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Malawi – Population Density 1988

Midyear population divided by land area in square kilometers. Captures how concentrated the population is across the country. · World Bank
92.8 +4.9 from 1987 G20 rank: 105th

Malawi's population density was 92.8 in 1988, increased +4.9 from 88.0 in 1987. This was the 105th highest in the G20.

G20 Ranking – 1988
Population Density by Country – 1988
RankCountryValueYoY
1st Greenland 0.2 1.3%
2nd Mongolia 1.3 2.6%
3rd Namibia 1.5 3.6%
4th Mauritania 1.8 2.9%
5th Australia 2.2 1.6%
6th Botswana 2.2 3.0%
7th Libya 2.4 2.6%
8th Iceland 2.5 1.6%
9th Suriname 2.5 1.3%
10th Canada 3.0 1.3%
11th Gabon 3.6 2.8%
12th Guyana 3.9 -0.6%
13th Central African Republic 4.4 1.7%
14th Chad 4.5 3.4%
15th Saudi Arabia 4.5 5.5%
16th Oman 5.1 5.8%
17th Niger 6.2 3.1%
18th Bolivia, Plurinational State of 6.3 2.1%
19th Congo, Republic of 6.6 2.9%
20th Mali 7.2 1.8%
21st Belize 7.7 2.2%
22nd Papua New Guinea 8.2 2.2%
23rd Angola 8.7 3.5%
24th New Caledonia 9.2 1.7%
25th Paraguay 9.6 2.8%
26th Zambia 9.9 2.8%
27th Algeria 10.1 2.8%
28th Solomon Islands 11.1 3.3%
29th Turks and Caicos Islands 11.3 4.0%
30th Norway 11.5 0.5%
31st Somalia, Fed. Rep. 11.5 0.1%
32nd Vanuatu 11.5 2.6%
33rd Argentina 11.6 1.6%
34th Bhutan 11.9 3.0%
35th New Zealand 12.5 0.3%
36th Congo, Democratic Republic of 15.2 3.3%
37th Equatorial Guinea 15.7 4.1%
38th Finland 16.2 0.3%
39th Mozambique 16.3 -0.2%
40th Peru 16.4 2.3%
41st Brazil 17.2 1.9%
42nd Chile 17.5 1.6%
43rd Uruguay 17.5 0.6%
44th Lao PDR 17.6 2.9%
45th Afghanistan 17.7 1.2%
46th Madagascar 19.6 2.9%
47th Sweden 20.7 0.5%
48th Djibouti 20.9 6.6%
49th Cameroon 22.6 3.0%
50th United Arab Emirates 23.7 6.8%
51st Yemen, Republic of 24.4 4.0%
52nd Guinea 24.6 2.7%
53rd Zimbabwe 24.8 3.2%
54th Liberia 25.4 2.9%
55th Bahamas, The 26.6 1.7%
56th United States 26.7 0.9%
57th Tanzania 28.0 3.1%
58th Colombia 28.1 2.1%
59th Panama 31.6 2.2%
60th South Africa 31.7 3.1%
61st Burkina Faso 31.8 2.7%
62nd Nicaragua 33.0 2.3%
63rd Guinea-Bissau 33.5 1.6%
64th Iran, Islamic Republic of 33.8 3.3%
65th Faroe Islands 33.9 1.4%
66th Qatar 35.4 3.6%
67th Côte d'Ivoire 35.5 3.9%
68th Ecuador 36.2 2.4%
69th Jordan 36.2 4.8%
70th Kenya 37.5 3.6%
71st Senegal 37.9 2.9%
72nd Cambodia 38.6 3.9%
73rd Iraq 38.7 2.3%
74th Mexico 41.0 2.0%
75th Fiji 41.5 1.1%
76th Honduras 42.1 2.9%
77th Benin 44.1 3.1%
78th Brunei Darussalam 45.7 3.0%
79th Eswatini 46.5 4.7%
80th Timor-Leste 49.1 1.7%
81st Malaysia 51.1 3.2%
82nd Ireland 51.2 -0.4%
83rd Tunisia 51.3 2.4%
84th Morocco 52.7 1.9%
85th French Polynesia 53.3 2.5%
86th Sierra Leone 54.5 2.7%
87th Egypt, Arab Republic of 55.4 2.8%
88th Lesotho 57.3 2.1%
89th Costa Rica 58.1 2.6%
90th Myanmar 59.1 1.7%
91st Samoa 59.5 0.4%
92nd Syrian Arab Republic 64.1 3.5%
93rd Ghana 64.3 2.4%
94th Togo 69.3 3.1%
95th Türkiye 70.0 2.0%
96th Spain 77.6 0.2%
97th Greece 77.9 0.4%
98th Guatemala 79.6 2.8%
99th Bulgaria 81.2 0.1%
100th Uganda 82.4 3.2%
101st Cyprus 82.9 1.5%
102nd Kiribati 88.2 2.4%
103rd Cabo Verde 89.9 1.4%
104th Austria 91.9 0.1%
105th Malawi 92.8 5.5%
106th Dominica 94.1 -0.6%
107th Gambia, The 95.9 4.2%
108th Cuba 97.1 0.9%
109th Indonesia 97.6 1.9%
110th British Virgin Islands 97.9 3.4%
111th Cayman Islands 99.8 3.8%
112th Romania 100.1 0.5%
113th Nigeria 101.0 2.7%
114th Thailand 103.7 1.7%
115th Andorra 105.1 3.7%
116th France 106.9 0.6%
117th Portugal 109.5 -0.1%
118th Albania 114.7 1.9%
119th European Union 116.2 0.3%
120th Isle of Man 117.0 1.7%
121st China 117.3 1.6%
122nd Hungary 117.9 -0.1%
123rd Kuwait 119.8 4.0%
124th São Tomé and Principe 121.8 2.7%
125th Poland 123.5 0.4%
126th Denmark 128.2 0.0%
127th Nepal 130.3 2.1%
128th Tonga 137.5 0.6%
129th Pakistan 141.0 3.4%
130th Dominican Republic 141.9 2.1%
131st Antigua and Barbuda 144.6 -0.5%
132nd Seychelles 149.5 0.4%
133rd St. Kitts and Nevis 157.9 -0.7%
134th Switzerland 166.8 0.7%
135th Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of 170.3 1.5%
136th Liechtenstein 174.7 1.4%
137th Italy 192.5 0.0%
138th Viet Nam 193.1 2.0%
139th Philippines 200.4 2.7%
140th Israel 205.3 1.7%
141st Burundi 208.9 2.2%
142nd Jamaica 216.6 0.7%
143rd American Samoa 218.1 3.7%
144th St. Lucia 221.3 1.3%
145th Germany 223.8 0.4%
146th Comoros 226.6 2.7%
147th United Kingdom 235.3 0.2%
148th Haiti 238.7 2.1%
149th Trinidad and Tobago 239.8 1.0%
150th Guam 245.9 2.3%
151st El Salvador 250.8 2.0%
152nd Sri Lanka 256.4 1.0%
153rd India 278.3 2.3%
154th Rwanda 282.5 3.2%
155th St. Vincent and the Grenadines 283.7 0.6%
156th Tuvalu 283.9 1.8%
157th Virgin Islands (US) 288.4 0.1%
158th Grenada 289.1 0.8%
159th Aruba 329.6 0.3%
160th Japan 336.2 0.4%
161st Lebanon 337.7 2.0%
162nd San Marino 380.7 0.7%
163rd Puerto Rico (US) 391.6 0.9%
164th Korea 435.7 1.0%
165th Netherlands 437.2 0.6%
166th Nauru 458.3 2.4%
167th Mauritius 513.9 0.7%
168th Barbados 599.4 0.2%
169th Bahrain 695.5 3.7%
170th Maldives 703.0 3.4%
171st Channel Islands 707.5 1.0%
172nd Bangladesh 823.7 2.2%
173rd Bermuda 1,050.0 0.8%
174th Malta 1,085.4 0.8%
175th Gibraltar 2,783.9 -0.9%
176th Singapore 4,247.9 2.6%
177th Hong Kong SAR, China 5,684.4 0.8%
178th Monaco 14,692.2 1.1%
179th Macao SAR, China 15,800.0 3.0%
HistorySaid – pattern alert

Malawi matched the Orthodox Tightening Cycle pattern in 1988. Historically: 271 occurrences, 157 successful (58%). Outcome 24 months later: 11.8%. View full analysis →