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.

Malawi population

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

Total
Crude

Malawi death and birth rate

Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	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

Population
Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Malawi

Year	Population		Urbanization
Year	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 pyramid
Gender ratio

Malawi population by Age Group (2011)

Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
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