Population of Malawi

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date	13 Jun 2024

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The current population of Malawi is 21,811,735 as of October 11, 2024, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Malawi is projected at 21,475,962, or 21.48 million, as of July 1, 2024. The total population in Malawi is projected at 20,931,751, or 20.93 million people for the year 2023.

Malawi ranks 62nd in the world by population on the 237 countries and territories list. Malawi is ranked 21st among 58 countries and territories in Africa.

Population
Growth rate
Net change

Malawi population estimates
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	2,925,058	2,949,739	49,362	1.673	0.12
1951	2,974,420	3,001,113	53,387	1.779	0.12
1952	3,027,807	3,056,297	56,980	1.864	0.12
1953	3,084,787	3,114,930	60,286	1.935	0.12
1954	3,145,073	3,176,123	62,100	1.955	0.12
1955	3,207,173	3,240,318	66,289	2.046	0.12
1956	3,273,462	3,308,682	70,441	2.129	0.12
1957	3,343,903	3,381,111	74,417	2.201	0.12
1958	3,418,320	3,457,376	78,111	2.259	0.12
1959	3,496,431	3,537,432	82,001	2.318	0.12
1960	3,578,432	3,621,081	85,298	2.356	0.12
1961	3,663,730	3,708,193	88,927	2.398	0.12
1962	3,752,657	3,799,155	92,995	2.448	0.12
1963	3,845,652	3,893,628	95,952	2.464	0.12
1964	3,941,604	3,990,361	97,514	2.444	0.12
1965	4,039,118	4,089,097	99,957	2.445	0.12
1966	4,139,075	4,190,764	103,378	2.467	0.12
1967	4,242,453	4,295,762	106,619	2.482	0.12
1968	4,349,072	4,403,430	108,716	2.469	0.12
1969	4,457,788	4,512,861	110,147	2.441	0.12
1970	4,567,935	4,625,141	114,412	2.474	0.13
1971	4,682,347	4,742,480	120,265	2.536	0.13
1972	4,802,612	4,865,978	126,732	2.605	0.13
1973	4,929,344	4,996,239	133,790	2.678	0.13
1974	5,063,134	5,134,199	142,129	2.768	0.13
1975	5,205,263	5,280,965	151,403	2.867	0.13
1976	5,356,666	5,438,226	163,121	3.000	0.13
1977	5,519,787	5,611,712	183,851	3.276	0.13
1978	5,703,638	5,808,810	210,343	3.621	0.14
1979	5,913,981	6,029,140	230,317	3.821	0.14
1980	6,144,298	6,267,369	246,142	3.928	0.14
1981	6,390,440	6,519,891	258,902	3.971	0.14
1982	6,649,342	6,784,347	270,011	3.980	0.15
1983	6,919,353	7,058,317	277,928	3.938	0.15
1984	7,197,281	7,339,002	283,441	3.863	0.15
1985	7,480,722	7,625,078	288,712	3.787	0.16
1986	7,769,434	7,909,819	280,770	3.550	0.16
1987	8,050,204	8,295,993	491,578	5.927	0.16
1988	8,541,782	8,754,781	425,999	4.867	0.17
1989	8,967,781	9,174,895	414,227	4.516	0.18
1990	9,382,008	9,539,665	315,314	3.306	0.18
1991	9,697,322	9,831,584	268,523	2.731	0.18
1992	9,965,845	10,115,420	299,150	2.958	0.18
1993	10,264,995	10,257,233	-15,524	-0.151	0.18
1994	10,249,471	10,131,799	-235,343	-2.323	0.18
1995	10,014,128	10,112,816	197,375	1.952	0.18
1996	10,211,503	10,310,528	198,050	1.921	0.18
1997	10,409,553	10,512,678	206,250	1.962	0.18
1998	10,615,803	10,732,456	233,306	2.174	0.18
1999	10,849,109	10,973,956	249,693	2.275	0.18
2000	11,098,802	11,229,387	261,170	2.326	0.18
2001	11,359,972	11,498,818	277,693	2.415	0.18
2002	11,637,665	11,784,498	293,667	2.492	0.19
2003	11,931,332	12,087,965	313,266	2.592	0.19
2004	12,244,598	12,411,342	333,488	2.687	0.19
2005	12,578,086	12,755,648	355,125	2.784	0.19
2006	12,933,211	13,118,307	370,191	2.822	0.20
2007	13,303,402	13,495,463	384,122	2.846	0.20
2008	13,687,524	13,889,423	403,797	2.907	0.20
2009	14,091,321	14,298,932	415,222	2.904	0.21
2010	14,506,543	14,718,422	423,757	2.879	0.21
2011	14,930,300	15,146,094	431,588	2.850	0.21
2012	15,361,888	15,581,251	438,725	2.816	0.22
2013	15,800,613	16,024,775	448,325	2.798	0.22
2014	16,248,938	16,477,966	458,057	2.780	0.22
2015	16,706,995	16,938,942	463,893	2.739	0.23
2016	17,170,888	17,405,624	469,471	2.697	0.23
2017	17,640,359	17,881,167	481,616	2.694	0.24
2018	18,121,975	18,367,883	491,816	2.678	0.24
2019	18,613,791	18,867,337	507,091	2.688	0.24
2020	19,120,882	19,377,061	512,359	2.644	0.25
2021	19,633,241	19,889,742	513,002	2.579	0.25

Malawi population projections
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2022	20,146,243	20,405,317	518,147	2.539	0.26
2023	20,664,390	20,931,751	534,722	2.555	0.26
2024	21,199,112	21,475,962	553,699	2.578	0.26
2025	21,752,811	22,033,992	562,362	2.552	0.27
2026	22,315,173	22,601,151	571,956	2.531	0.27
2027	22,887,129	23,176,271	578,285	2.495	0.28
2028	23,465,414	23,758,548	586,267	2.468	0.28
2029	24,051,681	24,347,875	592,388	2.433	0.29
2030	24,644,069	24,944,243	600,348	2.407	0.29
2031	25,244,417	25,544,608	600,383	2.350	0.30
2032	25,844,800	26,148,406	607,211	2.322	0.30
2033	26,452,011	26,755,508	606,994	2.269	0.31
2034	27,059,005	27,364,192	610,374	2.231	0.31
2035	27,669,379	27,975,136	611,513	2.186	0.32
2036	28,280,892	28,589,069	616,353	2.156	0.32
2037	28,897,245	29,206,646	618,802	2.119	0.32
2038	29,516,047	29,825,538	618,982	2.075	0.33
2039	30,135,029	30,443,121	616,184	2.024	0.33
2040	30,751,213	31,059,544	616,663	1.985	0.34
2041	31,367,876	31,674,805	613,858	1.938	0.34
2042	31,981,734	32,289,974	616,479	1.909	0.35
2043	32,598,213	32,904,194	611,961	1.860	0.35
2044	33,210,174	33,515,465	610,581	1.822	0.36
2045	33,820,755	34,126,156	610,801	1.790	0.36
2046	34,431,556	34,735,673	608,233	1.751	0.36
2047	35,039,789	35,344,273	608,968	1.723	0.37
2048	35,648,757	35,952,327	607,141	1.689	0.37
2049	36,255,898	36,557,676	603,556	1.651	0.38
2050	36,859,454	37,159,300	599,693	1.614	0.38
2051	37,459,147	37,756,274	594,253	1.574	0.39
2052	38,053,400	38,349,203	591,606	1.543	0.39
2053	38,645,006	38,940,204	590,395	1.516	0.40
2054	39,235,401	39,527,997	585,193	1.480	0.40
2055	39,820,594	40,111,554	581,919	1.451	0.40
2056	40,402,513	40,690,626	576,225	1.416	0.41
2057	40,978,738	41,265,001	572,525	1.387	0.41
2058	41,551,263	41,836,941	571,356	1.366	0.42
2059	42,122,619	42,404,926	564,614	1.332	0.42
2060	42,687,233	42,963,917	553,368	1.288	0.43
2061	43,240,601	43,515,791	550,381	1.265	0.43
2062	43,790,982	44,062,512	543,059	1.232	0.44
2063	44,334,041	44,601,768	535,454	1.201	0.44
2064	44,869,495	45,132,253	525,516	1.164	0.44
2065	45,395,011	45,653,352	516,682	1.132	0.45
2066	45,911,693	46,168,319	513,252	1.112	0.45
2067	46,424,945	46,677,673	505,457	1.083	0.46
2068	46,930,402	47,180,754	500,704	1.061	0.46
2069	47,431,106	47,677,719	493,226	1.035	0.46
2070	47,924,332	48,166,813	484,963	1.007	0.47
2071	48,409,295	48,648,465	478,339	0.983	0.47
2072	48,887,634	49,120,721	466,174	0.949	0.48
2073	49,353,808	49,580,731	453,846	0.915	0.48
2074	49,807,654	50,030,945	446,582	0.893	0.48
2075	50,254,236	50,473,009	437,545	0.867	0.49
2076	50,691,781	50,905,898	428,234	0.841	0.49
2077	51,120,015	51,328,433	416,836	0.812	0.49
2078	51,536,851	51,741,397	409,092	0.791	0.50
2079	51,945,943	52,145,908	399,931	0.767	0.50
2080	52,345,874	52,543,916	396,085	0.754	0.50
2081	52,741,959	52,934,607	385,296	0.728	0.51
2082	53,127,255	53,314,665	374,820	0.703	0.51
2083	53,502,075	53,686,080	368,011	0.685	0.51
2084	53,870,086	54,048,535	356,899	0.660	0.52
2085	54,226,985	54,400,048	346,125	0.636	0.52
2086	54,573,110	54,741,018	335,816	0.613	0.52
2087	54,908,926	55,070,679	323,506	0.587	0.53
2088	55,232,432	55,390,428	315,992	0.570	0.53
2089	55,548,424	55,702,795	308,741	0.554	0.53
2090	55,857,165	56,005,998	297,666	0.531	0.54
2091	56,154,831	56,299,310	288,957	0.513	0.54
2092	56,443,788	56,583,136	278,696	0.493	0.54
2093	56,722,484	56,856,796	268,624	0.472	0.55
2094	56,991,108	57,121,461	260,706	0.456	0.55
2095	57,251,814	57,377,618	251,608	0.439	0.55
2096	57,503,422	57,624,469	242,094	0.420	0.55
2097	57,745,516	57,861,503	231,973	0.401	0.56
2098	57,977,489	58,090,181	225,385	0.388	0.56
2099	58,202,874	58,310,462	215,176	0.369	0.56
2100	58,418,050	58,521,719	207,339	0.354	0.57