Children under 15 — all countries

Children under 15 — Malawi

Children under 15 in Malawi in 2025 — 8,914,546 people. Ranked 49 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 470.4%.

2025 8.91M people +1.13% vs 2024
World rank 49of 217
Period maximum 8.91M people2025
Period minimum 1.56M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Children under 15 — Malawi, 1960–202502.5M5M7.5M10M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 1,562,828 people1962: 1,630,108 people1964: 1,718,166 people1966: 1,822,998 people1968: 1,937,281 people1970: 2,057,223 people1972: 2,182,766 people1974: 2,316,310 people1976: 2,462,651 people1978: 2,632,401 people1980: 2,841,668 people1982: 3,080,542 people1984: 3,333,776 people1986: 3,593,192 people1988: 3,935,341 people1990: 4,334,982 people1992: 4,641,988 people1994: 4,683,821 people1996: 4,779,529 people1998: 4,989,260 people2000: 5,224,514 people2002: 5,476,505 people2004: 5,754,682 people2006: 6,078,273 people2008: 6,447,639 people2010: 6,853,564 people2012: 7,243,878 people2014: 7,599,661 people2016: 7,912,579 people2018: 8,185,131 people2020: 8,422,635 people2022: 8,625,173 people2024: 8,814,904 people2025: 8,914,546 people
Change over the period: +7.35M (+470.41%) Average annual rate: 2.71 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Malawi

Malawi 8.91M people
World 2.01B people
Sub-Saharan Africa 534M people
Eastern Africa computed 206M people
Low-income countries computed 321M people
Children under 15 — Malawi, by year Malawi All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 8.91M +99,642 +1.13%
2024 8.81M +95,359 +1.09%
2023 8.72M +94,372 +1.09%
2022 8.63M +97,706 +1.15%
2021 8.53M +104,832 +1.24%
2020 8.42M +114,340 +1.38%
2019 8.31M +123,164 +1.5%
2018 8.19M +131,939 +1.64%
2017 8.05M +140,613 +1.78%
2016 7.91M +150,771 +1.94%
2015 7.76M +162,147 +2.13%
2014 7.6M +173,034 +2.33%
2013 7.43M +182,749 +2.52%
2012 7.24M +191,777 +2.72%
2011 7.05M +198,537 +2.9%
2010 6.85M +202,105 +3.04%
2009 6.65M +203,820 +3.16%
2008 6.45M +192,769 +3.08%
2007 6.25M +176,597 +2.91%
2006 6.08M +167,000 +2.83%
2005 5.91M +156,591 +2.72%
2004 5.75M +143,666 +2.56%
2003 5.61M +134,511 +2.46%
2002 5.48M +129,175 +2.42%
2001 5.35M +122,816 +2.35%
2000 5.22M +117,250 +2.3%
1999 5.11M +118,004 +2.37%
1998 4.99M +111,315 +2.28%
1997 4.88M +98,416 +2.06%
1996 4.78M +95,728 +2.04%
1995 4.68M −20 −0%
1994 4.68M −42,793 −0.91%
1993 4.73M +84,626 +1.82%
1992 4.64M +151,738 +3.38%
1991 4.49M +155,268 +3.58%
1990 4.33M +187,681 +4.53%
1989 4.15M +211,960 +5.39%
1988 3.94M +192,481 +5.14%
1987 3.74M +149,668 +4.17%
1986 3.59M +129,704 +3.74%
1985 3.46M +129,712 +3.89%
1984 3.33M +127,624 +3.98%
1983 3.21M +125,610 +4.08%
1982 3.08M +122,005 +4.12%
1981 2.96M +116,869 +4.11%
1980 2.84M +109,478 +4.01%
1979 2.73M +99,789 +3.79%
1978 2.63M +89,194 +3.51%
1977 2.54M +80,556 +3.27%
1976 2.46M +75,276 +3.15%
1975 2.39M +71,065 +3.07%
1974 2.32M +67,937 +3.02%
1973 2.25M +65,607 +3.01%
1972 2.18M +63,645 +3%
1971 2.12M +61,898 +3.01%
1970 2.06M +60,548 +3.03%
1969 2M +59,394 +3.07%
1968 1.94M +57,899 +3.08%
1967 1.88M +56,384 +3.09%
1966 1.82M +54,828 +3.1%
1965 1.77M +50,004 +2.91%
1964 1.72M +46,363 +2.77%
1963 1.67M +41,695 +2.56%
1962 1.63M +34,992 +2.19%
1961 1.6M +32,288 +2.07%
1960 1.56M

About the indicator

The population aged 0 to 14 inclusive. The absolute number answers a different question than the share — not how young the country is, but how many children are in it, and it is this number that is needed to gauge the load on schools, pediatric care and child nutrition. The world total for the group has almost stopped growing: fertility is falling faster than population is rising.

Important: Estimates of the UN Population Division rather than census counts: values are interpolated for the years between censuses.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.