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==Population == [[Image:Malawi-demography.png|thumb|300px|right|Demographics ofhand live in a nts in millions.]] [[File:Malawi 1950-2021 Forecast 2022-2032 UN World Population Prospects 2022.svg|thumb|300px|[[Population]], [[fertility rate]] and [[net reproduction rate]], United Nations estiThe other major ethnic group is the Lomwe people who ]] {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;" |- !rowspan=2|Year !rowspan=2 width="80" |Total population ({{times}}1000) !colspan=3|Population percentage |- ! aged 0β14 ! aged 15β64 ! aged 65+ |- | 1950 |2 881||45.7||51.2||3.1 |- | 1955 |3 166||45.7||51.5||2.8 |- | 1960 |3 525||45.9||51.6||2.6 |- | 1965 |3 975||45.3||52.3||2.4 |- | 1970 |4 531||46.3||51.4||2.3 |- | 1975 |5 302||46.9||50.6||2.5 |- | 1980 |6 240||47.1||50.3||2.6 |- | 1985 |7 268||47.5||50.0||2.5 |- | 1990 |9 381||45.9||51.4||2.7 |- | 1995 |9 883||44.7||52.2||3.1 |- | 2000 |11 229||45.8||51.1||3.1 |- | 2005 |12 823||46.1||50.9||3.1 |- | 2010 |14 901||45.8||51.1||3.1 |} Total and percent distribution of population by single year of age (Census 09.03.2018)<ref name="Census2018">{{cite web|url=http://www.nsomalawi.mw/images/stories/data_on_line/demography/census_2018/2018%20Malawi%20Population%20and%20Housing%20Census%20Main%20Report.pdf|title=2018 Population and Housing Census Main Report |publisher=Malawi National Statistical Office |access-date=25 December 2019}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" |- ! width="50"|Age ! width="80" |Population ! width="50"|Percent |- | align="right" | Total | align="right" | 17,563,749 | align="right" | 100 |- | align="right" | 0-4 | align="right" | 2,552,406 | align="right" | 14.53 |- | align="right" | 0 | align="right" | 522,802 | align="right" | 2.98 |- | align="right" | 1 | align="right" | 509,351 | align="right" | 2.90 |- | align="right" | 2 | align="right" | 490,811 | align="right" | 2.79 |- | align="right" | 3 | align="right" | 511,365 | align="right" | 2.91 |- | align="right" | 4 | align="right" | 518,077 | align="right" | 2.95 |- | align="right" | 5-9 | align="right" | 2,632,878 | align="right" | 14.99 |- | align="right" | 5 | align="right" | 529,111 | align="right" | 3.01 |- | align="right" | 6 | align="right" | 546,708 | align="right" | 3.11 |- | align="right" | 7 | align="right" | 526,347 | align="right" | 3.00 |- | align="right" | 8 | align="right" | 532,846 | align="right" | 3.03 |- | align="right" | 9 | align="right" | 497,866 | align="right" | 2.83 |- | align="right" | 10-14 | align="right" | 2,533,303 | align="right" | 14.42 |- | align="right" | 10 | align="right" | 539,264 | align="right" | 3.07 |- | align="right" | 11 | align="right" | 489,887 | align="right" | 2.79 |- | align="right" | 12 | align="right" | 517,832 | align="right" | 2.95 |- | align="right" | 13 | align="right" | 492,122 | align="right" | 2.80 |- | align="right" | 14 | align="right" | 494,198 | align="right" | 2.81 |- | align="right" | 15-19 | align="right" | 2,035,945 | align="right" | 11.59 |- | align="right" | 15 | align="right" | 452,017 | align="right" | 2.57 |- | align="right" | 16 | align="right" | 339,248 | align="right" | 1.93 |- | align="right" | 17 | align="right" | 384,682 | align="right" | 2.19 |- | align="right" | 18 | align="right" | 497,831 | align="right" | 2.83 |- | align="right" | 19 | align="right" | 362,167 | align="right" | 2.06 |- | align="right" | 20-24 | align="right" | 1,651,576 | align="right" | 9.40 |- | align="right" | 20 | align="right" | 357,667 | align="right" | 2.04 |- | align="right" | 21 | align="right" | 323,511 | align="right" | 1.84 |- | align="right" | 22 | align="right" | 304,519 | align="right" | 1.73 |- | align="right" | 23 | align="right" | 330,222 | align="right" | 1.88 |- | align="right" | 24 | align="right" | 335,657 | align="right" | 1.91 |- | align="right" | 25-29 | align="right" | 1,229,411 | align="right" | 7.00 |- | align="right" | 25 | align="right" | 291,198 | align="right" | 1.66 |- | align="right" | 26 | align="right" | 274,739 | align="right" | 1.56 |- | align="right" | 27 | align="right" | 213,337 | align="right" | 1.21 |- | align="right" | 28 | align="right" | 238,630 | align="right" | 1.36 |- | align="right" | 29 | align="right" | 211,507 | align="right" | 1.20 |- | align="right" | 30-34 | align="right" | 1,107,226 | align="right" | 6.30 |- | align="right" | 30 | align="right" | 243,969 | align="right" | 1.39 |- | align="right" | 31 | align="right" | 209,155 | align="right" | 1.19 |- | align="right" | 32 | align="right" | 226,360 | align="right" | 1.29 |- | align="right" | 33 | align="right" | 218,620 | align="right" | 1.24 |- | align="right" | 34 | align="right" | 209,122 | align="right" | 1.19 |- | align="right" | 35-39 | align="right" | 968,998 | align="right" | 5.52 |- | align="right" | 35 | align="right" | 221,078 | align="right" | 1.26 |- | align="right" | 36 | align="right" | 207,499 | align="right" | 1.18 |- | align="right" | 37 | align="right" | 165,564 | align="right" | 0.94 |- | align="right" | 38 | align="right" | 210,252 | align="right" | 1.20 |- | align="right" | 39 | align="right" | 164,605 | align="right" | 0.94 |- | align="right" | 40-44 | align="right" | 729,600 | align="right" | 4.15 |- | align="right" | 40 | align="right" | 168,637 | align="right" | 0.96 |- | align="right" | 41 | align="right" | 137,967 | align="right" | 0.79 |- | align="right" | 42 | align="right" | 147,438 | align="right" | 0.84 |- | align="right" | 43 | align="right" | 151,363 | align="right" | 0.86 |- | align="right" | 44 | align="right" | 124,195 | align="right" | 0.71 |- | align="right" | 45-49 | align="right" | 535,868 | align="right" | 3.05 |- | align="right" | 45 | align="right" | 129,172 | align="right" | 0.74 |- | align="right" | 46 | align="right" | 121,996 | align="right" | 0.69 |- | align="right" | 47 | align="right" | 89,576 | align="right" | 0.51 |- | align="right" | 48 | align="right" | 112,116 | align="right" | 0.64 |- | align="right" | 49 | align="right" | 83,008 | align="right" | 0.47 |- | align="right" | 50-54 | align="right" | 387,812 | align="right" | 2.21 |- | align="right" | 50 | align="right" | 99,632 | align="right" | 0.57 |- | align="right" | 51 | align="right" | 57,309 | align="right" | 0.33 |- | align="right" | 52 | align="right" | 63,690 | align="right" | 0.36 |- | align="right" | 53 | align="right" | 72,671 | align="right" | 0.41 |- | align="right" | 54 | align="right" | 94,510 | align="right" | 0.54 |- | align="right" | 55-59 | align="right" | 306,921 | align="right" | 1.75 |- | align="right" | 55 | align="right" | 69,274 | align="right" | 0.39 |- | align="right" | 56 | align="right" | 63,914 | align="right" | 0.36 |- | align="right" | 57 | align="right" | 50,534 | align="right" | 0.29 |- | align="right" | 58 | align="right" | 75,091 | align="right" | 0.43 |- | align="right" | 59 | align="right" | 48,108 | align="right" | 0.27 |- | align="right" | 60-64 | align="right" | 234,918 | align="right" | 1.34 |- | align="right" | 60 | align="right" | 69,006 | align="right" | 0.39 |- | align="right" | 61 | align="right" | 38,753 | align="right" | 0.22 |- | align="right" | 62 | align="right" | 44,264 | align="right" | 0.25 |- | align="right" | 63 | align="right" | 40,119 | align="right" | 0.23 |- | align="right" | 64 | align="right" | 42,776 | align="right" | 0.24 |- | align="right" | 65-69 | align="right" | 240,551 | align="right" | 1.37 |- | align="right" | 65 | align="right" | 47,861 | align="right" | 0.27 |- | align="right" | 66 | align="right" | 50,078 | align="right" | 0.29 |- | align="right" | 67 | align="right" | 35,456 | align="right" | 0.20 |- | align="right" | 68 | align="right" | 59,659 | align="right" | 0.34 |- | align="right" | 69 | align="right" | 47,497 | align="right" | 0.27 |- | align="right" | 70-74 | align="right" | 144,788 | align="right" | 0.82 |- | align="right" | 70 | align="right" | 39,380 | align="right" | 0.22 |- | align="right" | 71 | align="right" | 27,618 | align="right" | 0.16 |- | align="right" | 72 | align="right" | 26,622 | align="right" | 0.15 |- | align="right" | 73 | align="right" | 31,656 | align="right" | 0.18 |- | align="right" | 74 | align="right" | 19,512 | align="right" | 0.11 |- | align="right" | 75-79 | align="right" | 124,718 | align="right" | 0.71 |- | align="right" | 75 | align="right" | 25,635 | align="right" | 0.15 |- | align="right" | 76 | align="right" | 28,492 | align="right" | 0.16 |- | align="right" | 77 | align="right" | 19,096 | align="right" | 0.11 |- | align="right" | 78 | align="right" | 35,174 | align="right" | 0.20 |- | align="right" | 79 | align="right" | 16,321 | align="right" | 0.09 |- | align="right" | 80-84 | align="right" | 63,675 | align="right" | 0.36 |- | align="right" | 80 | align="right" | 16,846 | align="right" | 0.10 |- | align="right" | 81 | align="right" | 9,987 | align="right" | 0.06 |- | align="right" | 82 | align="right" | 12,908 | align="right" | 0.07 |- | align="right" | 83 | align="right" | 14,208 | align="right" | 0.08 |- | align="right" | 84 | align="right" | 9,726 | align="right" | 0.06 |- | align="right" | 85-89 | align="right" | 54,754 | align="right" | 0.31 |- | align="right" | 85 | align="right" | 12,054 | align="right" | 0.07 |- | align="right" | 86 | align="right" | 14,628 | align="right" | 0.08 |- | align="right" | 87 | align="right" | 8,331 | align="right" | 0.05 |- | align="right" | 88 | align="right" | 15,327 | align="right" | 0.09 |- | align="right" | 89 | align="right" | 4,414 | align="right" | 0.03 |- | align="right" | 90-94 | align="right" | 15,130 | align="right" | 0.09 |- | align="right" | 90 | align="right" | 5,041 | align="right" | 0.03 |- | align="right" | 91 | align="right" | 2,466 | align="right" | 0.01 |- | align="right" | 92 | align="right" | 2,746 | align="right" | 0.02 |- | align="right" | 93 | align="right" | 2,897 | align="right" | 0.02 |- | align="right" | 94 | align="right" | 1,980 | align="right" | 0.01 |- | align="right" | 95+ | align="right" | 13,271 | align="right" | 0.08 |- |} {| class="wikitable" |- ! width="50"|Age group ! width="80" |Population ! width="50"|Percent |- | align="right" | 0-14 | align="right" | 7,718,587 | align="right" | 43.95 |- | align="right" | 15-64 | align="right" | 9,188,275 | align="right" | 52.31 |- | align="right" | 65+ | align="right" | 656,887 | align="right" | 3.74 |- |} ===UN population projections=== Numbers are in thousands. UN medium variant projections <ref name="WPP 2010">[http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/index.htm Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, World Population Prospects: The 2010 Revision] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110506065230/http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/index.htm |date=May 6, 2011 }}</ref> *2015 17,522 *2020 20,677 *2025 24,212 *2030 28,173 *2035 32,667 *2040 37,797 *2045 43,521 *2050 49,719
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