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Malawi
Rural population

Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.

Global rank#29out of 217 countries
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Historical trend

18 M15 M11 M7.2 M3.5 M196019932025Malawi · 2025: 18.31MMalawi

Analytical takeaways

  • Malawi records 18.31M for Rural population in 2025, ranking #29 globally out of 217 countries.
  • Rural population increased from 3.48M in 1960 to 18.31M in 2025, a gain of 14.83M.
  • The country sits in the top quartile of the global distribution for this metric, making the page useful for leader-oriented high-intent searches.

Comparison

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