What is population, age 2, male in Malawi?

Population, age 2, male in Malawi was 282,029 in 2015, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.

What is the highest population, age 2, male recorded in Malawi?

The highest recorded value was 282,029 in 2015.

What is the lowest population, age 2, male recorded in Malawi?

The lowest recorded value was 177,097 in 1990.

How does Malawi rank for population, age 2, male?

Malawi ranks 50th out of 191 countries with data for 2015.

Is population, age 2, male rising or falling in Malawi?

Over the last ten years it is up 16.5%. 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 2, male. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Population, age 2, male in Malawi

Name: Population, age 2, male in Malawi
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

Malawi: Population, age 2, male was 282,029 in 2015. ▲ Rising

Latest (2015)

282,029

Change on year

up 1.7%

World rank

50th

of 191 countries

All-time high

282,029

in 2015

All-time low

177,097

in 1990

Years of data

1990–2015

Population, age 2, male in Malawi, 1990–2015

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.

Analysis

Malawi recorded 282,029 for population, age 2, male in 2015. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.

The figure is up 1.7% on the previous year and up 16.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, population, age 2, male in Malawi peaked at 282,029 in 2015 and was at its lowest, 177,097, in 1990.

Malawi ranks 50th 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	189,319	177,097	213,759	10
2000s	239,596	220,726	255,693	10
2010s	270,486	259,473	282,029	6

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52 Syria 275,412 compare
53 Italy 256,845 compare

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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 2, male in Malawi?: Population, age 2, male in Malawi was 282,029 in 2015, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest population, age 2, male recorded in Malawi?: The highest recorded value was 282,029 in 2015.
What is the lowest population, age 2, male recorded in Malawi?: The lowest recorded value was 177,097 in 1990.
How does Malawi rank for population, age 2, male?: Malawi ranks 50th out of 191 countries with data for 2015.
Is population, age 2, male rising or falling in Malawi?: Over the last ten years it is up 16.5%. 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 2, male. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Population, age 2, 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 2, male refers to the male population at the specified age.