Malawi

Malawi, officially the Republic of Malawi, is a landlocked country in southeast Africa that was formerly known as Nyasaland. It is bordered by Zambia to the northwest, Tanzania to the northeast, and Mozambique on the east, south and west. Malawi is over 118,000 km2 with an estimated population of 18,091,575 . Source: Wikipedia

Area of Malawi	111,916.3 km²
Population	17.3 million
Male Population	8,440,849 (48.9%)
Female Population	8,821,642 (51.1%)
Population change from 1975 to 2015	+224.8%
Population change from 2000 to 2015	+53.7%
Median Age	17.1 years
Male Median Age	16.8 years
Female Median Age	17.4 years
Timezone	Central Africa Time

Map of Malawi

Population Over Time

Years 1975 to 2015

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015
Population	5,314,952	9,446,710	11,233,663	17,262,508
Population Density	47.5 / km²	84.4 / km²	100.4 / km²	154.2 / km²

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Population By Age and Gender

Malawi Population Tree

Age	Male	Female	Total
Under 5	1,540,489	1,579,330	3,119,819
5-9	1,288,888	1,319,512	2,608,400
10-14	1,090,835	1,110,618	2,201,454
15-19	814,445	842,825	1,657,270
20-24	735,987	899,411	1,635,399
25-29	708,712	751,471	1,460,184
30-34	561,429	537,054	1,098,483
35-39	437,933	394,604	832,537
40-44	295,620	292,858	588,479
45-49	225,828	231,128	456,956
50-54	170,640	187,160	357,801
55-59	164,477	177,251	341,729
60-64	116,798	127,604	244,403
65-69	96,480	106,855	203,336
70-74	62,111	77,802	139,913
75-79	61,282	79,183	140,466
80-84	29,174	44,382	73,556
85 Plus	39,721	62,594	102,315

Sources: CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)

Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Population from 1500 to 2100

Year	Est. Population	Avg 10 Year Growth %	Avg 10 Year Growth
1500	350,329	n/a	n/a
1600	380,134	0.8%	2,980
1700	409,939	0.8%	2,980
1800	513,408	2.3%	10,346
1900	830,009	4.9%	31,660
1910	912,336	9.9%	82,327
1920	1,028,365	12.7%	116,029
1930	1,210,222	17.7%	181,857
1940	1,562,127	29.1%	351,905
1950	2,838,566	81.7%	1,276,439
1960	3,479,952	22.6%	641,386
1970	4,468,750	28.4%	988,798
1990	9,446,710	45.4%	2,488,980
2000	11,233,663	18.9%	1,786,953
2020	19,779,572	32.7%	4,272,954
2030	25,871,190	30.8%	6,091,618
2040	32,765,949	26.7%	6,894,759
2050	39,874,805	21.7%	7,108,856
2060	46,556,926	16.8%	6,682,121
2070	52,602,516	13%	6,045,590
2080	57,840,501	10%	5,237,985
2090	62,123,432	7.4%	4,282,931
2100	65,417,214	5.3%	3,293,782

Sources:
1. JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid
2. CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)
3. [Link] Klein Goldewijk, K., Beusen, A., Doelman, J., and Stehfest, E.: Anthropogenic land use estimates for the Holocene – HYDE 3.2, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 9, 927–953, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-927-2017, 2017.

Human Development Index (HDI)

Statistic composite index of life expectancy, education, and per capita income.

Sources: [Link] Kummu, M., Taka, M. & Guillaume, J. Gridded global datasets for Gross Domestic Product and Human Development Index over 1990–2015. Sci Data 5, 180004 (2018) doi:10.1038/sdata.2018.4

Top Region in Malawi

Region in Malawi

Name	Area	Population	Population Density
Central Region, Malawi	42,197.3 km²	7.5 million	461.4 / mi²
Northern Region, Malawi	41,521.6 km²	2.3 million	144.0 / mi²
Southern Region, Malawi	34,560.7 km²	7.5 million	564.3 / mi²

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