Population 22,216,120
people· 2025
Published observation
Over time Full published history Malawi 2025 · 22.22M
0 5.55M 11.11M 16.66M 22.22M 1960 1993 2025 1960: 3,628,134 1961: 3,715,534 1962: 3,806,307 1963: 3,900,506 1964: 3,997,305 1965: 4,096,157 1966: 4,197,926 1967: 4,303,012 1968: 4,411,054 1969: 4,521,184 1970: 4,633,944 1971: 4,751,434 1972: 4,874,475 1973: 5,003,938 1974: 5,141,337 1975: 5,287,367 1976: 5,443,384 1977: 5,614,983 1978: 5,810,132 1979: 6,028,749 1980: 6,265,529 1981: 6,516,454 1982: 6,778,879 1983: 7,051,709 1984: 7,332,810 1985: 7,620,508 1986: 7,906,480 1987: 8,293,174 1988: 8,753,262 1989: 9,176,220 1990: 9,545,852 1991: 9,844,227 1992: 10,135,079 1993: 10,284,024 1994: 10,164,894 1995: 10,150,117 1996: 10,352,228 1997: 10,562,035 1998: 10,792,876 1999: 11,047,804 2000: 11,315,942 2001: 11,593,058 2002: 11,880,440 2003: 12,181,574 2004: 12,500,737 2005: 12,840,031 2006: 13,198,701 2007: 13,576,343 2008: 13,976,417 2009: 14,395,788 2010: 14,826,463 2011: 15,265,022 2012: 15,709,577 2013: 16,161,816 2014: 16,621,538 2015: 17,085,587 2016: 17,557,739 2017: 18,039,715 2018: 18,528,081 2019: 19,025,752 2020: 19,533,888 2021: 20,047,258 2022: 20,568,728 2023: 21,104,482 2024: 21,655,286 2025: 22,216,120 Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.
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