Population in Malawi compared to South Africa: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Malawi and South Africa: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Malawi	South Africa	Malawi	South Africa
1960	3,628,134	16,440,172	-	-
1961	3,715,534	16,908,035	2.41%	2.85%
1962	3,806,307	17,418,522	2.44%	3.02%
1963	3,900,506	17,954,564	2.47%	3.08%
1964	3,997,305	18,511,361	2.48%	3.1%
1965	4,096,157	19,089,380	2.47%	3.12%
1966	4,197,926	19,690,087	2.48%	3.15%
1967	4,303,012	20,314,066	2.5%	3.17%
1968	4,411,054	20,957,287	2.51%	3.17%
1969	4,521,184	21,614,676	2.5%	3.14%
1970	4,633,944	22,279,984	2.49%	3.08%
1971	4,751,434	22,942,143	2.54%	2.97%
1972	4,874,475	23,609,456	2.59%	2.91%
1973	5,003,938	24,294,263	2.66%	2.9%
1974	5,141,337	24,989,108	2.75%	2.86%
1975	5,287,367	25,690,940	2.84%	2.81%
1976	5,443,384	26,395,450	2.95%	2.74%
1977	5,614,983	27,118,952	3.15%	2.74%
1978	5,810,132	27,869,507	3.48%	2.77%
1979	6,028,749	28,634,162	3.76%	2.74%
1980	6,265,529	29,518,857	3.93%	3.09%
1981	6,516,454	30,541,044	4%	3.46%
1982	6,778,879	31,615,339	4.03%	3.52%
1983	7,051,709	32,739,304	4.02%	3.56%
1984	7,332,810	33,892,788	3.99%	3.52%
1985	7,620,508	35,042,093	3.92%	3.39%
1986	7,906,480	36,180,515	3.75%	3.25%
1987	8,293,174	37,326,190	4.89%	3.17%
1988	8,753,262	38,480,649	5.55%	3.09%
1989	9,176,220	39,628,575	4.83%	2.98%
1990	9,545,852	40,746,268	4.03%	2.82%
1991	9,844,227	41,687,898	3.13%	2.31%
1992	10,135,079	42,443,509	2.95%	1.81%
1993	10,284,024	43,297,156	1.47%	2.01%
1994	10,164,894	44,004,139	-1.16%	1.63%
1995	10,150,117	44,541,554	-0.15%	1.22%
1996	10,352,228	45,123,018	1.99%	1.31%
1997	10,562,035	45,666,838	2.03%	1.21%
1998	10,792,876	46,223,880	2.19%	1.22%
1999	11,047,804	46,730,335	2.36%	1.1%
2000	11,315,942	47,159,719	2.43%	0.92%
2001	11,593,058	47,566,800	2.45%	0.86%
2002	11,880,440	48,019,415	2.48%	0.95%
2003	12,181,574	48,500,348	2.53%	1%
2004	12,500,737	48,991,421	2.62%	1.01%
2005	12,840,031	49,490,033	2.71%	1.02%
2006	13,198,701	49,998,277	2.79%	1.03%
2007	13,576,343	50,528,584	2.86%	1.06%
2008	13,976,417	51,114,599	2.95%	1.16%
2009	14,395,788	51,728,516	3%	1.2%
2010	14,826,463	52,344,051	2.99%	1.19%
2011	15,265,022	52,995,205	2.96%	1.24%
2012	15,709,577	53,782,567	2.91%	1.49%
2013	16,161,816	54,678,791	2.88%	1.67%
2014	16,621,538	55,594,838	2.84%	1.68%
2015	17,085,587	56,723,537	2.79%	2.03%
2016	17,557,739	57,259,551	2.76%	0.94%
2017	18,039,715	57,635,162	2.75%	0.66%
2018	18,528,081	58,613,001	2.71%	1.7%
2019	19,025,752	59,587,885	2.69%	1.66%
2020	19,533,888	60,562,381	2.67%	1.64%
2021	20,047,258	61,502,603	2.63%	1.55%
2022	20,568,728	62,378,410	2.6%	1.42%
2023	21,104,482	63,212,384	2.6%	1.34%
2024	21,655,286	64,007,187	2.61%	1.26%
2025	22,216,113	64,747,317	2.59%	1.16%
2026	22,785,530	65,453,086	2.56%	1.09%
2027	23,366,187	66,143,018	2.55%	1.05%
2028	23,954,450	66,830,384	2.52%	1.04%
2029	24,553,499	67,506,850	2.5%	1.01%
2030	25,160,293	68,161,357	2.47%	0.97%
2031	25,763,534	68,798,574	2.4%	0.93%
2032	26,366,760	69,426,441	2.34%	0.91%
2033	26,978,417	70,040,484	2.32%	0.88%
2034	27,595,295	70,641,572	2.29%	0.86%
2035	28,213,784	71,234,749	2.24%	0.84%
2036	28,835,595	71,816,372	2.2%	0.82%
2037	29,462,509	72,387,807	2.17%	0.8%
2038	30,081,741	72,949,611	2.1%	0.78%
2039	30,691,578	73,496,152	2.03%	0.75%
2040	31,302,092	74,035,615	1.99%	0.73%
2041	31,911,242	74,575,444	1.95%	0.73%
2042	32,517,509	75,111,899	1.9%	0.72%
2043	33,122,481	75,641,512	1.86%	0.71%
2044	33,736,523	76,164,461	1.85%	0.69%
2045	34,350,947	76,681,448	1.82%	0.68%
2046	34,959,606	77,199,542	1.77%	0.68%
2047	35,567,989	77,716,650	1.74%	0.67%
2048	36,165,757	78,215,323	1.68%	0.64%
2049	36,760,998	78,699,584	1.65%	0.62%
2050	37,361,672	79,177,329	1.63%	0.61%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Malawi increased by 4,245,556 people (a 33.1% growth), while South Africa gained 7,233,504 people (a 14.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Malawi gained 5,587,926 (a 32.7% growth), while South Africa's population increased by 8,590,709 (a 15.1% growth).

Malawi was ranked 69th most populous country in 2005 and is 61st in 2025. South Africa was ranked 24th in 2005 and still ranked 24th 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 South Africa will increase by 21.2% to 79,177,329 people and rank change from 24th to 23rd.