Malawi's population is estimated by the United Nations to be 20.9 million in 2021.
The population of Malawi grew at 2.7% in the last year and is ranked the 21th most populated country in Africa, ahead of Zambia.
Malawi last conducted a national census in 2018 and 67.2% of births in Malawi are recorded. Read more from the World Econcomics Population Data Quality Ratings and see how Malawi compares to other countries around the world and in the Africa region.
Malawi's data is highlighted in the table below, use the filter and sort order options to allow easy comparison with other countries.
Data source: United Nations, Washington D.C., Eurostat, Luxembourg and World Economics Research, London