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: 22 965 235*^[1], area 118480 km², population density 193.83 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

22 965 235

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 2026-04-10*

	Male	%	Female
0-4	1 797 445	⇐+4.8%	1 714 389
5-9	1 727 283	⇐+2.1%	1 691 820
10-14	1 490 672	⇐+0.7%	1 480 796
15-19	1 232 449	⇐+0.7%	1 223 636
20-24	1 063 069	⇐+0.4%	1 059 081
25-29	950 484	+1.4%⇒	963 529
30-34	812 490	+2.3%⇒	831 271
35-39	649 022	⇐+1.2%	641 194
40-44	536 884	⇐+6.1%	506 213
45-49	370 716	⇐+7.9%	343 444
50-54	244 957	⇐+8.6%	225 507
55-59	169 885	+0.5%⇒	170 760
60-64	120 747	+17.7%⇒	142 059
65-69	109 863	+27.4%⇒	139 944
70-74	112 094	+33.9%⇒	150 056
75-79	67 415	+41.1%⇒	95 126
80-84	32 692	+53.4%⇒	50 142
85-89	14 591	+48.1%⇒	21 615
90-94	3 938	+77.2%⇒	6 979
95-99	222	+229.7%⇒	732
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).