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: 23 123 006*^[1], area 118480 km², population density 195.16 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

23 123 006

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 2026-07-27*

	Male	%	Female
0-4	1 805 783	⇐+4.9%	1 721 368
5-9	1 738 652	⇐+2.1%	1 702 558
10-14	1 501 202	⇐+0.7%	1 491 245
15-19	1 240 123	⇐+0.7%	1 231 109
20-24	1 069 767	⇐+0.4%	1 065 499
25-29	957 395	+1.4%⇒	970 603
30-34	819 635	+2.4%⇒	839 101
35-39	654 758	⇐+1.2%	647 281
40-44	542 906	⇐+6.1%	511 920
45-49	374 728	⇐+8%	346 967
50-54	247 089	⇐+8.8%	227 030
55-59	170 819	+0.2%⇒	171 225
60-64	120 848	+17.6%⇒	142 118
65-69	109 899	+27.4%⇒	140 050
70-74	113 084	+33.9%⇒	151 452
75-79	68 077	+41.1%⇒	96 077
80-84	33 040	+53.5%⇒	50 716
85-89	14 823	+47.9%⇒	21 929
90-94	4 018	+77.1%⇒	7 114
95-99	226	+230.1%⇒	746
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).