Malawi vs Zambia: Population

Malawi

21.10 million people

in 2023

Zambia

20.72 million people

in 2023

Malawi rank

62nd

Zambia rank

63rd

Population over time

Malawi currently reports 21.10 million people against 20.72 million people in Zambia, a difference of 380,500 people.

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

Malawi ranks 62nd and Zambia ranks 63rd 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.