Population of Malawi

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	16 Oct 2024

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The current population of Malawi is 22,232,000 as of July 12, 2025, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Malawi is projected at 21,655,286, or 21.66 million, as of July 1, 2024. The total population in Malawi is projected at 21,104,482, or 21.10 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	2,950,300	50,484	1.711	0.12
1951	2,975,542	3,002,885	54,687	1.821	0.12
1952	3,030,229	3,059,378	58,299	1.906	0.12
1953	3,088,528	3,119,235	61,415	1.969	0.12
1954	3,149,943	3,181,529	63,172	1.986	0.12
1955	3,213,115	3,246,543	66,856	2.059	0.12
1956	3,279,971	3,315,298	70,655	2.131	0.12
1957	3,350,626	3,387,738	74,223	2.191	0.12
1958	3,424,849	3,463,947	78,196	2.258	0.12
1959	3,503,045	3,544,159	82,228	2.320	0.12
1960	3,585,273	3,628,134	85,722	2.363	0.12
1961	3,670,995	3,715,534	89,078	2.398	0.12
1962	3,760,073	3,806,307	92,467	2.429	0.12
1963	3,852,540	3,900,506	95,933	2.460	0.12
1964	3,948,473	3,997,305	97,664	2.443	0.12
1965	4,046,137	4,096,157	100,040	2.442	0.12
1966	4,146,177	4,197,926	103,497	2.466	0.12
1967	4,249,674	4,303,012	106,676	2.479	0.12
1968	4,356,350	4,411,054	109,408	2.480	0.12
1969	4,465,758	4,521,184	110,851	2.452	0.12
1970	4,576,609	4,633,944	114,670	2.475	0.13
1971	4,691,279	4,751,434	120,310	2.532	0.13
1972	4,811,589	4,874,475	125,771	2.580	0.13
1973	4,937,360	5,003,938	133,155	2.661	0.13
1974	5,070,515	5,141,337	141,645	2.755	0.13
1975	5,212,160	5,287,367	150,413	2.845	0.13
1976	5,362,573	5,443,384	161,622	2.969	0.13
1977	5,524,195	5,614,983	181,576	3.234	0.13
1978	5,705,771	5,810,132	208,721	3.593	0.14
1979	5,914,492	6,028,749	228,514	3.791	0.14
1980	6,143,006	6,265,529	245,046	3.912	0.14
1981	6,388,052	6,516,454	256,805	3.941	0.14
1982	6,644,857	6,778,879	268,044	3.955	0.15
1983	6,912,901	7,051,709	277,617	3.937	0.15
1984	7,190,518	7,332,810	284,583	3.881	0.15
1985	7,475,101	7,620,508	290,815	3.817	0.16
1986	7,765,916	7,906,480	281,128	3.556	0.16
1987	8,047,044	8,293,174	492,260	5.937	0.16
1988	8,539,304	8,753,262	427,915	4.890	0.17
1989	8,967,219	9,176,220	418,003	4.556	0.18
1990	9,385,222	9,545,852	321,260	3.366	0.18
1991	9,706,482	9,844,227	275,489	2.799	0.18
1992	9,981,971	10,135,079	306,216	3.022	0.18
1993	10,288,187	10,284,024	-8,326	-0.081	0.18
1994	10,279,861	10,164,894	-229,934	-2.262	0.18
1995	10,049,927	10,150,117	200,380	1.974	0.18
1996	10,250,307	10,352,228	203,841	1.969	0.18
1997	10,454,148	10,562,035	215,774	2.043	0.18
1998	10,669,922	10,792,876	245,908	2.279	0.18
1999	10,915,830	11,047,804	263,948	2.389	0.18
2000	11,179,778	11,315,942	272,328	2.407	0.18
2001	11,452,106	11,593,058	281,905	2.432	0.19
2002	11,734,011	11,880,440	292,858	2.465	0.19
2003	12,026,869	12,181,574	309,410	2.540	0.19
2004	12,336,279	12,500,737	328,916	2.631	0.19
2005	12,665,195	12,840,031	349,673	2.723	0.19
2006	13,014,868	13,198,701	367,665	2.786	0.20
2007	13,382,533	13,576,343	387,620	2.855	0.20
2008	13,770,153	13,976,417	412,529	2.952	0.20
2009	14,182,682	14,395,788	426,212	2.961	0.21
2010	14,608,894	14,826,463	435,138	2.935	0.21
2011	15,044,032	15,265,022	441,981	2.896	0.21
2012	15,486,013	15,709,577	447,128	2.846	0.22
2013	15,933,141	16,161,816	457,349	2.830	0.22
2014	16,390,490	16,621,538	462,096	2.780	0.23
2015	16,852,586	17,085,587	466,002	2.728	0.23
2016	17,318,588	17,557,739	478,302	2.724	0.23
2017	17,796,890	18,039,715	485,650	2.692	0.24
2018	18,282,540	18,528,081	491,082	2.651	0.24
2019	18,773,622	19,025,752	504,260	2.651	0.24
2020	19,277,882	19,533,888	512,011	2.621	0.25
2021	19,789,893	20,047,258	514,730	2.568	0.25
2022	20,304,623	20,568,728	528,210	2.568	0.26
2023	20,832,833	21,104,482	543,299	2.574	0.26

Malawi population projections
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2024	21,376,132	21,655,286	558,308	2.578	0.27
2025	21,934,440	22,216,120	563,359	2.536	0.27
2026	22,497,799	22,785,535	575,472	2.526	0.27
2027	23,073,271	23,366,188	585,833	2.507	0.28
2028	23,659,104	23,954,450	590,693	2.466	0.28
2029	24,249,797	24,553,502	607,410	2.474	0.29
2030	24,857,207	25,160,287	606,161	2.409	0.29
2031	25,463,368	25,763,535	600,334	2.330	0.30
2032	26,063,702	26,366,761	606,118	2.299	0.30
2033	26,669,820	26,978,421	617,202	2.288	0.31
2034	27,287,022	27,595,298	616,552	2.234	0.31
2035	27,903,574	28,213,795	620,442	2.199	0.32
2036	28,524,016	28,835,600	623,168	2.161	0.32
2037	29,147,184	29,462,510	630,651	2.141	0.33
2038	29,777,835	30,081,752	607,834	2.021	0.33
2039	30,385,669	30,691,587	611,836	1.994	0.34
2040	30,997,505	31,302,098	609,186	1.946	0.34
2041	31,606,691	31,911,246	609,110	1.909	0.35
2042	32,215,801	32,517,507	603,413	1.856	0.35
2043	32,819,214	33,122,491	606,554	1.831	0.35
2044	33,425,768	33,736,528	621,520	1.842	0.36
2045	34,047,288	34,350,954	607,332	1.768	0.36
2046	34,654,620	34,959,611	609,982	1.745	0.37
2047	35,264,602	35,567,993	606,782	1.706	0.37
2048	35,871,384	36,165,760	588,753	1.628	0.38
2049	36,460,137	36,761,003	601,732	1.637	0.38
2050	37,061,869	37,361,683	599,627	1.605	0.39
2051	37,661,496	37,964,325	605,658	1.595	0.39
2052	38,267,154	38,568,584	602,859	1.563	0.40
2053	38,870,013	39,174,573	609,120	1.555	0.40
2054	39,479,133	39,770,455	582,645	1.465	0.41
2055	40,061,778	40,357,522	591,487	1.466	0.41
2056	40,653,265	40,938,490	570,449	1.393	0.41
2057	41,223,714	41,511,359	575,290	1.386	0.42
2058	41,799,004	42,081,234	564,460	1.341	0.42
2059	42,363,464	42,655,652	584,376	1.370	0.43
2060	42,947,840	43,228,183	560,687	1.297	0.43
2061	43,508,527	43,785,931	554,808	1.267	0.44
2062	44,063,335	44,330,130	533,590	1.204	0.44
2063	44,596,925	44,854,818	515,786	1.150	0.45
2064	45,112,711	45,372,467	519,511	1.145	0.45
2065	45,632,222	45,890,787	517,131	1.127	0.45
2066	46,149,353	46,408,691	518,676	1.118	0.46
2067	46,668,029	46,922,128	508,198	1.083	0.46
2068	47,176,227	47,427,613	502,771	1.060	0.47
2069	47,678,998	47,923,944	489,893	1.022	0.47
2070	48,168,891	48,410,340	482,898	0.998	0.48
2071	48,651,789	48,890,060	476,542	0.975	0.48
2072	49,128,331	49,355,296	453,930	0.920	0.48
2073	49,582,261	49,806,634	448,745	0.901	0.49
2074	50,031,006	50,256,738	451,465	0.898	0.49
2075	50,482,471	50,708,853	452,763	0.893	0.49
2076	50,935,234	51,164,010	457,552	0.894	0.50
2077	51,392,786	51,618,823	452,073	0.876	0.50
2078	51,844,859	52,055,279	420,839	0.808	0.51
2079	52,265,698	52,475,230	419,064	0.799	0.51
2080	52,684,762	52,893,308	417,091	0.789	0.51
2081	53,101,853	53,304,783	405,860	0.761	0.52
2082	53,507,713	53,704,435	393,443	0.733	0.52
2083	53,901,156	54,094,649	386,985	0.715	0.53
2084	54,288,141	54,461,680	347,078	0.637	0.53
2085	54,635,219	54,812,020	353,603	0.645	0.53
2086	54,988,822	55,159,959	342,273	0.621	0.54
2087	55,331,095	55,500,709	339,229	0.611	0.54
2088	55,670,324	55,839,159	337,670	0.605	0.54
2089	56,007,994	56,166,457	316,927	0.564	0.55
2090	56,324,921	56,481,188	312,533	0.553	0.55
2091	56,637,454	56,783,372	291,837	0.514	0.55
2092	56,929,291	57,074,421	290,259	0.509	0.56
2093	57,219,550	57,354,603	270,107	0.471	0.56
2094	57,489,657	57,621,842	264,371	0.459	0.56
2095	57,754,028	57,879,215	250,373	0.433	0.57
2096	58,004,401	58,135,895	262,989	0.452	0.57
2097	58,267,390	58,389,577	244,373	0.419	0.57
2098	58,511,763	58,636,392	249,258	0.425	0.57
2099	58,761,021	58,888,533	255,024	0.433	0.58
2100	59,016,045	59,141,258	250,426	0.423	0.58