Country or area · Eastern Africa · Africa · UN WPP 2024

Malawi population

Malawi population now

22,926,643

A projection read at this second, not a count: the UN's totals for 1 January 2026 and 2027, joined by a straight line. 95% range for 31 December 2026: 22.0–24.1 million.

Mid-2023, UN estimate: 21,104,482

Year: 2026; projection · medium
Population, mid-2026: 22.7855 million; 95% range, 31 Dec: 22.0–24.1 million
Median age: 19.4
Aged 65+: 2.6%

Move through time, 1950–2100

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male female projection · one cell = 10,000 people

How to read this: one row for each age, newborns at the bottom; men on the left, women on the right.

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries

MWI · 1950–2100 · in brief

Malawi in numbers

In mid-2023 there were 21,104,482 people in Malawi: the 62nd-largest population of the 236 countries and areas the UN reports, and 0.26% of the world's people. That is 7.2 times its 1950 population of 3.0 million.

In the UN's medium projection it is still growing in 2100, when it reaches 59.1 million. The projection is uncertain: on 1 January 2100 the UN's 95% range runs from 23.4 million to 148 million.

Births outnumber deaths in every year from 1950 to 2100, estimates and projection alike.

The median age was 17.1 in 1950 and 18.6 in 2023; the projection has 37.5 in 2100. 2.6% of people were 65 or older in 2023, against 16.4% projected for 2100. The working-age population (15–64) is still growing in 2100 in the medium projection.

By size it is the 62nd country in 2023; the projection puts it 55th in 2050 and 44th in 2100. In the medium projection it overtakes Taiwan in 2027, Sri Lanka in 2028 and North Korea in 2033. It is overtaken by Zambia in 2034, Chad in 2040 and Somalia in 2052.

Population, mid-2023: 21,104,482
Rank by population, 2023: 62 of 236
Share of the world, 2023: 0.26%
Change in a year, mid-2022 to mid-2023: +2.60% · +535,754 people
People per km² of land, 2023: 224
Land area, 2023: 94,280 km²
Births, 2023: 662,289
Deaths, 2023: 113,181
Net migration, 2023: −5,811
Children per woman, 2023: 3.65
Median age, 2023: 18.6 years
Life expectancy at birth, 2023: 67.3 years
In a city, 2025: 11 of every 100
Population, mid-1950: 2,950,300
Projected, mid-2050: 37,361,682
Projected, mid-2100: 59,141,258

MWI · 1950–2100 · total population

Population, 1950–2100

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Show the numbers: Malawi, 1950–2100

Malawi: population on 1 January, births, deaths, fertility and life expectancy, 1950–2100
Year	Kind	Population, 1 Jan	95% range	Births	Deaths	Children per woman	Life expectancy
1950	estimate	2,925,058		145,952	95,476	6.82	32.7
1951	estimate	2,975,542		150,111	95,415	6.84	32.8
1952	estimate	3,030,229		154,333	96,033	6.84	33.0
1953	estimate	3,088,528		158,608	97,195	6.85	33.2
1954	estimate	3,149,943		161,659	98,486	6.80	33.4
1955	estimate	3,213,115		166,799	99,948	6.84	33.6
1956	estimate	3,279,971		172,196	101,544	6.89	33.9
1957	estimate	3,350,626		177,588	103,356	6.92	34.1
1958	estimate	3,424,849		183,272	105,081	6.96	34.4
1959	estimate	3,503,045		189,204	106,973	7.01	34.8
1960	estimate	3,585,273		194,928	109,210	7.04	35.0
1961	estimate	3,670,995		200,519	111,430	7.07	35.2
1962	estimate	3,760,073		206,209	113,747	7.09	35.5
1963	estimate	3,852,540		212,100	116,167	7.13	35.6
1964	estimate	3,948,473		216,595	118,937	7.11	35.7
1965	estimate	4,046,137		221,638	121,597	7.13	35.7
1966	estimate	4,146,177		227,762	124,251	7.17	35.8
1967	estimate	4,249,674		233,551	126,884	7.21	35.9
1968	estimate	4,356,350		239,804	129,475	7.26	36.1
1969	estimate	4,465,758		244,762	131,643	7.27	36.3
1970	estimate	4,576,609		250,048	133,228	7.30	36.6
1971	estimate	4,691,279		255,129	134,113	7.31	37.1
1972	estimate	4,811,589		260,603	134,875	7.33	37.6
1973	estimate	4,937,360		266,214	134,686	7.34	38.4
1974	estimate	5,070,515		271,929	134,114	7.34	39.2
1975	estimate	5,212,160		278,744	133,492	7.36	40.1
1976	estimate	5,362,573		286,172	132,750	7.39	41.0
1977	estimate	5,524,195		294,030	132,096	7.41	42.0
1978	estimate	5,705,771		304,193	131,691	7.43	43.0
1979	estimate	5,914,492		316,117	133,997	7.46	43.7
1980	estimate	6,143,006		330,225	137,479	7.52	44.3
1981	estimate	6,388,052		341,309	141,874	7.49	44.7
1982	estimate	6,644,857		352,710	147,328	7.45	44.8
1983	estimate	6,912,901		362,382	152,962	7.36	45.0
1984	estimate	7,190,518		372,185	160,038	7.26	44.8
1985	estimate	7,475,101		383,737	167,556	7.17	44.6
1986	estimate	7,765,916		393,642	175,124	7.07	44.3
1987	estimate	8,047,044		403,098	182,531	6.97	43.9
1988	estimate	8,539,304		426,759	199,849	6.88	43.6
1989	estimate	8,967,219		444,597	206,632	6.80	43.5
1990	estimate	9,385,222		462,370	212,217	6.74	43.6
1991	estimate	9,706,482		476,392	216,197	6.68	43.5
1992	estimate	9,981,971		487,116	218,043	6.63	43.6
1993	estimate	10,288,187		497,841	221,302	6.57	43.6
1994	estimate	10,279,861		492,108	216,673	6.49	43.8
1995	estimate	10,049,927		475,390	208,645	6.39	43.8
1996	estimate	10,250,307		478,411	208,359	6.29	44.0
1997	estimate	10,454,148		485,873	208,447	6.23	44.2
1998	estimate	10,669,922		494,919	209,515	6.21	44.3
1999	estimate	10,915,830		501,749	206,123	6.12	45.1
2000	estimate	11,179,778		504,370	203,932	6.00	46.2
2001	estimate	11,452,106		512,168	201,338	5.94	47.2
2002	estimate	11,734,011		522,207	199,339	5.90	48.2
2003	estimate	12,026,869		534,862	193,728	5.88	49.6
2004	estimate	12,336,279		549,595	188,458	5.86	51.1
2005	estimate	12,665,195		564,999	183,869	5.85	52.5
2006	estimate	13,014,868		577,507	180,380	5.80	53.6
2007	estimate	13,382,533		587,503	177,211	5.72	54.7
2008	estimate	13,770,153		594,896	173,107	5.61	55.7
2009	estimate	14,182,682		600,959	166,141	5.45	56.7
2010	estimate	14,608,894		603,227	158,766	5.26	57.8
2011	estimate	15,044,032		605,872	151,724	5.08	58.9
2012	estimate	15,486,013		605,829	145,134	4.90	59.9
2013	estimate	15,933,141		609,651	139,364	4.76	60.8
2014	estimate	16,390,490		606,730	134,322	4.57	61.6
2015	estimate	16,852,586		603,052	130,573	4.38	62.3
2016	estimate	17,318,588		600,917	126,126	4.22	63.2
2017	estimate	17,796,890		607,619	122,952	4.11	63.9
2018	estimate	18,282,540		615,627	121,281	4.02	64.5
2019	estimate	18,773,622		625,978	119,875	3.95	65.0
2020	estimate	19,277,882		635,555	120,892	3.88	65.2
2021	estimate	19,789,893		642,826	125,436	3.79	64.8
2022	estimate	20,304,623		652,812	119,361	3.72	66.0
2023	estimate	20,832,833		662,289	113,181	3.65	67.3
2024	estimate	21,376,132		674,407	114,589	3.59	67.6
2025	projection	21,934,440	21.6–22.3 million	685,330	116,351	3.53	67.7
2026	projection	22,497,799	21.8–23.1 million	692,256	118,129	3.45	67.9
2027	projection	23,073,271	22.0–24.1 million	702,654	120,014	3.39	68.1
2028	projection	23,659,104	22.2–25.0 million	711,469	121,948	3.33	68.3
2029	projection	24,249,797	22.4–26.0 million	722,033	124,077	3.29	68.5
2030	projection	24,857,207	22.6–27.1 million	727,191	126,136	3.23	68.7
2031	projection	25,463,368	22.8–28.2 million	733,783	128,575	3.18	68.8
2032	projection	26,063,702	23.1–29.2 million	739,362	130,881	3.13	69.0
2033	projection	26,669,820	23.3–30.3 million	745,029	133,287	3.09	69.1
2034	projection	27,287,022	23.5–31.4 million	750,207	135,979	3.05	69.3
2035	projection	27,903,574	23.7–32.5 million	754,660	138,826	3.01	69.5
2036	projection	28,524,016	24.1–33.6 million	758,575	141,787	2.97	69.6
2037	projection	29,147,184	24.4–34.8 million	762,363	144,847	2.93	69.8
2038	projection	29,777,835	24.7–35.9 million	766,270	148,157	2.90	69.9
2039	projection	30,385,669	24.9–37.1 million	768,861	151,408	2.86	70.1
2040	projection	30,997,505	25.1–38.2 million	771,783	154,905	2.82	70.3
2041	projection	31,606,691	25.4–39.3 million	774,754	158,707	2.79	70.4
2042	projection	32,215,801	25.6–40.5 million	777,026	162,654	2.76	70.5
2043	projection	32,819,214	25.8–41.8 million	779,980	166,776	2.73	70.7
2044	projection	33,425,768	26.2–43.2 million	782,672	171,142	2.70	70.8
2045	projection	34,047,288	26.5–44.4 million	786,229	175,776	2.67	71.0
2046	projection	34,654,620	26.8–45.6 million	789,716	180,460	2.64	71.1
2047	projection	35,264,602	27.2–46.7 million	792,094	185,339	2.61	71.3
2048	projection	35,871,384	27.2–48.1 million	795,107	190,396	2.59	71.4
2049	projection	36,460,137	27.4–49.3 million	798,231	195,584	2.57	71.6
2050	projection	37,061,869	27.6–50.8 million	801,293	200,984	2.54	71.7
2051	projection	37,661,496	27.6–52.2 million	804,472	206,593	2.52	71.8
2052	projection	38,267,154	27.8–53.3 million	806,674	212,364	2.50	72.0
2053	projection	38,870,013	27.9–54.3 million	810,318	218,257	2.48	72.1
2054	projection	39,479,133	27.9–55.6 million	813,577	224,320	2.46	72.3
2055	projection	40,061,778	28.0–57.4 million	815,564	230,436	2.44	72.4
2056	projection	40,653,265	28.2–59.0 million	817,032	236,897	2.42	72.5
2057	projection	41,223,714	28.3–60.8 million	819,117	243,123	2.40	72.7
2058	projection	41,799,004	28.4–62.5 million	821,511	249,748	2.39	72.8
2059	projection	42,363,464	28.4–64.1 million	823,675	256,502	2.38	73.0
2060	projection	42,947,840	28.5–65.1 million	824,533	263,270	2.36	73.1
2061	projection	43,508,527	28.5–67.5 million	824,833	270,025	2.34	73.3
2062	projection	44,063,335	28.3–69.0 million	825,586	276,737	2.32	73.4
2063	projection	44,596,925	28.5–70.4 million	825,215	283,482	2.31	73.6
2064	projection	45,112,711	28.5–72.3 million	824,951	290,387	2.29	73.7
2065	projection	45,632,222	28.4–73.7 million	825,054	297,585	2.28	73.8
2066	projection	46,149,353	28.6–75.1 million	824,813	304,987	2.26	74.0
2067	projection	46,668,029	28.6–76.5 million	823,775	311,949	2.25	74.1
2068	projection	47,176,227	28.7–78.5 million	824,068	319,370	2.24	74.3
2069	projection	47,678,998	28.5–79.9 million	824,732	326,988	2.23	74.4
2070	projection	48,168,891	28.4–81.6 million	824,833	334,363	2.22	74.5
2071	projection	48,651,789	28.5–84.0 million	823,781	341,854	2.20	74.7
2072	projection	49,128,331	28.5–85.5 million	822,792	349,117	2.19	74.8
2073	projection	49,582,261	28.6–87.0 million	821,335	356,671	2.18	74.9
2074	projection	50,031,006	28.7–88.9 million	820,652	364,034	2.17	75.1
2075	projection	50,482,471	28.5–91.4 million	819,552	371,286	2.16	75.2
2076	projection	50,935,234	28.4–92.9 million	818,513	378,897	2.15	75.3
2077	projection	51,392,786	28.2–95.3 million	818,274	386,664	2.14	75.5
2078	projection	51,844,859	28.2–97.9 million	817,815	394,243	2.13	75.6
2079	projection	52,265,698	27.8–99.9 million	816,572	401,912	2.12	75.8
2080	projection	52,684,762	27.8–102.0 million	814,703	409,249	2.10	75.9
2081	projection	53,101,853	27.7–102.8 million	813,740	416,727	2.09	76.0
2082	projection	53,507,713	27.7–105.6 million	812,173	424,339	2.08	76.2
2083	projection	53,901,156	27.5–108.6 million	810,541	431,885	2.07	76.3
2084	projection	54,288,141	27.3–111.1 million	810,203	439,603	2.07	76.5
2085	projection	54,635,219	26.9–113.1 million	809,002	447,255	2.06	76.6
2086	projection	54,988,822	27.0–115.4 million	807,152	454,650	2.05	76.7
2087	projection	55,331,095	26.7–117.6 million	804,678	461,897	2.04	76.9
2088	projection	55,670,324	26.6–119.6 million	802,273	469,380	2.04	77.0
2089	projection	56,007,994	26.7–123.2 million	800,677	476,521	2.03	77.1
2090	projection	56,324,921	26.4–124.3 million	798,616	483,655	2.02	77.3
2091	projection	56,637,454	26.0–127.2 million	795,744	491,210	2.01	77.4
2092	projection	56,929,291	25.8–129.5 million	792,562	498,237	2.00	77.5
2093	projection	57,219,550	25.5–132.0 million	788,736	504,754	1.99	77.7
2094	projection	57,489,657	25.3–133.9 million	785,599	511,125	1.99	77.8
2095	projection	57,754,028	24.9–136.3 million	783,016	517,473	1.98	78.0
2096	projection	58,004,401	24.9–138.0 million	780,542	523,549	1.97	78.1
2097	projection	58,267,390	24.3–140.4 million	778,115	529,878	1.97	78.2
2098	projection	58,511,763	23.9–143.8 million	775,336	535,966	1.96	78.3
2099	projection	58,761,021	23.6–144.9 million	773,471	541,506	1.96	78.5
2100	projection	59,016,045	23.4–147.8 million	771,567	547,327	1.95	78.6

Show the numbers: Malawi, mid-2026, by single year of age

Malawi: population by single year of age, mid-2026
Age	Male	Female
0	337,310	334,871
1	330,603	328,578
2	323,624	321,784
3	317,296	315,483
4	311,643	310,171
5	306,606	305,494
6	301,682	300,617
7	295,990	295,114
8	290,652	289,953
9	286,146	285,666
10	283,854	283,750
11	283,774	284,206
12	283,658	284,749
13	281,628	283,332
14	278,836	280,990
15	276,210	278,770
16	272,810	275,988
17	268,393	272,361
18	262,380	266,924
19	255,020	259,822
20	246,220	251,110
21	236,141	241,099
22	225,721	230,718
23	215,937	220,897
24	207,193	212,115
25	199,504	204,442
26	193,306	198,226
27	187,472	192,419
28	180,024	185,473
29	171,890	178,414
30	164,975	172,885
31	158,954	168,416
32	152,920	164,079
33	146,918	159,894
34	140,805	155,722
35	134,646	151,628
36	128,959	148,050
37	124,634	145,342
38	119,746	141,310
39	114,556	136,570
40	111,170	132,884
41	108,248	128,744
42	105,460	124,098
43	103,500	119,290
44	101,150	113,398
45	97,486	106,083
46	92,592	97,612
47	86,832	88,727
48	80,816	80,340
49	74,870	72,944
50	69,238	66,810
51	63,653	61,644
52	58,328	57,580
53	53,362	54,570
54	48,774	52,368
55	44,695	50,774
56	41,106	49,491
57	37,983	48,307
58	35,210	46,948
59	32,763	45,304
60	30,662	43,400
61	28,883	41,292
62	27,431	39,102
63	26,032	36,658
64	24,572	33,990
65	23,102	31,298
66	21,601	28,658
67	20,060	26,131
68	18,507	23,791
69	16,986	21,706
70	15,507	19,869
71	14,100	18,268
72	12,866	16,995
73	11,750	15,919
74	10,674	14,869
75	9,644	13,824
76	8,886	13,571
77	8,163	13,035
78	7,604	12,274
79	7,078	11,744
80	6,253	10,673
81	5,406	9,514
82	4,604	8,367
83	3,874	7,280
84	3,226	6,273
85	2,654	5,344
86	2,158	4,504
87	1,729	3,755
88	1,358	3,077
89	1,041	2,462
90	780	1,926
91	574	1,486
92	420	1,135
93	304	854
94	216	635
95	151	464
96	104	332
97	70	232
98	46	160
99	30	107
100+	47	190

MWI · 1950–2100 · every age, every year

Malawi, every age in every year

Each column is a year and each row an age; the denser the ink in a cell, the more people. Everyone born in the same year climbs one 45° diagonal, so famines, baby booms and migration show up as streaks. Select a cell to follow its generation.

MWI · ages 15–64

Who does the work in Malawi

In Malawi the number of people aged 15–64 is still growing in 2100, the last year the UN projects. In 2023 there were 11,837,800 of them.

100 aged 15–64

74 children

5 aged 65+

aged 15–64 children under 15 aged 65 and over

How to read this: take 100 people of working age — the orange row — and the two rows under it are the children (teal) and the people of 65 and over (violet) who lived alongside them in 2023.

At no point between 1950 and 2100 do fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people aged 15–64 here.

fewer than 50 dependants per 100 the same, projected 50 or more

How to read this: one stripe a year from 1950 to 2100. A stripe takes colour in a year when fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people of working age, and stays grey otherwise; hatching means the year is projected.

How every country compares

MWI · arrivals minus departures

Who arrives in Malawi, and who leaves

In 2020–2025 Malawi loses 3,883 people a year: everyone who arrives, minus everyone who leaves. The age at which that happens most is 20–24, at 1,461 a year more leaving than arriving.

one square = 200 people a year

020406080+

more arrive than leave more leave than arrive

How to read this: age runs left to right, babies to 100. A blue square above the line means arrivals outnumber departures at that age, an orange square below it means the opposite. The figures are the UN's projection for 2020–2025; nobody recorded migration by age before 2020.

Across the counted years, 1950 to 2023, its biggest single-year gain was 271,693 (1987); its biggest loss, 505,365 (1994).

In 2024, 186,719 people living in Malawi had been born in another country, fewer than 1 of every 100 people there, against 12 in 1990.

How migration works everywhere

MWI · births by the mother's age · 1950–2100

Who has the babies in Malawi

Of every 100 babies born in Malawi in 2023, 22 had a mother under 20, 65 a mother aged 20 to 34 and 13 a mother aged 35 or older. In 1950 it was 18 under 20 and 17 aged 35 or older.

1950
18 · 65 · 17

2023
22 · 65 · 13

2050 · projected
20 · 68 · 12

The mother's age: under 20 20 to 34 35 or older projected

How to read this: one block a year, 100 squares in each, a square for every hundredth baby. The colour is the mother's age group, and the three numbers underneath are those groups in order, youngest first.

Babies born, 2023: 662,289
Average age when women have a baby: 27.7 years; 29.6 in 1950
Babies a year per 1,000 girls aged 15–19: 114; 141 in 1950

Babies by the mother's age, 1950–2100

Babies born in Malawi by the mother's age
Mother's age	1950	1975	2000	2023	2050 projected	2100 projected
10–14	3,881	5,155	6,798	2,805	1,231	311
15–19	21,770	47,193	97,537	142,791	159,306	74,232
20–24	36,160	63,533	139,714	194,049	239,113	180,701
25–29	32,938	60,830	105,753	140,518	185,353	221,558
30–34	25,834	48,336	79,824	97,930	120,352	174,693
35–39	16,466	33,004	47,762	61,063	75,615	100,314
40–44	6,919	16,697	20,890	19,937	18,424	18,543
45–49	1,883	3,814	5,759	3,103	1,861	1,196
50–54	101	182	333	93	38	19
All babies	145,952	278,744	504,370	662,289	801,293	771,567

The UN's births for each year, split by the mother's age in the UN's own proportions.

MWI · healthy years · 2021

Years in good health in Malawi

A baby born in Malawi in 2021 could expect 62.5 years of life, 54.7 of them in full health (95% range 53.9–55.4). The years in less than full health come to 7.8, below the world's 9.5: shorter lives leave fewer years in which to be ill.

Women

55.9 in full health, 9.4 not: 65.3 years

Men

53.5 in full health, 6.2 not: 59.7 years

a year in full health a year in less than full health

How to read this: each square is a year of life, each row ten years; filled squares are years in full health, rounded to whole years.

Women: 55.9 healthy years of 65.3. Men: 53.5 of 59.7. In 2019, before the pandemic, the healthy years were 55.5.

MWI · forced from home · end of 2025

Displacement in Malawi

At the end of 2025, Malawi was hosting 60,492 people who had crossed a border into it, about 3 of every 1,000 people living there.

hosted from abroad60,492
Malawi nationals abroad2,330

stayed inside their own country crossed a border

How to read this: one square stands for 2,000 people, so the rows can be compared with one another. The last row is people from Malawi living in another country, wherever they are.

In 2025, 4,144 people asked for asylum in Malawi for the first time; 842 people from Malawi asked for asylum in another country. Of every 100 people from Malawi whose claims were decided that year, 10 were given protection. Who asks for asylum, and who is given it

How the world's displacement is counted

MWI · of every 100 people

How people live in Malawi

Of every 100 people in Malawi in 2025, 11 lived in a city, 59 in a town or suburb and 30 in the countryside.

cities towns and suburbs rural areas

84.4 of every 100 have no electricity at home (2024). 81 of every 100 do not use the internet (2024).

How to read this: everyone here, shrunk to 100 squares, with the colour saying whether that hundredth person lives in a city, a town or the countryside. Every country is measured by the same rule.

How the world's people live

MWI · adults 25 and over · 2020

How far people in Malawi went in school

Of every 100 adults in Malawi in 2020, 22 never went to school and 16 finished upper secondary or went further.

22 never went to school 23 some primary 15 finished primary 24 finished lower secondary 14 finished upper secondary 2 studied after school

The young went further: 10.9 of every 100 women aged 25–29 never went to school, against 52.8 of every 100 aged 60–64 (men: 8.8 against 23.9).

The middle projection has its working-age people most numerous in 2095; those among them who finished upper secondary are still growing in 2100.

How to read this: 100 squares, one for every hundredth adult aged 25 or over, from least schooling on the left to most on the right. Counted by the Wittgenstein Centre for 2020.

How far the world's people went in school

MWI · cities · 2025

Cities in Malawi

Malawi had 8 cities in 2025, home to 2.5 million people. The largest, Lilongwe, holds 4 of every 100 people in Malawi.

Lilongwe961,399
Blantyre909,289
Mzuzu221,840
Likuni151,695
Zomba78,271
Mangochi63,227
Kasungu62,065
Salima60,611

How to read this: one bar for each of the 8 largest cities, 2025, all on the same scale. "City" here means the built-up area the UN measures, not the boundary the city draws itself.

All the world's cities

Apparatus

Sources and method

Every figure on this page comes from the UN's World Population Prospects 2024: the annual country tables (estimates to 2023, projections with 95% intervals from 2024), and the population by single year of age and sex for the pyramid.

The censuses, surveys and registers behind the UN's estimates for Malawi are listed, source by source, on the UN's own data sources page.

Sources: UN WPP 2024 · World Bank · UNHCR · country code lists · UN WUP 2025 · Wittgenstein Centre · WHO GHO · flag-icons · Natural Earth. Every source, its licence and how to cite it →

Checked before it was drawn

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries The pyramid for every year was checked against the published total. What that stamp counts, and what every page here has to pass before it can be built: how this site checks its figures.