Population in Malawi compared to the Solomon Islands: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Malawi and the Solomon Islands: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Malawi	Solomon Islands	Malawi	Solomon Islands
1960	3,628,134	139,688	-	-
1961	3,715,534	142,912	2.41%	2.31%
1962	3,806,307	146,201	2.44%	2.3%
1963	3,900,506	149,589	2.47%	2.32%
1964	3,997,305	153,085	2.48%	2.34%
1965	4,096,157	156,686	2.47%	2.35%
1966	4,197,926	160,393	2.48%	2.37%
1967	4,303,012	164,245	2.5%	2.4%
1968	4,411,054	168,282	2.51%	2.46%
1969	4,521,184	172,476	2.5%	2.49%
1970	4,633,944	176,579	2.49%	2.38%
1971	4,751,434	180,637	2.54%	2.3%
1972	4,874,475	184,994	2.59%	2.41%
1973	5,003,938	189,774	2.66%	2.58%
1974	5,141,337	195,041	2.75%	2.78%
1975	5,287,367	200,744	2.84%	2.92%
1976	5,443,384	207,194	2.95%	3.21%
1977	5,614,983	214,418	3.15%	3.49%
1978	5,810,132	222,029	3.48%	3.55%
1979	6,028,749	229,953	3.76%	3.57%
1980	6,265,529	238,135	3.93%	3.56%
1981	6,516,454	246,555	4%	3.54%
1982	6,778,879	255,200	4.03%	3.51%
1983	7,051,709	264,068	4.02%	3.47%
1984	7,332,810	273,163	3.99%	3.44%
1985	7,620,508	282,455	3.92%	3.4%
1986	7,906,480	291,842	3.75%	3.32%
1987	8,293,174	301,414	4.89%	3.28%
1988	8,753,262	311,265	5.55%	3.27%
1989	9,176,220	321,282	4.83%	3.22%
1990	9,545,852	331,435	4.03%	3.16%
1991	9,844,227	341,738	3.13%	3.11%
1992	10,135,079	352,205	2.95%	3.06%
1993	10,284,024	362,839	1.47%	3.02%
1994	10,164,894	373,675	-1.16%	2.99%
1995	10,150,117	384,733	-0.15%	2.96%
1996	10,352,228	396,009	1.99%	2.93%
1997	10,562,035	407,474	2.03%	2.9%
1998	10,792,876	419,071	2.19%	2.85%
1999	11,047,804	430,500	2.36%	2.73%
2000	11,315,942	440,469	2.43%	2.32%
2001	11,593,058	449,125	2.45%	1.97%
2002	11,880,440	457,671	2.48%	1.9%
2003	12,181,574	466,154	2.53%	1.85%
2004	12,500,737	474,611	2.62%	1.81%
2005	12,840,031	483,080	2.71%	1.78%
2006	13,198,701	491,594	2.79%	1.76%
2007	13,576,343	500,156	2.86%	1.74%
2008	13,976,417	508,790	2.95%	1.73%
2009	14,395,788	518,141	3%	1.84%
2010	14,826,463	532,968	2.99%	2.86%
2011	15,265,022	552,945	2.96%	3.75%
2012	15,709,577	573,606	2.91%	3.74%
2013	16,161,816	594,945	2.88%	3.72%
2014	16,621,538	616,908	2.84%	3.69%
2015	17,085,587	639,415	2.79%	3.65%
2016	17,557,739	662,379	2.76%	3.59%
2017	18,039,715	685,672	2.75%	3.52%
2018	18,528,081	709,101	2.71%	3.42%
2019	19,025,752	728,147	2.69%	2.69%
2020	19,533,888	744,498	2.67%	2.25%
2021	20,047,258	762,591	2.63%	2.43%
2022	20,568,728	781,066	2.6%	2.42%
2023	21,104,482	800,005	2.6%	2.42%
2024	21,655,286	819,198	2.61%	2.4%
2025	22,216,113	838,646	2.59%	2.37%
2026	22,785,530	858,283	2.56%	2.34%
2027	23,366,187	878,097	2.55%	2.31%
2028	23,954,450	898,073	2.52%	2.27%
2029	24,553,499	918,152	2.5%	2.24%
2030	25,160,293	938,340	2.47%	2.2%
2031	25,763,534	958,614	2.4%	2.16%
2032	26,366,760	978,977	2.34%	2.12%
2033	26,978,417	999,314	2.32%	2.08%
2034	27,595,295	1,019,534	2.29%	2.02%
2035	28,213,784	1,039,655	2.24%	1.97%
2036	28,835,595	1,059,521	2.2%	1.91%
2037	29,462,509	1,079,088	2.17%	1.85%
2038	30,081,741	1,098,284	2.1%	1.78%
2039	30,691,578	1,117,085	2.03%	1.71%
2040	31,302,092	1,135,445	1.99%	1.64%
2041	31,911,242	1,153,450	1.95%	1.59%
2042	32,517,509	1,171,334	1.9%	1.55%
2043	33,122,481	1,189,113	1.86%	1.52%
2044	33,736,523	1,206,729	1.85%	1.48%
2045	34,350,947	1,224,188	1.82%	1.45%
2046	34,959,606	1,241,491	1.77%	1.41%
2047	35,567,989	1,258,611	1.74%	1.38%
2048	36,165,757	1,275,579	1.68%	1.35%
2049	36,760,998	1,292,414	1.65%	1.32%
2050	37,361,672	1,309,098	1.63%	1.29%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Malawi increased by 4,245,556 people (a 33.1% growth), while the Solomon Islands gained 156,335 people (a 32.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Malawi gained 5,587,926 (a 32.7% growth), while the Solomon Islands' population increased by 215,004 (a 33.6% growth).

Malawi was ranked 69th most populous country in 2005 and is 61st in 2025. The Solomon Islands was ranked 166th in 2005 and ranked 161st 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 the Solomon Islands will increase by 53.2% to 1,309,098 people and rank change from 161st to 156th.