Sub-Saharan Africa · capital Lilongwe
Malawi
#60 by population · Low income · ISO MWI
Population right now
22,884,464
1,569.3 net per day · 1 birth every 45.6 s
·anchor 22,216,120 on 1 Jul 2025
·0.276% of the world
👶 Births today
1,668
0% of the way to the next birth · 0 while you've been here
⚰️ Deaths today
284
0% of the way to the next death · 0 while you've been here
🧳 Net migration / yr
−1,126
5-yr avg from 2025
📈 Net growth / day
+1,382
2.58% per year, from births − deaths + migration
Profile
Birth rate
31.14 /1,000
2024
Death rate
5.29 /1,000
2024
Fertility
3.59 births/woman
Life expectancy
67.6 yrs
Aged 0–14
40.1%
Aged 65+
2.6%
Urban
17.6%
Land area
118,480 km²
Density
187.5 /km²
GDP / capita
$672
2025
Trend
Population 2015–2025
Same region
Largest neighbours
How these numbers are made. Nobody counts people in real time.
Each figure is recomputed every frame from a World Bank anchor and rate:
pop(now) = 22,216,120 + 0.0182/s × elapsed since 1 Jul 2025
births/day = 1,894 (crude birth rate 31.14/1,000, 2024)
deaths/day = 322 (crude death rate 5.29/1,000, 2024)
Births and deaths are estimates for a hypothetical average day; they do not reflect
seasonality, and the migration figure is a 5-year average. World Bank's separately
published growth rate is 2.56%/yr; the rate shown above is derived
from the components so it always agrees with the counter. Full method →