Population of Malawi

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	20 Aug 2025

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The current population of Malawi is 22,324,458 as of September 10, 2025, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Malawi is projected at 22,216,120, or 22.22 million, as of July 1, 2025. The total population in Malawi is projected at 21,655,286, or 21.66 million people, for the year 2024.

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	0.118
1951	2,975,542	3,002,885	54,687	1.821	0.118
1952	3,030,229	3,059,378	58,299	1.906	0.118
1953	3,088,528	3,119,235	61,415	1.969	0.118
1954	3,149,943	3,181,529	63,172	1.986	0.118
1955	3,213,115	3,246,543	66,856	2.059	0.118
1956	3,279,971	3,315,298	70,655	2.131	0.119
1957	3,350,626	3,387,738	74,223	2.191	0.119
1958	3,424,849	3,463,947	78,196	2.258	0.119
1959	3,503,045	3,544,159	82,228	2.320	0.119
1960	3,585,273	3,628,134	85,722	2.363	0.120
1961	3,670,995	3,715,534	89,078	2.398	0.121
1962	3,760,073	3,806,307	92,467	2.429	0.122
1963	3,852,540	3,900,506	95,933	2.460	0.122
1964	3,948,473	3,997,305	97,664	2.443	0.122
1965	4,046,137	4,096,157	100,040	2.442	0.123
1966	4,146,177	4,197,926	103,497	2.466	0.123
1967	4,249,674	4,303,012	106,676	2.479	0.124
1968	4,356,350	4,411,054	109,408	2.480	0.124
1969	4,465,758	4,521,184	110,851	2.452	0.125
1970	4,576,609	4,633,944	114,670	2.475	0.125
1971	4,691,279	4,751,434	120,310	2.532	0.126
1972	4,811,589	4,874,475	125,771	2.580	0.127
1973	4,937,360	5,003,938	133,155	2.661	0.128
1974	5,070,515	5,141,337	141,645	2.755	0.129
1975	5,212,160	5,287,367	150,413	2.845	0.130
1976	5,362,573	5,443,384	161,622	2.969	0.131
1977	5,524,195	5,614,983	181,576	3.234	0.133
1978	5,705,771	5,810,132	208,721	3.593	0.135
1979	5,914,492	6,028,749	228,514	3.791	0.138
1980	6,143,006	6,265,529	245,046	3.912	0.141
1981	6,388,052	6,516,454	256,805	3.941	0.144
1982	6,644,857	6,778,879	268,044	3.955	0.147
1983	6,912,901	7,051,709	277,617	3.937	0.150
1984	7,190,518	7,332,810	284,583	3.881	0.153
1985	7,475,101	7,620,508	290,815	3.817	0.157
1986	7,765,916	7,906,480	281,128	3.556	0.159
1987	8,047,044	8,293,174	492,260	5.937	0.164
1988	8,539,304	8,753,262	427,915	4.890	0.170
1989	8,967,219	9,176,220	418,003	4.556	0.175
1990	9,385,222	9,545,852	321,260	3.366	0.179
1991	9,706,482	9,844,227	275,489	2.799	0.182
1992	9,981,971	10,135,079	306,216	3.022	0.184
1993	10,288,187	10,284,024	-8,326	-0.081	0.184
1994	10,279,861	10,164,894	-229,934	-2.262	0.179
1995	10,049,927	10,150,117	200,380	1.974	0.176
1996	10,250,307	10,352,228	203,841	1.969	0.177
1997	10,454,148	10,562,035	215,774	2.043	0.178
1998	10,669,922	10,792,876	245,908	2.279	0.180
1999	10,915,830	11,047,804	263,948	2.389	0.181
2000	11,179,778	11,315,942	272,328	2.407	0.183
2001	11,452,106	11,593,058	281,905	2.432	0.185
2002	11,734,011	11,880,440	292,858	2.465	0.187
2003	12,026,869	12,181,574	309,410	2.540	0.190
2004	12,336,279	12,500,737	328,916	2.631	0.192
2005	12,665,195	12,840,031	349,673	2.723	0.195
2006	13,014,868	13,198,701	367,665	2.786	0.198
2007	13,382,533	13,576,343	387,620	2.855	0.201
2008	13,770,153	13,976,417	412,529	2.952	0.204
2009	14,182,682	14,395,788	426,212	2.961	0.208
2010	14,608,894	14,826,463	435,138	2.935	0.211
2011	15,044,032	15,265,022	441,981	2.896	0.215
2012	15,486,013	15,709,577	447,128	2.846	0.218
2013	15,933,141	16,161,816	457,349	2.830	0.222
2014	16,390,490	16,621,538	462,096	2.780	0.225
2015	16,852,586	17,085,587	466,002	2.728	0.229
2016	17,318,588	17,557,739	478,302	2.724	0.232
2017	17,796,890	18,039,715	485,650	2.692	0.236
2018	18,282,540	18,528,081	491,082	2.651	0.240
2019	18,773,622	19,025,752	504,260	2.651	0.244
2020	19,277,882	19,533,888	512,011	2.621	0.248
2021	19,789,893	20,047,258	514,730	2.568	0.252
2022	20,304,623	20,568,728	528,210	2.568	0.256
2023	20,832,833	21,104,482	543,299	2.574	0.261

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	0.265
2025	21,934,440	22,216,120	563,359	2.536	0.270
2026	22,497,799	22,785,535	575,472	2.526	0.275
2027	23,073,271	23,366,188	585,833	2.507	0.279
2028	23,659,104	23,954,450	590,693	2.466	0.284
2029	24,249,797	24,553,502	607,410	2.474	0.289
2030	24,857,207	25,160,287	606,161	2.409	0.294
2031	25,463,368	25,763,535	600,334	2.330	0.298
2032	26,063,702	26,366,761	606,118	2.299	0.303
2033	26,669,820	26,978,421	617,202	2.288	0.308
2034	27,287,022	27,595,298	616,552	2.234	0.313
2035	27,903,574	28,213,795	620,442	2.199	0.318
2036	28,524,016	28,835,600	623,168	2.161	0.322
2037	29,147,184	29,462,510	630,651	2.141	0.327
2038	29,777,835	30,081,752	607,834	2.021	0.332
2039	30,385,669	30,691,587	611,836	1.994	0.336
2040	30,997,505	31,302,098	609,186	1.946	0.341
2041	31,606,691	31,911,246	609,110	1.909	0.346
2042	32,215,801	32,517,507	603,413	1.856	0.350
2043	32,819,214	33,122,491	606,554	1.831	0.355
2044	33,425,768	33,736,528	621,520	1.842	0.359
2045	34,047,288	34,350,954	607,332	1.768	0.364
2046	34,654,620	34,959,611	609,982	1.745	0.368
2047	35,264,602	35,567,993	606,782	1.706	0.373
2048	35,871,384	36,165,760	588,753	1.628	0.378
2049	36,460,137	36,761,003	601,732	1.637	0.382
2050	37,061,869	37,361,683	599,627	1.605	0.387
2051	37,661,496	37,964,325	605,658	1.595	0.391
2052	38,267,154	38,568,584	602,859	1.563	0.396
2053	38,870,013	39,174,573	609,120	1.555	0.401
2054	39,479,133	39,770,455	582,645	1.465	0.405
2055	40,061,778	40,357,522	591,487	1.466	0.410
2056	40,653,265	40,938,490	570,449	1.393	0.414
2057	41,223,714	41,511,359	575,290	1.386	0.419
2058	41,799,004	42,081,234	564,460	1.341	0.424
2059	42,363,464	42,655,652	584,376	1.370	0.428
2060	42,947,840	43,228,183	560,687	1.297	0.433
2061	43,508,527	43,785,931	554,808	1.267	0.437
2062	44,063,335	44,330,130	533,590	1.204	0.442
2063	44,596,925	44,854,818	515,786	1.150	0.446
2064	45,112,711	45,372,467	519,511	1.145	0.450
2065	45,632,222	45,890,787	517,131	1.127	0.454
2066	46,149,353	46,408,691	518,676	1.118	0.459
2067	46,668,029	46,922,128	508,198	1.083	0.463
2068	47,176,227	47,427,613	502,771	1.060	0.467
2069	47,678,998	47,923,944	489,893	1.022	0.471
2070	48,168,891	48,410,340	482,898	0.998	0.475
2071	48,651,789	48,890,060	476,542	0.975	0.479
2072	49,128,331	49,355,296	453,930	0.920	0.483
2073	49,582,261	49,806,634	448,745	0.901	0.487
2074	50,031,006	50,256,738	451,465	0.898	0.491
2075	50,482,471	50,708,853	452,763	0.893	0.495
2076	50,935,234	51,164,010	457,552	0.894	0.499
2077	51,392,786	51,618,823	452,073	0.876	0.503
2078	51,844,859	52,055,279	420,839	0.808	0.507
2079	52,265,698	52,475,230	419,064	0.799	0.511
2080	52,684,762	52,893,308	417,091	0.789	0.514
2081	53,101,853	53,304,783	405,860	0.761	0.518
2082	53,507,713	53,704,435	393,443	0.733	0.522
2083	53,901,156	54,094,649	386,985	0.715	0.526
2084	54,288,141	54,461,680	347,078	0.637	0.529
2085	54,635,219	54,812,020	353,603	0.645	0.533
2086	54,988,822	55,159,959	342,273	0.621	0.536
2087	55,331,095	55,500,709	339,229	0.611	0.540
2088	55,670,324	55,839,159	337,670	0.605	0.543
2089	56,007,994	56,166,457	316,927	0.564	0.547
2090	56,324,921	56,481,188	312,533	0.553	0.550
2091	56,637,454	56,783,372	291,837	0.514	0.553
2092	56,929,291	57,074,421	290,259	0.509	0.556
2093	57,219,550	57,354,603	270,107	0.471	0.559
2094	57,489,657	57,621,842	264,371	0.459	0.562
2095	57,754,028	57,879,215	250,373	0.433	0.565
2096	58,004,401	58,135,895	262,989	0.452	0.569
2097	58,267,390	58,389,577	244,373	0.419	0.572
2098	58,511,763	58,636,392	249,258	0.425	0.575
2099	58,761,021	58,888,533	255,024	0.433	0.578
2100	59,016,045	59,141,258	250,426	0.423	0.581