Population in Malawi compared to the Vatican: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Malawi and the Vatican: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Malawi	Vatican	Malawi	Vatican
1960	3,628,134	-	-	-
1961	3,715,534	-	2.41%	-
1962	3,806,307	-	2.44%	-
1963	3,900,506	-	2.47%	-
1964	3,997,305	-	2.48%	-
1965	4,096,157	-	2.47%	-
1966	4,197,926	-	2.48%	-
1967	4,303,012	-	2.5%	-
1968	4,411,054	-	2.51%	-
1969	4,521,184	-	2.5%	-
1970	4,633,944	-	2.49%	-
1971	4,751,434	-	2.54%	-
1972	4,874,475	-	2.59%	-
1973	5,003,938	-	2.66%	-
1974	5,141,337	-	2.75%	-
1975	5,287,367	-	2.84%	-
1976	5,443,384	-	2.95%	-
1977	5,614,983	-	3.15%	-
1978	5,810,132	-	3.48%	-
1979	6,028,749	-	3.76%	-
1980	6,265,529	-	3.93%	-
1981	6,516,454	-	4%	-
1982	6,778,879	-	4.03%	-
1983	7,051,709	-	4.02%	-
1984	7,332,810	-	3.99%	-
1985	7,620,508	-	3.92%	-
1986	7,906,480	-	3.75%	-
1987	8,293,174	-	4.89%	-
1988	8,753,262	-	5.55%	-
1989	9,176,220	-	4.83%	-
1990	9,545,852	-	4.03%	-
1991	9,844,227	-	3.13%	-
1992	10,135,079	-	2.95%	-
1993	10,284,024	-	1.47%	-
1994	10,164,894	-	-1.16%	-
1995	10,150,117	-	-0.15%	-
1996	10,352,228	-	1.99%	-
1997	10,562,035	-	2.03%	-
1998	10,792,876	-	2.19%	-
1999	11,047,804	-	2.36%	-
2000	11,315,942	880	2.43%	-
2001	11,593,058	890	2.45%	1.14%
2002	11,880,440	900	2.48%	1.12%
2003	12,181,574	911	2.53%	1.22%
2004	12,500,737	921	2.62%	1.1%
2005	12,840,031	921	2.71%	0%
2006	13,198,701	932	2.79%	1.19%
2007	13,576,343	821	2.86%	-11.9%
2008	13,976,417	824	2.95%	0.37%
2009	14,395,788	826	3%	0.24%
2010	14,826,463	829	2.99%	0.36%
2011	15,265,022	832	2.96%	0.36%
2012	15,709,577	836	2.91%	0.48%
2013	16,161,816	839	2.88%	0.36%
2014	16,621,538	842	2.84%	0.36%
2015	17,085,587	1,000	2.79%	18.8%
2016	17,557,739	-	2.76%	0%
2017	18,039,715	1,000	2.75%	0%
2018	18,528,081	-	2.71%	0%
2019	19,025,752	1,000	2.69%	0%
2020	19,533,888	987	2.67%	-1.29%
2021	20,047,258	970	2.63%	-1.68%
2022	20,568,728	944	2.6%	-2.66%
2023	21,104,482	922	2.6%	-2.34%
2024	21,655,286	933	2.61%	1.2%
2025	22,216,113	939	2.59%	0.59%
2026	22,785,530	952	2.56%	1.37%
2027	23,366,187	974	2.55%	2.32%
2028	23,954,450	985	2.52%	1.13%
2029	24,553,499	983	2.5%	-0.19%
2030	25,160,293	976	2.47%	-0.75%
2031	25,763,534	968	2.4%	-0.75%
2032	26,366,760	968	2.34%	0%
2033	26,978,417	988	2.32%	2.09%
2034	27,595,295	992	2.29%	0.37%
2035	28,213,784	1,000	2.24%	0.74%
2036	28,835,595	998	2.2%	-0.18%
2037	29,462,509	1,003	2.17%	0.55%
2038	30,081,741	1,022	2.1%	1.83%
2039	30,691,578	1,060	2.03%	3.78%
2040	31,302,092	1,095	1.99%	3.3%
2041	31,911,242	1,127	1.95%	2.86%
2042	32,517,509	1,149	1.9%	1.96%
2043	33,122,481	1,169	1.86%	1.76%
2044	33,736,523	1,186	1.85%	1.42%
2045	34,350,947	1,209	1.82%	2.02%
2046	34,959,606	1,224	1.77%	1.22%
2047	35,567,989	1,248	1.74%	1.95%
2048	36,165,757	1,272	1.68%	1.92%
2049	36,760,998	1,296	1.65%	1.88%
2050	37,361,672	1,325	1.63%	2.27%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Malawi increased by 4,245,556 people (a 33.1% growth), while the Vatican gained 79 people (a 8.58% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Malawi gained 5,587,926 (a 32.7% growth), while the Vatican's population decreased by -51 (a 5.1% decline).

Malawi was ranked 69th most populous country in 2005 and is 61st in 2025. The Vatican was ranked 197th in 2005 and still ranked 197th 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 Vatican will increase by 39.6% to 1,325 people and will still be ranked 197th.