Population of Malawi (2024)

Malawi population

1,808,782

Births this year: 0 Births today 0
Deaths this year 48,250 Deaths today 9

Malawi Population by Religions(2008 est)

Region Name Percents Number
Christian 82.6% 1,533,908 people
Muslim 13% 241,414 people
other 1.9% 35,284 people
none 2.5% 46,426 people

Malawi Population by Ethnic groups (2008 est)

Ethnic groups Name Percents Number
Chewa 32.6% 605,392 people
Lomwe 17.6% 326,838 people
Yao 13.5% 250,699 people
Ngoni 11.5% 213,559 people
Tumbuka 8.8% 163,419 people
Nyanja 5.8% 107,708 people
Sena 3.6% 66,853 people
Tonga 2.1% 38,998 people
Ngonde 1% 18,570 people
other 3.5% 64,996 people

Malawi population by Age group

Age Both Sexes Population Male Population Female Population Both Sexes (%) Male (%) Female (%) Sex ratio (female/male)
Total 20,022,268 10,015,615 10,006,653 100 100 100 100.1
00-04 3,300,381 1,669,478 1,630,903 16.5 16.7 16.3 102.4
05-09 2,920,565 1,476,487 1,444,078 14.6 14.7 14.4 102.2
10-14 2,592,734 1,302,145 1,290,589 12.9 13 12.9 100.9
15-19 2,176,855 1,091,311 1,085,544 10.9 10.9 10.8 100.5
20-24 1,879,538 939,441 940,097 9.4 9.4 9.4 99.9
25-29 1,615,988 804,901 811,087 8.1 8 8.1 99.2
30-34 1,369,743 683,197 686,546 6.8 6.8 6.9 99.5
35-39 1,058,718 535,140 523,578 5.3 5.3 5.2 102.2
40-44 821,633 422,689 398,944 4.1 4.2 4 106
45-49 589,724 303,959 285,765 2.9 3 2.9 106.4
50-54 421,746 214,114 207,632 2.1 2.1 2.1 103.1
55-59 322,654 158,090 164,564 1.6 1.6 1.6 96.1
60-64 274,082 126,287 147,795 1.4 1.3 1.5 85.4
65-69 236,969 105,482 131,487 1.2 1.1 1.3 80.2
70-74 213,479 91,818 121,661 1.1 0.9 1.2 75.5
75-79 136,303 56,420 79,883 0.7 0.6 0.8 70.6
80-84 65,154 25,339 39,815 0.3 0.3 0.4 63.6
85-89 21,448 7,878 13,570 0.1 0.1 0.1 58.1
90-94 4,142 1,332 2,810 0 0 0 47.4
95-99 395 103 292 0 0 0 35.3
100+ 17 4 13 0 0 0 30.8

Malawi Age structure and Population pyramid

Malawi Age structure and Population pyramid

Malawi Sex ratio

Malawi Sex ratio

Malawi Dependency ratios

Chart working age in Malawi

Malawi Population (1950 - 2024)

Year Population Yearly %
Change		 Yearly
Change		 Sex ratio Density
(P/Km²)
2023 21,850,497 2.93 621,302 100.28 231.76
2022 21,229,195 2.95 609,136 100.22 225.17
2021 20,620,059 2.99 597,791 100.16 218.71
2020 20,022,268 3.02 586,551 100.09 212.37
2019 19,435,717 3.05 574,754 100.01 206.15
2018 18,860,963 3.07 562,284 99.93 200.05
2017 18,298,679 3.09 548,853 99.84 194.09
2016 17,749,826 3.11 534,594 99.75 188.27
2015 17,215,232 3.11 519,979 99.66 182.60
2014 16,695,253 3.12 505,127 99.57 177.08
2013 16,190,126 3.12 489,690 99.48 171.72
2012 15,700,436 3.11 473,623 99.39 166.53
2011 15,226,813 3.09 456,989 99.30 161.51
2010 14,769,824 3.08 440,768 99.23 156.66
2005 12,747,846 13.89 1,554,616 99.00 135.21
2000 11,193,230 13.95 1,370,418 98.37 118.72
1995 9,822,812 4.40 413,814 97.92 104.19
1990 9,408,998 30.58 2,203,363 96.60 99.80
1985 7,205,635 16.91 1,042,410 96.63 76.43
1980 6,163,225 16.45 870,409 95.97 65.37
1975 5,292,816 14.97 689,077 95.24 56.14
1970 4,603,739 13.43 545,059 94.65 48.83
1965 4,058,680 12.16 440,076 94.22 43.05
1960 3,618,604 11.26 366,263 93.84 38.38
1955 3,252,341 10.10 298,470 93.21 34.50
1950 2,953,871 92.32 31.33
Chart population Malawi Population (1950 - 2024)