The latest officially reported population of Malawi was 21,655,286 in 2024 vs 19,009,151 people in Somalia in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Malawi's population is 22,791,875 people compared to 20,313,043 in Somalia.
Population statistics:
- Malawi's population is 1.12 times bigger than Somalia's.
- Malawi is ranked the 61st most populous country in the world, while Somalia is the 66th.
- The countries together account for 0.52% of the world: 0.28% for Malawi vs 0.25% for Somalia.
- For the last 10 years, Malawi has had an average growth rate of +2.7% per year vs +3.61% in Somalia.
- Since 2006, the population of Malawi has increased from 13.2M people to 22.8M (72.7% growth), while Somalia has grown from 11M to 20.3M (85.1% growth).
- Malawi is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 59.1M people compared to the peak of 67.4M people in 2100 for Somalia.
Malawi vs Somalia: live population counter
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| Current population |
22791875
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20313043
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| Population rank | 61/197 | 66/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.28% | 0.25% |
| One net population change |
57.3 seconds
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48.5 seconds
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| One birth every |
47.6 seconds
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40 seconds
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| One death every |
4.64 minutes
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2.91 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
5.81 hours
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19.6 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -1,507 | +26,859 |
| Daily growth/decline | +1,509 | +1,782 |
| Annual growth/decline | +550,804 | +650,536 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.61% | +3.54% |
| Population growth rate rank | 26/197 | 8/197 |
Malawi and Somalia: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 3,628,134 | 2,876,331 | - | - |
| 1961 | 3,715,534 | 2,952,054 | 2.41% | 2.63% |
| 1962 | 3,806,307 | 3,030,091 | 2.44% | 2.64% |
| 1963 | 3,900,506 | 3,110,361 | 2.47% | 2.65% |
| 1964 | 3,997,305 | 3,192,796 | 2.48% | 2.65% |
| 1965 | 4,096,157 | 3,277,874 | 2.47% | 2.66% |
| 1966 | 4,197,926 | 3,365,106 | 2.48% | 2.66% |
| 1967 | 4,303,012 | 3,454,537 | 2.5% | 2.66% |
| 1968 | 4,411,054 | 3,546,590 | 2.51% | 2.66% |
| 1969 | 4,521,184 | 3,641,015 | 2.5% | 2.66% |
| 1970 | 4,633,944 | 3,738,448 | 2.49% | 2.68% |
| 1971 | 4,751,434 | 3,837,691 | 2.54% | 2.65% |
| 1972 | 4,874,475 | 3,939,436 | 2.59% | 2.65% |
| 1973 | 5,003,938 | 4,045,592 | 2.66% | 2.69% |
| 1974 | 5,141,337 | 4,151,842 | 2.75% | 2.63% |
| 1975 | 5,287,367 | 4,257,535 | 2.84% | 2.55% |
| 1976 | 5,443,384 | 4,365,812 | 2.95% | 2.54% |
| 1977 | 5,614,983 | 4,484,050 | 3.15% | 2.71% |
| 1978 | 5,810,132 | 4,814,892 | 3.48% | 7.38% |
| 1979 | 6,028,749 | 5,449,117 | 3.76% | 13.2% |
| 1980 | 6,265,529 | 5,936,154 | 3.93% | 8.94% |
| 1981 | 6,516,454 | 5,982,849 | 4% | 0.79% |
| 1982 | 6,778,879 | 6,003,840 | 4.03% | 0.35% |
| 1983 | 7,051,709 | 6,198,430 | 4.02% | 3.24% |
| 1984 | 7,332,810 | 6,428,389 | 3.99% | 3.71% |
| 1985 | 7,620,508 | 6,693,289 | 3.92% | 4.12% |
| 1986 | 7,906,480 | 6,974,788 | 3.75% | 4.21% |
| 1987 | 8,293,174 | 7,228,302 | 4.89% | 3.63% |
| 1988 | 8,753,262 | 7,235,360 | 5.55% | 0.1% |
| 1989 | 9,176,220 | 7,114,817 | 4.83% | -1.67% |
| 1990 | 9,545,852 | 7,082,811 | 4.03% | -0.45% |
| 1991 | 9,844,227 | 6,813,760 | 3.13% | -3.8% |
| 1992 | 10,135,079 | 6,495,107 | 2.95% | -4.68% |
| 1993 | 10,284,024 | 6,681,399 | 1.47% | 2.87% |
| 1994 | 10,164,894 | 7,026,797 | -1.16% | 5.17% |
| 1995 | 10,150,117 | 7,285,007 | -0.15% | 3.67% |
| 1996 | 10,352,228 | 7,554,474 | 1.99% | 3.7% |
| 1997 | 10,562,035 | 7,824,525 | 2.03% | 3.57% |
| 1998 | 10,792,876 | 8,155,417 | 2.19% | 4.23% |
| 1999 | 11,047,804 | 8,492,059 | 2.36% | 4.13% |
| 2000 | 11,315,942 | 8,838,713 | 2.43% | 4.08% |
| 2001 | 11,593,058 | 9,198,493 | 2.45% | 4.07% |
| 2002 | 11,880,440 | 9,550,063 | 2.48% | 3.82% |
| 2003 | 12,181,574 | 9,909,157 | 2.53% | 3.76% |
| 2004 | 12,500,737 | 10,280,998 | 2.62% | 3.75% |
| 2005 | 12,840,031 | 10,644,228 | 2.71% | 3.53% |
| 2006 | 13,198,701 | 10,975,502 | 2.79% | 3.11% |
| 2007 | 13,576,343 | 11,322,582 | 2.86% | 3.16% |
| 2008 | 13,976,417 | 11,663,084 | 2.95% | 3.01% |
| 2009 | 14,395,788 | 11,961,201 | 3% | 2.56% |
| 2010 | 14,826,463 | 12,261,756 | 2.99% | 2.51% |
| 2011 | 15,265,022 | 12,348,830 | 2.96% | 0.71% |
| 2012 | 15,709,577 | 12,461,160 | 2.91% | 0.91% |
| 2013 | 16,161,816 | 12,869,594 | 2.88% | 3.28% |
| 2014 | 16,621,538 | 13,339,491 | 2.84% | 3.65% |
| 2015 | 17,085,587 | 13,806,963 | 2.79% | 3.5% |
| 2016 | 17,557,739 | 14,348,740 | 2.76% | 3.92% |
| 2017 | 18,039,715 | 14,916,629 | 2.75% | 3.96% |
| 2018 | 18,528,081 | 15,452,487 | 2.71% | 3.59% |
| 2019 | 19,025,752 | 16,030,971 | 2.69% | 3.74% |
| 2020 | 19,533,888 | 16,651,191 | 2.67% | 3.87% |
| 2021 | 20,047,258 | 17,271,431 | 2.63% | 3.72% |
| 2022 | 20,568,728 | 17,801,897 | 2.6% | 3.07% |
| 2023 | 21,104,482 | 18,358,615 | 2.6% | 3.13% |
| 2024 | 21,655,286 | 19,009,151 | 2.61% | 3.54% |
| 2025 | 22,216,113 | 19,654,737 | 2.59% | 3.4% |
| 2026 | 22,785,530 | 20,305,905 | 2.56% | 3.31% |
| 2027 | 23,366,187 | 20,959,056 | 2.55% | 3.22% |
| 2028 | 23,954,450 | 21,601,810 | 2.52% | 3.07% |
| 2029 | 24,553,499 | 22,247,714 | 2.5% | 2.99% |
| 2030 | 25,160,293 | 22,915,042 | 2.47% | 3% |
| 2031 | 25,763,534 | 23,589,793 | 2.4% | 2.94% |
| 2032 | 26,366,760 | 24,258,789 | 2.34% | 2.84% |
| 2033 | 26,978,417 | 24,921,830 | 2.32% | 2.73% |
| 2034 | 27,595,295 | 25,593,666 | 2.29% | 2.7% |
| 2035 | 28,213,784 | 26,294,943 | 2.24% | 2.74% |
| 2036 | 28,835,595 | 27,009,199 | 2.2% | 2.72% |
| 2037 | 29,462,509 | 27,731,170 | 2.17% | 2.67% |
| 2038 | 30,081,741 | 28,455,755 | 2.1% | 2.61% |
| 2039 | 30,691,578 | 29,167,897 | 2.03% | 2.5% |
| 2040 | 31,302,092 | 29,896,286 | 1.99% | 2.5% |
| 2041 | 31,911,242 | 30,635,956 | 1.95% | 2.47% |
| 2042 | 32,517,509 | 31,350,028 | 1.9% | 2.33% |
| 2043 | 33,122,481 | 32,057,980 | 1.86% | 2.26% |
| 2044 | 33,736,523 | 32,780,417 | 1.85% | 2.25% |
| 2045 | 34,350,947 | 33,510,163 | 1.82% | 2.23% |
| 2046 | 34,959,606 | 34,248,030 | 1.77% | 2.2% |
| 2047 | 35,567,989 | 34,996,366 | 1.74% | 2.19% |
| 2048 | 36,165,757 | 35,743,960 | 1.68% | 2.14% |
| 2049 | 36,760,998 | 36,474,683 | 1.65% | 2.04% |
| 2050 | 37,361,672 | 37,206,497 | 1.63% | 2.01% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Malawi increased by 4,359,038 people (a 33% growth), while Somalia gained 3,373,238 people (a 30.7% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Malawi gained 5,234,136 (a 29.8% growth), while Somalia's population increased by 5,964,303 (a 41.6% growth).
Malawi was ranked 69th most populous country in 2006 and is 61st in 2026. Somalia was ranked 75th in 2006 and ranked 66th 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 Somalia will increase by 83.2% to 37,206,497 people and rank change from 66th to 57th.
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Population differences between Malawi and Somalia
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| Life expectancy | 67.9 years | 59.3 years |
| Average age | 22.8 years | 21.2 years |
| Median age | 18.9 years | 16.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.8:51.2 | 50.1:49.9 |
| Fertility rate | 3.65 births per woman | 6.13 births per woman |
| Population density | 595 ppl/mi² | 78.5 ppl/mi² |
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