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: 23 189 675*^[1], area 118480 km², population density 195.73 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

23 189 675

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 2026-09-11*

	Male	%	Female
0-4	1 809 306	⇐+4.9%	1 724 317
5-9	1 743 456	⇐+2.1%	1 707 096
10-14	1 505 652	⇐+0.7%	1 495 661
15-19	1 243 365	⇐+0.7%	1 234 267
20-24	1 072 598	⇐+0.4%	1 068 211
25-29	960 316	+1.4%⇒	973 593
30-34	822 653	+2.4%⇒	842 409
35-39	657 182	⇐+1.1%	649 853
40-44	545 450	⇐+6.1%	514 332
45-49	376 423	⇐+8%	348 456
50-54	247 990	⇐+8.9%	227 673
55-59	171 214	+0.1%⇒	171 422
60-64	120 891	+17.6%⇒	142 143
65-69	109 915	+27.5%⇒	140 095
70-74	113 502	+34%⇒	152 042
75-79	68 357	+41.1%⇒	96 480
80-84	33 187	+53.6%⇒	50 959
85-89	14 921	+47.9%⇒	22 062
90-94	4 052	+77%⇒	7 172
95-99	227	+231.7%⇒	753
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).