Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 05 - Demographic estimates in Malawi
Malawi: Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 05 - Demographic estimates was 0.222 Persons per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 05 - Demographic estimates in Malawi, 1990–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in Persons per square kilometre.
Analysis
The most recent figure for africa's development dynamics (afdd) table 05 - demographic estimates in Malawi is 0.222 Persons per square kilometre, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.6% on the previous year and up 30.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, africa's development dynamics (afdd) table 05 - demographic estimates in Malawi peaked at 0.222 Persons per square kilometre in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.1012 Persons per square kilometre, in 1990.
Malawi ranks 44th of 167 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.1087 Persons per square kilometre | 0.1012 Persons per square kilometre | 0.1164 Persons per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.1342 Persons per square kilometre | 0.1191 Persons per square kilometre | 0.1517 Persons per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1776 Persons per square kilometre | 0.1561 Persons per square kilometre | 0.2001 Persons per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2137 Persons per square kilometre | 0.2055 Persons per square kilometre | 0.222 Persons per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
- 41 Seychelles 0.234 Persons per square kilometre compare
- 42 Marshall Islands 0.2333 Persons per square kilometre compare
- 43 Switzerland 0.2226 Persons per square kilometre compare
- 45 Democratic People’s Republic of Korea 0.2173 Persons per square kilometre compare
- 46 Nepal 0.2155 Persons per square kilometre compare
- 47 Antigua and Barbuda 0.2143 Persons per square kilometre compare
More population data for Malawi
- Population growth rate by level of development 0.423 (2100)
- Projected population under age 5 3.85 million (2100)
- Population density 627.29 (2100)
- Population growth rate 0.423 (2100)
- Projected population under age 5, annual growth rate -0.2289 % change on previous year (2100)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 03 - Annual population 2.45 Percent per annum (2030)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 05 - Demographic estimates 37,159 Persons (2050)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 05 - Demographic estimates 2.45 % change on previous year (2030)
- Fertility and wanted fertility 3.59 (2024)
- Refugee population by country or territory of asylum 35,510 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is africa's development dynamics (afdd) table 05 - demographic estimates in Malawi?
- Africa's development dynamics (afdd) table 05 - demographic estimates in Malawi was 0.222 Persons per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest africa's development dynamics (afdd) table 05 - demographic estimates recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 0.222 Persons per square kilometre in 2023.
- What is the lowest africa's development dynamics (afdd) table 05 - demographic estimates recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1012 Persons per square kilometre in 1990.
- How does Malawi rank for africa's development dynamics (afdd) table 05 - demographic estimates?
- Malawi ranks 44th out of 167 countries with data for 2023.
- Is africa's development dynamics (afdd) table 05 - demographic estimates rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malawi data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 05 - Demographic estimates — Population, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 05 - Demographic estimates — Population divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 05 - Demographic estimates — Population ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 05 - Demographic estimates Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 05 - Demographic estimates — Population divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.