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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Malawi	Vietnam	Malawi	Vietnam
1960	3,628,134	32,531,933	-	-
1961	3,715,534	33,409,059	2.41%	2.7%
1962	3,806,307	34,288,560	2.44%	2.63%
1963	3,900,506	35,249,101	2.47%	2.8%
1964	3,997,305	36,201,563	2.48%	2.7%
1965	4,096,157	37,129,656	2.47%	2.56%
1966	4,197,926	38,024,836	2.48%	2.41%
1967	4,303,012	38,895,080	2.5%	2.29%
1968	4,411,054	39,734,609	2.51%	2.16%
1969	4,521,184	40,582,096	2.5%	2.13%
1970	4,633,944	41,475,230	2.49%	2.2%
1971	4,751,434	42,449,276	2.54%	2.35%
1972	4,874,475	43,429,168	2.59%	2.31%
1973	5,003,938	44,409,861	2.66%	2.26%
1974	5,141,337	45,413,537	2.75%	2.26%
1975	5,287,367	46,482,903	2.84%	2.35%
1976	5,443,384	47,684,931	2.95%	2.59%
1977	5,614,983	48,954,872	3.15%	2.66%
1978	5,810,132	50,249,552	3.48%	2.64%
1979	6,028,749	51,378,211	3.76%	2.25%
1980	6,265,529	52,490,101	3.93%	2.16%
1981	6,516,454	53,738,141	4%	2.38%
1982	6,778,879	55,011,289	4.03%	2.37%
1983	7,051,709	56,337,921	4.02%	2.41%
1984	7,332,810	57,706,067	3.99%	2.43%
1985	7,620,508	59,060,622	3.92%	2.35%
1986	7,906,480	60,347,048	3.75%	2.18%
1987	8,293,174	61,584,651	4.89%	2.05%
1988	8,753,262	62,843,228	5.55%	2.04%
1989	9,176,220	64,147,348	4.83%	2.08%
1990	9,545,852	65,504,552	4.03%	2.12%
1991	9,844,227	66,891,775	3.13%	2.12%
1992	10,135,079	68,260,337	2.95%	2.05%
1993	10,284,024	69,586,384	1.47%	1.94%
1994	10,164,894	70,854,391	-1.16%	1.82%
1995	10,150,117	72,049,940	-0.15%	1.69%
1996	10,352,228	73,156,447	1.99%	1.54%
1997	10,562,035	74,226,889	2.03%	1.46%
1998	10,792,876	75,299,660	2.19%	1.45%
1999	11,047,804	76,287,452	2.36%	1.31%
2000	11,315,942	77,154,011	2.43%	1.14%
2001	11,593,058	77,969,361	2.45%	1.06%
2002	11,880,440	78,772,224	2.48%	1.03%
2003	12,181,574	79,563,777	2.53%	1%
2004	12,500,737	80,338,971	2.62%	0.97%
2005	12,840,031	81,088,313	2.71%	0.93%
2006	13,198,701	82,167,897	2.79%	1.33%
2007	13,576,343	83,633,375	2.86%	1.78%
2008	13,976,417	85,175,788	2.95%	1.84%
2009	14,395,788	86,460,018	3%	1.51%
2010	14,826,463	87,455,152	2.99%	1.15%
2011	15,265,022	88,468,314	2.96%	1.16%
2012	15,709,577	89,510,356	2.91%	1.18%
2013	16,161,816	90,573,104	2.88%	1.19%
2014	16,621,538	91,679,578	2.84%	1.22%
2015	17,085,587	92,823,254	2.79%	1.25%
2016	17,557,739	94,000,117	2.76%	1.27%
2017	18,039,715	95,176,977	2.75%	1.25%
2018	18,528,081	96,237,319	2.71%	1.11%
2019	19,025,752	97,173,776	2.69%	0.97%
2020	19,533,888	98,079,191	2.67%	0.93%
2021	20,047,258	98,935,098	2.63%	0.87%
2022	20,568,728	99,680,655	2.6%	0.75%
2023	21,104,482	100,352,192	2.6%	0.67%
2024	21,655,286	100,987,686	2.61%	0.63%
2025	22,216,113	101,598,531	2.59%	0.6%
2026	22,785,530	102,177,434	2.56%	0.57%
2027	23,366,187	102,727,392	2.55%	0.54%
2028	23,954,450	103,255,746	2.52%	0.51%
2029	24,553,499	103,761,151	2.5%	0.49%
2030	25,160,293	104,254,900	2.47%	0.48%
2031	25,763,534	104,737,913	2.4%	0.46%
2032	26,366,760	105,204,401	2.34%	0.45%
2033	26,978,417	105,656,307	2.32%	0.43%
2034	27,595,295	106,097,515	2.29%	0.42%
2035	28,213,784	106,530,671	2.24%	0.41%
2036	28,835,595	106,945,842	2.2%	0.39%
2037	29,462,509	107,346,046	2.17%	0.37%
2038	30,081,741	107,732,019	2.1%	0.36%
2039	30,691,578	108,097,653	2.03%	0.34%
2040	31,302,092	108,437,634	1.99%	0.31%
2041	31,911,242	108,752,199	1.95%	0.29%
2042	32,517,509	109,040,314	1.9%	0.26%
2043	33,122,481	109,292,559	1.86%	0.23%
2044	33,736,523	109,506,274	1.85%	0.2%
2045	34,350,947	109,685,396	1.82%	0.16%
2046	34,959,606	109,827,664	1.77%	0.13%
2047	35,567,989	109,930,243	1.74%	0.09%
2048	36,165,757	109,994,024	1.68%	0.06%
2049	36,760,998	110,018,017	1.65%	0.02%
2050	37,361,672	110,008,910	1.63%	-0.008%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Malawi increased by 4,245,556 people (a 33.1% growth), while Vietnam gained 11,734,941 people (a 14.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Malawi gained 5,587,926 (a 32.7% growth), while Vietnam's population increased by 9,240,297 (a 9.95% growth).

Malawi was ranked 69th most populous country in 2005 and is 61st in 2025. Vietnam was ranked 15th in 2005 and ranked 16th 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 Vietnam will increase by 7.78% to 110,008,910 people and will still be ranked 16th.