Malawi vs Sri Lanka: Population

Malawi

21.10 million people

in 2023

Sri Lanka

22.97 million people

in 2023

Malawi rank

62nd

Sri Lanka rank

61st

Population 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.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Sri Lanka ahead.

Malawi ranks 62nd and Sri Lanka ranks 61st 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.