# Population in Malawi

Population in Malawi was 22.22 million in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `population`
- Place id: `mw`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Resident population. Spain and the EU: 1 January, with Spanish figures from the official municipal register (Padrón). United States: Census Bureau population estimates for 1 July. Other countries and the World: World Bank mid-year estimates, which count all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
- Note: For Denmark, Statistics Denmark counts the registered resident population on 1 January. Greenland and the Faroe Islands are excluded. The annual series selects the first-quarter reference date from FOLK1A. The World Bank series exists for every country, so use it (through compare) to rank countries on one basis.
- Source: World Bank, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/population/malawi
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/population/malawi.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=population&place=mw

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