Malawi's population ages 0-14, female was 4.45 million in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 14.24% from 3.9 million in 2015 (1.34% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 4.45 million | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 4.22 million | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 3.9 million | 2015 |
| Highest | 4.45 million | 2025 |
| Lowest | 799,667 | 1960 |
| Average since 2016 | 4.23 million | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 799,667 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Malawi's population ages 0-14, female rose 1.1% on 2024 (from 4.41 million to 4.45 million).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +2.1% and a typical year strayed about 0.7% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.4 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 5.2% in 1989 and the biggest yearly fall was 0.9% in 1994. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is upward, about 52,517 a year. A straight line explains 99% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, Malawi had the 49th highest value of the 217 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 4.45 million | 2025 |
| World | 974.32 million | 2025 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 263.91 million | 2025 |
| Low income | 154.97 million | 2025 |
Closest to Malawi in the 2025 ranking
- Argentina — 46th of 217: 4.69 million
- Somalia, Fed. Rep. — 47th of 217: 4.51 million
- Zambia — 48th of 217: 4.49 million
- Saudi Arabia — 50th of 217: 4.28 million
- Nepal — 51st of 217: 4.04 million
- Peru — 52nd of 217: 4.01 million
What this measures
Female population between the ages 0 to 14. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.
All 66 values
| Year | Population ages 0-14, female |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4,454,810 |
| 2024 | 4,407,058 |
| 2023 | 4,361,761 |
| 2022 | 4,317,088 |
| 2021 | 4,270,685 |
| 2020 | 4,220,648 |
| 2019 | 4,165,844 |
| 2018 | 4,106,407 |
| 2017 | 4,042,270 |
| 2016 | 3,973,551 |
| 2015 |
Population ages 0-14, female in nearby economies
- Angola — 8.56 million (2025)
- Benin — 3.01 million (2025)
- Botswana — 406,270 (2025)
- Burkina Faso — 4.88 million (2025)
- Burundi — 3.15 million (2025)
- Cabo Verde — 63,435 (2025)
- Cameroon — 6.09 million (2025)
- Central African Republic — 1.33 million (2025)
- Chad — 4.76 million (2025)
- Comoros — 160,544 (2025)
- Congo, Dem. Rep. — 25.86 million (2025)
More health data for Malawi
- Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 13.94% (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 14.71% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 39.17% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male — 4.46 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 41.13% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total — 8.91 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 40.13% (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) — 12.8% (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, male (% of male population) — 13.46% (2025)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Malawi's population ages 0-14, female?
- 4.45 million in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1960?
- It is up 457.08% from 799,667 in 1960 (2.68% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 4.45 million in 2025 and the lowest 799,667 in 1960.
- How does Malawi rank?
- 49th highest of 217 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in population ages 0-14, female unusual for Malawi?
- In 2025, Malawi's population ages 0-14, female rose 1.1% on 2024 (from 4.41 million to 4.45 million). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +2.1% and a typical year strayed about 0.7% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.4 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SP.POP.0014.FE.IN, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division; Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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