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: 22 780 774*^[1], area 118480 km², population density 192.28 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

22 780 774

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 2025-12-05*

	Male	%	Female
0-4	1 787 696	⇐+4.8%	1 706 229
5-9	1 713 991	⇐+2.1%	1 679 265
10-14	1 478 361	⇐+0.7%	1 468 579
15-19	1 223 478	⇐+0.7%	1 214 898
20-24	1 055 238	⇐+0.3%	1 051 577
25-29	942 403	+1.4%⇒	955 258
30-34	804 137	+2.2%⇒	822 118
35-39	642 315	⇐+1.3%	634 078
40-44	529 844	⇐+6.1%	499 540
45-49	366 026	⇐+7.9%	339 324
50-54	242 464	⇐+8.4%	223 727
55-59	168 794	+0.8%⇒	170 216
60-64	120 629	+17.7%⇒	141 989
65-69	109 820	+27.3%⇒	139 819
70-74	110 937	+33.8%⇒	148 424
75-79	66 641	+41.1%⇒	94 013
80-84	32 285	+53.2%⇒	49 471
85-89	14 320	+48.4%⇒	21 248
90-94	3 844	+77.4%⇒	6 821
95-99	217	+229.5%⇒	715
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).