Estimated number of people (all ages) living with HIV in Malawi
Malawi: Estimated number of people (all ages) living with HIV was 1.00 million in 2025. ▲ Rising
Estimated number of people (all ages) living with HIV in Malawi, 2000–2025
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
The most recent figure for estimated number of people (all ages) living with hiv in Malawi is 1.00 million, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, estimated number of people (all ages) living with hiv in Malawi peaked at 1.00 million in 2015 and was at its lowest, 860,000, in 2005.
Malawi ranks 10th of 143 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Estimated number of people (all ages) living with HIV in Malawi, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 910,000 | — |
| 2001 | 900,000 | -1.1% |
| 2002 | 900,000 | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 890,000 | -1.1% |
| 2004 | 880,000 | -1.1% |
| 2005 | 860,000 | -2.3% |
| 2006 | 860,000 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 860,000 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 870,000 | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 890,000 | +2.3% |
| 2010 | 910,000 | +2.2% |
| 2011 | 930,000 | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 950,000 | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 970,000 | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 990,000 | +2.1% |
| 2015 | 1.00 million | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 1.00 million | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 1.00 million | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 1.00 million | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 1.00 million | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 1.00 million | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 1.00 million | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 1.00 million | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 1.00 million | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 1.00 million | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 1.00 million | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 882,000 | 860,000 | 910,000 | 10 |
| 2010s | 975,000 | 910,000 | 1.00 million | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.00 million | 1.00 million | 1.00 million | 6 |
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More health data for Malawi
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -0.8368 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.9312 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 856.3 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 6,399 deaths (2100)
- Population ages 05-09, female, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, female, per capita 0.0655 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, male, annual growth rate 1.15 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, male, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, male, per capita 0.0657 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 10-14, female, annual growth rate 0.5136 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is estimated number of people (all ages) living with hiv in Malawi?
- Estimated number of people (all ages) living with hiv in Malawi was 1.00 million in 2025, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest estimated number of people (all ages) living with hiv recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 1.00 million in 2015.
- What is the lowest estimated number of people (all ages) living with hiv recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 860,000 in 2005.
- How does Malawi rank for estimated number of people (all ages) living with hiv?
- Malawi ranks 10th out of 143 countries with data for 2025.
- Is estimated number of people (all ages) living with hiv rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malawi data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory, published as part of Estimated number of people (all ages) living with HIV. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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