Congo - Kinshasa vs Malawi: Population growth

Population growth in 2023: 3.26% a year in Congo - Kinshasa and 2.57% a year in Malawi, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Congo - Kinshasa, by 0.69 percentage points, or 1.27 times that in Malawi.

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% a year · UN

Congo - KinshasaMalawiUN projection (medium variant)95% prediction intervalWorld

What the numbers say

Congo - Kinshasa has been higher since 1998, when it overtook Malawi.
In 2023, Congo - Kinshasa ranked 9 and Malawi ranked 23 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (medium variant) puts Congo - Kinshasa at 0.66% a year and Malawi at 0.42% a year in 2100.
The world as a whole: 0.87% a year in 2023.

Every year

% a year · UN

Year	Congo - Kinshasa	Malawi	World
2023	3.26	2.57	0.87
2022	3.26	2.57	0.88
2021	3.19	2.57	0.8
2020	3.29	2.62	0.9
2019	3.15	2.65	1.03
2018	3.19	2.65	1.07
2017	3.51	2.69	1.13
2016	3.81	2.72	1.17
2015	3.27	2.73	1.18
2014	3.34	2.78	1.22
2013	3.45	2.83	1.23
2012	3.36	2.85	1.27
2011	3.32	2.9	1.26
2010	3.24	2.94	1.27
2009	3.13	2.96	1.28
2008	3.05	2.95	1.28
2007	2.98	2.86	1.28
2006	3.07	2.79	1.28
2005	3.1	2.72	1.27
2004	3.05	2.63	1.28
2003	2.84	2.54	1.29
2002	3	2.47	1.3
2001	3.11	2.43	1.33
2000	3.23	2.41	1.35
1999	3.19	2.39	1.35
1998	3.53	2.28	1.37
1997	1.88	2.04	1.39
1996	1.33	1.97	1.42
1995	2.53	1.97	1.45
1994	5.85	-2.26	1.47
1993	3.57	-0.08	1.52
1992	3.58	3.02	1.57
1991	3.17	2.8	1.63
1990	3.5	3.37	1.76
1989	3.13	4.56	1.78
1988	3.19	4.89	1.79
1987	3.22	5.94	1.84
1986	3.09	3.56	1.83
1985	3.21	3.82	1.8
1984	3.42	3.88	1.8
1983	3.26	3.94	1.78
1982	3.08	3.96	1.86
1981	2.92	3.94	1.82
1980	2.91	3.91	1.8
1979	3.37	3.79	1.79
1978	3.66	3.59	1.74
1977	2.53	3.23	1.75
1976	2.53	2.97	1.78
1975	2.64	2.85	1.8
1974	2.66	2.76	1.88
1973	2.68	2.66	1.94
1972	2.67	2.58	1.97
1971	2.63	2.53	1.97
1970	2.84	2.48	2.06
1969	2.87	2.45	2.06
1968	2.92	2.48	2.09
1967	2.95	2.48	2
1966	2.89	2.47	2.04
1965	2.81	2.44	2.09
1964	2.68	2.44	2.16
1963	2.67	2.46	2.28
1962	2.63	2.43	2.11
1961	2.58	2.4	1.67
1960	2.56	2.36	1.58
1959	2.39	2.32	1.73
1958	2.15	2.26	2
1957	2.24	2.19	2.07
1956	2.2	2.13	1.98
1955	2.15	2.06	2.01
1954	2.11	1.99	1.99
1953	2.03	1.97	1.9
1952	2.08	1.91	1.94
1951	2.04	1.82	1.75
1950	1.96	1.71	1.74

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Congo - Kinshasa	Malawi	World
2024	3.221.97–4.3	2.580.99–4.06	0.86
2025	3.181.91–4.32	2.540.55–4.21	0.84
2026	3.131.7–4.24	2.530.51–4.41	0.83
2027	3.091.66–4.27	2.510.39–4.51	0.81
2028	3.051.61–4.32	2.470.12–4.53	0.8
2029	31.55–4.25	2.470.22–4.66	0.78
2030	2.961.49–4.32	2.410.23–4.51	0.76
2031	2.911.42–4.19	2.330.12–4.43	0.75
2032	2.851.37–4.19	2.30.16–4.46	0.73
2033	2.811.23–4.16	2.290.02–4.49	0.72
2034	2.761.08–4.12	2.230.04–4.37	0.7
2035	2.711.08–4.07	2.20.03–4.33	0.69
2036	2.671.13–4.03	2.160.04–4.29	0.67
2037	2.611.11–4.09	2.14-0.01–4.38	0.65
2038	2.580.95–4.07	2.02-0.13–4.13	0.64
2039	2.540.87–3.98	1.99-0.13–4.21	0.62
2040	2.50.92–4	1.95-0.32–4.09	0.61
2041	2.480.81–4.04	1.91-0.32–4.08	0.59
2042	2.440.82–4.01	1.86-0.45–4.21	0.57
2043	2.410.74–3.9	1.83-0.56–4.14	0.56
2044	2.380.81–3.94	1.84-0.46–4.04	0.54
2045	2.350.78–3.94	1.77-0.5–3.82	0.52
2046	2.320.81–4.06	1.75-0.63–3.83	0.5
2047	2.280.71–3.97	1.71-0.56–3.78	0.48
2048	2.250.62–4.01	1.63-0.58–3.76	0.46
2049	2.220.67–3.98	1.64-0.5–3.88	0.44
2050	2.180.61–3.95	1.61-0.61–3.74	0.42
2051	2.150.58–3.91	1.6-0.7–3.83	0.4
2052	2.120.5–3.88	1.56-0.88–3.83	0.38
2053	2.080.46–3.86	1.56-0.79–3.83	0.36
2054	2.040.46–3.94	1.47-0.85–3.75	0.34
2055	20.45–3.89	1.47-0.96–3.68	0.33
2056	1.970.42–3.8	1.39-0.89–3.56	0.31
2057	1.930.33–3.93	1.39-0.84–3.72	0.3
2058	1.90.33–3.83	1.34-0.96–3.74	0.28
2059	1.860.27–3.83	1.37-1.05–3.57	0.27
2060	1.820.15–3.75	1.3-0.99–3.5	0.25
2061	1.790.14–3.77	1.27-1.12–3.5	0.24
2062	1.750.13–3.7	1.2-1.26–3.45	0.23
2063	1.710–3.67	1.15-1.32–3.44	0.22
2064	1.68-0.07–3.84	1.15-1.21–3.45	0.21
2065	1.640–3.81	1.13-1.26–3.51	0.2
2066	1.61-0.11–3.77	1.12-1.28–3.55	0.19
2067	1.57-0.07–3.84	1.08-1.61–3.53	0.18
2068	1.54-0.12–3.69	1.06-1.58–3.44	0.17
2069	1.51-0.12–3.74	1.02-1.5–3.45	0.16
2070	1.48-0.19–3.71	1-1.56–3.34	0.15
2071	1.44-0.21–3.63	0.98-1.6–3.37	0.14
2072	1.42-0.16–3.68	0.92-1.65–3.2	0.13
2073	1.38-0.23–3.65	0.9-1.74–3.34	0.12
2074	1.35-0.26–3.57	0.9-1.67–3.21	0.1
2075	1.32-0.24–3.61	0.89-1.62–3.28	0.09
2076	1.3-0.42–3.54	0.89-1.58–3.38	0.08
2077	1.27-0.35–3.64	0.88-1.73–3.13	0.07
2078	1.24-0.38–3.47	0.81-1.84–3.21	0.06
2079	1.21-0.52–3.48	0.8-1.75–3.23	0.05
2080	1.18-0.46–3.51	0.79-1.9–3.27	0.04
2081	1.15-0.49–3.41	0.76-1.8–3.25	0.03
2082	1.13-0.62–3.45	0.73-1.91–3.3	0.02
2083	1.1-0.55–3.49	0.72-1.91–3.15	0.01
2084	1.08-0.63–3.51	0.64-2.15–3.07	-0
2085	1.05-0.73–3.42	0.65-2.08–3.04	-0.01
2086	1.02-0.71–3.35	0.62-2.03–3.02	-0.02
2087	0.99-0.7–3.41	0.61-2.03–3.06	-0.03
2088	0.96-0.74–3.37	0.61-2–3.09	-0.04
2089	0.94-0.82–3.48	0.56-2.23–3.15	-0.05
2090	0.91-0.79–3.33	0.55-2.12–3.1	-0.05
2091	0.88-0.92–3.32	0.51-2.13–3.07	-0.06
2092	0.85-0.91–3.38	0.51-2.25–3.14	-0.07
2093	0.83-0.92–3.3	0.47-2.35–2.95	-0.07
2094	0.81-1.05–3.41	0.46-2.38–3.08	-0.08
2095	0.78-1.01–3.26	0.43-2.59–3.05	-0.09
2096	0.75-1.06–3.24	0.45-2.62–3.03	-0.1
2097	0.72-1.15–3.24	0.42-2.65–2.84	-0.11
2098	0.7-1.1–3.19	0.43-2.54–2.83	-0.11
2099	0.68-1.21–3.17	0.43-2.59–2.87	-0.12
2100	0.66-1.25–3.23	0.42-2.55–2.86	-0.13

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Good to know

How fast the population grew or shrank in a year: births minus deaths, plus people moving in minus people moving out.
Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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Deaths in conflictsCongo - Kinshasa: 5,228 deaths in 2022Malawi: 0 deaths in 2022