The latest officially reported population of Malawi was 21,655,286 in 2024 vs 10,876,981 people in the United Arab Emirates in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Malawi's population is 22,673,513 people compared to 11,372,700 in the United Arab Emirates.
Population statistics:
- Malawi's population is 1.99 times bigger than the United Arab Emirates'.
- Malawi is ranked the 61st most populous country in the world, while the United Arab Emirates is the 86th.
- The countries together account for 0.41% of the world: 0.27% for Malawi vs 0.14% for the United Arab Emirates.
- For the last 10 years, Malawi has had an average growth rate of +2.7% per year vs +3.22% in the United Arab Emirates.
- Since 2005, the population of Malawi has increased from 12.8M people to 22.7M (76.6% growth), while the United Arab Emirates has grown from 4.66M to 11.4M (143.8% growth).
- Malawi is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 59.1M people compared to the peak of 25.8M people in 2100 for the United Arab Emirates.
Malawi vs United Arab Emirates: live population counter
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| Current population |
22673513
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11372700
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| Population rank | 61/197 | 86/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.27% | 0.14% |
| One net population change |
57.3 seconds
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1.34 minutes
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| One birth every |
47.6 seconds
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5.13 minutes
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| One death every |
4.64 minutes
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53.8 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
5.81 hours
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1.89 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -1,507 | +278,439 |
| Daily growth/decline | +1,509 | +1,077 |
| Annual growth/decline | +550,804 | +393,230 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.61% | +3.75% |
| Population growth rate rank | 27/197 | 8/197 |
Malawi and the United Arab Emirates: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 3,628,134 | 131,334 | - | - |
| 1961 | 3,715,534 | 137,989 | 2.41% | 5.07% |
| 1962 | 3,806,307 | 144,946 | 2.44% | 5.04% |
| 1963 | 3,900,506 | 152,211 | 2.47% | 5.01% |
| 1964 | 3,997,305 | 159,692 | 2.48% | 4.91% |
| 1965 | 4,096,157 | 167,103 | 2.47% | 4.64% |
| 1966 | 4,197,926 | 173,976 | 2.48% | 4.11% |
| 1967 | 4,303,012 | 179,700 | 2.5% | 3.29% |
| 1968 | 4,411,054 | 199,416 | 2.51% | 11% |
| 1969 | 4,521,184 | 239,660 | 2.5% | 20.2% |
| 1970 | 4,633,944 | 286,536 | 2.49% | 19.6% |
| 1971 | 4,751,434 | 335,027 | 2.54% | 16.9% |
| 1972 | 4,874,475 | 385,014 | 2.59% | 14.9% |
| 1973 | 5,003,938 | 436,399 | 2.66% | 13.3% |
| 1974 | 5,141,337 | 489,087 | 2.75% | 12.1% |
| 1975 | 5,287,367 | 542,856 | 2.84% | 11% |
| 1976 | 5,443,384 | 615,866 | 2.95% | 13.4% |
| 1977 | 5,614,983 | 710,209 | 3.15% | 15.3% |
| 1978 | 5,810,132 | 809,274 | 3.48% | 13.9% |
| 1979 | 6,028,749 | 912,010 | 3.76% | 12.7% |
| 1980 | 6,265,529 | 1,015,700 | 3.93% | 11.4% |
| 1981 | 6,516,454 | 1,099,855 | 4% | 8.29% |
| 1982 | 6,778,879 | 1,166,370 | 4.03% | 6.05% |
| 1983 | 7,051,709 | 1,235,305 | 4.02% | 5.91% |
| 1984 | 7,332,810 | 1,305,996 | 3.99% | 5.72% |
| 1985 | 7,620,508 | 1,377,911 | 3.92% | 5.51% |
| 1986 | 7,906,480 | 1,467,383 | 3.75% | 6.49% |
| 1987 | 8,293,174 | 1,574,244 | 4.89% | 7.28% |
| 1988 | 8,753,262 | 1,681,788 | 5.55% | 6.83% |
| 1989 | 9,176,220 | 1,789,851 | 4.83% | 6.43% |
| 1990 | 9,545,852 | 1,898,220 | 4.03% | 6.05% |
| 1991 | 9,844,227 | 2,006,626 | 3.13% | 5.71% |
| 1992 | 10,135,079 | 2,114,730 | 2.95% | 5.39% |
| 1993 | 10,284,024 | 2,222,093 | 1.47% | 5.08% |
| 1994 | 10,164,894 | 2,328,188 | -1.16% | 4.77% |
| 1995 | 10,150,117 | 2,434,662 | -0.15% | 4.57% |
| 1996 | 10,352,228 | 2,597,564 | 1.99% | 6.69% |
| 1997 | 10,562,035 | 2,817,410 | 2.03% | 8.46% |
| 1998 | 10,792,876 | 3,040,421 | 2.19% | 7.92% |
| 1999 | 11,047,804 | 3,266,009 | 2.36% | 7.42% |
| 2000 | 11,315,942 | 3,493,575 | 2.43% | 6.97% |
| 2001 | 11,593,058 | 3,723,590 | 2.45% | 6.58% |
| 2002 | 11,880,440 | 3,956,826 | 2.48% | 6.26% |
| 2003 | 12,181,574 | 4,192,457 | 2.53% | 5.96% |
| 2004 | 12,500,737 | 4,428,967 | 2.62% | 5.64% |
| 2005 | 12,840,031 | 4,664,790 | 2.71% | 5.32% |
| 2006 | 13,198,701 | 5,009,100 | 2.79% | 7.38% |
| 2007 | 13,576,343 | 5,624,635 | 2.86% | 12.3% |
| 2008 | 13,976,417 | 6,302,664 | 2.95% | 12.1% |
| 2009 | 14,395,788 | 6,707,058 | 3% | 6.42% |
| 2010 | 14,826,463 | 6,869,838 | 2.99% | 2.43% |
| 2011 | 15,265,022 | 7,104,538 | 2.96% | 3.42% |
| 2012 | 15,709,577 | 7,391,448 | 2.91% | 4.04% |
| 2013 | 16,161,816 | 7,693,031 | 2.88% | 4.08% |
| 2014 | 16,621,538 | 8,059,440 | 2.84% | 4.76% |
| 2015 | 17,085,587 | 8,505,237 | 2.79% | 5.53% |
| 2016 | 17,557,739 | 8,935,095 | 2.76% | 5.05% |
| 2017 | 18,039,715 | 9,223,225 | 2.75% | 3.22% |
| 2018 | 18,528,081 | 9,346,701 | 2.71% | 1.34% |
| 2019 | 19,025,752 | 9,445,785 | 2.69% | 1.06% |
| 2020 | 19,533,888 | 9,401,038 | 2.67% | -0.47% |
| 2021 | 20,047,258 | 9,575,152 | 2.63% | 1.85% |
| 2022 | 20,568,728 | 10,074,977 | 2.6% | 5.22% |
| 2023 | 21,104,482 | 10,483,751 | 2.6% | 4.06% |
| 2024 | 21,655,286 | 10,876,981 | 2.61% | 3.75% |
| 2025 | 22,216,113 | 11,191,510 | 2.59% | 2.89% |
| 2026 | 22,785,530 | 11,417,074 | 2.56% | 2.02% |
| 2027 | 23,366,187 | 11,595,528 | 2.55% | 1.56% |
| 2028 | 23,954,450 | 11,750,055 | 2.52% | 1.33% |
| 2029 | 24,553,499 | 11,890,496 | 2.5% | 1.2% |
| 2030 | 25,160,293 | 12,024,613 | 2.47% | 1.13% |
| 2031 | 25,763,534 | 12,159,255 | 2.4% | 1.12% |
| 2032 | 26,366,760 | 12,298,043 | 2.34% | 1.14% |
| 2033 | 26,978,417 | 12,440,531 | 2.32% | 1.16% |
| 2034 | 27,595,295 | 12,586,327 | 2.29% | 1.17% |
| 2035 | 28,213,784 | 12,734,906 | 2.24% | 1.18% |
| 2036 | 28,835,595 | 12,885,831 | 2.2% | 1.19% |
| 2037 | 29,462,509 | 13,038,803 | 2.17% | 1.19% |
| 2038 | 30,081,741 | 13,193,613 | 2.1% | 1.19% |
| 2039 | 30,691,578 | 13,349,897 | 2.03% | 1.18% |
| 2040 | 31,302,092 | 13,507,317 | 1.99% | 1.18% |
| 2041 | 31,911,242 | 13,665,875 | 1.95% | 1.17% |
| 2042 | 32,517,509 | 13,825,473 | 1.9% | 1.17% |
| 2043 | 33,122,481 | 13,986,029 | 1.86% | 1.16% |
| 2044 | 33,736,523 | 14,147,509 | 1.85% | 1.15% |
| 2045 | 34,350,947 | 14,309,823 | 1.82% | 1.15% |
| 2046 | 34,959,606 | 14,473,950 | 1.77% | 1.15% |
| 2047 | 35,567,989 | 14,641,700 | 1.74% | 1.16% |
| 2048 | 36,165,757 | 14,812,411 | 1.68% | 1.17% |
| 2049 | 36,760,998 | 14,984,754 | 1.65% | 1.16% |
| 2050 | 37,361,672 | 15,158,142 | 1.63% | 1.16% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Malawi increased by 4,245,556 people (a 33.1% growth), while the United Arab Emirates gained 3,840,447 people (a 82.3% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Malawi gained 5,587,926 (a 32.7% growth), while the United Arab Emirates' population increased by 2,867,463 (a 33.7% growth).
Malawi was ranked 69th most populous country in 2005 and is 61st in 2025. The United Arab Emirates was ranked 115th in 2005 and ranked 86th 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 the United Arab Emirates will increase by 33.3% to 15,158,142 people and rank change from 86th to 84th.
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 |
| Dubai | 3.94M |
| Abu Dhabi | 1.57M |
| Sharjah | 1.25M |
| Al Ain | 767K |
| Ajman | 490K |
| Fujairah | 119K |
| Ras al-Khaimah | 116K |
| Umm al-Quwain | 44.4K |
| Madinat Zayed | 29.1K |
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Population differences between Malawi and the United Arab Emirates
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| Life expectancy | 67.7 years | 83.2 years |
| Average age | 22.8 years | 32.1 years |
| Median age | 18.9 years | 32.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.8:51.2 | 63.9:36.1 |
| Fertility rate | 3.65 births per woman | 1.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 595 ppl/mi² | 397 ppl/mi² |
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