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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Malawi	Sweden	Malawi	Sweden
1960	3,628,134	7,484,656	-	-
1961	3,715,534	7,519,998	2.41%	0.47%
1962	3,806,307	7,561,588	2.44%	0.55%
1963	3,900,506	7,604,328	2.47%	0.57%
1964	3,997,305	7,661,354	2.48%	0.75%
1965	4,096,157	7,733,853	2.47%	0.95%
1966	4,197,926	7,807,797	2.48%	0.96%
1967	4,303,012	7,867,931	2.5%	0.77%
1968	4,411,054	7,912,273	2.51%	0.56%
1969	4,521,184	7,968,072	2.5%	0.71%
1970	4,633,944	8,042,801	2.49%	0.94%
1971	4,751,434	8,098,334	2.54%	0.69%
1972	4,874,475	8,122,300	2.59%	0.3%
1973	5,003,938	8,136,312	2.66%	0.17%
1974	5,141,337	8,159,955	2.75%	0.29%
1975	5,287,367	8,192,437	2.84%	0.4%
1976	5,443,384	8,222,286	2.95%	0.36%
1977	5,614,983	8,251,540	3.15%	0.36%
1978	5,810,132	8,275,599	3.48%	0.29%
1979	6,028,749	8,293,678	3.76%	0.22%
1980	6,265,529	8,310,531	3.93%	0.2%
1981	6,516,454	8,320,503	4%	0.12%
1982	6,778,879	8,325,263	4.03%	0.06%
1983	7,051,709	8,329,033	4.02%	0.05%
1984	7,332,810	8,336,605	3.99%	0.09%
1985	7,620,508	8,350,386	3.92%	0.17%
1986	7,906,480	8,369,829	3.75%	0.23%
1987	8,293,174	8,397,804	4.89%	0.33%
1988	8,753,262	8,436,489	5.55%	0.46%
1989	9,176,220	8,492,964	4.83%	0.67%
1990	9,545,852	8,558,835	4.03%	0.78%
1991	9,844,227	8,617,375	3.13%	0.68%
1992	10,135,079	8,668,067	2.95%	0.59%
1993	10,284,024	8,718,561	1.47%	0.58%
1994	10,164,894	8,780,745	-1.16%	0.71%
1995	10,150,117	8,826,939	-0.15%	0.53%
1996	10,352,228	8,840,998	1.99%	0.16%
1997	10,562,035	8,846,062	2.03%	0.06%
1998	10,792,876	8,850,974	2.19%	0.06%
1999	11,047,804	8,857,874	2.36%	0.08%
2000	11,315,942	8,872,109	2.43%	0.16%
2001	11,593,058	8,895,960	2.45%	0.27%
2002	11,880,440	8,924,958	2.48%	0.33%
2003	12,181,574	8,958,229	2.53%	0.37%
2004	12,500,737	8,993,531	2.62%	0.39%
2005	12,840,031	9,029,572	2.71%	0.4%
2006	13,198,701	9,080,505	2.79%	0.56%
2007	13,576,343	9,148,092	2.86%	0.74%
2008	13,976,417	9,219,637	2.95%	0.78%
2009	14,395,788	9,298,515	3%	0.86%
2010	14,826,463	9,378,126	2.99%	0.86%
2011	15,265,022	9,449,213	2.96%	0.76%
2012	15,709,577	9,519,374	2.91%	0.74%
2013	16,161,816	9,600,379	2.88%	0.85%
2014	16,621,538	9,696,110	2.84%	1%
2015	17,085,587	9,799,186	2.79%	1.06%
2016	17,557,739	9,923,085	2.76%	1.26%
2017	18,039,715	10,057,698	2.75%	1.36%
2018	18,528,081	10,175,214	2.71%	1.17%
2019	19,025,752	10,278,887	2.69%	1.02%
2020	19,533,888	10,353,442	2.67%	0.73%
2021	20,047,258	10,415,811	2.63%	0.6%
2022	20,568,728	10,486,941	2.6%	0.68%
2023	21,104,482	10,536,632	2.6%	0.47%
2024	21,655,286	10,569,709	2.61%	0.31%
2025	22,216,113	10,619,177	2.59%	0.47%
2026	22,785,530	10,663,427	2.56%	0.42%
2027	23,366,187	10,703,497	2.55%	0.38%
2028	23,954,450	10,740,420	2.52%	0.34%
2029	24,553,499	10,773,692	2.5%	0.31%
2030	25,160,293	10,803,699	2.47%	0.28%
2031	25,763,534	10,830,583	2.4%	0.25%
2032	26,366,760	10,855,855	2.34%	0.23%
2033	26,978,417	10,880,544	2.32%	0.23%
2034	27,595,295	10,903,924	2.29%	0.21%
2035	28,213,784	10,926,433	2.24%	0.21%
2036	28,835,595	10,949,062	2.2%	0.21%
2037	29,462,509	10,971,259	2.17%	0.2%
2038	30,081,741	10,993,203	2.1%	0.2%
2039	30,691,578	11,015,926	2.03%	0.21%
2040	31,302,092	11,039,663	1.99%	0.22%
2041	31,911,242	11,063,604	1.95%	0.22%
2042	32,517,509	11,088,299	1.9%	0.22%
2043	33,122,481	11,113,927	1.86%	0.23%
2044	33,736,523	11,139,125	1.85%	0.23%
2045	34,350,947	11,163,492	1.82%	0.22%
2046	34,959,606	11,186,803	1.77%	0.21%
2047	35,567,989	11,209,183	1.74%	0.2%
2048	36,165,757	11,230,526	1.68%	0.19%
2049	36,760,998	11,250,663	1.65%	0.18%
2050	37,361,672	11,269,877	1.63%	0.17%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Malawi increased by 4,245,556 people (a 33.1% growth), while Sweden gained 769,614 people (a 8.52% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Malawi gained 5,587,926 (a 32.7% growth), while Sweden's population increased by 855,536 (a 8.73% growth).

Malawi was ranked 69th most populous country in 2005 and is 61st in 2025. Sweden was ranked 88th in 2005 and ranked 93rd 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 Sweden will increase by 5.77% to 11,269,877 people and will still be ranked 93rd.