Population — Total Population - Both sexes in Malawi
Malawi: Population — Total Population - Both sexes was 21,104 1000 No in 2023. ▲ Rising
Population — Total Population - Both sexes in Malawi, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 No.
Analysis
Malawi recorded 21,104 1000 No for population — total population - both sexes in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.6% on the previous year and up 30.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, population — total population - both sexes in Malawi peaked at 21,104 1000 No in 2023 and was at its lowest, 14,826 1000 No, in 2010.
That places Malawi 60th out of 182 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 16,882 1000 No | 14,826 1000 No | 19,026 1000 No | 10 |
| 2020s | 20,314 1000 No | 19,534 1000 No | 21,104 1000 No | 4 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
- 57 China, Taiwan Province of 23,317 1000 No compare
- 58 Burkina Faso 23,026 1000 No compare
- 59 Sri Lanka 22,972 1000 No compare
- 61 Zambia 20,724 1000 No compare
- 62 Kazakhstan 20,330 1000 No compare
- 63 Chile 19,659 1000 No compare
More agriculture & rural data for Malawi
- Agriculture share gdp 30.03 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 30.03 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
- Rural population 82.4% (2025)
- Rural population growth 2.2% (2025)
- Rural population 18.31 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 30.0% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 4.48 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 1.13 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is population — total population - both sexes in Malawi?
- Population — total population - both sexes in Malawi was 21,104 1000 No in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest population — total population - both sexes recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 21,104 1000 No in 2023.
- What is the lowest population — total population - both sexes recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 14,826 1000 No in 2010.
- How does Malawi rank for population — total population - both sexes?
- Malawi ranks 60th out of 182 countries with data for 2023.
- Is population — total population - both sexes rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malawi data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Population — Total Population - Both sexes. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.