Population in Malawi compared to the United States: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Malawi and the United States: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Malawi	United States	Malawi	United States
1900	-	76,094,000	-	-
1901	-	77,584,000	-	1.96%
1902	-	79,163,000	-	2.04%
1903	-	80,632,000	-	1.86%
1904	-	82,166,000	-	1.9%
1905	-	83,822,000	-	2.02%
1906	-	85,450,000	-	1.94%
1907	-	87,008,000	-	1.82%
1908	-	88,710,000	-	1.96%
1909	-	90,490,000	-	2.01%
1910	-	92,407,000	-	2.12%
1911	-	93,863,000	-	1.58%
1912	-	95,335,000	-	1.57%
1913	-	97,225,000	-	1.98%
1914	-	99,111,000	-	1.94%
1915	-	100,546,000	-	1.45%
1916	-	101,961,000	-	1.41%
1917	-	103,268,000	-	1.28%
1918	-	103,208,000	-	-0.06%
1919	-	104,514,000	-	1.27%
1920	-	106,461,000	-	1.86%
1921	-	108,538,000	-	1.95%
1922	-	110,049,000	-	1.39%
1923	-	111,947,000	-	1.72%
1924	-	114,109,000	-	1.93%
1925	-	115,829,000	-	1.51%
1926	-	117,397,000	-	1.35%
1927	-	119,035,000	-	1.4%
1928	-	120,509,000	-	1.24%
1929	-	121,767,000	-	1.04%
1930	-	123,076,741	-	1.08%
1931	-	124,039,648	-	0.78%
1932	-	124,840,471	-	0.65%
1933	-	125,578,763	-	0.59%
1934	-	126,373,773	-	0.63%
1935	-	127,250,232	-	0.69%
1936	-	128,053,180	-	0.63%
1937	-	128,824,829	-	0.6%
1938	-	129,824,939	-	0.78%
1939	-	130,879,718	-	0.81%
1940	-	132,122,446	-	0.95%
1941	-	133,402,471	-	0.97%
1942	-	134,859,553	-	1.09%
1943	-	136,739,353	-	1.39%
1944	-	138,397,345	-	1.21%
1945	-	139,928,165	-	1.11%
1946	-	141,388,566	-	1.04%
1947	-	144,126,071	-	1.94%
1948	-	146,631,302	-	1.74%
1949	-	149,188,130	-	1.74%
1950	-	152,271,417	-	2.07%
1951	-	154,877,889	-	1.71%
1952	-	157,552,740	-	1.73%
1953	-	160,184,192	-	1.67%
1954	-	163,025,854	-	1.77%
1955	-	165,931,202	-	1.78%
1956	-	168,903,031	-	1.79%
1957	-	171,984,130	-	1.82%
1958	-	174,881,904	-	1.68%
1959	-	177,829,628	-	1.69%
1960	3,628,134	180,671,158	-	1.6%
1961	3,715,534	183,691,481	2.41%	1.67%
1962	3,806,307	186,537,737	2.44%	1.55%
1963	3,900,506	189,241,798	2.47%	1.45%
1964	3,997,305	191,888,791	2.48%	1.4%
1965	4,096,157	194,302,963	2.47%	1.26%
1966	4,197,926	196,560,338	2.48%	1.16%
1967	4,303,012	198,712,056	2.5%	1.09%
1968	4,411,054	200,706,052	2.51%	1%
1969	4,521,184	202,676,946	2.5%	0.98%
1970	4,633,944	205,052,174	2.49%	1.17%
1971	4,751,434	207,660,677	2.54%	1.27%
1972	4,874,475	209,896,021	2.59%	1.08%
1973	5,003,938	211,908,788	2.66%	0.96%
1974	5,141,337	213,853,928	2.75%	0.92%
1975	5,287,367	215,973,199	2.84%	0.99%
1976	5,443,384	218,035,164	2.95%	0.95%
1977	5,614,983	220,239,425	3.15%	1.01%
1978	5,810,132	222,584,545	3.48%	1.06%
1979	6,028,749	225,055,487	3.76%	1.11%
1980	6,265,529	226,542,250	3.93%	0.66%
1981	6,516,454	229,465,744	4%	1.29%
1982	6,778,879	231,664,432	4.03%	0.96%
1983	7,051,709	233,792,014	4.02%	0.92%
1984	7,332,810	235,824,908	3.99%	0.87%
1985	7,620,508	237,923,734	3.92%	0.89%
1986	7,906,480	240,132,831	3.75%	0.93%
1987	8,293,174	242,288,936	4.89%	0.9%
1988	8,753,262	244,499,004	5.55%	0.91%
1989	9,176,220	246,819,222	4.83%	0.95%
1990	9,545,852	250,131,894	4.03%	1.34%
1991	9,844,227	253,492,503	3.13%	1.34%
1992	10,135,079	256,894,189	2.95%	1.34%
1993	10,284,024	260,255,352	1.47%	1.31%
1994	10,164,894	263,435,673	-1.16%	1.22%
1995	10,150,117	266,557,091	-0.15%	1.18%
1996	10,352,228	269,667,391	1.99%	1.17%
1997	10,562,035	272,911,760	2.03%	1.2%
1998	10,792,876	276,115,288	2.19%	1.17%
1999	11,047,804	279,294,713	2.36%	1.15%
2000	11,315,942	282,162,411	2.43%	1.03%
2001	11,593,058	284,968,955	2.45%	0.99%
2002	11,880,440	287,625,193	2.48%	0.93%
2003	12,181,574	290,107,933	2.53%	0.86%
2004	12,500,737	292,805,298	2.62%	0.93%
2005	12,840,031	295,516,599	2.71%	0.93%
2006	13,198,701	298,379,912	2.79%	0.97%
2007	13,576,343	301,231,207	2.86%	0.96%
2008	13,976,417	304,093,966	2.95%	0.95%
2009	14,395,788	306,771,529	3%	0.88%
2010	14,826,463	309,327,143	2.99%	0.83%
2011	15,265,022	311,583,481	2.96%	0.73%
2012	15,709,577	313,877,662	2.91%	0.74%
2013	16,161,816	316,059,947	2.88%	0.7%
2014	16,621,538	318,386,329	2.84%	0.74%
2015	17,085,587	320,738,994	2.79%	0.74%
2016	17,557,739	323,071,755	2.76%	0.73%
2017	18,039,715	325,122,128	2.75%	0.63%
2018	18,528,081	326,838,199	2.71%	0.53%
2019	19,025,752	328,329,953	2.69%	0.46%
2020	19,533,888	331,526,933	2.67%	0.97%
2021	20,047,258	331,893,745	2.63%	0.11%
2022	20,568,728	333,271,411	2.6%	0.42%
2023	21,104,482	334,914,895	2.6%	0.49%
2024	21,655,286	340,110,988	2.61%	1.55%
2025	22,216,113	341,931,772	2.59%	0.54%
2026	22,785,530	343,664,369	2.56%	0.51%
2027	23,366,187	345,331,185	2.55%	0.49%
2028	23,954,450	346,981,137	2.52%	0.48%
2029	24,553,499	348,601,982	2.5%	0.47%
2030	25,160,293	350,176,974	2.47%	0.45%
2031	25,763,534	351,725,612	2.4%	0.44%
2032	26,366,760	353,249,060	2.34%	0.43%
2033	26,978,417	354,749,644	2.32%	0.42%
2034	27,595,295	356,234,239	2.29%	0.42%
2035	28,213,784	357,694,316	2.24%	0.41%
2036	28,835,595	359,119,002	2.2%	0.4%
2037	29,462,509	360,517,853	2.17%	0.39%
2038	30,081,741	361,895,407	2.1%	0.38%
2039	30,691,578	363,229,908	2.03%	0.37%
2040	31,302,092	364,512,364	1.99%	0.35%
2041	31,911,242	365,753,139	1.95%	0.34%
2042	32,517,509	366,969,419	1.9%	0.33%
2043	33,122,481	368,146,925	1.86%	0.32%
2044	33,736,523	369,258,123	1.85%	0.3%
2045	34,350,947	370,318,770	1.82%	0.29%
2046	34,959,606	371,328,255	1.77%	0.27%
2047	35,567,989	372,299,116	1.74%	0.26%
2048	36,165,757	373,230,539	1.68%	0.25%
2049	36,760,998	374,119,803	1.65%	0.24%
2050	37,361,672	374,986,259	1.63%	0.23%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Malawi increased by 4,245,556 people (a 33.1% growth), while the United States gained 25,222,395 people (a 8.54% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Malawi gained 5,587,926 (a 32.7% growth), while the United States' population increased by 22,584,536 (a 7.04% growth).

Malawi was ranked 69th most populous country in 2005 and is 61st in 2025. The United States was ranked 3rd in 2005 and still ranked 3rd 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 States will increase by 9.22% to 374,986,259 people and will still be ranked 3rd.