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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Malawi	Zambia	Malawi	Zambia
1960	3,628,134	3,153,729	-	-
1961	3,715,534	3,254,086	2.41%	3.18%
1962	3,806,307	3,358,099	2.44%	3.2%
1963	3,900,506	3,465,907	2.47%	3.21%
1964	3,997,305	3,577,017	2.48%	3.21%
1965	4,096,157	3,692,086	2.47%	3.22%
1966	4,197,926	3,812,003	2.48%	3.25%
1967	4,303,012	3,936,343	2.5%	3.26%
1968	4,411,054	4,065,593	2.51%	3.28%
1969	4,521,184	4,197,116	2.5%	3.24%
1970	4,633,944	4,321,718	2.49%	2.97%
1971	4,751,434	4,442,525	2.54%	2.8%
1972	4,874,475	4,569,309	2.59%	2.85%
1973	5,003,938	4,702,693	2.66%	2.92%
1974	5,141,337	4,842,746	2.75%	2.98%
1975	5,287,367	4,990,086	2.84%	3.04%
1976	5,443,384	5,143,842	2.95%	3.08%
1977	5,614,983	5,302,480	3.15%	3.08%
1978	5,810,132	5,465,374	3.48%	3.07%
1979	6,028,749	5,631,728	3.76%	3.04%
1980	6,265,529	5,802,833	3.93%	3.04%
1981	6,516,454	5,983,289	4%	3.11%
1982	6,778,879	6,178,637	4.03%	3.26%
1983	7,051,709	6,381,038	4.02%	3.28%
1984	7,332,810	6,580,490	3.99%	3.13%
1985	7,620,508	6,780,953	3.92%	3.05%
1986	7,906,480	6,986,471	3.75%	3.03%
1987	8,293,174	7,191,282	4.89%	2.93%
1988	8,753,262	7,391,440	5.55%	2.78%
1989	9,176,220	7,589,216	4.83%	2.68%
1990	9,545,852	7,786,169	4.03%	2.6%
1991	9,844,227	7,981,650	3.13%	2.51%
1992	10,135,079	8,176,680	2.95%	2.44%
1993	10,284,024	8,373,921	1.47%	2.41%
1994	10,164,894	8,576,269	-1.16%	2.42%
1995	10,150,117	8,785,763	-0.15%	2.44%
1996	10,352,228	9,004,053	1.99%	2.48%
1997	10,562,035	9,237,063	2.03%	2.59%
1998	10,792,876	9,482,408	2.19%	2.66%
1999	11,047,804	9,740,005	2.36%	2.72%
2000	11,315,942	10,017,631	2.43%	2.85%
2001	11,593,058	10,325,185	2.45%	3.07%
2002	11,880,440	10,647,949	2.48%	3.13%
2003	12,181,574	10,983,595	2.53%	3.15%
2004	12,500,737	11,338,198	2.62%	3.23%
2005	12,840,031	11,718,819	2.71%	3.36%
2006	13,198,701	12,129,553	2.79%	3.5%
2007	13,576,343	12,565,085	2.86%	3.59%
2008	13,976,417	13,021,324	2.95%	3.63%
2009	14,395,788	13,490,389	3%	3.6%
2010	14,826,463	13,965,594	2.99%	3.52%
2011	15,265,022	14,437,796	2.96%	3.38%
2012	15,709,577	14,913,629	2.91%	3.3%
2013	16,161,816	15,398,997	2.88%	3.25%
2014	16,621,538	15,895,315	2.84%	3.22%
2015	17,085,587	16,399,089	2.79%	3.17%
2016	17,557,739	16,914,423	2.76%	3.14%
2017	18,039,715	17,441,320	2.75%	3.12%
2018	18,528,081	17,973,569	2.71%	3.05%
2019	19,025,752	18,513,839	2.69%	3.01%
2020	19,533,888	19,059,395	2.67%	2.95%
2021	20,047,258	19,603,607	2.63%	2.86%
2022	20,568,728	20,152,938	2.6%	2.8%
2023	21,104,482	20,723,965	2.6%	2.83%
2024	21,655,286	21,314,956	2.61%	2.85%
2025	22,216,113	21,913,869	2.59%	2.81%
2026	22,785,530	22,521,905	2.56%	2.77%
2027	23,366,187	23,138,716	2.55%	2.74%
2028	23,954,450	23,761,368	2.52%	2.69%
2029	24,553,499	24,389,681	2.5%	2.64%
2030	25,160,293	25,024,887	2.47%	2.6%
2031	25,763,534	25,666,496	2.4%	2.56%
2032	26,366,760	26,311,946	2.34%	2.51%
2033	26,978,417	26,960,073	2.32%	2.46%
2034	27,595,295	27,611,621	2.29%	2.42%
2035	28,213,784	28,266,887	2.24%	2.37%
2036	28,835,595	28,925,103	2.2%	2.33%
2037	29,462,509	29,583,482	2.17%	2.28%
2038	30,081,741	30,240,549	2.1%	2.22%
2039	30,691,578	30,895,586	2.03%	2.17%
2040	31,302,092	31,550,394	1.99%	2.12%
2041	31,911,242	32,204,340	1.95%	2.07%
2042	32,517,509	32,856,596	1.9%	2.03%
2043	33,122,481	33,510,500	1.86%	1.99%
2044	33,736,523	34,165,920	1.85%	1.96%
2045	34,350,947	34,821,101	1.82%	1.92%
2046	34,959,606	35,475,795	1.77%	1.88%
2047	35,567,989	36,129,270	1.74%	1.84%
2048	36,165,757	36,782,260	1.68%	1.81%
2049	36,760,998	37,434,667	1.65%	1.77%
2050	37,361,672	38,083,369	1.63%	1.73%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Malawi increased by 4,245,556 people (a 33.1% growth), while Zambia gained 4,680,270 people (a 39.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Malawi gained 5,587,926 (a 32.7% growth), while Zambia's population increased by 6,003,202 (a 36.6% growth).

Malawi was ranked 69th most populous country in 2005 and is 61st in 2025. Zambia was ranked 71st in 2005 and ranked 62nd 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 Zambia will increase by 70% to 38,083,369 people and rank change from 62nd to 53rd.