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 158.05 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 49 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 158.05 in 2010 and a minimum value of 38.26 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.

See also:

Year Value
1961 38.26
1962 39.18
1963 40.14
1964 41.13
1965 42.16
1966 43.22
1967 44.32
1968 45.48
1969 46.72
1970 48.06
1971 49.51
1972 51.06
1973 52.71
1974 54.43
1975 56.24
1976 58.14
1977 60.14
1978 62.20
1979 64.22
1980 66.18
1981 67.98
1982 69.66
1983 71.50
1984 73.90
1985 77.09
1986 81.26
1987 86.21
1988 91.39
1989 96.00
1990 99.50
1991 101.65
1992 102.69
1993 103.11
1994 103.65
1995 104.83
1996 106.82
1997 109.45
1998 112.56
1999 115.85
2000 119.10
2001 122.29
2002 125.51
2003 128.82
2004 132.30
2005 136.01
2006 139.96
2007 144.14
2008 148.55
2009 153.19
2010 158.05

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization