Chile vs Malawi: Population

Chile

19.66 million people

in 2023

Malawi

21.10 million people

in 2023

Chile rank

65th

Malawi rank

62nd

Population over time

Malawi currently reports 21.10 million people against 19.66 million people in Chile, a difference of 1.45 million people.

That makes Malawi's figure about 1.1 times Chile's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Chile ahead.

Chile ranks 65th and Malawi ranks 62nd of 238 countries.

Indicator: Population
Unit: people
Source: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 239 places, 51,002 data points, 1000–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.