Malawi
Life expectancy in Malawi
Life expectancy in Malawi: 32.7 years in 1950 and 67.4 years in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 67.4 years
- Since 1950
- +34.7 years
- Rank, 2023
- 182 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 73.2 years
- Projected, 2100
- 78.6 years
- UN projection (medium variant)
years · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 78.6 years in 2100, between 66.6 years and 88.2 years (95% prediction interval).
Every year
years · UN
| Year | Malawi | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 67.4 | 73.2 |
| 2022 | 66 | 72.6 |
| 2021 | 64.8 | 70.9 |
| 2020 | 65.2 | 71.9 |
| 2019 | 65 | 72.6 |
| 2018 | 64.5 | 72.4 |
| 2017 | 63.9 | 72.1 |
| 2016 | 63.2 | 71.9 |
| 2015 | 62.3 | 71.6 |
| 2014 | 61.7 | 71.4 |
| 2013 | 60.8 | 71.1 |
| 2012 | 59.9 | 70.8 |
| 2011 | 58.9 | 70.4 |
| 2010 | 57.8 | 70.1 |
| 2009 | 56.7 | 69.7 |
| 2008 | 55.7 | 69.3 |
| 2007 | 54.7 | 69 |
| 2006 | 53.7 | 68.6 |
| 2005 | 52.5 | 68.1 |
| 2004 | 51.1 | 67.7 |
| 2003 | 49.6 | 67.4 |
| 2002 | 48.2 | 67.1 |
| 2001 | 47.2 | 66.8 |
| 2000 | 46.2 | 66.4 |
| 1999 | 45.1 | 66 |
| 1998 | 44.3 | 65.7 |
| 1997 | 44.2 | 65.5 |
| 1996 | 44 | 65.2 |
| 1995 | 43.8 | 64.9 |
| 1994 | 43.8 | 64.3 |
| 1993 | 43.7 | 64.4 |
| 1992 | 43.6 | 64.3 |
| 1991 | 43.5 | 64.1 |
| 1990 | 43.6 | 64 |
| 1989 | 43.5 | 63.8 |
| 1988 | 43.6 | 63.4 |
| 1987 | 43.9 | 63.2 |
| 1986 | 44.3 | 62.7 |
| 1985 | 44.6 | 62.2 |
| 1984 | 44.8 | 61.9 |
| 1983 | 45 | 61.5 |
| 1982 | 44.8 | 61.3 |
| 1981 | 44.7 | 60.9 |
| 1980 | 44.3 | 60.5 |
| 1979 | 43.7 | 60.2 |
| 1978 | 43 | 59.5 |
| 1977 | 42 | 59.2 |
| 1976 | 41 | 58.6 |
| 1975 | 40.1 | 58.3 |
| 1974 | 39.2 | 58.1 |
| 1973 | 38.4 | 57.7 |
| 1972 | 37.6 | 57.2 |
| 1971 | 37.1 | 56 |
| 1970 | 36.6 | 56.3 |
| 1969 | 36.3 | 56 |
| 1968 | 36.1 | 55.6 |
| 1967 | 35.9 | 55.1 |
| 1966 | 35.8 | 54.6 |
| 1965 | 35.7 | 54 |
| 1964 | 35.7 | 54.3 |
| 1963 | 35.6 | 53.7 |
| 1962 | 35.5 | 53.2 |
| 1961 | 35.2 | 50.4 |
| 1960 | 35 | 47.8 |
| 1959 | 34.8 | 49.6 |
| 1958 | 34.4 | 51.6 |
| 1957 | 34.1 | 51.1 |
| 1956 | 33.9 | 50.7 |
| 1955 | 33.6 | 50.2 |
| 1954 | 33.4 | 49.7 |
| 1953 | 33.2 | 48.8 |
| 1952 | 33 | 48.2 |
| 1951 | 32.8 | 47.1 |
| 1950 | 32.7 | 46.4 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Malawi | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 67.666.2–69 | 73.3 |
| 2025 | 67.765.8–69.6 | 73.5 |
| 2026 | 67.965.5–70.2 | 73.8 |
| 2027 | 68.165.3–70.9 | 73.9 |
| 2028 | 68.365.1–71.2 | 74.1 |
| 2029 | 68.564.9–71.7 | 74.2 |
| 2030 | 68.664.9–72 | 74.4 |
| 2031 | 68.864.8–72.5 | 74.5 |
| 2032 | 6964.7–72.9 | 74.7 |
| 2033 | 69.164.6–73.4 | 74.8 |
| 2034 | 69.364.6–73.7 | 75 |
| 2035 | 69.564.6–74 | 75.1 |
| 2036 | 69.664.5–74.3 | 75.3 |
| 2037 | 69.864.6–74.8 | 75.4 |
| 2038 | 69.964.6–75.1 | 75.5 |
| 2039 | 70.164.6–75.4 | 75.7 |
| 2040 | 70.364.6–75.8 | 75.8 |
| 2041 | 70.464.4–76.1 | 75.9 |
| 2042 | 70.664.5–76.5 | 76.1 |
| 2043 | 70.764.3–76.6 | 76.2 |
| 2044 | 70.864.1–77 | 76.3 |
| 2045 | 7164.7–77.3 | 76.5 |
| 2046 | 71.164.5–77.6 | 76.6 |
| 2047 | 71.364.4–77.7 | 76.7 |
| 2048 | 71.464.5–78.1 | 76.8 |
| 2049 | 71.664.6–78.6 | 76.9 |
| 2050 | 71.764.6–78.8 | 77 |
| 2051 | 71.864.4–79 | 77.1 |
| 2052 | 7264.6–79.3 | 77.2 |
| 2053 | 72.164.6–79.5 | 77.3 |
| 2054 | 72.364.6–79.9 | 77.4 |
| 2055 | 72.464.7–80 | 77.6 |
| 2056 | 72.564.7–80.3 | 77.7 |
| 2057 | 72.764.7–80.5 | 77.8 |
| 2058 | 72.864.6–80.7 | 77.9 |
| 2059 | 7364.7–80.8 | 78 |
| 2060 | 73.164.7–81.1 | 78.1 |
| 2061 | 73.364.8–81.4 | 78.2 |
| 2062 | 73.464.8–81.7 | 78.3 |
| 2063 | 73.664.9–81.8 | 78.4 |
| 2064 | 73.764.9–82.2 | 78.5 |
| 2065 | 73.864.8–82.6 | 78.6 |
| 2066 | 7464.9–82.7 | 78.7 |
| 2067 | 74.165–83 | 78.8 |
| 2068 | 74.364.8–82.9 | 78.9 |
| 2069 | 74.464.7–83 | 79 |
| 2070 | 74.565–83.3 | 79.1 |
| 2071 | 74.764.7–83.4 | 79.2 |
| 2072 | 74.864.9–83.5 | 79.3 |
| 2073 | 74.965–83.6 | 79.4 |
| 2074 | 75.165–83.9 | 79.4 |
| 2075 | 75.265–84 | 79.5 |
| 2076 | 75.464.8–84.2 | 79.6 |
| 2077 | 75.564.8–84.2 | 79.7 |
| 2078 | 75.664.9–84.5 | 79.8 |
| 2079 | 75.864.8–84.6 | 79.9 |
| 2080 | 75.965.3–84.8 | 80 |
| 2081 | 7665.4–85.1 | 80.1 |
| 2082 | 76.265.5–85.3 | 80.2 |
| 2083 | 76.365.6–85.4 | 80.3 |
| 2084 | 76.565.7–85.9 | 80.3 |
| 2085 | 76.665.9–86 | 80.4 |
| 2086 | 76.765.5–85.9 | 80.5 |
| 2087 | 76.965.7–86.1 | 80.6 |
| 2088 | 7765.6–86.3 | 80.7 |
| 2089 | 77.165.8–86.5 | 80.8 |
| 2090 | 77.365.8–86.8 | 80.9 |
| 2091 | 77.465.8–86.8 | 81 |
| 2092 | 77.565.9–87.1 | 81 |
| 2093 | 77.765.9–87 | 81.1 |
| 2094 | 77.866.1–87.1 | 81.2 |
| 2095 | 7866.2–87.4 | 81.3 |
| 2096 | 78.166.5–87.5 | 81.4 |
| 2097 | 78.266.3–87.6 | 81.5 |
| 2098 | 78.366.4–87.7 | 81.6 |
| 2099 | 78.566.5–87.9 | 81.7 |
| 2100 | 78.666.6–88.2 | 81.7 |
Good to know
- How long a newborn would live on average if the year’s death rates held all its life.
- 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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- Military spending1.15% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$128M in 2025
- Military spending per person$7 in 2025
- Military share of state spending3.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel15,000 people in 2020
- National power0.07% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.2% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports2 million TIV in 2024
- Arms exports1 million TIV in 2000