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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Malawi	Tonga	Malawi	Tonga
1960	3,628,134	66,170	-	-
1961	3,715,534	68,037	2.41%	2.82%
1962	3,806,307	69,940	2.44%	2.8%
1963	3,900,506	71,885	2.47%	2.78%
1964	3,997,305	73,879	2.48%	2.77%
1965	4,096,157	75,924	2.47%	2.77%
1966	4,197,926	78,002	2.48%	2.74%
1967	4,303,012	79,814	2.5%	2.32%
1968	4,411,054	81,353	2.51%	1.93%
1969	4,521,184	82,885	2.5%	1.88%
1970	4,633,944	84,401	2.49%	1.83%
1971	4,751,434	85,896	2.54%	1.77%
1972	4,874,475	87,356	2.59%	1.7%
1973	5,003,938	88,805	2.66%	1.66%
1974	5,141,337	90,683	2.75%	2.11%
1975	5,287,367	93,017	2.84%	2.57%
1976	5,443,384	95,325	2.95%	2.48%
1977	5,614,983	96,725	3.15%	1.47%
1978	5,810,132	97,204	3.48%	0.5%
1979	6,028,749	97,544	3.76%	0.35%
1980	6,265,529	97,769	3.93%	0.23%
1981	6,516,454	97,909	4%	0.14%
1982	6,778,879	97,980	4.03%	0.07%
1983	7,051,709	97,998	4.02%	0.02%
1984	7,332,810	97,990	3.99%	-0.008%
1985	7,620,508	97,984	3.92%	-0.006%
1986	7,906,480	98,010	3.75%	0.03%
1987	8,293,174	98,376	4.89%	0.37%
1988	8,753,262	98,969	5.55%	0.6%
1989	9,176,220	99,403	4.83%	0.44%
1990	9,545,852	99,700	4.03%	0.3%
1991	9,844,227	99,895	3.13%	0.2%
1992	10,135,079	100,022	2.95%	0.13%
1993	10,284,024	100,103	1.47%	0.08%
1994	10,164,894	100,166	-1.16%	0.06%
1995	10,150,117	100,225	-0.15%	0.06%
1996	10,352,228	100,275	1.99%	0.05%
1997	10,562,035	100,674	2.03%	0.4%
1998	10,792,876	101,388	2.19%	0.71%
1999	11,047,804	102,046	2.36%	0.65%
2000	11,315,942	102,677	2.43%	0.62%
2001	11,593,058	103,288	2.45%	0.6%
2002	11,880,440	103,874	2.48%	0.57%
2003	12,181,574	104,464	2.53%	0.57%
2004	12,500,737	105,071	2.62%	0.58%
2005	12,840,031	105,671	2.71%	0.57%
2006	13,198,701	106,253	2.79%	0.55%
2007	13,576,343	106,726	2.86%	0.45%
2008	13,976,417	107,020	2.95%	0.28%
2009	14,395,788	107,203	3%	0.17%
2010	14,826,463	107,400	2.99%	0.18%
2011	15,265,022	107,570	2.96%	0.16%
2012	15,709,577	107,460	2.91%	-0.1%
2013	16,161,816	107,078	2.88%	-0.36%
2014	16,621,538	106,609	2.84%	-0.44%
2015	17,085,587	106,095	2.79%	-0.48%
2016	17,557,739	105,524	2.76%	-0.54%
2017	18,039,715	105,356	2.75%	-0.16%
2018	18,528,081	105,567	2.71%	0.2%
2019	19,025,752	105,669	2.69%	0.1%
2020	19,533,888	105,704	2.67%	0.03%
2021	20,047,258	105,490	2.63%	-0.2%
2022	20,568,728	105,042	2.6%	-0.42%
2023	21,104,482	104,597	2.6%	-0.42%
2024	21,655,286	104,175	2.61%	-0.4%
2025	22,216,113	103,744	2.59%	-0.41%
2026	22,785,530	103,290	2.56%	-0.44%
2027	23,366,187	102,899	2.55%	-0.38%
2028	23,954,450	102,568	2.52%	-0.32%
2029	24,553,499	102,280	2.5%	-0.28%
2030	25,160,293	102,069	2.47%	-0.21%
2031	25,763,534	101,927	2.4%	-0.14%
2032	26,366,760	101,837	2.34%	-0.09%
2033	26,978,417	101,807	2.32%	-0.03%
2034	27,595,295	101,806	2.29%	-0.001%
2035	28,213,784	101,833	2.24%	0.03%
2036	28,835,595	101,895	2.2%	0.06%
2037	29,462,509	101,993	2.17%	0.1%
2038	30,081,741	102,173	2.1%	0.18%
2039	30,691,578	102,367	2.03%	0.19%
2040	31,302,092	102,568	1.99%	0.2%
2041	31,911,242	102,805	1.95%	0.23%
2042	32,517,509	103,038	1.9%	0.23%
2043	33,122,481	103,306	1.86%	0.26%
2044	33,736,523	103,612	1.85%	0.3%
2045	34,350,947	103,928	1.82%	0.3%
2046	34,959,606	104,232	1.77%	0.29%
2047	35,567,989	104,502	1.74%	0.26%
2048	36,165,757	104,744	1.68%	0.23%
2049	36,760,998	104,975	1.65%	0.22%
2050	37,361,672	105,193	1.63%	0.21%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Malawi increased by 4,245,556 people (a 33.1% growth), while Tonga gained 424 people (a 0.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Malawi gained 5,587,926 (a 32.7% growth), while Tonga's population decreased by -2,351 (a 2.22% decline).

Malawi was ranked 69th most populous country in 2005 and is 61st in 2025. Tonga was ranked 182nd in 2005 and ranked 183rd 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 Tonga will increase by 1.4% to 105,193 people and will still be ranked 183rd.