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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Malawi	Uganda	Malawi	Uganda
1960	3,628,134	7,640,973	-	-
1961	3,715,534	7,862,217	2.41%	2.9%
1962	3,806,307	8,092,231	2.44%	2.93%
1963	3,900,506	8,333,663	2.47%	2.98%
1964	3,997,305	8,586,363	2.48%	3.03%
1965	4,096,157	8,849,203	2.47%	3.06%
1966	4,197,926	9,122,864	2.48%	3.09%
1967	4,303,012	9,408,924	2.5%	3.14%
1968	4,411,054	9,708,632	2.51%	3.19%
1969	4,521,184	10,014,858	2.5%	3.15%
1970	4,633,944	10,321,603	2.49%	3.06%
1971	4,751,434	10,618,206	2.54%	2.87%
1972	4,874,475	10,885,796	2.59%	2.52%
1973	5,003,938	11,144,236	2.66%	2.37%
1974	5,141,337	11,424,846	2.75%	2.52%
1975	5,287,367	11,725,240	2.84%	2.63%
1976	5,443,384	12,037,294	2.95%	2.66%
1977	5,614,983	12,359,669	3.15%	2.68%
1978	5,810,132	12,692,113	3.48%	2.69%
1979	6,028,749	13,002,163	3.76%	2.44%
1980	6,265,529	13,275,741	3.93%	2.1%
1981	6,516,454	13,556,452	4%	2.11%
1982	6,778,879	13,873,631	4.03%	2.34%
1983	7,051,709	14,221,881	4.02%	2.51%
1984	7,332,810	14,607,677	3.99%	2.71%
1985	7,620,508	15,023,681	3.92%	2.85%
1986	7,906,480	15,467,579	3.75%	2.95%
1987	8,293,174	15,954,170	4.89%	3.15%
1988	8,753,262	16,470,483	5.55%	3.24%
1989	9,176,220	17,010,698	4.83%	3.28%
1990	9,545,852	17,569,897	4.03%	3.29%
1991	9,844,227	18,155,901	3.13%	3.34%
1992	10,135,079	18,785,032	2.95%	3.47%
1993	10,284,024	19,445,161	1.47%	3.51%
1994	10,164,894	20,108,801	-1.16%	3.41%
1995	10,150,117	20,665,667	-0.15%	2.77%
1996	10,352,228	21,231,550	1.99%	2.74%
1997	10,562,035	21,856,046	2.03%	2.94%
1998	10,792,876	22,515,806	2.19%	3.02%
1999	11,047,804	23,257,281	2.36%	3.29%
2000	11,315,942	24,000,150	2.43%	3.19%
2001	11,593,058	24,745,676	2.45%	3.11%
2002	11,880,440	25,532,870	2.48%	3.18%
2003	12,181,574	26,352,124	2.53%	3.21%
2004	12,500,737	27,154,515	2.62%	3.04%
2005	12,840,031	27,963,289	2.71%	2.98%
2006	13,198,701	28,794,003	2.79%	2.97%
2007	13,576,343	29,653,430	2.86%	2.98%
2008	13,976,417	30,539,553	2.95%	2.99%
2009	14,395,788	31,451,151	3%	2.98%
2010	14,826,463	32,390,802	2.99%	2.99%
2011	15,265,022	33,354,543	2.96%	2.98%
2012	15,709,577	34,337,438	2.91%	2.95%
2013	16,161,816	35,337,042	2.88%	2.91%
2014	16,621,538	36,395,539	2.84%	3%
2015	17,085,587	37,531,446	2.79%	3.12%
2016	17,557,739	38,799,152	2.76%	3.38%
2017	18,039,715	40,177,388	2.75%	3.55%
2018	18,528,081	41,565,831	2.71%	3.46%
2019	19,025,752	42,999,637	2.69%	3.45%
2020	19,533,888	44,457,152	2.67%	3.39%
2021	20,047,258	45,910,930	2.63%	3.27%
2022	20,568,728	47,312,719	2.6%	3.05%
2023	21,104,482	48,656,601	2.6%	2.84%
2024	21,655,286	50,015,092	2.61%	2.79%
2025	22,216,113	51,384,895	2.59%	2.74%
2026	22,785,530	52,761,471	2.56%	2.68%
2027	23,366,187	54,144,274	2.55%	2.62%
2028	23,954,450	55,532,564	2.52%	2.56%
2029	24,553,499	56,922,797	2.5%	2.5%
2030	25,160,293	58,312,944	2.47%	2.44%
2031	25,763,534	59,703,537	2.4%	2.38%
2032	26,366,760	61,089,060	2.34%	2.32%
2033	26,978,417	62,464,116	2.32%	2.25%
2034	27,595,295	63,833,872	2.29%	2.19%
2035	28,213,784	65,205,570	2.24%	2.15%
2036	28,835,595	66,573,737	2.2%	2.1%
2037	29,462,509	67,942,634	2.17%	2.06%
2038	30,081,741	69,312,210	2.1%	2.02%
2039	30,691,578	70,669,875	2.03%	1.96%
2040	31,302,092	72,020,414	1.99%	1.91%
2041	31,911,242	73,372,658	1.95%	1.88%
2042	32,517,509	74,730,004	1.9%	1.85%
2043	33,122,481	76,090,991	1.86%	1.82%
2044	33,736,523	77,449,517	1.85%	1.79%
2045	34,350,947	78,797,995	1.82%	1.74%
2046	34,959,606	80,139,174	1.77%	1.7%
2047	35,567,989	81,478,503	1.74%	1.67%
2048	36,165,757	82,812,102	1.68%	1.64%
2049	36,760,998	84,130,056	1.65%	1.59%
2050	37,361,672	85,431,202	1.63%	1.55%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Malawi increased by 4,359,038 people (a 33% growth), while Uganda gained 10,005,149 people (a 34.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Malawi gained 5,234,136 (a 29.8% growth), while Uganda's population increased by 13,977,431 (a 36% growth).

Malawi was ranked 69th most populous country in 2006 and is 61st in 2026. Uganda was ranked 38th in 2006 and ranked 30th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Malawi's population will grow by 63.9% to 37,361,672 people with a rank change from 61st to 55th. The population of Uganda will increase by 61.9% to 85,431,202 people and rank change from 30th to 20th.