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Male population — Malawi

Male population in Malawi in 2025 — 10,843,950 people. Ranked 61 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 521.7%.

2025 10.84M people +2.62% vs 2024
World rank 61of 217
Period maximum 10.84M people2025
Period minimum 1.74M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Male population — Malawi, 1960–202505M10M15M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 1,744,168 people1962: 1,831,381 people1964: 1,924,986 people1966: 2,023,215 people1968: 2,127,495 people1970: 2,236,702 people1972: 2,355,170 people1974: 2,486,704 people1976: 2,635,260 people1978: 2,814,622 people1980: 3,035,451 people1982: 3,284,392 people1984: 3,553,227 people1986: 3,831,996 people1988: 4,240,927 people1990: 4,629,405 people1992: 4,920,678 people1994: 4,941,301 people1996: 5,038,559 people1998: 5,258,121 people2000: 5,505,570 people2002: 5,771,171 people2004: 6,063,497 people2006: 6,395,018 people2008: 6,773,497 people2010: 7,197,070 people2012: 7,635,474 people2014: 8,086,506 people2016: 8,549,013 people2018: 9,027,518 people2020: 9,522,275 people2022: 10,030,976 people2024: 10,567,044 people2025: 10,843,950 people
Change over the period: +9.1M (+521.73%) Average annual rate: 2.85 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Malawi 10.84M people
World 4.13B people
Sub-Saharan Africa 659M people
Eastern Africa computed 254M people
Low-income countries computed 393M people
Male population — Malawi, by year Malawi All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 10.84M +276,906 +2.62%
2024 10.57M +271,948 +2.64%
2023 10.3M +264,120 +2.63%
2022 10.03M +256,489 +2.62%
2021 9.77M +252,212 +2.65%
2020 9.52M +249,892 +2.7%
2019 9.27M +244,865 +2.71%
2018 9.03M +240,571 +2.74%
2017 8.79M +237,934 +2.78%
2016 8.55M +233,216 +2.8%
2015 8.32M +229,291 +2.84%
2014 8.09M +227,223 +2.89%
2013 7.86M +223,809 +2.93%
2012 7.64M +220,465 +2.97%
2011 7.42M +217,939 +3.03%
2010 7.2M +214,470 +3.07%
2009 6.98M +209,103 +3.09%
2008 6.77M +196,763 +2.99%
2007 6.58M +181,716 +2.84%
2006 6.4M +170,810 +2.74%
2005 6.22M +160,711 +2.65%
2004 6.06M +150,526 +2.55%
2003 5.91M +141,800 +2.46%
2002 5.77M +135,365 +2.4%
2001 5.64M +130,236 +2.37%
2000 5.51M +125,171 +2.33%
1999 5.38M +122,278 +2.33%
1998 5.26M +114,769 +2.23%
1997 5.14M +104,793 +2.08%
1996 5.04M +101,283 +2.05%
1995 4.94M −4,025 −0.08%
1994 4.94M −54,741 −1.1%
1993 5M +75,364 +1.53%
1992 4.92M +143,970 +3.01%
1991 4.78M +147,303 +3.18%
1990 4.63M +181,511 +4.08%
1989 4.45M +206,967 +4.88%
1988 4.24M +222,546 +5.54%
1987 4.02M +186,385 +4.86%
1986 3.83M +139,069 +3.77%
1985 3.69M +139,700 +3.93%
1984 3.55M +136,436 +3.99%
1983 3.42M +132,399 +4.03%
1982 3.28M +127,279 +4.03%
1981 3.16M +121,662 +4.01%
1980 3.04M +114,794 +3.93%
1979 2.92M +106,035 +3.77%
1978 2.81M +95,172 +3.5%
1977 2.72M +84,190 +3.19%
1976 2.64M +76,652 +3%
1975 2.56M +71,904 +2.89%
1974 2.49M +67,721 +2.8%
1973 2.42M +63,813 +2.71%
1972 2.36M +60,685 +2.64%
1971 2.29M +57,783 +2.58%
1970 2.24M +55,260 +2.53%
1969 2.18M +53,947 +2.54%
1968 2.13M +52,870 +2.55%
1967 2.07M +51,410 +2.54%
1966 2.02M +49,825 +2.52%
1965 1.97M +48,404 +2.51%
1964 1.92M +47,439 +2.53%
1963 1.88M +46,166 +2.52%
1962 1.83M +44,453 +2.49%
1961 1.79M +42,760 +2.45%
1960 1.74M

About the indicator

The male population of a country as of mid-year. The series follows the World Population Prospects revisions of the UN and is compiled on the de facto definition of population, so it may diverge from national statistics that use the concept of resident population. Together with the female population it gives the sex structure, and that structure differs markedly: from a pronounced male surplus in the Gulf states with their labor migration to a female surplus where male mortality is high.

Important: The sum of the male and the female population matches total population — the UN reconciles them to a single total. For comparing countries the share is more useful than the absolute number: it says more about the structure of the population than size does.

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