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: 22 562 958*^[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?*

Enter your birth date to find out. [1]

year:***	month:	day:

Current Malawi population

22 562 958

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 2025-07-09*

	Male	%	Female
0-4	1 776 185	⇐+4.7%	1 696 593
5-9	1 698 295	⇐+2%	1 664 441
10-14	1 463 823	⇐+0.7%	1 454 153
15-19	1 212 884	⇐+0.7%	1 204 581
20-24	1 045 991	⇐+0.3%	1 042 716
25-29	932 861	+1.4%⇒	945 492
30-34	794 274	+2.1%⇒	811 309
35-39	634 396	⇐+1.4%	625 675
40-44	521 531	⇐+6.1%	491 660
45-49	360 488	⇐+7.8%	334 460
50-54	239 520	⇐+8.1%	221 625
55-59	167 505	+1.2%⇒	169 574
60-64	120 490	+17.8%⇒	141 907
65-69	109 769	+27.2%⇒	139 672
70-74	109 571	+33.7%⇒	146 497
75-79	65 727	+41%⇒	92 699
80-84	31 805	+53.1%⇒	48 678
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]

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).