Demographics of Malawi
Source | UN (World Population Prospects 2019) |
Date | 04 Nov 2021 |
As of 2021, the population of Malawi is projected at 19.65 million, up by 2.71% compared with 19.13 million in 2020. Malawi is ranked 61st in terms of population and 18th in terms of population growth rate.
There are 0.65 million births in Malawi in 2021. That is 1,791 per day, which is ranked 49th. The crude birth rate is 33.15 per 1000 people. There are 0.12 million deaths in Malawi in 2021. That is 331 per day, which is ranked 68th. The crude death rate is 6.12 per 1000 people.
3.69 million people are living in urban areas, which is 17.7% of Malawi population. Malawi is ranked 225th in terms of urbanization.
The Sex Ratio in Malawi in 2021 is 97.33 males per 100 females. There are 9.69 million males and 9.96 million females in Malawi. The percentage of female population is 50.68% compare to 49.32% male population. Malawi has 0.27 million more females than males. Malawi is at 72nd position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.
Year | Population | Growth (%) |
---|---|---|
1950 | 2,953,871 | - |
1955 | 3,270,545 | 2.15 |
1960 | 3,659,980 | 2.36 |
1965 | 4,134,464 | 2.53 |
1970 | 4,703,783 | 2.65 |
1975 | 5,384,798 | 2.86 |
1980 | 6,250,434 | 2.88 |
1985 | 7,268,271 | 4.36 |
1990 | 9,404,499 | 3.62 |
1995 | 9,844,418 | 1.01 |
2000 | 11,148,751 | 2.71 |
2005 | 12,625,950 | 2.63 |
2010 | 14,539,609 | 2.91 |
2015 | 16,745,305 | 2.8 |
2016 | 17,205,253 | 2.75 |
2017 | 17,670,193 | 2.7 |
2018 | 18,143,215 | 2.68 |
2019 | 18,628,749 | 2.68 |
2020 | 19,129,955 | 2.69 |
2021 | 19,647,681 | 2.71 |
- Population
- Growth
Year | Total | Crude(per 1000) | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Death | Birth | Crude death | Crude birth | |
1950 | 89,556 | 147,722 | 29.97 | 49.42 |
1955 | 95,045 | 165,239 | 29.00 | 50.44 |
1960 | 102,500 | 188,527 | 27.94 | 51.41 |
1965 | 112,238 | 215,952 | 27.06 | 52.12 |
1970 | 119,992 | 245,580 | 25.47 | 52.13 |
1975 | 126,117 | 280,207 | 23.32 | 51.83 |
1980 | 134,041 | 319,783 | 21.51 | 51.34 |
1985 | 152,298 | 381,874 | 20.23 | 50.70 |
1990 | 173,544 | 432,278 | 19.22 | 47.94 |
1995 | 186,216 | 450,706 | 18.50 | 44.78 |
2000 | 202,531 | 486,832 | 18.14 | 43.73 |
2005 | 198,066 | 546,846 | 15.62 | 43.05 |
2010 | 156,813 | 586,398 | 10.79 | 40.29 |
2015 | 124,875 | 600,364 | 7.42 | 35.84 |
2020 | 120,435 | 641,608 | 6.26 | 33.42 |
2021 | 120,778 | 653,747 | 6.12 | 33.15 |
- Total
- Crude
Year | Population | Urbanization | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Urban | Rural | growth rate (%) | Urban (%) | |
1950 | 103,560 | 2,850,311 | - | 3.506 |
1955 | 127,621 | 3,124,711 | 4.37 | 3.924 |
1960 | 158,848 | 3,459,747 | 4.54 | 4.390 |
1965 | 199,188 | 3,859,485 | 4.71 | 4.908 |
1970 | 278,646 | 4,325,077 | 7.64 | 6.053 |
1975 | 404,986 | 4,887,822 | 7.86 | 7.652 |
1980 | 557,771 | 5,605,309 | 5.39 | 9.050 |
1985 | 732,861 | 6,478,244 | 7.01 | 10.163 |
1990 | 1,090,992 | 8,346,561 | 6.70 | 11.560 |
1995 | 1,314,278 | 8,594,810 | 3.94 | 13.263 |
2000 | 1,662,050 | 9,714,122 | 3.63 | 14.610 |
2005 | 1,962,982 | 11,076,729 | 3.48 | 15.054 |
2010 | 2,357,581 | 12,809,514 | 3.85 | 15.544 |
2015 | 2,866,700 | 14,706,907 | 4.11 | 16.313 |
2020 | 3,534,836 | 16,748,855 | 4.38 | 17.427 |
2021 | 3,691,081 | 17,168,110 | 4.42 | 17.695 |
- Population
- Urbanization
Age group | Male | Female | Total | M per 100 F | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Persons | Share (%) | ||||
00-04 | 1,503,161 | 1,473,556 | 2,976,717 | 15.15 | 102.009 |
05-09 | 1,395,529 | 1,369,337 | 2,764,866 | 14.07 | 101.913 |
10-14 | 1,311,797 | 1,298,172 | 2,609,969 | 13.28 | 101.050 |
15-19 | 1,125,804 | 1,124,714 | 2,250,518 | 11.45 | 100.097 |
20-24 | 943,823 | 953,202 | 1,897,025 | 9.66 | 99.016 |
25-29 | 781,770 | 805,567 | 1,587,337 | 8.08 | 97.046 |
30-34 | 652,765 | 686,511 | 1,339,276 | 6.82 | 95.084 |
35-39 | 505,536 | 534,775 | 1,040,311 | 5.29 | 94.532 |
40-44 | 405,736 | 429,160 | 834,896 | 4.25 | 94.542 |
45-49 | 317,740 | 339,602 | 657,342 | 3.35 | 93.562 |
50-54 | 237,169 | 265,052 | 502,221 | 2.56 | 89.480 |
55-59 | 174,102 | 205,066 | 379,168 | 1.93 | 84.900 |
60-64 | 127,823 | 159,144 | 286,967 | 1.46 | 80.319 |
65-69 | 89,814 | 118,098 | 207,912 | 1.06 | 76.050 |
70-74 | 62,713 | 91,882 | 154,595 | 0.79 | 68.254 |
75-79 | 35,463 | 59,844 | 95,307 | 0.49 | 59.259 |
80-84 | 15,098 | 30,229 | 45,327 | 0.23 | 49.945 |
85-89 | 4,433 | 10,543 | 14,976 | 0.08 | 42.047 |
90-94 | 692 | 2,054 | 2,746 | 0.01 | 33.690 |
95-99 | 44 | 156 | 200 | 0.00 | 28.205 |
100+ | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0.00 | 25.000 |
Total | 9,691,013 | 9,956,668 | 19,647,681 | 97.332 |
- Population pyramid
- Gender ratio