Malawi - Urban Population 1998
14.42%
+0.19% from 1997
Malawi's urban population was 14.42% in 1998, increased +0.19% from 14.23% in 1997. This was the 5th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1998▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Burundi | 7.68% | 2.3% |
| 2nd | Uganda | 11.22% | 1.6% |
| 3rd | Rwanda | 13.33% | 12.6% |
| 4th | Papua New Guinea | 13.50% | -1.8% |
| 5th | Malawi | 14.42% | 1.4% |
| 6th | Sri Lanka | 14.94% | -1.7% |
| 7th | Solomon Islands | 15.23% | 1.5% |
| 8th | Liechtenstein | 15.50% | -2.3% |
| 9th | South Sudan | 15.56% | 1.7% |
| 10th | Niger | 15.97% | 0.5% |
| 11th | Burkina Faso | 16.44% | 4.0% |
| 12th | Lesotho | 18.22% | 3.2% |
| 13th | Afghanistan | 18.24% | 0.8% |
| 14th | Mali | 18.36% | 1.5% |
| 15th | Cambodia | 18.37% | 1.0% |
| 16th | Kenya | 18.88% | 0.7% |
| 17th | Lao PDR | 19.88% | 5.5% |
| 18th | Vanuatu | 21.08% | 1.4% |
| 19th | Tanzania | 21.47% | 1.6% |
| 20th | Chad | 21.59% | 0.2% |
| 21st | Samoa | 21.84% | 0.4% |
| 22nd | Bangladesh | 22.62% | 1.5% |
| 23rd | Tonga | 22.97% | 0.2% |
| 24th | Eswatini | 23.03% | -0.1% |
| 25th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 23.04% | -3.3% |
| 26th | Viet Nam | 23.28% | 2.6% |
| 27th | Timor-Leste | 23.46% | 1.3% |
| 28th | Madagascar | 24.41% | 1.3% |
| 29th | Yemen, Republic of | 25.54% | 2.3% |
| 30th | Bhutan | 26.18% | 2.8% |
| 31st | Maldives | 26.47% | 1.7% |
| 32nd | Tajikistan | 26.81% | -1.5% |
| 33rd | Myanmar | 27.18% | 0.7% |
| 34th | India | 27.18% | 0.8% |
| 35th | Nepal | 27.99% | 5.3% |
| 36th | Comoros | 28.16% | -0.2% |
| 37th | St. Lucia | 28.46% | -0.9% |
| 38th | Thailand | 28.72% | 5.6% |
| 39th | Mozambique | 28.82% | 0.9% |
| 40th | Guyana | 29.03% | -0.4% |
| 41st | Guinea | 30.34% | 1.0% |
| 42nd | Channel Islands | 30.41% | 0.0% |
| 43rd | Namibia | 30.64% | 2.3% |
| 44th | Zimbabwe | 32.10% | 0.6% |
| 45th | Togo | 32.20% | 1.4% |
| 46th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 32.21% | 1.2% |
| 47th | Sudan | 32.26% | 0.1% |
| 48th | Eritrea | 32.40% | 4.8% |
| 49th | Pakistan | 32.59% | 0.7% |
| 50th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 33.14% | -0.6% |
| 51st | Antigua and Barbuda | 33.23% | -1.5% |
| 52nd | China | 33.35% | 4.5% |
| 53rd | Haiti | 33.88% | 4.3% |
| 54th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 33.90% | 1.5% |
| 55th | Sierra Leone | 35.10% | 0.6% |
| 56th | Kyrgyz Republic | 35.38% | -0.5% |
| 57th | Faroe Islands | 35.46% | 0.8% |
| 58th | Grenada | 35.47% | 0.9% |
| 59th | Guinea-Bissau | 36.15% | 1.1% |
| 60th | Zambia | 36.72% | -1.7% |
| 61st | Kosovo | 37.43% | 0.1% |
| 62nd | Central African Republic | 37.61% | 0.1% |
| 63rd | Benin | 37.68% | 0.7% |
| 64th | Mauritania | 38.19% | -0.3% |
| 65th | Philippines | 38.39% | 0.9% |
| 66th | Equatorial Guinea | 38.81% | 0.0% |
| 67th | Indonesia | 39.91% | 3.0% |
| 68th | Guatemala | 39.94% | 4.2% |
| 69th | Albania | 40.20% | 1.7% |
| 70th | Senegal | 40.30% | 0.4% |
| 71st | Kiribati | 40.53% | 5.0% |
| 72nd | Moldova | 40.73% | -9.3% |
| 73rd | Nigeria | 41.60% | 2.0% |
| 74th | British Virgin Islands | 41.72% | 0.5% |
| 75th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 41.91% | 0.8% |
| 76th | Côte d'Ivoire | 42.35% | 0.9% |
| 77th | Ghana | 42.45% | 1.9% |
| 78th | Mauritius | 42.48% | -0.6% |
| 79th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 42.66% | 0.0% |
| 80th | Liberia | 43.19% | 0.4% |
| 81st | Seychelles | 43.95% | -1.0% |
| 82nd | Gambia, The | 43.96% | 3.6% |
| 83rd | Honduras | 44.30% | 1.1% |
| 84th | Tuvalu | 44.49% | 1.1% |
| 85th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 44.64% | 0.3% |
| 86th | Cameroon | 45.15% | 1.3% |
| 87th | Turkmenistan | 45.39% | 0.7% |
| 88th | Uzbekistan | 45.96% | 1.9% |
| 89th | Fiji | 47.26% | 1.0% |
| 90th | Belize | 47.64% | 0.1% |
| 91st | Angola | 47.99% | 2.7% |
| 92nd | Slovenia | 50.49% | 0.2% |
| 93rd | Syrian Arab Republic | 51.09% | 0.7% |
| 94th | São Tomé and Principe | 51.11% | 1.8% |
| 95th | Jamaica | 51.26% | 0.5% |
| 96th | Azerbaijan | 51.47% | -0.9% |
| 97th | Botswana | 51.74% | 1.3% |
| 98th | Isle of Man | 51.81% | 0.0% |
| 99th | Cabo Verde | 52.22% | 1.7% |
| 100th | Georgia | 52.85% | -0.5% |
| 101st | Morocco | 52.96% | 0.7% |
| 102nd | Portugal | 53.06% | 1.3% |
| 103rd | Romania | 53.22% | -0.4% |
| 104th | Serbia | 54.57% | 1.0% |
| 105th | South Africa | 54.66% | 1.2% |
| 106th | El Salvador | 54.83% | 1.6% |
| 107th | Nicaragua | 54.93% | 0.3% |
| 108th | Croatia | 55.56% | 0.2% |
| 109th | Trinidad and Tobago | 55.90% | 0.1% |
| 110th | French Polynesia | 56.14% | -0.2% |
| 111th | Slovak Republic | 56.33% | -0.2% |
| 112th | Paraguay | 56.33% | 1.2% |
| 113th | Kazakhstan | 56.35% | -0.2% |
| 114th | Mongolia | 56.67% | -0.1% |
| 115th | Montenegro | 56.67% | 2.3% |
| 116th | Costa Rica | 56.87% | 2.0% |
| 117th | Türkiye | 57.29% | 1.4% |
| 118th | Congo, Republic of | 57.81% | 0.9% |
| 119th | Algeria | 58.31% | 1.3% |
| 120th | Ireland | 58.64% | 0.4% |
| 121st | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 59.29% | 0.1% |
| 122nd | North Macedonia | 59.34% | -0.4% |
| 123rd | Dominican Republic | 59.46% | 1.4% |
| 124th | Malaysia | 59.72% | 2.1% |
| 125th | Ecuador | 59.84% | 0.8% |
| 126th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 60.91% | 0.8% |
| 127th | New Caledonia | 60.94% | 0.5% |
| 128th | Panama | 61.01% | 1.4% |
| 129th | Poland | 61.71% | 0.0% |
| 130th | Barbados | 62.84% | -0.2% |
| 131st | Tunisia | 62.89% | 0.6% |
| 132nd | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 62.91% | 1.3% |
| 133rd | Hungary | 63.61% | 0.5% |
| 134th | Dominica | 65.07% | 0.1% |
| 135th | Aruba | 65.37% | 0.0% |
| 136th | Armenia | 65.43% | -0.5% |
| 137th | Finland | 66.18% | 0.8% |
| 138th | Austria | 66.51% | 0.3% |
| 139th | Suriname | 66.66% | 0.0% |
| 140th | Italy | 67.03% | 0.1% |
| 141st | Lithuania | 67.11% | -0.1% |
| 142nd | Iraq | 67.49% | 0.0% |
| 143rd | Ukraine | 67.55% | -0.1% |
| 144th | Estonia | 67.65% | -0.5% |
| 145th | Marshall Islands | 67.86% | 0.2% |
| 146th | Bulgaria | 67.87% | 0.3% |
| 147th | Latvia | 68.29% | -0.4% |
| 148th | Cyprus | 68.61% | 0.2% |
| 149th | Belarus | 69.02% | 0.6% |
| 150th | West Bank and Gaza | 69.50% | 1.1% |
| 151st | Palau | 70.17% | -0.8% |
| 152nd | Brunei Darussalam | 70.31% | 0.7% |
| 153rd | European Union | 71.21% | 0.2% |
| 154th | Oman | 71.59% | 0.0% |
| 155th | Peru | 72.02% | 0.5% |
| 156th | Greece | 72.39% | 0.2% |
| 157th | Switzerland | 72.86% | 0.5% |
| 158th | Russian Federation | 73.19% | 0.1% |
| 159th | Colombia | 73.37% | 0.7% |
| 160th | Djibouti | 74.25% | -0.6% |
| 161st | Czechia | 74.25% | -0.2% |
| 162nd | Mexico | 74.27% | 0.4% |
| 163rd | Cuba | 75.31% | 0.3% |
| 164th | Norway | 75.33% | 0.8% |
| 165th | France | 75.89% | 0.4% |
| 166th | Spain | 75.91% | 0.1% |
| 167th | Netherlands | 76.75% | 1.6% |
| 168th | Gabon | 77.80% | 1.2% |
| 169th | Canada | 78.27% | 0.2% |
| 170th | Jordan | 78.28% | 0.0% |
| 171st | Japan | 78.33% | 0.1% |
| 172nd | United States | 78.48% | 0.5% |
| 173rd | United Arab Emirates | 78.60% | 0.3% |
| 174th | Korea | 79.18% | 0.2% |
| 175th | United Kingdom | 79.39% | 0.3% |
| 176th | Saudi Arabia | 79.59% | 0.3% |
| 177th | Brazil | 79.79% | 1.0% |
| 178th | Germany | 80.07% | 0.0% |
| 179th | Bahamas, The | 80.89% | 0.1% |
| 180th | Greenland | 81.12% | 0.1% |
| 181st | Belgium | 81.36% | 0.4% |
| 182nd | Turks and Caicos Islands | 83.01% | 1.1% |
| 183rd | Luxembourg | 83.53% | 0.6% |
| 184th | Sweden | 83.98% | 0.0% |
| 185th | Denmark | 85.09% | 0.0% |
| 186th | Australia | 85.16% | 0.0% |
| 187th | New Zealand | 85.60% | 0.1% |
| 188th | Chile | 85.61% | 0.5% |
| 189th | Lebanon | 85.77% | 0.2% |
| 190th | Libya | 86.04% | 0.6% |
| 191st | American Samoa | 87.86% | 1.2% |
| 192nd | Bahrain | 87.95% | -0.1% |
| 193rd | Argentina | 88.79% | 0.2% |
| 194th | Curaçao | 89.76% | 0.9% |
| 195th | Northern Mariana Islands | 89.87% | 0.2% |
| 196th | Uruguay | 91.08% | 0.1% |
| 197th | Israel | 91.11% | 0.1% |
| 198th | Virgin Islands (US) | 91.12% | 1.6% |
| 199th | Iceland | 91.68% | -0.4% |
| 200th | Andorra | 92.78% | -0.2% |
| 201st | Guam | 92.79% | 0.2% |
| 202nd | Malta | 93.09% | 0.1% |
| 203rd | San Marino | 93.24% | 0.4% |
| 204th | Puerto Rico (US) | 93.97% | 0.7% |
| 205th | Qatar | 95.91% | 0.3% |
| 206th | Kuwait | 98.55% | 0.2% |
| 207th | Macao SAR, China | 99.97% | 0.0% |
| 208th | Bermuda | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 209th | Cayman Islands | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 210th | Gibraltar | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 211th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 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 1998?▾
Malawi's urban population in 1998 was 14.42%. This ranked 5th globally.
How did Malawi's urban population change in 1998?▾
Malawi's urban population increased by 1.4% in 1998 compared to 1997.
Which country had the highest urban population in 1998?▾
Bermuda had the highest urban population in 1998 at 100.00%.
What is the urban population of Malawi in 1998?▾
The urban population of Malawi in 1998 was 14.42%. This ranked 5th globally.
How does 1998 compare to 1997 for Malawi's urban population?▾
Malawi's urban population went from 14.23% in 1997 to 14.42% in 1998, a 1.4% increase.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
Malawi matched the Orthodox Tightening Cycle pattern in 1998. Historically: 311 occurrences, 177 successful (57%). Outcome 24 months later: 29.6%. View full analysis →
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