Population of Malawi

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	23 Aug 2021

The current population of Malawi is 20,843,875 as of September 29, 2023, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Malawi is projected at 19,647,684 or 19.648 million as of July 1, 2021. The total population in Malawi is projected at 19,129,952 or 19.130 million people for the year 2020. Malawi ranks number 61st in the world by population in the list of 235 countries/territories. Malawi is ranked 21st among 58 countries in Africa.

Malawi's population will be increased year by year. The Malawi population is projected to reach 24.85 million in 2030 and increase further to 38.14 million in 2050 and 66,56 million by 2100. Malawi accounts for 0.25 percent of the world population. However, its global share will be increased by 0.26% in 2023 and is projected to increase by 0.61% by 2100.

Malawi was at 89th position globally in 1950, and its rank is projected to increase to 40th in 2100.

Malawi population projections

Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2020	19,129,952	501,205	2.69	0.25
2021	19,647,684	517,732	2.71	0.25
2022	20,180,839	533,155	2.71	0.25
2023	20,728,156	547,317	2.71	0.26
2024	21,287,585	559,429	2.70	0.26
2025	21,857,472	569,887	2.68	0.27
2026	22,437,390	579,918	2.65	0.27
2027	23,027,348	589,958	2.63	0.28
2028	23,626,571	599,223	2.60	0.28
2029	24,234,181	607,610	2.57	0.29
2030	24,849,440	615,259	2.54	0.29
2031	25,471,786	622,346	2.50	0.30
2032	26,100,744	628,958	2.47	0.30
2033	26,735,787	635,043	2.43	0.31
2034	27,376,449	640,662	2.40	0.31
2035	28,022,273	645,824	2.36	0.32
2036	28,672,795	650,522	2.32	0.32
2037	29,327,668	654,873	2.28	0.33
2038	29,986,743	659,075	2.25	0.33
2039	30,649,999	663,256	2.21	0.34
2040	31,317,322	667,323	2.18	0.34
2041	31,988,497	671,175	2.14	0.35
2042	32,663,163	674,666	2.11	0.35
2043	33,340,896	677,733	2.07	0.36
2044	34,021,240	680,344	2.04	0.36
2045	34,703,793	682,553	2.01	0.37
2046	35,388,174	684,381	1.97	0.37
2047	36,074,205	686,031	1.94	0.38
2048	36,761,920	687,715	1.91	0.38
2049	37,451,503	689,583	1.88	0.39
2050	38,142,973	691,470	1.85	0.39
2051	38,836,149	693,176	1.82	0.40
2052	39,530,573	694,424	1.79	0.40
2053	40,225,612	695,039	1.76	0.41
2054	40,920,457	694,845	1.73	0.41
2055	41,614,440	693,983	1.70	0.42
2056	42,307,081	692,641	1.66	0.42
2057	42,998,112	691,031	1.63	0.43
2058	43,687,330	689,218	1.60	0.43
2059	44,374,610	687,280	1.57	0.44
2060	45,059,730	685,120	1.54	0.44
2061	45,742,333	682,603	1.51	0.45
2062	46,421,950	679,617	1.49	0.45
2063	47,097,980	676,030	1.46	0.46
2064	47,769,745	671,765	1.43	0.46
2065	48,436,669	666,924	1.40	0.47
2066	49,098,318	661,649	1.37	0.47
2067	49,754,351	656,033	1.34	0.48
2068	50,404,332	649,981	1.31	0.48
2069	51,047,811	643,479	1.28	0.49
2070	51,684,412	636,601	1.25	0.49
2071	52,313,770	629,358	1.22	0.50
2072	52,935,585	621,815	1.19	0.50
2073	53,549,609	614,024	1.16	0.51
2074	54,155,613	606,004	1.13	0.51
2075	54,753,375	597,762	1.10	0.52
2076	55,342,653	589,278	1.08	0.52
2077	55,923,217	580,564	1.05	0.53
2078	56,494,946	571,729	1.02	0.53
2079	57,057,766	562,820	1.00	0.54
2080	57,611,561	553,795	0.97	0.54
2081	58,156,191	544,630	0.95	0.54
2082	58,691,442	535,251	0.92	0.55
2083	59,217,141	525,699	0.90	0.55
2084	59,733,026	515,885	0.87	0.56
2085	60,238,923	505,897	0.85	0.56
2086	60,734,711	495,788	0.82	0.56
2087	61,220,274	485,563	0.80	0.57
2088	61,695,422	475,148	0.78	0.57
2089	62,159,934	464,512	0.75	0.58
2090	62,613,676	453,742	0.73	0.58
2091	63,056,565	442,889	0.71	0.58
2092	63,488,553	431,988	0.69	0.59
2093	63,909,707	421,154	0.66	0.59
2094	64,320,070	410,363	0.64	0.59
2095	64,719,712	399,642	0.62	0.60
2096	65,108,708	388,996	0.60	0.60
2097	65,487,111	378,403	0.58	0.60
2098	65,854,983	367,872	0.56	0.61
2099	66,212,394	357,411	0.54	0.61
2100	66,559,388	346,994	0.52	0.61

Malawi population estimates

Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	2,953,871	-	-	0.12
1951	3,011,787	57,916	1.96	0.12
1952	3,072,386	60,599	2.01	0.12
1953	3,135,684	63,298	2.06	0.12
1954	3,201,716	66,032	2.11	0.12
1955	3,270,548	68,832	2.15	0.12
1956	3,342,246	71,698	2.19	0.12
1957	3,416,922	74,676	2.23	0.12
1958	3,494,682	77,760	2.28	0.12
1959	3,575,664	80,982	2.32	0.12
1960	3,659,984	84,320	2.36	0.12
1961	3,747,753	87,769	2.40	0.12
1962	3,839,043	91,290	2.44	0.12
1963	3,933,908	94,865	2.47	0.12
1964	4,032,371	98,463	2.50	0.12
1965	4,134,460	102,089	2.53	0.12
1966	4,240,429	105,969	2.56	0.12
1967	4,350,452	110,023	2.59	0.13
1968	4,464,423	113,971	2.62	0.13
1969	4,582,198	117,775	2.64	0.13
1970	4,703,782	121,584	2.65	0.13
1971	4,829,090	125,308	2.66	0.13
1972	4,958,549	129,459	2.68	0.13
1973	5,093,363	134,814	2.72	0.13
1974	5,235,073	141,710	2.78	0.13
1975	5,384,795	149,722	2.86	0.13
1976	5,545,651	160,856	2.99	0.13
1977	5,717,953	172,302	3.11	0.14
1978	5,896,865	178,912	3.13	0.14
1979	6,075,495	178,630	3.03	0.14
1980	6,250,440	174,945	2.88	0.14
1981	6,412,384	161,944	2.59	0.14
1982	6,565,985	153,601	2.40	0.14
1983	6,737,924	171,939	2.62	0.14
1984	6,964,607	226,683	3.36	0.15
1985	7,268,267	303,660	4.36	0.15
1986	7,666,391	398,124	5.48	0.15
1987	8,141,146	474,755	6.19	0.16
1988	8,636,690	495,544	6.09	0.17
1989	9,075,572	438,882	5.08	0.17
1990	9,404,500	328,928	3.62	0.18
1991	9,600,355	195,855	2.08	0.18
1992	9,685,973	85,618	0.89	0.18
1993	9,710,331	24,358	0.25	0.17
1994	9,745,690	35,359	0.36	0.17
1995	9,844,415	98,725	1.01	0.17
1996	10,022,789	178,374	1.81	0.17
1997	10,264,906	242,117	2.42	0.17
1998	10,552,338	287,432	2.80	0.18
1999	10,854,322	301,984	2.86	0.18
2000	11,148,758	294,436	2.71	0.18
2001	11,432,000	283,242	2.54	0.18
2002	11,713,664	281,664	2.46	0.19
2003	12,000,181	286,517	2.45	0.19
2004	12,301,838	301,657	2.51	0.19
2005	12,625,952	324,114	2.63	0.19
2006	12,973,699	347,747	2.75	0.20
2007	13,341,806	368,107	2.84	0.20
2008	13,727,890	386,084	2.89	0.20
2009	14,128,155	400,265	2.92	0.21
2010	14,539,612	411,457	2.91	0.21
2011	14,962,115	422,503	2.91	0.21
2012	15,396,015	433,900	2.90	0.22
2013	15,839,286	443,271	2.88	0.22
2014	16,289,552	450,266	2.84	0.22
2015	16,745,303	455,751	2.80	0.23
2016	17,205,261	459,958	2.75	0.23
2017	17,670,196	464,935	2.70	0.23
2018	18,143,217	473,021	2.68	0.24
2019	18,628,747	485,530	2.68	0.24