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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Malawi	Zimbabwe	Malawi	Zimbabwe
1960	3,628,134	3,809,389	-	-
1961	3,715,534	3,930,401	2.41%	3.18%
1962	3,806,307	4,055,959	2.44%	3.19%
1963	3,900,506	4,185,877	2.47%	3.2%
1964	3,997,305	4,320,006	2.48%	3.2%
1965	4,096,157	4,458,462	2.47%	3.2%
1966	4,197,926	4,601,217	2.48%	3.2%
1967	4,303,012	4,748,307	2.5%	3.2%
1968	4,411,054	4,900,440	2.51%	3.2%
1969	4,521,184	5,058,181	2.5%	3.22%
1970	4,633,944	5,215,918	2.49%	3.12%
1971	4,751,434	5,374,712	2.54%	3.04%
1972	4,874,475	5,542,445	2.59%	3.12%
1973	5,003,938	5,720,404	2.66%	3.21%
1974	5,141,337	5,908,328	2.75%	3.29%
1975	5,287,367	6,098,658	2.84%	3.22%
1976	5,443,384	6,287,105	2.95%	3.09%
1977	5,614,983	6,449,512	3.15%	2.58%
1978	5,810,132	6,543,575	3.48%	1.46%
1979	6,028,749	6,647,556	3.76%	1.59%
1980	6,265,529	7,041,303	3.93%	5.92%
1981	6,516,454	7,498,635	4%	6.49%
1982	6,778,879	7,796,496	4.03%	3.97%
1983	7,051,709	8,098,404	4.02%	3.87%
1984	7,332,810	8,391,488	3.99%	3.62%
1985	7,620,508	8,686,813	3.92%	3.52%
1986	7,906,480	8,982,578	3.75%	3.4%
1987	8,293,174	9,284,644	4.89%	3.36%
1988	8,753,262	9,583,094	5.55%	3.21%
1989	9,176,220	9,864,798	4.83%	2.94%
1990	9,545,852	10,137,281	4.03%	2.76%
1991	9,844,227	10,404,816	3.13%	2.64%
1992	10,135,079	10,702,700	2.95%	2.86%
1993	10,284,024	10,860,288	1.47%	1.47%
1994	10,164,894	10,873,148	-1.16%	0.12%
1995	10,150,117	10,974,599	-0.15%	0.93%
1996	10,352,228	11,158,360	1.99%	1.67%
1997	10,562,035	11,369,827	2.03%	1.9%
1998	10,792,876	11,594,297	2.19%	1.97%
1999	11,047,804	11,783,458	2.36%	1.63%
2000	11,315,942	11,892,055	2.43%	0.92%
2001	11,593,058	11,971,901	2.45%	0.67%
2002	11,880,440	12,087,653	2.48%	0.97%
2003	12,181,574	12,232,323	2.53%	1.2%
2004	12,500,737	12,365,896	2.62%	1.09%
2005	12,840,031	12,483,432	2.71%	0.95%
2006	13,198,701	12,636,445	2.79%	1.23%
2007	13,576,343	12,804,058	2.86%	1.33%
2008	13,976,417	12,959,149	2.95%	1.21%
2009	14,395,788	13,142,790	3%	1.42%
2010	14,826,463	13,356,548	2.99%	1.63%
2011	15,265,022	13,595,424	2.96%	1.79%
2012	15,709,577	13,817,887	2.91%	1.64%
2013	16,161,816	14,013,808	2.88%	1.42%
2014	16,621,538	14,207,359	2.84%	1.38%
2015	17,085,587	14,399,013	2.79%	1.35%
2016	17,557,739	14,600,294	2.76%	1.4%
2017	18,039,715	14,812,482	2.75%	1.45%
2018	18,528,081	15,034,452	2.71%	1.5%
2019	19,025,752	15,271,368	2.69%	1.58%
2020	19,533,888	15,526,888	2.67%	1.67%
2021	20,047,258	15,797,210	2.63%	1.74%
2022	20,568,728	16,069,056	2.6%	1.72%
2023	21,104,482	16,340,822	2.6%	1.69%
2024	21,655,286	16,634,373	2.61%	1.8%
2025	22,216,113	16,950,805	2.59%	1.9%
2026	22,785,530	17,273,591	2.56%	1.9%
2027	23,366,187	17,600,621	2.55%	1.89%
2028	23,954,450	17,932,015	2.52%	1.88%
2029	24,553,499	18,268,967	2.5%	1.88%
2030	25,160,293	18,610,356	2.47%	1.87%
2031	25,763,534	18,956,207	2.4%	1.86%
2032	26,366,760	19,311,368	2.34%	1.87%
2033	26,978,417	19,675,929	2.32%	1.89%
2034	27,595,295	20,041,125	2.29%	1.86%
2035	28,213,784	20,409,159	2.24%	1.84%
2036	28,835,595	20,778,662	2.2%	1.81%
2037	29,462,509	21,144,748	2.17%	1.76%
2038	30,081,741	21,512,919	2.1%	1.74%
2039	30,691,578	21,881,123	2.03%	1.71%
2040	31,302,092	22,250,123	1.99%	1.69%
2041	31,911,242	22,627,428	1.95%	1.7%
2042	32,517,509	23,000,906	1.9%	1.65%
2043	33,122,481	23,371,301	1.86%	1.61%
2044	33,736,523	23,740,630	1.85%	1.58%
2045	34,350,947	24,102,391	1.82%	1.52%
2046	34,959,606	24,462,491	1.77%	1.49%
2047	35,567,989	24,816,449	1.74%	1.45%
2048	36,165,757	25,168,419	1.68%	1.42%
2049	36,760,998	25,518,513	1.65%	1.39%
2050	37,361,672	25,866,397	1.63%	1.36%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Malawi increased by 4,245,556 people (a 33.1% growth), while Zimbabwe gained 1,915,581 people (a 15.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Malawi gained 5,587,926 (a 32.7% growth), while Zimbabwe's population increased by 2,811,079 (a 19.5% growth).

Malawi was ranked 69th most populous country in 2005 and is 61st in 2025. Zimbabwe was ranked 70th in 2005 and ranked 74th 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 Zimbabwe will increase by 50.3% to 25,866,397 people and rank change from 74th to 65th.