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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Malawi	Vanuatu	Malawi	Vanuatu
1960	3,628,134	64,431	-	-
1961	3,715,534	66,264	2.41%	2.84%
1962	3,806,307	68,174	2.44%	2.88%
1963	3,900,506	70,159	2.47%	2.91%
1964	3,997,305	72,219	2.48%	2.94%
1965	4,096,157	74,358	2.47%	2.96%
1966	4,197,926	76,590	2.48%	3%
1967	4,303,012	78,921	2.5%	3.04%
1968	4,411,054	81,314	2.51%	3.03%
1969	4,521,184	83,755	2.5%	3%
1970	4,633,944	86,266	2.49%	3%
1971	4,751,434	88,862	2.54%	3.01%
1972	4,874,475	91,562	2.59%	3.04%
1973	5,003,938	94,362	2.66%	3.06%
1974	5,141,337	97,260	2.75%	3.07%
1975	5,287,367	100,269	2.84%	3.09%
1976	5,443,384	103,388	2.95%	3.11%
1977	5,614,983	106,618	3.15%	3.12%
1978	5,810,132	109,963	3.48%	3.14%
1979	6,028,749	113,040	3.76%	2.8%
1980	6,265,529	115,660	3.93%	2.32%
1981	6,516,454	118,249	4%	2.24%
1982	6,778,879	121,035	4.03%	2.36%
1983	7,051,709	123,998	4.02%	2.45%
1984	7,332,810	127,109	3.99%	2.51%
1985	7,620,508	130,356	3.92%	2.55%
1986	7,906,480	133,720	3.75%	2.58%
1987	8,293,174	137,187	4.89%	2.59%
1988	8,753,262	140,756	5.55%	2.6%
1989	9,176,220	144,393	4.83%	2.58%
1990	9,545,852	148,063	4.03%	2.54%
1991	9,844,227	151,793	3.13%	2.52%
1992	10,135,079	155,608	2.95%	2.51%
1993	10,284,024	159,463	1.47%	2.48%
1994	10,164,894	163,314	-1.16%	2.41%
1995	10,150,117	167,137	-0.15%	2.34%
1996	10,352,228	170,911	1.99%	2.26%
1997	10,562,035	174,626	2.03%	2.17%
1998	10,792,876	178,313	2.19%	2.11%
1999	11,047,804	182,048	2.36%	2.09%
2000	11,315,942	186,281	2.43%	2.33%
2001	11,593,058	191,031	2.45%	2.55%
2002	11,880,440	195,863	2.48%	2.53%
2003	12,181,574	200,746	2.53%	2.49%
2004	12,500,737	205,711	2.62%	2.47%
2005	12,840,031	210,760	2.71%	2.45%
2006	13,198,701	215,923	2.79%	2.45%
2007	13,576,343	221,276	2.86%	2.48%
2008	13,976,417	226,896	2.95%	2.54%
2009	14,395,788	232,731	3%	2.57%
2010	14,826,463	238,248	2.99%	2.37%
2011	15,265,022	243,474	2.96%	2.19%
2012	15,709,577	248,883	2.91%	2.22%
2013	16,161,816	254,482	2.88%	2.25%
2014	16,621,538	260,240	2.84%	2.26%
2015	17,085,587	266,101	2.79%	2.25%
2016	17,557,739	272,087	2.76%	2.25%
2017	18,039,715	278,507	2.75%	2.36%
2018	18,528,081	285,259	2.71%	2.42%
2019	19,025,752	291,985	2.69%	2.36%
2020	19,533,888	298,858	2.67%	2.35%
2021	20,047,258	305,868	2.63%	2.35%
2022	20,568,728	313,046	2.6%	2.35%
2023	21,104,482	320,409	2.6%	2.35%
2024	21,655,286	327,777	2.61%	2.3%
2025	22,216,113	335,169	2.59%	2.26%
2026	22,785,530	342,565	2.56%	2.21%
2027	23,366,187	349,970	2.55%	2.16%
2028	23,954,450	357,397	2.52%	2.12%
2029	24,553,499	364,883	2.5%	2.09%
2030	25,160,293	372,429	2.47%	2.07%
2031	25,763,534	380,015	2.4%	2.04%
2032	26,366,760	387,657	2.34%	2.01%
2033	26,978,417	395,366	2.32%	1.99%
2034	27,595,295	403,188	2.29%	1.98%
2035	28,213,784	411,061	2.24%	1.95%
2036	28,835,595	419,006	2.2%	1.93%
2037	29,462,509	427,031	2.17%	1.92%
2038	30,081,741	435,150	2.1%	1.9%
2039	30,691,578	443,311	2.03%	1.88%
2040	31,302,092	451,509	1.99%	1.85%
2041	31,911,242	459,733	1.95%	1.82%
2042	32,517,509	468,003	1.9%	1.8%
2043	33,122,481	476,308	1.86%	1.77%
2044	33,736,523	484,636	1.85%	1.75%
2045	34,350,947	492,989	1.82%	1.72%
2046	34,959,606	501,316	1.77%	1.69%
2047	35,567,989	509,621	1.74%	1.66%
2048	36,165,757	517,889	1.68%	1.62%
2049	36,760,998	526,138	1.65%	1.59%
2050	37,361,672	534,374	1.63%	1.57%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Malawi increased by 4,245,556 people (a 33.1% growth), while Vanuatu gained 55,341 people (a 26.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Malawi gained 5,587,926 (a 32.7% growth), while Vanuatu's population increased by 75,009 (a 28.2% growth).

Malawi was ranked 69th most populous country in 2005 and is 61st in 2025. Vanuatu was ranked 175th in 2005 and ranked 174th 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 Vanuatu will increase by 56.7% to 534,374 people and rank change from 174th to 169th.