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: 22 484 024*^[1], area 118480 km², population density 189.77 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

22 484 024

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 2025-05-16*

	Male	%	Female
0-4	1 772 014	⇐+4.7%	1 693 101
5-9	1 692 607	⇐+2%	1 659 068
10-14	1 458 555	⇐+0.7%	1 448 925
15-19	1 209 045	⇐+0.7%	1 200 842
20-24	1 042 640	⇐+0.3%	1 039 505
25-29	929 403	+1.4%⇒	941 953
30-34	790 699	+2.1%⇒	807 392
35-39	631 526	⇐+1.4%	622 630
40-44	518 519	⇐+6.1%	488 804
45-49	358 482	⇐+7.8%	332 697
50-54	238 453	⇐+8%	220 863
55-59	167 037	+1.4%⇒	169 342
60-64	120 440	+17.8%⇒	141 877
65-69	109 751	+27.2%⇒	139 619
70-74	109 076	+33.7%⇒	145 798
75-79	65 396	+41%⇒	92 223
80-84	31 631	+53%⇒	48 391
85-89	13 885	+48.8%⇒	20 657
90-94	3 694	+77.7%⇒	6 566
95-99	210	+227.6%⇒	688
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).