The latest officially reported population of Malawi was 21,655,286 in 2024 vs 37,860,221 people in Ukraine in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Malawi's population is 22,791,875 people compared to 39,535,850 in Ukraine.
Population statistics:
- Ukraine's population is 1.73 times bigger than Malawi's.
- Malawi is ranked the 61st most populous country in the world, while Ukraine is the 40th.
- The countries together account for 0.75% of the world: 0.28% for Malawi vs 0.48% for Ukraine.
- For the last 10 years, Malawi has had an average growth rate of +2.7% per year vs -1.74% in Ukraine.
- Since 2006, the population of Malawi has increased from 13.2M people to 22.8M (72.7% growth), while Ukraine has declined from 47.3M to 39.5M (16.4% decline).
- Malawi is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 59.1M people, while Ukraine's population already peaked in 1993 at 52.4M people and is projected to decrease to 15.2M people by 2100.
Malawi vs Ukraine: live population counter
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| Current population |
22791875
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39535850
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| Population rank | 61/197 | 40/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.28% | 0.48% |
| One net population change |
57.3 seconds
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4.13 minutes
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| One birth every |
47.6 seconds
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2.48 minutes
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| One death every |
4.64 minutes
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1.06 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
5.81 hours
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27.5 seconds
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| Annual migration change | -1,507 | +1,146,012 |
| Daily growth/decline | +1,509 | +349 |
| Annual growth/decline | +550,804 | +127,385 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.61% | +0.34% |
| Population growth rate rank | 26/197 | 147/197 |
Malawi and Ukraine: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 3,628,134 | 42,824,093 | - | - |
| 1961 | 3,715,534 | 43,399,766 | 2.41% | 1.34% |
| 1962 | 3,806,307 | 43,943,674 | 2.44% | 1.25% |
| 1963 | 3,900,506 | 44,462,372 | 2.47% | 1.18% |
| 1964 | 3,997,305 | 44,951,156 | 2.48% | 1.1% |
| 1965 | 4,096,157 | 45,386,892 | 2.47% | 0.97% |
| 1966 | 4,197,926 | 45,802,519 | 2.48% | 0.92% |
| 1967 | 4,303,012 | 46,215,988 | 2.5% | 0.9% |
| 1968 | 4,411,054 | 46,614,325 | 2.51% | 0.86% |
| 1969 | 4,521,184 | 46,976,256 | 2.5% | 0.78% |
| 1970 | 4,633,944 | 47,261,306 | 2.49% | 0.61% |
| 1971 | 4,751,434 | 47,573,287 | 2.54% | 0.66% |
| 1972 | 4,874,475 | 47,946,893 | 2.59% | 0.79% |
| 1973 | 5,003,938 | 48,277,121 | 2.66% | 0.69% |
| 1974 | 5,141,337 | 48,576,570 | 2.75% | 0.62% |
| 1975 | 5,287,367 | 48,865,229 | 2.84% | 0.59% |
| 1976 | 5,443,384 | 49,120,842 | 2.95% | 0.52% |
| 1977 | 5,614,983 | 49,336,481 | 3.15% | 0.44% |
| 1978 | 5,810,132 | 49,521,243 | 3.48% | 0.37% |
| 1979 | 6,028,749 | 49,721,381 | 3.76% | 0.4% |
| 1980 | 6,265,529 | 49,955,152 | 3.93% | 0.47% |
| 1981 | 6,516,454 | 50,189,281 | 4% | 0.47% |
| 1982 | 6,778,879 | 50,402,724 | 4.03% | 0.43% |
| 1983 | 7,051,709 | 50,637,029 | 4.02% | 0.46% |
| 1984 | 7,332,810 | 50,887,599 | 3.99% | 0.49% |
| 1985 | 7,620,508 | 51,108,770 | 3.92% | 0.43% |
| 1986 | 7,906,480 | 51,318,745 | 3.75% | 0.41% |
| 1987 | 8,293,174 | 51,515,732 | 4.89% | 0.38% |
| 1988 | 8,753,262 | 51,724,853 | 5.55% | 0.41% |
| 1989 | 9,176,220 | 51,917,817 | 4.83% | 0.37% |
| 1990 | 9,545,852 | 52,054,092 | 4.03% | 0.26% |
| 1991 | 9,844,227 | 52,170,961 | 3.13% | 0.22% |
| 1992 | 10,135,079 | 52,323,671 | 2.95% | 0.29% |
| 1993 | 10,284,024 | 52,350,126 | 1.47% | 0.05% |
| 1994 | 10,164,894 | 52,075,998 | -1.16% | -0.52% |
| 1995 | 10,150,117 | 51,665,539 | -0.15% | -0.79% |
| 1996 | 10,352,228 | 51,226,109 | 1.99% | -0.85% |
| 1997 | 10,562,035 | 50,786,885 | 2.03% | -0.86% |
| 1998 | 10,792,876 | 50,379,731 | 2.19% | -0.8% |
| 1999 | 11,047,804 | 49,976,446 | 2.36% | -0.8% |
| 2000 | 11,315,942 | 49,556,660 | 2.43% | -0.84% |
| 2001 | 11,593,058 | 49,106,855 | 2.45% | -0.91% |
| 2002 | 11,880,440 | 48,677,281 | 2.48% | -0.87% |
| 2003 | 12,181,574 | 48,315,136 | 2.53% | -0.74% |
| 2004 | 12,500,737 | 47,979,507 | 2.62% | -0.69% |
| 2005 | 12,840,031 | 47,585,556 | 2.71% | -0.82% |
| 2006 | 13,198,701 | 47,278,694 | 2.79% | -0.64% |
| 2007 | 13,576,343 | 47,062,798 | 2.86% | -0.46% |
| 2008 | 13,976,417 | 46,819,175 | 2.95% | -0.52% |
| 2009 | 14,395,788 | 46,623,731 | 3% | -0.42% |
| 2010 | 14,826,463 | 46,456,003 | 2.99% | -0.36% |
| 2011 | 15,265,022 | 46,307,853 | 2.96% | -0.32% |
| 2012 | 15,709,577 | 46,210,056 | 2.91% | -0.21% |
| 2013 | 16,161,816 | 46,126,770 | 2.88% | -0.18% |
| 2014 | 16,621,538 | 45,972,380 | 2.84% | -0.33% |
| 2015 | 17,085,587 | 45,784,896 | 2.79% | -0.41% |
| 2016 | 17,557,739 | 45,616,832 | 2.76% | -0.37% |
| 2017 | 18,039,715 | 45,436,041 | 2.75% | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 18,528,081 | 45,208,907 | 2.71% | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 19,025,752 | 44,957,458 | 2.69% | -0.56% |
| 2020 | 19,533,888 | 44,680,014 | 2.67% | -0.62% |
| 2021 | 20,047,258 | 44,298,640 | 2.63% | -0.85% |
| 2022 | 20,568,728 | 41,048,766 | 2.6% | -7.34% |
| 2023 | 21,104,482 | 37,732,836 | 2.6% | -8.08% |
| 2024 | 21,655,286 | 37,860,221 | 2.61% | 0.34% |
| 2025 | 22,216,113 | 38,980,379 | 2.59% | 2.96% |
| 2026 | 22,785,530 | 39,535,850 | 2.56% | 1.43% |
| 2027 | 23,366,187 | 39,245,208 | 2.55% | -0.74% |
| 2028 | 23,954,450 | 38,952,086 | 2.52% | -0.75% |
| 2029 | 24,553,499 | 38,654,416 | 2.5% | -0.76% |
| 2030 | 25,160,293 | 38,353,848 | 2.47% | -0.78% |
| 2031 | 25,763,534 | 38,050,624 | 2.4% | -0.79% |
| 2032 | 26,366,760 | 37,746,688 | 2.34% | -0.8% |
| 2033 | 26,978,417 | 37,442,088 | 2.32% | -0.81% |
| 2034 | 27,595,295 | 37,135,839 | 2.29% | -0.82% |
| 2035 | 28,213,784 | 36,828,149 | 2.24% | -0.83% |
| 2036 | 28,835,595 | 36,519,767 | 2.2% | -0.84% |
| 2037 | 29,462,509 | 36,209,679 | 2.17% | -0.85% |
| 2038 | 30,081,741 | 35,897,705 | 2.1% | -0.86% |
| 2039 | 30,691,578 | 35,584,263 | 2.03% | -0.87% |
| 2040 | 31,302,092 | 35,270,911 | 1.99% | -0.88% |
| 2041 | 31,911,242 | 34,957,580 | 1.95% | -0.89% |
| 2042 | 32,517,509 | 34,641,778 | 1.9% | -0.9% |
| 2043 | 33,122,481 | 34,324,132 | 1.86% | -0.92% |
| 2044 | 33,736,523 | 34,004,074 | 1.85% | -0.93% |
| 2045 | 34,350,947 | 33,680,448 | 1.82% | -0.95% |
| 2046 | 34,959,606 | 33,351,499 | 1.77% | -0.98% |
| 2047 | 35,567,989 | 33,017,828 | 1.74% | -1% |
| 2048 | 36,165,757 | 32,680,968 | 1.68% | -1.02% |
| 2049 | 36,760,998 | 32,338,515 | 1.65% | -1.05% |
| 2050 | 37,361,672 | 31,990,136 | 1.63% | -1.08% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Malawi increased by 4,359,038 people (a 33% growth), while Ukraine lost 1,661,862 people (a 3.52% decline).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Malawi gained 5,234,136 (a 29.8% growth), while Ukraine's population decreased by -6,080,982 (a 13.3% decline).
Malawi was ranked 69th most populous country in 2006 and is 61st in 2026. Ukraine was ranked 27th in 2006 and ranked 40th 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 Ukraine will decrease by 19.1% to 31,990,136 people and rank change from 40th to 60th.
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Population differences between Malawi and Ukraine
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| Life expectancy | 67.9 years | 75 years |
| Average age | 22.8 years | 43.1 years |
| Median age | 18.9 years | 43.2 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.8:51.2 | 46.5:53.5 |
| Fertility rate | 3.65 births per woman | 0.98 births per woman |
| Population density | 595 ppl/mi² | 169.2 ppl/mi² |
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