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: 22 563 099*[1], area 118480 km², population density 190.44 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?*

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Current Malawi population

22 563 099

Today This year
Population growth Today
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Changes every 59.152 sec.
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Births Today
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Changes every 47.807 sec.
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Deaths Today
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Changes every 249.255 sec.
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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 2025-07-09*

  Male % Female
0-4 1 776 193 ⇐+4.7% 1 696 599
5-9 1 698 305 ⇐+2% 1 664 450
10-14 1 463 833 ⇐+0.7% 1 454 163
15-19 1 212 891 ⇐+0.7% 1 204 587
20-24 1 045 997 ⇐+0.3% 1 042 721
25-29 932 867 +1.4%⇒ 945 498
30-34 794 280 +2.1%⇒ 811 316
35-39 634 401 ⇐+1.4% 625 680
40-44 521 537 ⇐+6.1% 491 665
45-49 360 492 ⇐+7.8% 334 463
50-54 239 522 ⇐+8.1% 221 627
55-59 167 505 +1.2%⇒ 169 575
60-64 120 490 +17.8%⇒ 141 907
65-69 109 769 +27.2%⇒ 139 672
70-74 109 572 +33.7%⇒ 146 498
75-79 65 728 +41%⇒ 92 700
80-84 31 805 +53.1%⇒ 48 679
85-89 14 001 +48.7%⇒ 20 815
90-94 3 734 +77.7%⇒ 6 634
95-99 212 +227.8%⇒ 695
100+ 3 +500%⇒ 18

Sources: [1]

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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).