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How many babies are born in Malawi?

692 thousand babies born in Malawi in 2026. That is 0.52% of all births worldwide, and the 42nd largest of any country. UN projection

2024–2100 uses the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario, based on assumptions about fertility, mortality and migration. These are projections, not observed births or guaranteed outcomes. Uncertainty increases further into the future; this site does not display prediction intervals.

Births in Malawi: history and projections

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Annual births, logarithmic scale. Shading marks modelled years before 1800; the dashed line marks UN projections from 2024.
Every figure refers to the area inside Malawi’s present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form. See how borders are handled.
Year Estimated births Population Per 1,000 Evidence
1 CE ~1.1K ~27K 42.1 Modelled estimate
1000 ~7.4K ~180K 41.7 Modelled estimate
1500 ~15K ~360K 41.0 Modelled estimate
1800 ~34.4K ~737K 46.7 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~96.6K ~2.07M 46.7 Historical reconstruction
1950 146K 2.95M 49.5 UN estimate
2000 504K 11.3M 44.6 UN estimate
2023 662K 21.1M 31.4 UN estimate
2026 692K 22.8M 30.4 UN projection
2050 801K 37.4M 21.5 UN projection
2075 819K 50.7M 16.2 UN projection
2100 772K 59.1M 13.1 UN projection

What the numbers show

The highest annual births in Malawi among estimates through 2023 were in 2023, at about 662K. That is roughly 593 times the estimated ~1.12K births a year in 1 CE.

At 3.45 children per woman, fertility in Malawi is above the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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How many babies are born in Malawi each year?

An estimated 692 thousand babies are born in Malawi in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection. That is about 1,900 a day and 0.52% of all births worldwide.

What is the birth rate in Malawi?

Malawi has an estimated 30.4 births per 1,000 people in 2026, and a total fertility rate of 3.45 children per woman.

Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario. UN estimates cover 1950–2023; projections cover 2024–2100. Earlier years come from Gapminder’s reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.