The latest officially reported population of Malawi was 21,655,286 in 2024 vs 28,405,543 people in Venezuela in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Malawi's population is 22,791,875 people compared to 28,635,082 in Venezuela.
Population statistics:
- Venezuela's population is 1.26 times bigger than Malawi's.
- Malawi is ranked the 61st most populous country in the world, while Venezuela is the 54th.
- The countries together account for 0.62% of the world: 0.28% for Malawi vs 0.35% for Venezuela.
- For the last 10 years, Malawi has had an average growth rate of +2.7% per year vs -0.46% in Venezuela.
- Since 2006, the population of Malawi has increased from 13.2M people to 22.8M (72.7% growth), while Venezuela has grown from 27.2M to 28.6M (5.18% growth).
- Malawi is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 59.1M people compared to the peak of 31.2M people in 2057 for Venezuela.
Malawi vs Venezuela: live population counter
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| Current population |
22791875
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28635082
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| Population rank | 61/197 | 54/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.28% | 0.35% |
| One net population change |
57.3 seconds
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5.02 minutes
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| One birth every |
47.6 seconds
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1.23 minutes
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| One death every |
4.64 minutes
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2.46 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
5.81 hours
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4.99 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -1,507 | -105,297 |
| Daily growth/decline | +1,509 | +287 |
| Annual growth/decline | +550,804 | +104,689 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.61% | +0.37% |
| Population growth rate rank | 26/197 | 143/197 |
Malawi and Venezuela: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 3,628,134 | 8,160,090 | - | - |
| 1961 | 3,715,534 | 8,455,915 | 2.41% | 3.63% |
| 1962 | 3,806,307 | 8,756,870 | 2.44% | 3.56% |
| 1963 | 3,900,506 | 9,064,021 | 2.47% | 3.51% |
| 1964 | 3,997,305 | 9,377,712 | 2.48% | 3.46% |
| 1965 | 4,096,157 | 9,697,790 | 2.47% | 3.41% |
| 1966 | 4,197,926 | 10,024,854 | 2.48% | 3.37% |
| 1967 | 4,303,012 | 10,358,513 | 2.5% | 3.33% |
| 1968 | 4,411,054 | 10,697,530 | 2.51% | 3.27% |
| 1969 | 4,521,184 | 11,040,280 | 2.5% | 3.2% |
| 1970 | 4,633,944 | 11,387,790 | 2.49% | 3.15% |
| 1971 | 4,751,434 | 11,741,008 | 2.54% | 3.1% |
| 1972 | 4,874,475 | 12,099,180 | 2.59% | 3.05% |
| 1973 | 5,003,938 | 12,463,537 | 2.66% | 3.01% |
| 1974 | 5,141,337 | 12,835,351 | 2.75% | 2.98% |
| 1975 | 5,287,367 | 13,215,892 | 2.84% | 2.96% |
| 1976 | 5,443,384 | 13,606,284 | 2.95% | 2.95% |
| 1977 | 5,614,983 | 14,006,812 | 3.15% | 2.94% |
| 1978 | 5,810,132 | 14,416,684 | 3.48% | 2.93% |
| 1979 | 6,028,749 | 14,834,552 | 3.76% | 2.9% |
| 1980 | 6,265,529 | 15,258,218 | 3.93% | 2.86% |
| 1981 | 6,516,454 | 15,687,297 | 4% | 2.81% |
| 1982 | 6,778,879 | 16,121,874 | 4.03% | 2.77% |
| 1983 | 7,051,709 | 16,562,205 | 4.02% | 2.73% |
| 1984 | 7,332,810 | 17,008,841 | 3.99% | 2.7% |
| 1985 | 7,620,508 | 17,461,434 | 3.92% | 2.66% |
| 1986 | 7,906,480 | 17,923,536 | 3.75% | 2.65% |
| 1987 | 8,293,174 | 18,394,963 | 4.89% | 2.63% |
| 1988 | 8,753,262 | 18,871,020 | 5.55% | 2.59% |
| 1989 | 9,176,220 | 19,348,921 | 4.83% | 2.53% |
| 1990 | 9,545,852 | 19,827,010 | 4.03% | 2.47% |
| 1991 | 9,844,227 | 20,304,896 | 3.13% | 2.41% |
| 1992 | 10,135,079 | 20,780,948 | 2.95% | 2.34% |
| 1993 | 10,284,024 | 21,254,520 | 1.47% | 2.28% |
| 1994 | 10,164,894 | 21,725,188 | -1.16% | 2.21% |
| 1995 | 10,150,117 | 22,193,821 | -0.15% | 2.16% |
| 1996 | 10,352,228 | 22,662,113 | 1.99% | 2.11% |
| 1997 | 10,562,035 | 23,131,685 | 2.03% | 2.07% |
| 1998 | 10,792,876 | 23,601,337 | 2.19% | 2.03% |
| 1999 | 11,047,804 | 24,066,593 | 2.36% | 1.97% |
| 2000 | 11,315,942 | 24,526,708 | 2.43% | 1.91% |
| 2001 | 11,593,058 | 24,979,922 | 2.45% | 1.85% |
| 2002 | 11,880,440 | 25,435,671 | 2.48% | 1.82% |
| 2003 | 12,181,574 | 25,892,703 | 2.53% | 1.8% |
| 2004 | 12,500,737 | 26,340,838 | 2.62% | 1.73% |
| 2005 | 12,840,031 | 26,785,804 | 2.71% | 1.69% |
| 2006 | 13,198,701 | 27,224,686 | 2.79% | 1.64% |
| 2007 | 13,576,343 | 27,649,363 | 2.86% | 1.56% |
| 2008 | 13,976,417 | 28,053,696 | 2.95% | 1.46% |
| 2009 | 14,395,788 | 28,438,298 | 3% | 1.37% |
| 2010 | 14,826,463 | 28,813,101 | 2.99% | 1.32% |
| 2011 | 15,265,022 | 29,185,212 | 2.96% | 1.29% |
| 2012 | 15,709,577 | 29,553,826 | 2.91% | 1.26% |
| 2013 | 16,161,816 | 29,912,198 | 2.88% | 1.21% |
| 2014 | 16,621,538 | 30,254,079 | 2.84% | 1.14% |
| 2015 | 17,085,587 | 30,573,972 | 2.79% | 1.06% |
| 2016 | 17,557,739 | 30,765,720 | 2.76% | 0.63% |
| 2017 | 18,039,715 | 30,565,323 | 2.75% | -0.65% |
| 2018 | 18,528,081 | 29,807,592 | 2.71% | -2.48% |
| 2019 | 19,025,752 | 28,938,098 | 2.69% | -2.92% |
| 2020 | 19,533,888 | 28,444,077 | 2.67% | -1.71% |
| 2021 | 20,047,258 | 28,237,826 | 2.63% | -0.73% |
| 2022 | 20,568,728 | 28,213,017 | 2.6% | -0.09% |
| 2023 | 21,104,482 | 28,300,854 | 2.6% | 0.31% |
| 2024 | 21,655,286 | 28,405,543 | 2.61% | 0.37% |
| 2025 | 22,216,113 | 28,516,898 | 2.59% | 0.39% |
| 2026 | 22,785,530 | 28,633,718 | 2.56% | 0.41% |
| 2027 | 23,366,187 | 28,758,565 | 2.55% | 0.44% |
| 2028 | 23,954,450 | 28,885,166 | 2.52% | 0.44% |
| 2029 | 24,553,499 | 29,014,444 | 2.5% | 0.45% |
| 2030 | 25,160,293 | 29,151,809 | 2.47% | 0.47% |
| 2031 | 25,763,534 | 29,295,744 | 2.4% | 0.49% |
| 2032 | 26,366,760 | 29,442,534 | 2.34% | 0.5% |
| 2033 | 26,978,417 | 29,587,099 | 2.32% | 0.49% |
| 2034 | 27,595,295 | 29,735,159 | 2.29% | 0.5% |
| 2035 | 28,213,784 | 29,883,329 | 2.24% | 0.5% |
| 2036 | 28,835,595 | 30,020,167 | 2.2% | 0.46% |
| 2037 | 29,462,509 | 30,146,546 | 2.17% | 0.42% |
| 2038 | 30,081,741 | 30,268,328 | 2.1% | 0.4% |
| 2039 | 30,691,578 | 30,386,284 | 2.03% | 0.39% |
| 2040 | 31,302,092 | 30,495,445 | 1.99% | 0.36% |
| 2041 | 31,911,242 | 30,590,207 | 1.95% | 0.31% |
| 2042 | 32,517,509 | 30,674,532 | 1.9% | 0.28% |
| 2043 | 33,122,481 | 30,749,671 | 1.86% | 0.24% |
| 2044 | 33,736,523 | 30,813,805 | 1.85% | 0.21% |
| 2045 | 34,350,947 | 30,871,490 | 1.82% | 0.19% |
| 2046 | 34,959,606 | 30,923,463 | 1.77% | 0.17% |
| 2047 | 35,567,989 | 30,974,366 | 1.74% | 0.16% |
| 2048 | 36,165,757 | 31,021,600 | 1.68% | 0.15% |
| 2049 | 36,760,998 | 31,059,954 | 1.65% | 0.12% |
| 2050 | 37,361,672 | 31,094,884 | 1.63% | 0.11% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Malawi increased by 4,359,038 people (a 33% growth), while Venezuela gained 3,541,034 people (a 13% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Malawi gained 5,234,136 (a 29.8% growth), while Venezuela's population decreased by -2,130,638 (a 6.93% decline).
Malawi was ranked 69th most populous country in 2006 and is 61st in 2026. Venezuela was ranked 41st in 2006 and ranked 54th 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 Venezuela will increase by 8.59% to 31,094,884 people and rank change from 54th to 62nd.
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 |
| Caracas | 2.25M |
| Maracaibo | 1.55M |
| Valencia | 1.48M |
| Maracay | 1.1M |
| Barquisimeto | 1.06M |
| Barinas | 874K |
| Maturin | 753K |
| Ciudad Guayana | 751K |
| Catia La Mar | 662K |
| Ciudad Bolivar | 568K |
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Population differences between Malawi and Venezuela
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| Life expectancy | 67.9 years | 73 years |
| Average age | 22.8 years | 33.3 years |
| Median age | 18.9 years | 30.2 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.8:51.2 | 49.4:50.6 |
| Fertility rate | 3.65 births per woman | 2.08 births per woman |
| Population density | 595 ppl/mi² | 83.4 ppl/mi² |
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