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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Malawi	Tanzania	Malawi	Tanzania
1960	3,628,134	9,901,419	-	-
1961	3,715,534	10,187,886	2.41%	2.89%
1962	3,806,307	10,487,756	2.44%	2.94%
1963	3,900,506	10,799,528	2.47%	2.97%
1964	3,997,305	11,127,826	2.48%	3.04%
1965	4,096,157	11,470,728	2.47%	3.08%
1966	4,197,926	11,827,459	2.48%	3.11%
1967	4,303,012	12,200,109	2.5%	3.15%
1968	4,411,054	12,602,076	2.51%	3.29%
1969	4,521,184	13,036,700	2.5%	3.45%
1970	4,633,944	13,492,677	2.49%	3.5%
1971	4,751,434	13,971,451	2.54%	3.55%
1972	4,874,475	14,479,308	2.59%	3.63%
1973	5,003,938	15,010,101	2.66%	3.67%
1974	5,141,337	15,561,630	2.75%	3.67%
1975	5,287,367	16,138,361	2.84%	3.71%
1976	5,443,384	16,736,211	2.95%	3.7%
1977	5,614,983	17,352,929	3.15%	3.68%
1978	5,810,132	17,976,566	3.48%	3.59%
1979	6,028,749	18,592,038	3.76%	3.42%
1980	6,265,529	19,189,769	3.93%	3.21%
1981	6,516,454	19,784,703	4%	3.1%
1982	6,778,879	20,398,571	4.03%	3.1%
1983	7,051,709	21,079,874	4.02%	3.34%
1984	7,332,810	21,779,066	3.99%	3.32%
1985	7,620,508	22,501,693	3.92%	3.32%
1986	7,906,480	23,258,959	3.75%	3.37%
1987	8,293,174	24,030,378	4.89%	3.32%
1988	8,753,262	24,769,686	5.55%	3.08%
1989	9,176,220	25,438,759	4.83%	2.7%
1990	9,545,852	26,110,207	4.03%	2.64%
1991	9,844,227	26,780,436	3.13%	2.57%
1992	10,135,079	27,457,588	2.95%	2.53%
1993	10,284,024	28,332,692	1.47%	3.19%
1994	10,164,894	29,442,356	-1.16%	3.92%
1995	10,150,117	30,383,497	-0.15%	3.2%
1996	10,352,228	30,945,762	1.99%	1.85%
1997	10,562,035	31,578,089	2.03%	2.04%
1998	10,792,876	32,420,458	2.19%	2.67%
1999	11,047,804	33,300,330	2.36%	2.71%
2000	11,315,942	34,260,139	2.43%	2.88%
2001	11,593,058	35,198,299	2.45%	2.74%
2002	11,880,440	36,121,304	2.48%	2.62%
2003	12,181,574	37,089,555	2.53%	2.68%
2004	12,500,737	38,109,668	2.62%	2.75%
2005	12,840,031	39,182,076	2.71%	2.81%
2006	13,198,701	40,294,902	2.79%	2.84%
2007	13,576,343	41,435,512	2.86%	2.83%
2008	13,976,417	42,570,728	2.95%	2.74%
2009	14,395,788	43,633,982	3%	2.5%
2010	14,826,463	44,758,488	2.99%	2.58%
2011	15,265,022	46,029,367	2.96%	2.84%
2012	15,709,577	47,374,260	2.91%	2.92%
2013	16,161,816	48,824,128	2.88%	3.06%
2014	16,621,538	50,351,512	2.84%	3.13%
2015	17,085,587	52,020,962	2.79%	3.32%
2016	17,557,739	53,824,013	2.76%	3.47%
2017	18,039,715	55,652,890	2.75%	3.4%
2018	18,528,081	57,437,145	2.71%	3.21%
2019	19,025,752	59,174,891	2.69%	3.03%
2020	19,533,888	60,972,798	2.67%	3.04%
2021	20,047,258	62,830,412	2.63%	3.05%
2022	20,568,728	64,711,821	2.6%	2.99%
2023	21,104,482	66,617,606	2.6%	2.95%
2024	21,655,286	68,560,157	2.61%	2.92%
2025	22,216,113	70,545,858	2.59%	2.9%
2026	22,785,530	72,563,773	2.56%	2.86%
2027	23,366,187	74,604,804	2.55%	2.81%
2028	23,954,450	76,670,483	2.52%	2.77%
2029	24,553,499	78,773,192	2.5%	2.74%
2030	25,160,293	80,913,118	2.47%	2.72%
2031	25,763,534	83,087,927	2.4%	2.69%
2032	26,366,760	85,293,126	2.34%	2.65%
2033	26,978,417	87,520,491	2.32%	2.61%
2034	27,595,295	89,788,673	2.29%	2.59%
2035	28,213,784	92,091,418	2.24%	2.56%
2036	28,835,595	94,420,808	2.2%	2.53%
2037	29,462,509	96,775,766	2.17%	2.49%
2038	30,081,741	99,156,465	2.1%	2.46%
2039	30,691,578	101,567,525	2.03%	2.43%
2040	31,302,092	103,999,350	1.99%	2.39%
2041	31,911,242	106,448,475	1.95%	2.35%
2042	32,517,509	108,926,272	1.9%	2.33%
2043	33,122,481	111,433,788	1.86%	2.3%
2044	33,736,523	113,966,263	1.85%	2.27%
2045	34,350,947	116,525,463	1.82%	2.25%
2046	34,959,606	119,109,670	1.77%	2.22%
2047	35,567,989	121,721,018	1.74%	2.19%
2048	36,165,757	124,351,294	1.68%	2.16%
2049	36,760,998	126,981,394	1.65%	2.12%
2050	37,361,672	129,621,083	1.63%	2.08%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Malawi increased by 4,245,556 people (a 33.1% growth), while Tanzania gained 12,838,886 people (a 32.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Malawi gained 5,587,926 (a 32.7% growth), while Tanzania's population increased by 20,145,844 (a 38.7% growth).

Malawi was ranked 69th most populous country in 2005 and is 61st in 2025. Tanzania was ranked 31st in 2005 and ranked 20th 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 Tanzania will increase by 79.6% to 129,621,083 people and rank change from 20th to 15th.