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Australia vs Malawi statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Australia has a population of 27.2M (ranked 54/197), compared with 21.7M in Malawi (ranked 62/197). Australia's land area is 2,969,906 sq mi versus 36,402 sq mi for Malawi (ranked 6th vs. 107th).

By GDP, Australia ranks 13/197 ($1.75T) and Malawi ranks 151/197 ($11B). By GDP per capita, Australia ranks 14/197 ($64,407), while Malawi ranks 195/197 ($508).

Main facts and rankings

Australia Malawi
Population
27677455
22673513
Population rank 55/197 61/197
GDP
$1.75T
2024
$11B
2024
GDP rank 13/197 151/197
GDP per capita
$64,407
2024
$508
2024
GDP per capita rank 14/197 195/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$71,193
2024
$1,859
2024
Government debt
$873B
2024
$8.19B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
50.9%
2025
73%
2025
Government debt per person
$32,093
2024
$378
2024
Government debt per person rank 22/185 173/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$45,914
2025
$2,610
2025
Land area
2,969,906 sq mi
2025
36,402 sq mi
2025
Population density
9.16 ppl/mi²
2024
595 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.5
2023
3.65
2023
Median age
39 years
2024
18.9 years
2024
Life expectancy
84.2 years
2025
67.7 years
2025

Australia and Malawi: Comparison Charts

Australia and Malawi economies compared

GDP
Australia

Malawi
Year GDP
Australia Malawi
1960 $18,607,682,977 -
1961 $19,684,003,149 -
1962 $19,923,683,188 -
1963 $21,540,963,447 -
1964 $23,801,123,808 -
1965 $25,977,284,156 -
1966 $27,308,964,369 -
1967 $30,442,724,871 -
1968 $32,714,085,234 -
1969 $36,684,485,870 -
1970 $41,334,726,614 -
1971 $45,217,767,235 -
1972 $52,042,056,075 -
1973 $63,833,440,102 -
1974 $88,965,364,775 -
1975 $97,304,383,449 -
1976 $105,060,616,985 -
1977 $110,352,144,987 -
1978 $118,492,761,338 -
1979 $134,900,602,067 -
1980 $149,987,743,733 $1,801,156,775
1981 $176,895,390,688 $1,801,193,910
1982 $194,041,708,044 $1,717,379,495
1983 $177,267,290,706 $1,780,148,049
1984 $193,525,337,526 $1,758,028,656
1985 $180,643,265,927 $1,646,442,273
1986 $182,481,113,598 $1,722,586,299
1987 $189,495,764,955 $1,721,711,808
1988 $236,161,314,544 $2,008,189,508
1989 $299,875,906,679 $2,314,205,130
1990 $311,426,665,220 $2,737,087,862
1991 $325,975,319,456 $3,206,783,830
1992 $325,525,379,567 $2,618,837,835
1993 $312,133,923,553 $3,013,392,658
1994 $322,806,641,301 $1,719,864,761
1995 $368,166,023,166 $2,033,701,498
1996 $401,341,880,621 $3,319,573,750
1997 $435,642,611,297 $3,875,785,863
1998 $399,674,421,759 $2,547,609,590
1999 $389,652,212,057 $2,584,478,924
2000 $416,167,815,093 $2,537,307,580
2001 $379,629,301,675 $2,498,008,665
2002 $395,788,696,012 $5,087,328,438
2003 $467,739,079,790 $4,669,789,300
2004 $614,659,980,083 $5,058,726,350
2005 $695,692,898,677 $5,320,409,651
2006 $748,417,562,770 $5,818,279,739
2007 $855,007,458,585 $6,451,210,219
2008 $1,056,112,427,190 $7,743,617,352
2009 $928,762,122,698 $9,009,887,947
2010 $1,148,838,233,481 $10,128,323,011
2011 $1,398,610,616,773 $11,648,142,958
2012 $1,547,532,281,116 $8,773,203,178
2013 $1,577,123,329,411 $8,031,571,928
2014 $1,468,265,356,428 $8,801,326,169
2015 $1,351,296,372,254 $9,219,474,379
2016 $1,206,836,962,282 $7,909,868,618
2017 $1,325,582,658,157 $8,943,543,794
2018 $1,427,809,041,019 $9,879,231,592
2019 $1,392,723,834,563 $11,051,865,580
2020 $1,328,414,058,378 $11,769,313,598
2021 $1,556,735,770,437 $12,378,129,751
2022 $1,690,858,246,994 $12,429,060,151
2023 $1,728,057,316,696 $12,712,150,082
2024 $1,752,193,307,380 $11,008,925,323

Australia and Malawi economies compared

GDP per capita
Australia

Malawi
Year GDP per capita
Australia Malawi
1960 $1,811 -
1961 $1,878 -
1962 $1,855 -
1963 $1,967 -
1964 $2,131 -
1965 $2,281 -
1966 $2,344 -
1967 $2,580 -
1968 $2,724 -
1969 $2,991 -
1970 $3,305 -
1971 $3,495 -
1972 $3,949 -
1973 $4,771 -
1974 $6,483 -
1975 $7,004 -
1976 $7,487 -
1977 $7,776 -
1978 $8,253 -
1979 $9,295 -
1980 $10,209 $287.5
1981 $11,854 $276.4
1982 $12,779 $253.3
1983 $11,516 $252.4
1984 $12,422 $239.7
1985 $11,442 $216.1
1986 $11,392 $217.9
1987 $11,651 $207.6
1988 $14,285 $229.4
1989 $17,834 $252.2
1990 $18,249 $286.7
1991 $18,860 $326
1992 $18,624 $258.4
1993 $17,700 $293
1994 $18,130 $169.2
1995 $20,448 $200.4
1996 $22,022 $321
1997 $23,647 $367
1998 $21,479 $236
1999 $20,713 $233.9
2000 $21,870 $224.2
2001 $19,696 $215.5
2002 $20,302 $428
2003 $23,718 $383
2004 $30,837 $405
2005 $34,480 $414
2006 $36,596 $441
2007 $41,052 $475
2008 $49,701 $554
2009 $42,817 $626
2010 $52,145 $683
2011 $62,606 $763
2012 $68,073 $558
2013 $68,191 $497
2014 $62,544 $530
2015 $56,739 $540
2016 $49,888 $451
2017 $53,902 $496
2018 $57,196 $533
2019 $54,973 $581
2020 $51,792 $603
2021 $60,608 $617
2022 $64,997 $604
2023 $64,836 $602
2024 $64,407 $508

Australia vs. Malawi life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Australia

Malawi
Year Life expectancy, years
Australia Malawi
1950 69 32.7
1951 68.7 32.8
1952 69.1 33
1953 69.7 33.2
1954 69.9 33.3
1955 70.2 33.6
1956 70 33.8
1957 70.3 34.1
1958 70.9 34.4
1959 70.4 34.8
1960 70.9 35
1961 71.1 35.2
1962 70.9 35.4
1963 71 35.6
1964 70.6 35.7
1965 70.8 35.7
1966 70.7 35.8
1967 71 35.9
1968 70.7 36.1
1969 71.1 36.3
1970 70.7 36.6
1971 71.5 37.1
1972 71.8 37.6
1973 72.1 38.4
1974 71.8 39.2
1975 72.8 40.1
1976 72.8 41
1977 73.5 42
1978 73.7 43
1979 74.3 43.7
1980 74.6 44.3
1981 74.8 44.7
1982 74.7 44.8
1983 75.4 45
1984 75.5 44.8
1985 75.4 44.6
1986 76.1 44.3
1987 76.1 43.9
1988 76.3 43.6
1989 76.2 43.5
1990 77 43.6
1991 77.5 43.5
1992 77.5 43.6
1993 78 43.6
1994 77.9 43.8
1995 78.3 43.8
1996 78.3 44
1997 78.6 44.2
1998 79 44.3
1999 79.3 45.1
2000 79.6 46.2
2001 80 47.2
2002 80.1 48.2
2003 80.4 49.6
2004 80.7 51.1
2005 81.1 52.5
2006 81.3 53.7
2007 81.2 54.7
2008 81.4 55.7
2009 81.7 56.7
2010 82 57.8
2011 82.1 58.9
2012 82.3 59.9
2013 82.6 60.8
2014 82.5 61.7
2015 82.6 62.3
2016 82.8 63.2
2017 82.7 63.9
2018 83.3 64.5
2019 83.2 65
2020 83.7 65.2
2021 83.6 64.8
2022 82.8 66
2023 83.9 67.4
2024 84.1 67.6
2025 84.2 67.7

Australia and Malawi population clocks and comparison

Population
Australia

Malawi
Year Population
Australia Malawi
1960 10,276,477 3,628,134
1961 10,483,000 3,715,534
1962 10,742,000 3,806,307
1963 10,950,000 3,900,506
1964 11,167,000 3,997,305
1965 11,388,000 4,096,157
1966 11,651,000 4,197,926
1967 11,799,000 4,303,012
1968 12,009,000 4,411,054
1969 12,263,000 4,521,184
1970 12,507,000 4,633,944
1971 12,937,000 4,751,434
1972 13,177,000 4,874,475
1973 13,380,000 5,003,938
1974 13,723,000 5,141,337
1975 13,893,000 5,287,367
1976 14,033,000 5,443,384
1977 14,192,000 5,614,983
1978 14,358,000 5,810,132
1979 14,514,000 6,028,749
1980 14,692,000 6,265,529
1981 14,923,260 6,516,454
1982 15,184,247 6,778,879
1983 15,393,472 7,051,709
1984 15,579,391 7,332,810
1985 15,788,312 7,620,508
1986 16,018,350 7,906,480
1987 16,263,874 8,293,174
1988 16,532,164 8,753,262
1989 16,814,416 9,176,220
1990 17,065,128 9,545,852
1991 17,284,036 9,844,227
1992 17,478,635 10,135,079
1993 17,634,808 10,284,024
1994 17,805,468 10,164,894
1995 18,004,882 10,150,117
1996 18,224,767 10,352,228
1997 18,423,037 10,562,035
1998 18,607,584 10,792,876
1999 18,812,264 11,047,804
2000 19,028,802 11,315,942
2001 19,274,701 11,593,058
2002 19,495,210 11,880,440
2003 19,720,737 12,181,574
2004 19,932,722 12,500,737
2005 20,176,844 12,840,031
2006 20,450,966 13,198,701
2007 20,827,622 13,576,343
2008 21,249,199 13,976,417
2009 21,691,653 14,395,788
2010 22,031,750 14,826,463
2011 22,340,024 15,265,022
2012 22,733,465 15,709,577
2013 23,128,129 16,161,816
2014 23,475,686 16,621,538
2015 23,815,995 17,085,587
2016 24,190,907 17,557,739
2017 24,592,588 18,039,715
2018 24,963,258 18,528,081
2019 25,334,826 19,025,752
2020 25,649,248 19,533,888
2021 25,685,412 20,047,258
2022 26,014,399 20,568,728
2023 26,652,777 21,104,482
2024 27,204,809 21,655,286

Fertility rates in Australia and Malawi

Fertility rate
Australia

Malawi
Year Fertility rate
Australia Malawi
1960 3.45 7.04
1961 3.54 7.07
1962 3.44 7.1
1963 3.33 7.13
1964 3.15 7.11
1965 2.98 7.13
1966 2.88 7.17
1967 2.85 7.21
1968 2.89 7.26
1969 2.89 7.27
1970 2.86 7.3
1971 2.96 7.31
1972 2.74 7.33
1973 2.49 7.34
1974 2.4 7.34
1975 2.15 7.36
1976 2.06 7.39
1977 2.01 7.41
1978 1.95 7.43
1979 1.91 7.47
1980 1.89 7.52
1981 1.94 7.49
1982 1.93 7.45
1983 1.92 7.36
1984 1.84 7.27
1985 1.92 7.17
1986 1.87 7.07
1987 1.85 6.97
1988 1.83 6.88
1989 1.84 6.8
1990 1.9 6.74
1991 1.85 6.68
1992 1.89 6.63
1993 1.86 6.57
1994 1.84 6.49
1995 1.82 6.39
1996 1.8 6.29
1997 1.78 6.23
1998 1.76 6.21
1999 1.76 6.12
2000 1.76 6
2001 1.74 5.94
2002 1.76 5.9
2003 1.75 5.88
2004 1.77 5.86
2005 1.81 5.85
2006 1.91 5.8
2007 1.96 5.72
2008 1.98 5.61
2009 1.97 5.45
2010 1.93 5.26
2011 1.93 5.08
2012 1.92 4.9
2013 1.86 4.76
2014 1.83 4.57
2015 1.81 4.38
2016 1.75 4.22
2017 1.74 4.11
2018 1.74 4.02
2019 1.66 3.95
2020 1.58 3.88
2021 1.7 3.79
2022 1.63 3.72
2023 1.5 3.65

Australia and Malawi demographics compared

Median age
Australia

Malawi
Year Median age, years
Australia Malawi
1960 29.5 18.2
1961 29.3 18.3
1962 29.1 18.3
1963 28.8 18.3
1964 28.6 18.3
1965 28.3 18.4
1966 28.1 18.3
1967 28 18.3
1968 27.9 18.3
1969 27.8 18.2
1970 27.7 18
1971 27.7 17.9
1972 27.7 17.8
1973 27.8 17.7
1974 28 17.6
1975 28.1 17.5
1976 28.4 17.5
1977 28.6 17.4
1978 28.9 17.4
1979 29.1 17.4
1980 29.4 17.3
1981 29.6 17.3
1982 29.9 17.3
1983 30.2 17.3
1984 30.5 17.3
1985 30.8 17.3
1986 31.1 17.3
1987 31.3 17.4
1988 31.6 17.5
1989 31.8 17.4
1990 32.1 17.3
1991 32.4 17.2
1992 32.7 17.1
1993 33 17
1994 33.3 16.9
1995 33.6 16.9
1996 34 16.8
1997 34.3 16.8
1998 34.7 16.8
1999 35.1 16.7
2000 35.4 16.8
2001 35.6 16.8
2002 35.8 16.8
2003 36.1 16.8
2004 36.3 16.8
2005 36.5 16.8
2006 36.7 16.8
2007 36.8 16.8
2008 36.8 16.8
2009 36.9 16.7
2010 37 16.7
2011 37.1 16.8
2012 37.2 16.8
2013 37.2 16.9
2014 37.3 17
2015 37.3 17.1
2016 37.3 17.2
2017 37.4 17.4
2018 37.4 17.6
2019 37.6 17.8
2020 38 18
2021 38.3 18.2
2022 38.5 18.4
2023 38.8 18.7
2024 39 18.9

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Australia Malawi
GNI, Atlas method
$1.7T
2024
$11.8B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
38.8%
2025
28%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
5.06%
2022
2.75%
2022
Military expenditure, % of GDP
1.92%
2023
1.01%
2023
Armed forces personnel
60,000
2020
15,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-2.58%
2025
-8.94%
2025
Unemployment rate
3.94%
2024
0.91%
2020
Services, % of GDP
65.5%
2024
44.9%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
26%
2024
16%
2024
Economic freedom index
79.3
2025
50.9
2025
Income share by richest 10%
25.5%
2020
31%
2019
Income share by poorest 10%
2.7%
2020
2.9%
2019
Number of millionaires
1,936,114
2024
n/a
Percentage of millionaires
9.35%
2024
n/a
Number of billionaires
47
2025
n/a
Percentage of billionaires
0.0002%
2025
n/a
Listed domestic companies
1,853
2024
n/a
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$1.74T
2024
n/a
Total reserves including gold
$60.4B
2024
$594M
2020
Personal remittances received
$1.89B
2024
$264M
2024
International tourist arrivals
1,828,000
2020
871,000
2018
International tourism as share of exports
8.71%
2020
2.68%
2020
Banked people share
98%
2024
50.4%
2024

Energy

Australia Malawi
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
4,929 kg
2023
n/a
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$14.3
2023
n/a
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
374 megatons
2023
6.45 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
14 tons
2023
0.31 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
90.2%
2023
n/a
Renewable energy use share
12.3%
2021
62.9%
2022
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
6.26%
2023
n/a
Net energy imports use share
-214.5%
2023
n/a
Electric power consumption per capita
9,823 kWh
2023
n/a
Renewable electricity output share
26.7%
2021
80.1%
2021
Hydroelectric share
6.07%
2023
72.5%
2021
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
15.6%
2023

Society

Australia Malawi
% of world population
0.33%
2024
0.27%
2024
Annual migration change
+138,510
2024
-1,507
2024
Urban population
86.8%
2024
18.6%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.87 ft
2025
5.44 ft
2025
Average female height
5.4 ft
2025
5.12 ft
2025
Quality of life index
94.3
2025
27.7
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
77
2024
34
2024
Higher education index
98
2025
35
2025
Homicides per 100K people
0.85
2023
1.79
2012
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
4.9
2019
33.4
2019
Visa free countries
170
2025
80
2025
Adult literacy rate
99%
2003
68.1%
2022
English speaking
92.8%
2023
3.88%
2023
People using the Internet
97.1%
2023
18%
2023

Health

Australia Malawi
Government health expenditure per capita
$6,731
2022
$39.7
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$1,029
2022
$4.8
2022
Life expectancy
84.2 years
2025
67.7 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0%
2022
64.7%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
3.98
2021
0.05
2022
Age at first childbirth
28.7 years
2025
19.1 years
2025
Maternal mortality per 100K births
2
2023
225
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
3.7
2023
38.3
2023
Obesity rate
31%
2022
7.87%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
7.4%
2024
5.7%
2024
Air quality index
94
2025
34
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
13.1%
2022
9.7%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
10.3 liters
2020
3.61 liters
2020

Territory

Australia Malawi
% of world land
5.16%
2025
0.06%
2025
Land area per capita
109,168 sq mi
2024
1,681 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
1,402,492 sq mi
2025
23,359 sq mi
2025
Forest area
517,397 sq mi
2025
8,169 sq mi
2025
Roads length
607,623 mi
2017
9,601 mi
2015

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