Malawi vs Sri Lanka: Has the population peaked?

Malawi

21.10 million people

in 2023

Sri Lanka

22.97 million people

in 2023

Malawi rank

62nd

Sri Lanka rank

61st

Has the population peaked? over time

Sri Lanka currently reports 22.97 million people against 21.10 million people in Malawi, a difference of 1.87 million people.

That makes Sri Lanka's figure about 1.1 times Malawi's.

Across all 74 years both countries report, Sri Lanka has been ahead every year.

Malawi ranks 62nd and Sri Lanka ranks 61st 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.