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: 23 017 814*^[1], area 118480 km², population density 194.28 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

23 017 814

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 2026-05-16*

	Male	%	Female
0-4	1 800 223	⇐+4.9%	1 716 715
5-9	1 731 072	⇐+2.1%	1 695 398
10-14	1 494 181	⇐+0.7%	1 484 278
15-19	1 235 007	⇐+0.7%	1 226 127
20-24	1 065 302	⇐+0.4%	1 061 220
25-29	952 787	+1.4%⇒	965 887
30-34	814 871	+2.3%⇒	833 881
35-39	650 934	⇐+1.2%	643 223
40-44	538 891	⇐+6.1%	508 115
45-49	372 053	⇐+8%	344 618
50-54	245 667	⇐+8.7%	226 015
55-59	170 197	+0.4%⇒	170 915
60-64	120 781	+17.6%⇒	142 079
65-69	109 875	+27.4%⇒	139 979
70-74	112 424	+33.9%⇒	150 521
75-79	67 636	+41.1%⇒	95 443
80-84	32 808	+53.4%⇒	50 333
85-89	14 669	+48.1%⇒	21 720
90-94	3 964	+77.2%⇒	7 024
95-99	223	+230.5%⇒	737
100+	3	+533.3%⇒	19

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).