Malawi - Population density

Population density (people per sq. km of land area)

The value for Population density (people per sq. km of land area) in Malawi was 202.91 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 59 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 202.91 in 2020 and a minimum value of 39.75 in 1961.

Definition: Population density is midyear population divided by land area in square kilometers. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of their country of origin. Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization and World Bank population estimates.

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Year Value
1961 39.75
1962 40.72
1963 41.73
1964 42.77
1965 43.85
1966 44.98
1967 46.14
1968 47.35
1969 48.60
1970 49.89
1971 51.22
1972 52.59
1973 54.02
1974 55.53
1975 57.11
1976 58.82
1977 60.65
1978 62.55
1979 64.44
1980 66.30
1981 68.01
1982 69.64
1983 71.47
1984 73.87
1985 77.09
1986 81.32
1987 86.35
1988 91.61
1989 96.26
1990 99.75
1991 101.83
1992 102.74
1993 102.99
1994 103.37
1995 104.42
1996 106.31
1997 108.88
1998 111.93
1999 115.13
2000 118.25
2001 121.26
2002 124.24
2003 127.28
2004 130.48
2005 133.92
2006 137.61
2007 141.51
2008 145.61
2009 149.85
2010 154.22
2011 158.70
2012 163.30
2013 168.00
2014 172.78
2015 177.61
2016 182.49
2017 187.42
2018 192.44
2019 197.59
2020 202.91

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization