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: 23 151 335*^[1], area 118480 km², population density 195.4 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

23 151 335

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 2026-08-16*

	Male	%	Female
0-4	1 807 280	⇐+4.9%	1 722 621
5-9	1 740 693	⇐+2.1%	1 704 486
10-14	1 503 093	⇐+0.7%	1 493 121
15-19	1 241 501	⇐+0.7%	1 232 451
20-24	1 070 970	⇐+0.4%	1 066 652
25-29	958 636	+1.4%⇒	971 874
30-34	820 917	+2.4%⇒	840 507
35-39	655 788	⇐+1.1%	648 374
40-44	543 987	⇐+6.1%	512 945
45-49	375 448	⇐+8%	347 600
50-54	247 472	⇐+8.9%	227 303
55-59	170 987	+0.2%⇒	171 309
60-64	120 867	+17.6%⇒	142 129
65-69	109 906	+27.4%⇒	140 070
70-74	113 262	+33.9%⇒	151 703
75-79	68 196	+41.1%⇒	96 248
80-84	33 103	+53.5%⇒	50 819
85-89	14 865	+47.9%⇒	21 986
90-94	4 032	+77.1%⇒	7 139
95-99	226	+231.4%⇒	749
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).