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: 22 577 266*^[1], area 118480 km², population density 190.56 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

22 577 266

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 2025-07-19*

	Male	%	Female
0-4	1 776 942	⇐+4.7%	1 697 226
5-9	1 699 326	⇐+2%	1 665 414
10-14	1 464 778	⇐+0.7%	1 455 101
15-19	1 213 580	⇐+0.7%	1 205 258
20-24	1 046 598	⇐+0.3%	1 043 298
25-29	933 488	+1.4%⇒	946 134
30-34	794 922	+2.2%⇒	812 019
35-39	634 916	⇐+1.4%	626 227
40-44	522 077	⇐+6.1%	492 177
45-49	360 852	⇐+7.8%	334 779
50-54	239 714	⇐+8.1%	221 763
55-59	167 589	+1.2%⇒	169 616
60-64	120 499	+17.8%⇒	141 912
65-69	109 773	+27.2%⇒	139 682
70-74	109 661	+33.7%⇒	146 623
75-79	65 788	+41%⇒	92 785
80-84	31 836	+53.1%⇒	48 731
85-89	14 022	+48.6%⇒	20 843
90-94	3 741	+77.7%⇒	6 646
95-99	212	+228.3%⇒	696
100+	3	+500%⇒	18

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).