What is population, age 21, male in Malawi?

Population, age 21, male in Malawi was 178,139 in 2015, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.

What is the highest population, age 21, male recorded in Malawi?

The highest recorded value was 178,139 in 2015.

What is the lowest population, age 21, male recorded in Malawi?

The lowest recorded value was 83,391 in 1990.

How does Malawi rank for population, age 21, male?

Malawi ranks 58th out of 191 countries with data for 2015.

Is population, age 21, male rising or falling in Malawi?

Over the last ten years it is up 42.5%. 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 21, male. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Population, age 21, male in Malawi

Name: Population, age 21, male in Malawi
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

Malawi: Population, age 21, male was 178,139 in 2015. ▲ Rising

Latest (2015)

178,139

Change on year

up 4.3%

World rank

58th

of 191 countries

All-time high

178,139

in 2015

All-time low

83,391

in 1990

Years of data

1990–2015

Population, age 21, male in Malawi, 1990–2015

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.

Analysis

In 2015, population, age 21, male in Malawi stood at 178,139. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.3% on the previous year and up 42.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, population, age 21, male in Malawi peaked at 178,139 in 2015 and was at its lowest, 83,391, in 1990.

That places Malawi 58th out of 191 countries with data for 2015, putting it 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	91,212	83,391	110,064	10
2000s	125,212	114,996	137,462	10
2010s	159,759	142,502	178,139	6

Countries ranked near Malawi

55 Angola 205,341 compare
56 Cambodia 187,088 compare
57 Burkina Faso 183,887 compare
59 Zimbabwe 168,479 compare
60 Guatemala 160,328 compare
61 Australia 154,533 compare

See the full ranking of 191 places →

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 21, male in Malawi?: Population, age 21, male in Malawi was 178,139 in 2015, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest population, age 21, male recorded in Malawi?: The highest recorded value was 178,139 in 2015.
What is the lowest population, age 21, male recorded in Malawi?: The lowest recorded value was 83,391 in 1990.
How does Malawi rank for population, age 21, male?: Malawi ranks 58th out of 191 countries with data for 2015.
Is population, age 21, male rising or falling in Malawi?: Over the last ten years it is up 42.5%. 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 21, male. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Population, age 21, 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 21, male refers to the male population at the specified age.