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: 23 255 483*^[1], area 118480 km², population density 196.28 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

23 255 483

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 2026-10-26*

	Male	%	Female
0-4	1 812 784	⇐+5%	1 727 228
5-9	1 748 198	⇐+2.1%	1 711 575
10-14	1 510 044	⇐+0.7%	1 500 019
15-19	1 246 566	⇐+0.7%	1 237 385
20-24	1 075 392	⇐+0.4%	1 070 889
25-29	963 199	+1.4%⇒	976 543
30-34	825 633	+2.4%⇒	845 675
35-39	659 575	⇐+1.1%	652 392
40-44	547 962	⇐+6%	516 713
45-49	378 096	⇐+8.1%	349 926
50-54	248 880	⇐+9%	228 308
55-59	171 603	+0%⇒	171 616
60-64	120 933	+17.6%⇒	142 168
65-69	109 930	+27.5%⇒	140 140
70-74	113 915	+34%⇒	152 624
75-79	68 633	+41.2%⇒	96 877
80-84	33 332	+53.6%⇒	51 198
85-89	15 018	+47.8%⇒	22 193
90-94	4 085	+76.9%⇒	7 228
95-99	229	+231.4%⇒	759
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).