Malawi vs Zambia: Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 03 - Annual population

Malawi
2.45 Percent per annum
in 2030
Zambia
2.52 Percent per annum
in 2030
Malawi rank
13th
Zambia rank
10th

Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 03 - Annual population over time

  • Malawi
  • Zambia
-2024199020102030

How they compare

Zambia currently reports 2.52 Percent per annum against 2.45 Percent per annum in Malawi, a difference of 0.07 Percent per annum.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 41 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Malawi ahead.

Malawi ranks 13th and Zambia ranks 10th of 170 countries.

Zambia has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Malawi Zambia Difference Ahead
1990s 1.82 Percent per annum 2.53 Percent per annum 0.7168 Percent per annum Zambia
2000s 2.68 Percent per annum 3.31 Percent per annum 0.6231 Percent per annum Zambia
2010s 2.81 Percent per annum 3.27 Percent per annum 0.4629 Percent per annum Zambia
2020s 2.58 Percent per annum 2.73 Percent per annum 0.1505 Percent per annum Zambia
2030s 2.45 Percent per annum 2.52 Percent per annum 0.0714 Percent per annum Zambia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher africa's development dynamics (afdd) table 03 - annual population, Malawi or Zambia?
Zambia, at 2.52 Percent per annum against 2.45 Percent per annum in Malawi as of 2030.
What is the difference in africa's development dynamics (afdd) table 03 - annual population between Malawi and Zambia?
0.07 Percent per annum, with Zambia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Zambia?
41 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2030.
How do Malawi and Zambia rank globally for africa's development dynamics (afdd) table 03 - annual population?
Malawi ranks 13th and Zambia ranks 10th of 170 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 03 - Annual population growth rate — Growth rate of population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Malawi vs Zambia: Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 03 - Annual population. Statizoid, drawing on Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Retrieved 01 September 2026, from https://population.statizoid.com/compare/africa-s-development-dynamics-afdd-table-03-annual-population-growth-rate-growth-rate-of/malawi/zambia/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://population.statizoid.com/compare/africa-s-development-dynamics-afdd-table-03-annual-population-growth-rate-growth-rate-of/malawi/zambia/">Malawi vs Zambia: Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 03 - Annual population</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 03 - Annual population growth rate — Growth rate of population
Unit
Percent per annum
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
245 places, 9,971 data points, 1990–2030
Last refreshed

The Statistical Annex to the annual Africa's Development Dynamics (AFDD) report is a collection of development indicators that were gathered and analysed while conducting the research that went into the report. These data are also available online for free viewing or download at https://oe.cd/AFDD-2024, a bilingual website which links to the electronic version of the Africa's Development Dynamics book in both English and French. Table 3 shows the full time series of annual population growth, up to present, and including projected population growth over the next five years according the medium fertility variant scenario in the World Population Prospects 2022 from the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs.