Chile vs Malawi: Has the population peaked?

Chile

19.66 million people

in 2023

Malawi

21.10 million people

in 2023

Chile rank

65th

Malawi rank

62nd

Has the population peaked? 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 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Chile ahead.

Chile ranks 65th and Malawi ranks 62nd of 236 countries.

Indicator: Has the population peaked?
Unit: people
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The total population, measured on 1 July of the year shown.