Malawi - Urban Population 1980
9.13%
+0.22% from 1979
Malawi's urban population was 9.13% in 1980, increased +0.22% from 8.92% in 1979. This was the 6th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1980▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Burundi | 4.34% | 3.9% |
| 2nd | Rwanda | 4.82% | 1.3% |
| 3rd | Uganda | 6.76% | 1.6% |
| 4th | Burkina Faso | 8.42% | 7.7% |
| 5th | South Sudan | 8.49% | 0.0% |
| 6th | Malawi | 9.13% | 2.4% |
| 7th | Solomon Islands | 10.83% | 3.7% |
| 8th | Lesotho | 11.24% | 0.1% |
| 9th | Bhutan | 12.17% | 8.9% |
| 10th | Yemen, Republic of | 12.37% | 6.8% |
| 11th | Lao PDR | 12.38% | 2.2% |
| 12th | Cambodia | 12.73% | 38.0% |
| 13th | Papua New Guinea | 13.06% | -0.1% |
| 14th | Mozambique | 13.13% | 5.0% |
| 15th | Niger | 13.69% | 2.1% |
| 16th | Mali | 14.05% | 2.2% |
| 17th | Eritrea | 14.37% | 1.2% |
| 18th | Nepal | 14.61% | 8.7% |
| 19th | Bangladesh | 14.68% | 6.7% |
| 20th | Tanzania | 14.77% | 3.7% |
| 21st | Vanuatu | 14.77% | 2.8% |
| 22nd | Botswana | 14.94% | 5.2% |
| 23rd | Afghanistan | 15.68% | 1.6% |
| 24th | Kenya | 15.84% | 2.3% |
| 25th | Timor-Leste | 16.64% | 3.0% |
| 26th | Thailand | 17.08% | 1.5% |
| 27th | Guinea-Bissau | 17.26% | 3.5% |
| 28th | Liechtenstein | 18.28% | -0.1% |
| 29th | Madagascar | 18.49% | 2.1% |
| 30th | Eswatini | 18.79% | 5.5% |
| 31st | Chad | 19.08% | 1.8% |
| 32nd | Viet Nam | 19.16% | -0.2% |
| 33rd | China | 19.39% | 2.3% |
| 34th | Sudan | 19.82% | 0.9% |
| 35th | Haiti | 20.56% | 0.1% |
| 36th | Tonga | 20.62% | 0.5% |
| 37th | Samoa | 21.21% | 0.1% |
| 38th | Sri Lanka | 21.61% | -0.7% |
| 39th | Indonesia | 22.15% | 3.2% |
| 40th | Zimbabwe | 22.33% | 2.4% |
| 41st | British Virgin Islands | 22.57% | 3.8% |
| 42nd | Maldives | 22.82% | 3.9% |
| 43rd | Comoros | 23.22% | 1.7% |
| 44th | Cabo Verde | 23.46% | 2.6% |
| 45th | India | 23.51% | 1.5% |
| 46th | Angola | 24.13% | 5.5% |
| 47th | Myanmar | 24.56% | 0.3% |
| 48th | Togo | 24.71% | 1.3% |
| 49th | Guinea | 24.74% | 2.5% |
| 50th | Namibia | 25.63% | 0.3% |
| 51st | Equatorial Guinea | 26.27% | 0.0% |
| 52nd | St. Lucia | 26.37% | 1.4% |
| 53rd | Micronesia, Federated States of | 26.47% | 0.1% |
| 54th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 26.85% | 1.2% |
| 55th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 26.85% | 0.8% |
| 56th | Gambia, The | 27.22% | 6.5% |
| 57th | Benin | 27.30% | 3.0% |
| 58th | Nigeria | 27.41% | 2.8% |
| 59th | Pakistan | 28.09% | 1.2% |
| 60th | Mauritania | 28.66% | 7.3% |
| 61st | Guyana | 29.50% | 0.0% |
| 62nd | Tuvalu | 30.16% | 3.9% |
| 63rd | Sierra Leone | 30.21% | 1.5% |
| 64th | Ghana | 31.03% | 0.6% |
| 65th | Faroe Islands | 31.57% | 0.3% |
| 66th | Channel Islands | 31.97% | -0.5% |
| 67th | Kosovo | 32.12% | 1.6% |
| 68th | Cameroon | 32.34% | 3.0% |
| 69th | Kiribati | 32.44% | 1.0% |
| 70th | Guatemala | 32.80% | -1.1% |
| 71st | Grenada | 32.92% | 0.2% |
| 72nd | São Tomé and Principe | 33.34% | 1.2% |
| 73rd | Albania | 33.73% | 0.6% |
| 74th | Philippines | 33.85% | 0.6% |
| 75th | Malaysia | 34.24% | 2.0% |
| 76th | Tajikistan | 34.25% | -0.6% |
| 77th | Antigua and Barbuda | 34.54% | 0.4% |
| 78th | Honduras | 35.06% | 1.7% |
| 79th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 35.80% | 1.8% |
| 80th | Liberia | 35.84% | 3.0% |
| 81st | St. Kitts and Nevis | 35.90% | 0.0% |
| 82nd | Central African Republic | 35.93% | 0.6% |
| 83rd | Senegal | 35.96% | 1.1% |
| 84th | Côte d'Ivoire | 37.18% | 0.9% |
| 85th | Fiji | 37.75% | 0.3% |
| 86th | Kyrgyz Republic | 38.28% | 0.0% |
| 87th | Virgin Islands (US) | 39.56% | 5.1% |
| 88th | Türkiye | 39.88% | 2.4% |
| 89th | Zambia | 39.89% | 0.5% |
| 90th | Moldova | 40.02% | 1.4% |
| 91st | Uzbekistan | 41.07% | 0.4% |
| 92nd | Morocco | 41.10% | 1.8% |
| 93rd | Portugal | 41.25% | 1.6% |
| 94th | Paraguay | 41.40% | 1.6% |
| 95th | Mauritius | 42.14% | -0.7% |
| 96th | Algeria | 42.78% | 2.0% |
| 97th | El Salvador | 42.81% | 1.2% |
| 98th | Costa Rica | 42.89% | 0.7% |
| 99th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 43.53% | 0.1% |
| 100th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 43.89% | 0.1% |
| 101st | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 44.09% | 2.2% |
| 102nd | Montenegro | 44.93% | 1.9% |
| 103rd | Serbia | 46.23% | 1.1% |
| 104th | Dominica | 46.54% | 2.4% |
| 105th | Syrian Arab Republic | 46.73% | 0.6% |
| 106th | Congo, Republic of | 46.76% | 3.3% |
| 107th | Ecuador | 46.96% | 2.2% |
| 108th | Jamaica | 47.16% | 0.9% |
| 109th | Turkmenistan | 47.17% | -0.3% |
| 110th | Croatia | 47.31% | 1.4% |
| 111th | South Africa | 48.40% | 0.2% |
| 112th | Slovenia | 48.49% | 1.6% |
| 113th | Seychelles | 49.40% | 0.0% |
| 114th | Romania | 49.67% | 1.3% |
| 115th | Panama | 49.77% | 0.5% |
| 116th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 49.94% | 1.5% |
| 117th | Isle of Man | 50.44% | -0.4% |
| 118th | Nicaragua | 51.12% | 0.6% |
| 119th | Dominican Republic | 51.48% | 1.6% |
| 120th | Tunisia | 51.56% | 0.5% |
| 121st | Belize | 51.66% | -0.6% |
| 122nd | Slovak Republic | 51.76% | 1.6% |
| 123rd | Mongolia | 52.26% | 1.4% |
| 124th | Georgia | 52.29% | 0.6% |
| 125th | Trinidad and Tobago | 52.31% | 0.9% |
| 126th | Azerbaijan | 53.15% | 0.8% |
| 127th | North Macedonia | 53.54% | 0.9% |
| 128th | Kazakhstan | 54.10% | 0.8% |
| 129th | Austria | 54.67% | 0.8% |
| 130th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 55.07% | 1.2% |
| 131st | Gabon | 55.24% | 3.7% |
| 132nd | Oman | 55.30% | 3.9% |
| 133rd | Ireland | 55.44% | 0.4% |
| 134th | Belarus | 56.57% | 2.1% |
| 135th | Korea | 56.66% | 3.2% |
| 136th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 56.90% | 0.1% |
| 137th | New Caledonia | 57.71% | 0.7% |
| 138th | Hungary | 57.92% | 0.5% |
| 139th | Poland | 58.23% | 0.8% |
| 140th | French Polynesia | 59.06% | -0.1% |
| 141st | Brunei Darussalam | 59.54% | -0.6% |
| 142nd | Marshall Islands | 59.65% | -0.2% |
| 143rd | Jordan | 59.83% | 1.8% |
| 144th | Cyprus | 61.07% | 2.7% |
| 145th | Switzerland | 61.29% | 0.7% |
| 146th | Lithuania | 61.45% | 1.6% |
| 147th | West Bank and Gaza | 62.07% | 0.7% |
| 148th | Bulgaria | 62.14% | 1.1% |
| 149th | Ukraine | 62.18% | 0.9% |
| 150th | Palau | 62.50% | 0.6% |
| 151st | Finland | 63.09% | 0.2% |
| 152nd | Barbados | 63.46% | 0.6% |
| 153rd | American Samoa | 63.68% | 1.6% |
| 154th | Peru | 64.70% | 0.8% |
| 155th | Colombia | 64.73% | 0.7% |
| 156th | Netherlands | 64.99% | 0.3% |
| 157th | Iraq | 66.01% | 1.3% |
| 158th | Suriname | 66.06% | 0.0% |
| 159th | Aruba | 66.09% | 0.2% |
| 160th | Armenia | 66.18% | 0.4% |
| 161st | Mexico | 66.31% | 0.9% |
| 162nd | Saudi Arabia | 66.43% | 2.4% |
| 163rd | Italy | 66.85% | 0.2% |
| 164th | Puerto Rico (US) | 67.07% | 1.7% |
| 165th | Brazil | 67.42% | 1.7% |
| 166th | European Union | 68.09% | 0.5% |
| 167th | Latvia | 68.41% | 0.6% |
| 168th | Cuba | 68.41% | 1.0% |
| 169th | Greece | 69.48% | 0.5% |
| 170th | Russian Federation | 69.85% | 0.7% |
| 171st | Estonia | 69.99% | 0.5% |
| 172nd | Libya | 70.54% | 2.2% |
| 173rd | Norway | 70.65% | 0.3% |
| 174th | Spain | 71.54% | 0.6% |
| 175th | Bahamas, The | 73.11% | 1.1% |
| 176th | Djibouti | 73.24% | 0.9% |
| 177th | France | 73.25% | 0.1% |
| 178th | United States | 73.75% | 0.1% |
| 179th | Lebanon | 74.49% | 1.9% |
| 180th | Czechia | 74.69% | 6.5% |
| 181st | Belgium | 74.72% | 0.5% |
| 182nd | Canada | 75.68% | 0.1% |
| 183rd | Japan | 76.17% | 0.1% |
| 184th | Greenland | 76.39% | 0.7% |
| 185th | United Kingdom | 78.57% | 0.1% |
| 186th | Germany | 79.92% | 0.0% |
| 187th | Luxembourg | 80.30% | 0.4% |
| 188th | Bahrain | 80.43% | 0.5% |
| 189th | United Arab Emirates | 81.10% | -0.8% |
| 190th | Curaçao | 81.22% | 0.3% |
| 191st | San Marino | 81.58% | 2.6% |
| 192nd | Chile | 81.68% | 0.5% |
| 193rd | Argentina | 82.86% | 0.5% |
| 194th | Qatar | 83.00% | 0.9% |
| 195th | Sweden | 83.09% | 0.0% |
| 196th | New Zealand | 83.40% | 0.1% |
| 197th | Denmark | 83.77% | 0.3% |
| 198th | Uruguay | 84.98% | 0.5% |
| 199th | Australia | 85.78% | -0.1% |
| 200th | Northern Mariana Islands | 86.73% | 0.1% |
| 201st | Iceland | 88.09% | 0.2% |
| 202nd | Guam | 88.80% | 0.0% |
| 203rd | Israel | 88.83% | 0.4% |
| 204th | Malta | 89.59% | 0.0% |
| 205th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 91.48% | 0.4% |
| 206th | Andorra | 92.93% | 1.1% |
| 207th | Kuwait | 94.77% | 0.9% |
| 208th | Macao SAR, China | 98.48% | 0.1% |
| 209th | Bermuda | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 210th | Cayman Islands | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 211th | Gibraltar | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 212th | St. Martin (French part) | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 213th | Monaco | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 214th | Nauru | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 215th | Singapore | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 216th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 100.00% | 0.0% |
FAQ
What was Malawi's urban population in 1980?▾
Malawi's urban population in 1980 was 9.13%. This ranked 6th globally.
How did Malawi's urban population change in 1980?▾
Malawi's urban population increased by 2.4% in 1980 compared to 1979.
Which country had the highest urban population in 1980?▾
Bermuda had the highest urban population in 1980 at 100.00%.
What is the urban population of Malawi in 1980?▾
The urban population of Malawi in 1980 was 9.13%. This ranked 6th globally.
How does 1980 compare to 1979 for Malawi's urban population?▾
Malawi's urban population went from 8.92% in 1979 to 9.13% in 1980, a 2.4% increase.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
Malawi matched the Orthodox Tightening Cycle pattern in 1980. Historically: 311 occurrences, 177 successful (57%). Outcome 24 months later: 9.8%. View full analysis →
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