Malawi · Population

On this page you can find past, current and future population statistics for Malawi (from 1950-2100), population map, demographics, live population counter etc. . Question: What is the population of Malawi? Answer: Current population of Malawi is: 21 909 544*^[1], area 118480 km², population density 184.92 p/km². Capital of Malawi is Lilongwe. Continent: Africa.

Malawi · Population 1950-2100

Malawi · historical and predicted populations (both sexes) for the period 1950-2100 (millions) De facto population in Malawi as of 1 July of the year indicated. Source United Nations Population Division [1].

What was the Malawi population at your birthday?*

Enter your birth date to find out. [1]

year:***	month:	day:

Current Malawi population

21 909 544

Today	This year
Population growth Today xx Changes every 59.152 sec.	Population growth This year xx
Births Today xx Changes every 47.807 sec.	Births This year xx [x]
Deaths Today xx Changes every 249.255 sec.	Deaths This year xx [x]

Sources: [1]
Today's statistic since midnight 00:00.
This year, statistic changes since 1st January
Population = Births** - Deaths

Malawi population map

City density ^[2] • population density ^[3] • Legend (Click on marker to hide it)

• Population Growth rate: 1461 / day = 60.86 / hour = 1.014 / minute = 0.0169 / seconds
• Births Growth rate**: 1808 / day = 75.34 / hour = 1.251 / minute = 0.021 / seconds
• Deaths Growth rate: 347 / day = 14.44 / hour = 0.241 / minute = 0.004 / seconds.

Current Malawi population by age and sex for 2024-04-17*

	Male	%	Female
0-4	1 741 654	⇐+4.4%	1 667 688
5-9	1 651 209	⇐+1.9%	1 619 969
10-14	1 420 213	⇐+0.7%	1 410 878
15-19	1 181 104	⇐+0.6%	1 173 629
20-24	1 018 250	⇐+0.2%	1 016 134
25-29	904 237	+1.3%⇒	916 194
30-34	764 685	+1.9%⇒	778 883
35-39	610 639	⇐+1.7%	600 467
40-44	496 593	⇐+6.1%	468 021
45-49	343 875	⇐+7.5%	319 867
50-54	230 689	⇐+7.1%	215 320
55-59	163 637	+2.5%⇒	167 648
60-64	120 072	+18%⇒	141 660
65-69	109 618	+27%⇒	139 231
70-74	105 473	+33.4%⇒	140 716
75-79	62 986	+40.9%⇒	88 757
80-84	30 364	+52.5%⇒	46 301
85-89	13 041	+49.6%⇒	19 514
90-94	3 403	+78.5%⇒	6 073
95-99	196	+224%⇒	635
100+	3	+466.7%⇒	17

Sources: [1]

Sources, Notices

* Value is calculated with linear interpolation from 2 nearest estimated (date->population) data (unofficial).
** Net migration is included in Births with this calculation: Births = Population[1] + Deaths[1].
*** For years before 1950 we dont have population data. Value is approximate calculation using function: 1900 population = 70% of 1950 population.
[1] United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2015). World Population Prospects: The 2015 Revision. Data are estimates and projections according to a medium-fertility variant. Reused with the permission of the United Nations. Downloaded: 2015-11-15 (un.org)
[2] City density map, generated by population.city using data provided to us by 1km.net website. Every circle is city with population over 5000. Link
[3] Population density map generated by instructions from daysleeperrr on reddig. Link1. Used data source is the Gridded Population of the World (GPW), v3 online at the the Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC) at Columbia University. Link2. Additional urban land cover: Extracted from Global Land Cover Characteristics Data Base Version 2.0 and Binary MOD12Q1 data on shadedrelief.com. Link3 (PNG,0.5Mb).