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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Malawi	Syria	Malawi	Syria
1960	3,628,134	4,673,500	-	-
1961	3,715,534	4,815,466	2.41%	3.04%
1962	3,806,307	4,959,340	2.44%	2.99%
1963	3,900,506	5,110,467	2.47%	3.05%
1964	3,997,305	5,269,087	2.48%	3.1%
1965	4,096,157	5,435,267	2.47%	3.15%
1966	4,197,926	5,609,047	2.48%	3.2%
1967	4,303,012	5,790,198	2.5%	3.23%
1968	4,411,054	5,978,742	2.51%	3.26%
1969	4,521,184	6,175,166	2.5%	3.29%
1970	4,633,944	6,380,609	2.49%	3.33%
1971	4,751,434	6,598,094	2.54%	3.41%
1972	4,874,475	6,826,024	2.59%	3.45%
1973	5,003,938	7,060,321	2.66%	3.43%
1974	5,141,337	7,302,160	2.75%	3.43%
1975	5,287,367	7,554,364	2.84%	3.45%
1976	5,443,384	7,817,320	2.95%	3.48%
1977	5,614,983	8,090,501	3.15%	3.49%
1978	5,810,132	8,372,759	3.48%	3.49%
1979	6,028,749	8,661,909	3.76%	3.45%
1980	6,265,529	8,957,663	3.93%	3.41%
1981	6,516,454	9,260,189	4%	3.38%
1982	6,778,879	9,572,511	4.03%	3.37%
1983	7,051,709	9,904,809	4.02%	3.47%
1984	7,332,810	10,258,398	3.99%	3.57%
1985	7,620,508	10,625,672	3.92%	3.58%
1986	7,906,480	11,002,844	3.75%	3.55%
1987	8,293,174	11,388,923	4.89%	3.51%
1988	8,753,262	11,782,264	5.55%	3.45%
1989	9,176,220	12,179,060	4.83%	3.37%
1990	9,545,852	12,579,208	4.03%	3.29%
1991	9,844,227	12,980,821	3.13%	3.19%
1992	10,135,079	13,385,571	2.95%	3.12%
1993	10,284,024	13,795,686	1.47%	3.06%
1994	10,164,894	14,208,583	-1.16%	2.99%
1995	10,150,117	14,616,801	-0.15%	2.87%
1996	10,352,228	15,018,104	1.99%	2.75%
1997	10,562,035	15,417,542	2.03%	2.66%
1998	10,792,876	15,820,413	2.19%	2.61%
1999	11,047,804	16,228,061	2.36%	2.58%
2000	11,315,942	16,637,888	2.43%	2.53%
2001	11,593,058	17,051,338	2.45%	2.48%
2002	11,880,440	17,468,332	2.48%	2.45%
2003	12,181,574	17,889,296	2.53%	2.41%
2004	12,500,737	18,336,875	2.62%	2.5%
2005	12,840,031	18,814,091	2.71%	2.6%
2006	13,198,701	19,637,022	2.79%	4.37%
2007	13,576,343	20,884,125	2.86%	6.35%
2008	13,976,417	21,636,564	2.95%	3.6%
2009	14,395,788	21,976,969	3%	1.57%
2010	14,826,463	22,482,421	2.99%	2.3%
2011	15,265,022	22,878,098	2.96%	1.76%
2012	15,709,577	22,759,763	2.91%	-0.52%
2013	16,161,816	21,666,917	2.88%	-4.8%
2014	16,621,538	20,273,659	2.84%	-6.43%
2015	17,085,587	19,424,618	2.79%	-4.19%
2016	17,557,739	19,193,834	2.76%	-1.19%
2017	18,039,715	19,224,668	2.75%	0.16%
2018	18,528,081	19,577,845	2.71%	1.84%
2019	19,025,752	20,353,534	2.69%	3.96%
2020	19,533,888	21,049,429	2.67%	3.42%
2021	20,047,258	21,628,839	2.63%	2.75%
2022	20,568,728	22,462,173	2.6%	3.85%
2023	21,104,482	23,594,623	2.6%	5.04%
2024	21,655,286	24,672,760	2.61%	4.57%
2025	22,216,113	25,620,422	2.59%	3.84%
2026	22,785,530	26,472,499	2.56%	3.33%
2027	23,366,187	27,261,544	2.55%	2.98%
2028	23,954,450	28,006,558	2.52%	2.73%
2029	24,553,499	28,719,309	2.5%	2.54%
2030	25,160,293	29,395,545	2.47%	2.35%
2031	25,763,534	30,029,824	2.4%	2.16%
2032	26,366,760	30,633,661	2.34%	2.01%
2033	26,978,417	31,212,478	2.32%	1.89%
2034	27,595,295	31,768,138	2.29%	1.78%
2035	28,213,784	32,294,792	2.24%	1.66%
2036	28,835,595	32,788,153	2.2%	1.53%
2037	29,462,509	33,258,407	2.17%	1.43%
2038	30,081,741	33,710,718	2.1%	1.36%
2039	30,691,578	34,131,238	2.03%	1.25%
2040	31,302,092	34,533,185	1.99%	1.18%
2041	31,911,242	34,916,936	1.95%	1.11%
2042	32,517,509	35,279,863	1.9%	1.04%
2043	33,122,481	35,623,325	1.86%	0.97%
2044	33,736,523	35,944,394	1.85%	0.9%
2045	34,350,947	36,265,295	1.82%	0.89%
2046	34,959,606	36,583,260	1.77%	0.88%
2047	35,567,989	36,878,640	1.74%	0.81%
2048	36,165,757	37,171,029	1.68%	0.79%
2049	36,760,998	37,477,690	1.65%	0.83%
2050	37,361,672	37,793,378	1.63%	0.84%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Malawi increased by 4,245,556 people (a 33.1% growth), while Syria gained 610,527 people (a 3.25% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Malawi gained 5,587,926 (a 32.7% growth), while Syria's population increased by 6,880,259 (a 35.4% growth).

Malawi was ranked 69th most populous country in 2005 and is 61st in 2025. Syria was ranked 58th in 2005 and ranked 57th 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 Syria will increase by 43.7% to 37,793,378 people and rank change from 57th to 54th.