What is population, age 12, male in Malawi?

Population, age 12, male in Malawi was 231,322 in 2015, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.

What is the highest population, age 12, male recorded in Malawi?

The highest recorded value was 231,322 in 2015.

What is the lowest population, age 12, male recorded in Malawi?

The lowest recorded value was 124,591 in 1990.

How does Malawi rank for population, age 12, male?

Malawi ranks 54th out of 191 countries with data for 2015.

Is population, age 12, male rising or falling in Malawi?

Over the last ten years it is up 32.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Malawi data come from?

The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Population, age 12, male. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Population, age 12, male in Malawi

Name: Population, age 12, male in Malawi
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

Malawi: Population, age 12, male was 231,322 in 2015. ▲ Rising

Latest (2015)

231,322

Change on year

up 1.6%

World rank

54th

of 191 countries

All-time high

231,322

in 2015

All-time low

124,591

in 1990

Years of data

1990–2015

Population, age 12, male in Malawi, 1990–2015

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.

Analysis

The most recent figure for population, age 12, male in Malawi is 231,322, measured in 2015. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.

The figure is up 1.6% on the previous year and up 32.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, population, age 12, male in Malawi peaked at 231,322 in 2015 and was at its lowest, 124,591, in 1990.

Malawi ranks 54th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1990s	128,073	124,591	134,807	10
2000s	171,354	139,443	203,994	10
2010s	221,284	209,957	231,322	6

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More education data for Malawi

Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
Population ages 15-64 57.3% (2025)
Population ages 0-14 40.1% (2025)
Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
School enrollment, primary 139.0% (2024)
Primary education, teachers 87,834 (2024)
Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 3.59 live births per woman (2024)
School enrollment, primary, female 140.7% (2024)

All data for Malawi →

Frequently asked questions

What is population, age 12, male in Malawi?: Population, age 12, male in Malawi was 231,322 in 2015, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest population, age 12, male recorded in Malawi?: The highest recorded value was 231,322 in 2015.
What is the lowest population, age 12, male recorded in Malawi?: The lowest recorded value was 124,591 in 1990.
How does Malawi rank for population, age 12, male?: Malawi ranks 54th out of 191 countries with data for 2015.
Is population, age 12, male rising or falling in Malawi?: Over the last ten years it is up 32.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Malawi data come from?: The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Population, age 12, male. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Population, age 12, male
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 191 places, 4,786 data points, 1990–2015
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Population, age 12, male refers to the male population at the specified age.