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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Malawi	South Sudan	Malawi	South Sudan
1960	3,628,134	2,931,559	-	-
1961	3,715,534	2,976,724	2.41%	1.54%
1962	3,806,307	3,024,308	2.44%	1.6%
1963	3,900,506	3,072,669	2.47%	1.6%
1964	3,997,305	3,129,918	2.48%	1.86%
1965	4,096,157	3,189,835	2.47%	1.91%
1966	4,197,926	3,236,423	2.48%	1.46%
1967	4,303,012	3,277,648	2.5%	1.27%
1968	4,411,054	3,321,528	2.51%	1.34%
1969	4,521,184	3,365,533	2.5%	1.32%
1970	4,633,944	3,409,614	2.49%	1.31%
1971	4,751,434	3,468,646	2.54%	1.73%
1972	4,874,475	3,542,497	2.59%	2.13%
1973	5,003,938	3,627,383	2.66%	2.4%
1974	5,141,337	3,723,259	2.75%	2.64%
1975	5,287,367	3,821,494	2.84%	2.64%
1976	5,443,384	3,921,910	2.95%	2.63%
1977	5,614,983	4,024,032	3.15%	2.6%
1978	5,810,132	4,127,657	3.48%	2.58%
1979	6,028,749	4,232,605	3.76%	2.54%
1980	6,265,529	4,339,030	3.93%	2.51%
1981	6,516,454	4,447,272	4%	2.49%
1982	6,778,879	4,557,686	4.03%	2.48%
1983	7,051,709	4,661,574	4.02%	2.28%
1984	7,332,810	4,750,627	3.99%	1.91%
1985	7,620,508	4,834,296	3.92%	1.76%
1986	7,906,480	4,921,240	3.75%	1.8%
1987	8,293,174	4,962,395	4.89%	0.84%
1988	8,753,262	4,848,029	5.55%	-2.3%
1989	9,176,220	4,713,229	4.83%	-2.78%
1990	9,545,852	4,737,633	4.03%	0.52%
1991	9,844,227	4,836,677	3.13%	2.09%
1992	10,135,079	4,909,749	2.95%	1.51%
1993	10,284,024	4,956,002	1.47%	0.94%
1994	10,164,894	5,071,184	-1.16%	2.32%
1995	10,150,117	5,225,836	-0.15%	3.05%
1996	10,352,228	5,356,925	1.99%	2.51%
1997	10,562,035	5,509,136	2.03%	2.84%
1998	10,792,876	5,620,068	2.19%	2.01%
1999	11,047,804	5,771,628	2.36%	2.7%
2000	11,315,942	6,032,267	2.43%	4.52%
2001	11,593,058	6,308,391	2.45%	4.58%
2002	11,880,440	6,596,806	2.48%	4.57%
2003	12,181,574	6,903,127	2.53%	4.64%
2004	12,500,737	7,233,041	2.62%	4.78%
2005	12,840,031	7,590,143	2.71%	4.94%
2006	13,198,701	7,976,526	2.79%	5.09%
2007	13,576,343	8,388,788	2.86%	5.17%
2008	13,976,417	8,817,647	2.95%	5.11%
2009	14,395,788	9,243,556	3%	4.83%
2010	14,826,463	9,745,953	2.99%	5.44%
2011	15,265,022	10,288,109	2.96%	5.56%
2012	15,709,577	10,756,240	2.91%	4.55%
2013	16,161,816	11,166,275	2.88%	3.81%
2014	16,621,538	11,235,073	2.84%	0.62%
2015	17,085,587	11,107,561	2.79%	-1.13%
2016	17,557,739	10,830,102	2.76%	-2.5%
2017	18,039,715	10,259,154	2.75%	-5.27%
2018	18,528,081	10,122,977	2.71%	-1.33%
2019	19,025,752	10,423,384	2.69%	2.97%
2020	19,533,888	10,698,467	2.67%	2.64%
2021	20,047,258	10,865,780	2.63%	1.56%
2022	20,568,728	11,021,177	2.6%	1.43%
2023	21,104,482	11,483,374	2.6%	4.19%
2024	21,655,286	11,943,408	2.61%	4.01%
2025	22,216,113	12,188,793	2.59%	2.05%
2026	22,785,530	12,436,036	2.56%	2.03%
2027	23,366,187	12,687,301	2.55%	2.02%
2028	23,954,450	12,941,503	2.52%	2%
2029	24,553,499	13,198,080	2.5%	1.98%
2030	25,160,293	13,457,446	2.47%	1.97%
2031	25,763,534	13,725,413	2.4%	1.99%
2032	26,366,760	13,996,343	2.34%	1.97%
2033	26,978,417	14,261,762	2.32%	1.9%
2034	27,595,295	14,527,550	2.29%	1.86%
2035	28,213,784	14,798,602	2.24%	1.87%
2036	28,835,595	15,070,098	2.2%	1.83%
2037	29,462,509	15,335,700	2.17%	1.76%
2038	30,081,741	15,595,968	2.1%	1.7%
2039	30,691,578	15,850,696	2.03%	1.63%
2040	31,302,092	16,101,470	1.99%	1.58%
2041	31,911,242	16,350,149	1.95%	1.54%
2042	32,517,509	16,593,361	1.9%	1.49%
2043	33,122,481	16,829,209	1.86%	1.42%
2044	33,736,523	17,060,176	1.85%	1.37%
2045	34,350,947	17,286,412	1.82%	1.33%
2046	34,959,606	17,509,693	1.77%	1.29%
2047	35,567,989	17,728,331	1.74%	1.25%
2048	36,165,757	17,938,437	1.68%	1.19%
2049	36,760,998	18,142,893	1.65%	1.14%
2050	37,361,672	18,341,968	1.63%	1.1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Malawi increased by 4,245,556 people (a 33.1% growth), while South Sudan gained 3,517,418 people (a 46.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Malawi gained 5,587,926 (a 32.7% growth), while South Sudan's population increased by 1,279,837 (a 11.5% growth).

Malawi was ranked 69th most populous country in 2005 and is 61st in 2025. South Sudan was ranked 93rd in 2005 and ranked 81st 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 Sudan will increase by 48.1% to 18,341,968 people and rank change from 81st to 78th.