The latest officially reported population of Malawi was 21,655,286 in 2024 vs 10,590,927 people in Tajikistan in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Malawi's population is 22,673,513 people compared to 10,940,854 in Tajikistan.
Population statistics:
- Malawi's population is 2.07 times bigger than Tajikistan's.
- Malawi is ranked the 61st most populous country in the world, while Tajikistan is the 88th.
- The countries together account for 0.41% of the world: 0.27% for Malawi vs 0.13% for Tajikistan.
- For the last 10 years, Malawi has had an average growth rate of +2.7% per year vs +2.33% in Tajikistan.
- Since 2005, the population of Malawi has increased from 12.8M people to 22.7M (76.6% growth), while Tajikistan has grown from 6.92M to 10.9M (58% growth).
- Malawi is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 59.1M people compared to the peak of 20.2M people in 2100 for Tajikistan.
Malawi vs Tajikistan: live population counter
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| Current population |
22673513
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10940854
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| Population rank | 61/197 | 88/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.27% | 0.13% |
| One net population change |
57.3 seconds
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2.61 minutes
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| One birth every |
47.6 seconds
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1.94 minutes
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| One death every |
4.64 minutes
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11 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
5.81 hours
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24.8 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -1,507 | -21,236 |
| Daily growth/decline | +1,509 | +551 |
| Annual growth/decline | +550,804 | +201,128 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.61% | +1.94% |
| Population growth rate rank | 27/197 | 57/197 |
Malawi and Tajikistan: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 3,628,134 | 2,112,131 | - | - |
| 1961 | 3,715,534 | 2,181,805 | 2.41% | 3.3% |
| 1962 | 3,806,307 | 2,255,026 | 2.44% | 3.36% |
| 1963 | 3,900,506 | 2,331,736 | 2.47% | 3.4% |
| 1964 | 3,997,305 | 2,411,260 | 2.48% | 3.41% |
| 1965 | 4,096,157 | 2,492,998 | 2.47% | 3.39% |
| 1966 | 4,197,926 | 2,577,184 | 2.48% | 3.38% |
| 1967 | 4,303,012 | 2,664,130 | 2.5% | 3.37% |
| 1968 | 4,411,054 | 2,753,848 | 2.51% | 3.37% |
| 1969 | 4,521,184 | 2,845,273 | 2.5% | 3.32% |
| 1970 | 4,633,944 | 2,936,779 | 2.49% | 3.22% |
| 1971 | 4,751,434 | 3,028,837 | 2.54% | 3.13% |
| 1972 | 4,874,475 | 3,123,691 | 2.59% | 3.13% |
| 1973 | 5,003,938 | 3,222,290 | 2.66% | 3.16% |
| 1974 | 5,141,337 | 3,324,499 | 2.75% | 3.17% |
| 1975 | 5,287,367 | 3,430,425 | 2.84% | 3.19% |
| 1976 | 5,443,384 | 3,540,076 | 2.95% | 3.2% |
| 1977 | 5,614,983 | 3,653,265 | 3.15% | 3.2% |
| 1978 | 5,810,132 | 3,768,508 | 3.48% | 3.15% |
| 1979 | 6,028,749 | 3,882,691 | 3.76% | 3.03% |
| 1980 | 6,265,529 | 3,995,256 | 3.93% | 2.9% |
| 1981 | 6,516,454 | 4,109,022 | 4% | 2.85% |
| 1982 | 6,778,879 | 4,227,171 | 4.03% | 2.88% |
| 1983 | 7,051,709 | 4,350,874 | 4.02% | 2.93% |
| 1984 | 7,332,810 | 4,480,026 | 3.99% | 2.97% |
| 1985 | 7,620,508 | 4,619,003 | 3.92% | 3.1% |
| 1986 | 7,906,480 | 4,772,139 | 3.75% | 3.32% |
| 1987 | 8,293,174 | 4,939,059 | 4.89% | 3.5% |
| 1988 | 8,753,262 | 5,114,989 | 5.55% | 3.56% |
| 1989 | 9,176,220 | 5,267,249 | 4.83% | 2.98% |
| 1990 | 9,545,852 | 5,398,768 | 4.03% | 2.5% |
| 1991 | 9,844,227 | 5,541,205 | 3.13% | 2.64% |
| 1992 | 10,135,079 | 5,649,400 | 2.95% | 1.95% |
| 1993 | 10,284,024 | 5,724,993 | 1.47% | 1.34% |
| 1994 | 10,164,894 | 5,825,368 | -1.16% | 1.75% |
| 1995 | 10,150,117 | 5,948,584 | -0.15% | 2.12% |
| 1996 | 10,352,228 | 6,066,523 | 1.99% | 1.98% |
| 1997 | 10,562,035 | 6,139,829 | 2.03% | 1.21% |
| 1998 | 10,792,876 | 6,176,397 | 2.19% | 0.6% |
| 1999 | 11,047,804 | 6,208,370 | 2.36% | 0.52% |
| 2000 | 11,315,942 | 6,284,735 | 2.43% | 1.23% |
| 2001 | 11,593,058 | 6,407,377 | 2.45% | 1.95% |
| 2002 | 11,880,440 | 6,531,669 | 2.48% | 1.94% |
| 2003 | 12,181,574 | 6,658,575 | 2.53% | 1.94% |
| 2004 | 12,500,737 | 6,790,547 | 2.62% | 1.98% |
| 2005 | 12,840,031 | 6,924,720 | 2.71% | 1.98% |
| 2006 | 13,198,701 | 7,057,566 | 2.79% | 1.92% |
| 2007 | 13,576,343 | 7,194,477 | 2.86% | 1.94% |
| 2008 | 13,976,417 | 7,338,403 | 2.95% | 2% |
| 2009 | 14,395,788 | 7,490,230 | 3% | 2.07% |
| 2010 | 14,826,463 | 7,652,141 | 2.99% | 2.16% |
| 2011 | 15,265,022 | 7,824,785 | 2.96% | 2.26% |
| 2012 | 15,709,577 | 8,014,084 | 2.91% | 2.42% |
| 2013 | 16,161,816 | 8,216,724 | 2.88% | 2.53% |
| 2014 | 16,621,538 | 8,425,552 | 2.84% | 2.54% |
| 2015 | 17,085,587 | 8,643,840 | 2.79% | 2.59% |
| 2016 | 17,557,739 | 8,865,631 | 2.76% | 2.57% |
| 2017 | 18,039,715 | 9,085,946 | 2.75% | 2.49% |
| 2018 | 18,528,081 | 9,307,333 | 2.71% | 2.44% |
| 2019 | 19,025,752 | 9,529,966 | 2.69% | 2.39% |
| 2020 | 19,533,888 | 9,749,310 | 2.67% | 2.3% |
| 2021 | 20,047,258 | 9,966,908 | 2.63% | 2.23% |
| 2022 | 20,568,728 | 10,182,222 | 2.6% | 2.16% |
| 2023 | 21,104,482 | 10,389,799 | 2.6% | 2.04% |
| 2024 | 21,655,286 | 10,590,927 | 2.61% | 1.94% |
| 2025 | 22,216,113 | 10,786,735 | 2.59% | 1.85% |
| 2026 | 22,785,530 | 10,978,598 | 2.56% | 1.78% |
| 2027 | 23,366,187 | 11,168,387 | 2.55% | 1.73% |
| 2028 | 23,954,450 | 11,356,920 | 2.52% | 1.69% |
| 2029 | 24,553,499 | 11,545,276 | 2.5% | 1.66% |
| 2030 | 25,160,293 | 11,733,066 | 2.47% | 1.63% |
| 2031 | 25,763,534 | 11,920,472 | 2.4% | 1.6% |
| 2032 | 26,366,760 | 12,110,150 | 2.34% | 1.59% |
| 2033 | 26,978,417 | 12,302,290 | 2.32% | 1.59% |
| 2034 | 27,595,295 | 12,496,888 | 2.29% | 1.58% |
| 2035 | 28,213,784 | 12,695,586 | 2.24% | 1.59% |
| 2036 | 28,835,595 | 12,899,096 | 2.2% | 1.6% |
| 2037 | 29,462,509 | 13,104,339 | 2.17% | 1.59% |
| 2038 | 30,081,741 | 13,308,237 | 2.1% | 1.56% |
| 2039 | 30,691,578 | 13,511,372 | 2.03% | 1.53% |
| 2040 | 31,302,092 | 13,713,948 | 1.99% | 1.5% |
| 2041 | 31,911,242 | 13,915,192 | 1.95% | 1.47% |
| 2042 | 32,517,509 | 14,115,137 | 1.9% | 1.44% |
| 2043 | 33,122,481 | 14,311,598 | 1.86% | 1.39% |
| 2044 | 33,736,523 | 14,504,865 | 1.85% | 1.35% |
| 2045 | 34,350,947 | 14,694,858 | 1.82% | 1.31% |
| 2046 | 34,959,606 | 14,879,388 | 1.77% | 1.26% |
| 2047 | 35,567,989 | 15,059,869 | 1.74% | 1.21% |
| 2048 | 36,165,757 | 15,236,594 | 1.68% | 1.17% |
| 2049 | 36,760,998 | 15,408,032 | 1.65% | 1.13% |
| 2050 | 37,361,672 | 15,574,643 | 1.63% | 1.08% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Malawi increased by 4,245,556 people (a 33.1% growth), while Tajikistan gained 1,719,120 people (a 24.8% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Malawi gained 5,587,926 (a 32.7% growth), while Tajikistan's population increased by 2,297,014 (a 26.6% growth).
Malawi was ranked 69th most populous country in 2005 and is 61st in 2025. Tajikistan was ranked 99th in 2005 and ranked 88th 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 Tajikistan will increase by 42.4% to 15,574,643 people and rank change from 88th to 83rd.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Lilongwe | 989K |
| Mzimba | 936K |
| Blantyre | 800K |
| Mzuzu | 150K |
| Zomba | 101K |
| Mangochi | 53.5K |
| Mulanje | 14.8K |
| Ntcheu | 14.6K |
| Monkey Bay | 14.6K |
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| City | Population |
| Dushanbe | 863K |
| Khujand | 199K |
| Qurghonteppa | 127K |
| Istaravshan | 64.3K |
| Konibodom | 54.4K |
| Tursunzoda | 46.7K |
| Panjakent | 33K |
| Buston | 29.8K |
| Ghafurov | 18.4K |
| Istiklol | 14.2K |
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Population differences between Malawi and Tajikistan
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| Life expectancy | 67.7 years | 72.1 years |
| Average age | 22.8 years | 26.3 years |
| Median age | 18.9 years | 23 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.8:51.2 | 49.1:50.9 |
| Fertility rate | 3.65 births per woman | 3.07 births per woman |
| Population density | 595 ppl/mi² | 197.6 ppl/mi² |
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