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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Malawi	Suriname	Malawi	Suriname
1960	3,628,134	263,918	-	-
1961	3,715,534	272,791	2.41%	3.36%
1962	3,806,307	283,912	2.44%	4.08%
1963	3,900,506	297,034	2.47%	4.62%
1964	3,997,305	309,041	2.48%	4.04%
1965	4,096,157	320,000	2.47%	3.55%
1966	4,197,926	331,135	2.48%	3.48%
1967	4,303,012	342,679	2.5%	3.49%
1968	4,411,054	354,616	2.51%	3.48%
1969	4,521,184	366,906	2.5%	3.47%
1970	4,633,944	379,442	2.49%	3.42%
1971	4,751,434	391,932	2.54%	3.29%
1972	4,874,475	397,413	2.59%	1.4%
1973	5,003,938	395,772	2.66%	-0.41%
1974	5,141,337	393,676	2.75%	-0.53%
1975	5,287,367	391,170	2.84%	-0.64%
1976	5,443,384	388,289	2.95%	-0.74%
1977	5,614,983	385,067	3.15%	-0.83%
1978	5,810,132	381,502	3.48%	-0.93%
1979	6,028,749	377,602	3.76%	-1.02%
1980	6,265,529	375,377	3.93%	-0.59%
1981	6,516,454	375,459	4%	0.02%
1982	6,778,879	376,555	4.03%	0.29%
1983	7,051,709	378,746	4.02%	0.58%
1984	7,332,810	382,193	3.99%	0.91%
1985	7,620,508	386,972	3.92%	1.25%
1986	7,906,480	392,330	3.75%	1.38%
1987	8,293,174	396,911	4.89%	1.17%
1988	8,753,262	402,227	5.55%	1.34%
1989	9,176,220	408,409	4.83%	1.54%
1990	9,545,852	412,493	4.03%	1%
1991	9,844,227	415,013	3.13%	0.61%
1992	10,135,079	417,589	2.95%	0.62%
1993	10,284,024	419,352	1.47%	0.42%
1994	10,164,894	422,375	-1.16%	0.72%
1995	10,150,117	429,606	-0.15%	1.71%
1996	10,352,228	438,830	1.99%	2.15%
1997	10,562,035	448,067	2.03%	2.1%
1998	10,792,876	457,406	2.19%	2.08%
1999	11,047,804	466,916	2.36%	2.08%
2000	11,315,942	476,643	2.43%	2.08%
2001	11,593,058	486,560	2.45%	2.08%
2002	11,880,440	496,551	2.48%	2.05%
2003	12,181,574	506,414	2.53%	1.99%
2004	12,500,737	513,923	2.62%	1.48%
2005	12,840,031	519,313	2.71%	1.05%
2006	13,198,701	524,997	2.79%	1.09%
2007	13,576,343	531,016	2.86%	1.15%
2008	13,976,417	537,245	2.95%	1.17%
2009	14,395,788	543,568	3%	1.18%
2010	14,826,463	549,923	2.99%	1.17%
2011	15,265,022	556,269	2.96%	1.15%
2012	15,709,577	562,633	2.91%	1.14%
2013	16,161,816	569,020	2.88%	1.14%
2014	16,621,538	575,373	2.84%	1.12%
2015	17,085,587	581,627	2.79%	1.09%
2016	17,557,739	587,757	2.76%	1.05%
2017	18,039,715	593,713	2.75%	1.01%
2018	18,528,081	599,513	2.71%	0.98%
2019	19,025,752	605,768	2.69%	1.04%
2020	19,533,888	612,317	2.67%	1.08%
2021	20,047,258	617,896	2.63%	0.91%
2022	20,568,728	623,164	2.6%	0.85%
2023	21,104,482	628,886	2.6%	0.92%
2024	21,655,286	634,431	2.61%	0.88%
2025	22,216,113	639,852	2.59%	0.85%
2026	22,785,530	645,257	2.56%	0.84%
2027	23,366,187	650,564	2.55%	0.82%
2028	23,954,450	655,783	2.52%	0.8%
2029	24,553,499	660,793	2.5%	0.76%
2030	25,160,293	665,650	2.47%	0.74%
2031	25,763,534	670,421	2.4%	0.72%
2032	26,366,760	675,070	2.34%	0.69%
2033	26,978,417	679,573	2.32%	0.67%
2034	27,595,295	683,911	2.29%	0.64%
2035	28,213,784	688,189	2.24%	0.63%
2036	28,835,595	692,343	2.2%	0.6%
2037	29,462,509	696,213	2.17%	0.56%
2038	30,081,741	699,908	2.1%	0.53%
2039	30,691,578	703,569	2.03%	0.52%
2040	31,302,092	707,156	1.99%	0.51%
2041	31,911,242	710,619	1.95%	0.49%
2042	32,517,509	713,900	1.9%	0.46%
2043	33,122,481	716,999	1.86%	0.43%
2044	33,736,523	719,920	1.85%	0.41%
2045	34,350,947	722,759	1.82%	0.39%
2046	34,959,606	725,322	1.77%	0.35%
2047	35,567,989	727,726	1.74%	0.33%
2048	36,165,757	730,038	1.68%	0.32%
2049	36,760,998	732,021	1.65%	0.27%
2050	37,361,672	733,898	1.63%	0.26%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Malawi increased by 4,245,556 people (a 33.1% growth), while Suriname gained 62,314 people (a 12% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Malawi gained 5,587,926 (a 32.7% growth), while Suriname's population increased by 62,566 (a 10.8% growth).

Malawi was ranked 69th most populous country in 2005 and is 61st in 2025. Suriname was ranked 164th in 2005 and ranked 165th 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 Suriname will increase by 13.9% to 733,898 people and will still be ranked 165th.