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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Malawi	Sudan	Malawi	Sudan
1960	3,628,134	8,364,489	-	-
1961	3,715,534	8,634,941	2.41%	3.23%
1962	3,806,307	8,919,028	2.44%	3.29%
1963	3,900,506	9,218,077	2.47%	3.35%
1964	3,997,305	9,531,109	2.48%	3.4%
1965	4,096,157	9,858,030	2.47%	3.43%
1966	4,197,926	10,197,578	2.48%	3.44%
1967	4,303,012	10,550,597	2.5%	3.46%
1968	4,411,054	10,917,999	2.51%	3.48%
1969	4,521,184	11,298,936	2.5%	3.49%
1970	4,633,944	11,695,771	2.49%	3.51%
1971	4,751,434	12,105,539	2.54%	3.5%
1972	4,874,475	12,527,856	2.59%	3.49%
1973	5,003,938	13,049,315	2.66%	4.16%
1974	5,141,337	13,580,723	2.75%	4.07%
1975	5,287,367	14,064,798	2.84%	3.56%
1976	5,443,384	14,569,716	2.95%	3.59%
1977	5,614,983	15,086,614	3.15%	3.55%
1978	5,810,132	15,695,003	3.48%	4.03%
1979	6,028,749	16,355,352	3.76%	4.21%
1980	6,265,529	17,058,905	3.93%	4.3%
1981	6,516,454	17,780,572	4%	4.23%
1982	6,778,879	18,486,645	4.03%	3.97%
1983	7,051,709	19,109,770	4.02%	3.37%
1984	7,332,810	19,546,528	3.99%	2.29%
1985	7,620,508	19,905,872	3.92%	1.84%
1986	7,906,480	20,288,238	3.75%	1.92%
1987	8,293,174	20,704,904	4.89%	2.05%
1988	8,753,262	21,138,431	5.55%	2.09%
1989	9,176,220	21,578,022	4.83%	2.08%
1990	9,545,852	22,021,481	4.03%	2.06%
1991	9,844,227	22,470,676	3.13%	2.04%
1992	10,135,079	22,927,355	2.95%	2.03%
1993	10,284,024	23,445,592	1.47%	2.26%
1994	10,164,894	24,043,948	-1.16%	2.55%
1995	10,150,117	24,672,143	-0.15%	2.61%
1996	10,352,228	25,231,528	1.99%	2.27%
1997	10,562,035	25,799,821	2.03%	2.25%
1998	10,792,876	26,458,999	2.19%	2.55%
1999	11,047,804	27,130,613	2.36%	2.54%
2000	11,315,942	27,816,745	2.43%	2.53%
2001	11,593,058	28,516,770	2.45%	2.52%
2002	11,880,440	29,228,727	2.48%	2.5%
2003	12,181,574	29,896,035	2.53%	2.28%
2004	12,500,737	30,556,637	2.62%	2.21%
2005	12,840,031	31,262,444	2.71%	2.31%
2006	13,198,701	31,992,435	2.79%	2.34%
2007	13,576,343	32,764,135	2.86%	2.41%
2008	13,976,417	33,623,980	2.95%	2.62%
2009	14,395,788	34,569,113	3%	2.81%
2010	14,826,463	35,414,399	2.99%	2.45%
2011	15,265,022	36,140,806	2.96%	2.05%
2012	15,709,577	36,923,178	2.91%	2.16%
2013	16,161,816	37,785,849	2.88%	2.34%
2014	16,621,538	38,823,318	2.84%	2.75%
2015	17,085,587	40,024,431	2.79%	3.09%
2016	17,557,739	41,259,892	2.76%	3.09%
2017	18,039,715	42,714,306	2.75%	3.53%
2018	18,528,081	44,230,596	2.71%	3.55%
2019	19,025,752	45,548,175	2.69%	2.98%
2020	19,533,888	46,789,231	2.67%	2.72%
2021	20,047,258	48,066,924	2.63%	2.73%
2022	20,568,728	49,383,346	2.6%	2.74%
2023	21,104,482	50,042,791	2.6%	1.34%
2024	21,655,286	50,448,963	2.61%	0.81%
2025	22,216,113	51,662,152	2.59%	2.4%
2026	22,785,530	53,282,718	2.56%	3.14%
2027	23,366,187	54,724,215	2.55%	2.71%
2028	23,954,450	55,993,833	2.52%	2.32%
2029	24,553,499	57,275,443	2.5%	2.29%
2030	25,160,293	58,571,624	2.47%	2.26%
2031	25,763,534	59,872,936	2.4%	2.22%
2032	26,366,760	61,179,476	2.34%	2.18%
2033	26,978,417	62,497,205	2.32%	2.15%
2034	27,595,295	63,822,356	2.29%	2.12%
2035	28,213,784	65,148,317	2.24%	2.08%
2036	28,835,595	66,470,018	2.2%	2.03%
2037	29,462,509	67,791,240	2.17%	1.99%
2038	30,081,741	69,107,712	2.1%	1.94%
2039	30,691,578	70,416,631	2.03%	1.89%
2040	31,302,092	71,730,604	1.99%	1.87%
2041	31,911,242	73,056,213	1.95%	1.85%
2042	32,517,509	74,387,562	1.9%	1.82%
2043	33,122,481	75,723,670	1.86%	1.8%
2044	33,736,523	77,066,454	1.85%	1.77%
2045	34,350,947	78,415,205	1.82%	1.75%
2046	34,959,606	79,767,271	1.77%	1.72%
2047	35,567,989	81,115,241	1.74%	1.69%
2048	36,165,757	82,463,202	1.68%	1.66%
2049	36,760,998	83,828,356	1.65%	1.66%
2050	37,361,672	85,206,384	1.63%	1.64%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Malawi increased by 4,245,556 people (a 33.1% growth), while Sudan gained 8,761,987 people (a 28% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Malawi gained 5,587,926 (a 32.7% growth), while Sudan's population increased by 12,939,487 (a 32.3% growth).

Malawi was ranked 69th most populous country in 2005 and is 61st in 2025. Sudan was ranked 36th in 2005 and ranked 29th 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 Sudan will increase by 60.9% to 85,206,384 people and rank change from 29th to 21st.