | 2.55% | -0.18% |
| 2028 | 23,954,450 | 5,346,292 | 2.52% | -0.21% |
| 2029 | 24,553,499 | 5,333,135 | 2.5% | -0.25% |
| 2030 | 25,160,293 | 5,318,323 | 2.47% | -0.28% |
| 2031 | 25,763,534 | 5,302,079 | 2.4% | -0.31% |
| 2032 | 26,366,760 | 5,284,585 | 2.34% | -0.33% |
| 2033 | 26,978,417 | 5,265,970 | 2.32% | -0.35% |
| 2034 | 27,595,295 | 5,246,341 | 2.29% | -0.37% |
| 2035 | 28,213,784 | 5,225,725 | 2.24% | -0.39% |
| 2036 | 28,835,595 | 5,204,191 | 2.2% | -0.41% |
| 2037 | 29,462,509 | 5,181,996 | 2.17% | -0.43% |
| 2038 | 30,081,741 | 5,159,193 | 2.1% | -0.44% |
| 2039 | 30,691,578 | 5,135,906 | 2.03% | -0.45% |
| 2040 | 31,302,092 | 5,112,164 | 1.99% | -0.46% |
| 2041 | 31,911,242 | 5,088,002 | 1.95% | -0.47% |
| 2042 | 32,517,509 | 5,063,600 | 1.9% | -0.48% |
| 2043 | 33,122,481 | 5,038,933 | 1.86% | -0.49% |
| 2044 | 33,736,523 | 5,014,014 | 1.85% | -0.49% |
| 2045 | 34,350,947 | 4,988,989 | 1.82% | -0.5% |
| 2046 | 34,959,606 | 4,963,847 | 1.77% | -0.5% |
| 2047 | 35,567,989 | 4,938,476 | 1.74% | -0.51% |
| 2048 | 36,165,757 | 4,912,885 | 1.68% | -0.52% |
| 2049 | 36,760,998 | 4,886,923 | 1.65% | -0.53% |
| 2050 | 37,361,672 | 4,860,572 | 1.63% | -0.54% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Malawi increased by 4,245,556 people (a 33.1% growth), while Slovakia gained 50,994 people (a 0.95% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Malawi gained 5,587,926 (a 32.7% growth), while Slovakia's population decreased by -33,127 (a 0.61% decline).
Malawi was ranked 69th most populous country in 2005 and is 61st in 2025. Slovakia was ranked 109th in 2005 and ranked 125th 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 Slovakia will decrease by 9.83% to 4,860,572 people and rank change from 125th to 129th.
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Population differences between Malawi and Slovakia
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| Life expectancy | 67.7 years | 78.7 years |
| Average age | 22.8 years | 42 years |
| Median age | 18.9 years | 42.7 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.8:51.2 | 48.8:51.2 |
| Fertility rate | 3.65 births per woman | 1.49 births per woman |
| Population density | 595 ppl/mi² | 292.1 ppl/mi² |
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