What is the difference in non-agricultural population between Malawi and Zimbabwe?

1.38 million FAO, number, with Zimbabwe ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Zimbabwe?

33 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2012.

Where does this data come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site, published as Non-agricultural population (FAO, number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Malawi vs Zimbabwe: Non-agricultural population

Malawi

4.48 million FAO, number

in 2012

Zimbabwe

5.86 million FAO, number

in 2012

Malawi rank

23rd

Zimbabwe rank

20th

Non-agricultural population over time

Malawi
Zimbabwe

How they compare

Zimbabwe currently reports 5.86 million FAO, number against 4.48 million FAO, number in Malawi, a difference of 1.38 million FAO, number.

That makes Zimbabwe's figure about 1.3 times Malawi's.

Across all 33 years both countries report, Zimbabwe has been ahead every year.

Malawi ranks 23rd and Zimbabwe ranks 20th of 53 countries.

Zimbabwe has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Malawi	Zimbabwe	Difference	Ahead
1980s	1.26 million FAO, number	2.53 million FAO, number	1.27 million FAO, number	Zimbabwe
1990s	1.96 million FAO, number	3.91 million FAO, number	1.95 million FAO, number	Zimbabwe
2000s	3.10 million FAO, number	5.02 million FAO, number	1.92 million FAO, number	Zimbabwe
2010s	4.26 million FAO, number	5.67 million FAO, number	1.41 million FAO, number	Zimbabwe

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher non-agricultural population, Malawi or Zimbabwe?: Zimbabwe, at 5.86 million FAO, number against 4.48 million FAO, number in Malawi as of 2012.
What is the difference in non-agricultural population between Malawi and Zimbabwe?: 1.38 million FAO, number, with Zimbabwe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Zimbabwe?: 33 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2012.
How do Malawi and Zimbabwe rank globally for non-agricultural population?: Malawi ranks 23rd and Zimbabwe ranks 20th of 53 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site, published as Non-agricultural population (FAO, number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Non-agricultural population (FAO, number)
Unit: FAO, number
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 59 places, 1,934 data points, 1980–2012
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The non-agricultural population is obtained as a residual of agricultural population from the total population.