COUNTRY / INDICATOR
Malawi Population
Malawi population: latest available value for 2025, historical series from 1980, ranking context and source documentation.
Series overview
SP.POP.TOTL| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22,22 m | 560.834 |
| 2024 | 21,66 m | 550.804 |
| 2023 | 21,10 m | 535.754 |
| 2022 | 20,57 m | 521.470 |
| 2021 | 20,05 m | 513.370 |
| 2020 | 19,53 m | 508.136 |
| 2019 | 19,03 m | 497.671 |
| 2018 | 18,53 m | 488.366 |
| 2017 | 18,04 m | 481.976 |
| 2016 | 17,56 m | -553.261 |
| 2015 | 18,11 m | 507.000 |
| 2014 | 17,60 m | 493.000 |
| 2013 | 17,11 m | 479.000 |
| 2012 | 16,63 m | 466.000 |
| 2011 | 16,17 m | 452.000 |
| 2010 | 15,71 m | 440.000 |
| 2009 | 15,27 m | 428.000 |
| 2008 | 14,85 m | 407.000 |
| 2007 | 14,44 m | 396.000 |
| 2006 | 14,04 m | 389.000 |
| 2005 | 13,65 m | 269.000 |
| 2004 | 13,39 m | 287.000 |
| 2003 | 13,10 m | 285.000 |
| 2002 | 12,81 m | 470.000 |
| 2001 | 12,34 m | 273.000 |
| 2000 | 12,07 m | 296.000 |
| 1999 | 11,77 m | 316.000 |
| 1998 | 11,46 m | 310.000 |
| 1997 | 11,15 m | 272.000 |
| 1996 | 10,88 m | 210.000 |
| 1995 | 10,67 m | 133.000 |
| 1994 | 10,53 m | 72.000 |
| 1993 | 10,46 m | 61.000 |
| 1992 | 10,40 m | 125.000 |
| 1991 | 10,28 m | 236.000 |
| 1990 | 10,04 m | 372.000 |
| 1989 | 9,67 m | 482.000 |
| 1988 | 9,19 m | 538.000 |
| 1987 | 8,65 m | 514.000 |
| 1986 | 8,13 m | 433.000 |
| 1985 | 7,70 m | 332.000 |
| 1984 | 7,37 m | 252.000 |
| 1983 | 7,12 m | 193.000 |
| 1982 | 6,92 m | 175.000 |
| 1981 | 6,75 m | 184.000 |
| 1980 | 6,56 m | — |
Source methodology
World Development IndicatorsIndicator note: 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.
Source organization: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), uri: https://population.un.org/wpp/, publisher: UN Population Division; Statistical databases and publications from national statistical offices, National Statistical Offices (NSOs), uri: https://unstats.un.org/home/nso_sites/, publisher: National Statistical Offices; Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, Eurostat (ESTAT), uri: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/data/database?node_code=earn_ses_monthly, publisher: Eurostat; Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), United Nations (UN), uri: https://unstats.un.org, publisher: UN Statistics Division
Metadata fetched: 2026-08-01 01:16:07. Open original metadata response.
Revision history
2 detected changesSource revisions are retained before the current observation is replaced. This table documents the previous and replacement value for reproducibility.
| Detected | Data year | Previous value | Replacement value | Source | Source update |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-30 19:14:23 | 2012 | 16,63 m | 16,63 m | International Monetary Fund DataMapper | 2026-07-30 21:14:22 |
| 2026-07-30 19:14:23 | 1986 | 8,13 m | 8,13 m | International Monetary Fund DataMapper | 2026-07-30 21:14:22 |
Country-specific interpretation
Automatically derived from the displayed seriesMalawi recorded 22,22 m people in 2025, the latest year available in this series.
Compared with 2024, the population increased by 560.834.
Across the latest five-year comparison window, the series shows an upward direction.
Across 46 observations from 1980 to 2025, the average was 13,51 m; the minimum was 6,56 m in 1980 and the maximum was 22,22 m in 2025.
Malawi ranks 60 out of 217 countries with a current value in the portal ranking.
The latest value is below the available average for Sub-Saharan Africa.
It is also below the available average for the Low income group.
Demographic scale and market size.