Malawi's population rose from 10.4M in 1996 to 22.2M in 2025.
Malawi · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
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Malawi's population growth rose from 2.0 % in 1996 to 2.6 % in 2025.
Malawi's population density rose from 107.8 in 1994 to 223.8 in 2023.
Malawi's population, female (% of total) fell from 51.3 % in 1996 to 51.2 % in 2025.
Malawi's urbanisation rose from 14.0 % in 1996 to 17.6 % in 2025.
Malawi's urban population rose from 1.45M in 1996 to 3.91M in 2025.
Malawi's rural population rose from 8.91M in 1996 to 18.3M in 2025.
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- Fertilitydown −1.6 %41st of 217
- Birth rate, crudedown −0.8 %26th of 217
- Death rate, crudedown −1.3 %185th of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −0.2 %205th of 217
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- Median ageup +0.2 yrs201st of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.6 pts25th of 217
- Working age (15–64)up +0.6 pts189th of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.0 pts207th of 217
- Age dependency ratiodown −1.8 pts29th of 217
- Old-age dependency ratiodown −0.0 pts206th of 217
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- Net migrationdown −273.5 %138th of 217
- Migrant stockdown −0.1 pts177th of 216
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- Refugees hostedup +0.9 %70th of 178
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- Life expectancyup +0.2 yrs171st of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +0.2 yrs170th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.2 yrs179th of 217