Malawi vs Uganda: Population growth
Malawi
2.6%
in 2025
Uganda
2.7%
in 2025
Malawi rank
23rd
Uganda rank
21st
Population growth over time
- Malawi
- Uganda
How they compare
Uganda currently reports 2.7% against 2.6% in Malawi, a difference of 0.1%.
That makes Uganda's figure about 1.1 times Malawi's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Uganda ahead.
Globally, Malawi ranks 23rd and Uganda ranks 21st of 215 countries.
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About this data
Annual population growth rate for year t is the exponential rate of growth of midyear population from year t-1 to t, expressed as a percentage. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.