Benin vs Malawi statistics compared

Benin has a population of 14.5M (ranked 76/197), compared with 21.7M in Malawi (ranked 62/197). Benin's land area is 43,537 sq mi versus 36,402 sq mi for Malawi (ranked 99th vs. 107th).

By GDP, Benin ranks 125/197 ($21.5B) and Malawi ranks 151/197 ($11B). By GDP per capita, Benin ranks 162/197 ($1,485), while Malawi ranks 195/197 ($508).

Benin and Malawi: Comparison Charts

Benin and Malawi economies compared

GDP

Benin

Malawi

Table

Year	GDP
	Benin	Malawi
1960	$226,195,578	-
1961	$235,668,221	-
1962	$236,434,954	-
1963	$253,927,697	-
1964	$269,819,006	-
1965	$289,908,680	-
1966	$302,925,235	-
1967	$306,221,953	-
1968	$326,323,105	-
1969	$330,748,245	-
1970	$333,627,713	-
1971	$335,073,028	-
1972	$410,331,857	-
1973	$504,376,074	-
1974	$554,654,861	-
1975	$676,870,140	-
1976	$698,408,262	-
1977	$750,049,779	-
1978	$928,843,469	-
1979	$1,186,231,020	-
1980	$1,405,251,847	$1,801,156,775
1981	$1,291,120,188	$1,801,193,910
1982	$1,267,778,670	$1,717,379,495
1983	$1,095,348,199	$1,780,148,049
1984	$1,051,134,009	$1,758,028,656
1985	$1,045,712,789	$1,646,442,273
1986	$1,336,102,025	$1,722,586,299
1987	$1,562,412,228	$1,721,711,808
1988	$1,620,246,084	$2,008,189,508
1989	$1,502,294,416	$2,314,205,130
1990	$1,959,965,330	$2,737,087,862
1991	$1,986,437,797	$3,206,783,830
1992	$1,695,315,306	$2,618,837,835
1993	$2,274,558,083	$3,013,392,658
1994	$1,598,075,944	$1,719,864,761
1995	$2,169,627,138	$2,033,701,498
1996	$2,361,116,449	$3,319,573,750
1997	$2,268,301,646	$3,875,785,863
1998	$2,455,092,686	$2,547,609,590
1999	$3,677,393,999	$2,584,478,924
2000	$3,519,991,440	$2,537,307,580
2001	$3,666,222,635	$2,498,008,665
2002	$4,194,342,686	$5,087,328,438
2003	$5,349,258,094	$4,669,789,300
2004	$6,190,270,380	$5,058,726,350
2005	$6,567,654,954	$5,320,409,651
2006	$7,034,111,315	$5,818,279,739
2007	$8,169,048,383	$6,451,210,219
2008	$9,787,734,526	$7,743,617,352
2009	$9,738,626,517	$9,009,887,947
2010	$9,535,345,016	$10,128,323,011
2011	$10,693,321,364	$11,648,142,958
2012	$11,141,358,116	$8,773,203,178
2013	$12,517,845,124	$8,031,571,928
2014	$13,284,527,847	$8,801,326,169
2015	$11,388,160,997	$9,219,474,379
2016	$11,821,065,853	$7,909,868,618
2017	$12,701,655,837	$8,943,543,794
2018	$14,262,408,090	$9,879,231,592
2019	$14,391,686,313	$11,051,865,580
2020	$15,686,741,894	$11,769,313,598
2021	$17,687,623,535	$12,378,129,751
2022	$17,425,405,084	$12,429,060,151
2023	$19,673,290,996	$12,712,150,082
2024	$21,482,643,720	$11,008,925,323

Benin and Malawi economies compared

GDP per capita

Benin

Malawi

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Benin	Malawi
1960	$89.9	-
1961	$92.1	-
1962	$90.8	-
1963	$95.7	-
1964	$99.8	-
1965	$105.1	-
1966	$107.6	-
1967	$106.6	-
1968	$111.2	-
1969	$110.3	-
1970	$108.8	-
1971	$106.9	-
1972	$127.9	-
1973	$153.6	-
1974	$164.9	-
1975	$196.5	-
1976	$197.7	-
1977	$207	-
1978	$249.8	-
1979	$311	-
1980	$358	$287.5
1981	$320	$276.4
1982	$305	$253.3
1983	$256	$252.4
1984	$238.6	$239.7
1985	$230.4	$216.1
1986	$285.8	$217.9
1987	$324	$207.6
1988	$326	$229.4
1989	$293.3	$252.2
1990	$371	$286.7
1991	$365	$326
1992	$302	$258.4
1993	$387	$293
1994	$262.1	$169.2
1995	$348	$200.4
1996	$369	$321
1997	$345	$367
1998	$362	$236
1999	$525	$233.9
2000	$487	$224.2
2001	$492	$215.5
2002	$546	$428
2003	$676	$383
2004	$759	$405
2005	$779	$414
2006	$809	$441
2007	$912	$475
2008	$1,061	$554
2009	$1,024	$626
2010	$973	$683
2011	$1,059	$763
2012	$1,072	$558
2013	$1,169	$497
2014	$1,204	$530
2015	$1,002	$540
2016	$1,011	$451
2017	$1,055	$496
2018	$1,152	$533
2019	$1,131	$581
2020	$1,200	$603
2021	$1,319	$617
2022	$1,266	$604
2023	$1,394	$602
2024	$1,485	$508

Benin vs. Malawi life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Benin

Malawi

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Benin	Malawi
1950	35.4	32.7
1951	35.7	32.8
1952	36	33
1953	36.3	33.2
1954	36.7	33.3
1955	37	33.6
1956	37.3	33.8
1957	37.6	34.1
1958	38	34.4
1959	38.4	34.8
1960	38.8	35
1961	39.2	35.2
1962	39.6	35.4
1963	40.1	35.6
1964	40.5	35.7
1965	41	35.7
1966	41.3	35.8
1967	41.8	35.9
1968	42.2	36.1
1969	42.6	36.3
1970	43	36.6
1971	43.4	37.1
1972	43.9	37.6
1973	44.4	38.4
1974	44.9	39.2
1975	45.4	40.1
1976	46	41
1977	46.5	42
1978	46.9	43
1979	47.4	43.7
1980	47.7	44.3
1981	48.1	44.7
1982	48.5	44.8
1983	48.8	45
1984	49.4	44.8
1985	50	44.6
1986	50.6	44.3
1987	51.3	43.9
1988	52	43.6
1989	52.5	43.5
1990	53	43.6
1991	53.4	43.5
1992	54.1	43.6
1993	54.6	43.6
1994	55	43.8
1995	55.4	43.8
1996	55.6	44
1997	56	44.2
1998	56.2	44.3
1999	56.3	45.1
2000	56.6	46.2
2001	56.7	47.2
2002	56.9	48.2
2003	57.1	49.6
2004	57.3	51.1
2005	57.7	52.5
2006	58	53.7
2007	58.2	54.7
2008	58.1	55.7
2009	58.3	56.7
2010	58.4	57.8
2011	58.5	58.9
2012	58.6	59.9
2013	58.9	60.8
2014	59	61.7
2015	59.1	62.3
2016	59.3	63.2
2017	59.5	63.9
2018	59.7	64.5
2019	59.9	65
2020	60.2	65.2
2021	59.6	64.8
2022	60.5	66
2023	60.8	67.4
2024	61	67.6
2025	61.1	67.7

Benin and Malawi population clocks and comparison

Population

Benin

Malawi

Table

Year	Population
	Benin	Malawi
1960	2,517,286	3,628,134
1961	2,559,223	3,715,534
1962	2,604,659	3,806,307
1963	2,652,908	3,900,506
1964	2,704,003	3,997,305
1965	2,757,936	4,096,157
1966	2,814,317	4,197,926
1967	2,872,997	4,303,012
1968	2,934,257	4,411,054
1969	2,998,222	4,521,184
1970	3,065,057	4,633,944
1971	3,134,767	4,751,434
1972	3,207,543	4,874,475
1973	3,283,496	5,003,938
1974	3,362,633	5,141,337
1975	3,445,407	5,287,367
1976	3,532,196	5,443,384
1977	3,623,202	5,614,983
1978	3,718,305	5,810,132
1979	3,818,528	6,028,749
1980	3,925,251	6,265,529
1981	4,038,307	6,516,454
1982	4,156,596	6,778,879
1983	4,278,978	7,051,709
1984	4,405,895	7,332,810
1985	4,538,012	7,620,508
1986	4,675,420	7,906,480
1987	4,818,486	8,293,174
1988	4,967,341	8,753,262
1989	5,121,657	9,176,220
1990	5,281,479	9,545,852
1991	5,446,932	9,844,227
1992	5,617,844	10,135,079
1993	5,872,706	10,284,024
1994	6,096,506	10,164,894
1995	6,226,773	10,150,117
1996	6,391,858	10,352,228
1997	6,583,365	10,562,035
1998	6,789,489	10,792,876
1999	7,002,818	11,047,804
2000	7,221,619	11,315,942
2001	7,445,596	11,593,058
2002	7,675,426	11,880,440
2003	7,913,070	12,181,574
2004	8,159,094	12,500,737
2005	8,426,144	12,840,031
2006	8,693,242	13,198,701
2007	8,953,969	13,576,343
2008	9,228,466	13,976,417
2009	9,509,423	14,395,788
2010	9,797,484	14,826,463
2011	10,093,623	15,265,022
2012	10,397,657	15,709,577
2013	10,708,834	16,161,816
2014	11,030,004	16,621,538
2015	11,360,681	17,085,587
2016	11,697,842	17,557,739
2017	12,039,780	18,039,715
2018	12,383,347	18,528,081
2019	12,726,755	19,025,752
2020	13,070,169	19,533,888
2021	13,413,417	20,047,258
2022	13,759,501	20,568,728
2023	14,111,034	21,104,482
2024	14,462,724	21,655,286

Fertility rates in Benin and Malawi

Fertility rate

Benin

Malawi

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Benin	Malawi
1960	6.28	7.04
1961	6.4	7.07
1962	6.46	7.1
1963	6.51	7.13
1964	6.57	7.11
1965	6.61	7.13
1966	6.63	7.17
1967	6.64	7.21
1968	6.67	7.26
1969	6.71	7.27
1970	6.74	7.3
1971	6.77	7.31
1972	6.8	7.33
1973	6.81	7.34
1974	6.82	7.34
1975	6.83	7.36
1976	6.83	7.39
1977	6.83	7.41
1978	6.82	7.43
1979	6.91	7.47
1980	6.99	7.52
1981	7.06	7.49
1982	7.06	7.45
1983	7.05	7.36
1984	7.03	7.27
1985	7	7.17
1986	6.96	7.07
1987	6.92	6.97
1988	6.87	6.88
1989	6.82	6.8
1990	6.74	6.74
1991	6.67	6.68
1992	6.59	6.63
1993	6.51	6.57
1994	6.42	6.49
1995	6.33	6.39
1996	6.28	6.29
1997	6.23	6.23
1998	6.14	6.21
1999	6.03	6.12
2000	5.94	6
2001	5.85	5.94
2002	5.79	5.9
2003	5.76	5.88
2004	5.72	5.86
2005	5.69	5.85
2006	5.67	5.8
2007	5.63	5.72
2008	5.55	5.61
2009	5.49	5.45
2010	5.45	5.26
2011	5.44	5.08
2012	5.43	4.9
2013	5.41	4.76
2014	5.37	4.57
2015	5.32	4.38
2016	5.25	4.22
2017	5.16	4.11
2018	5.03	4.02
2019	4.9	3.95
2020	4.8	3.88
2021	4.71	3.79
2022	4.63	3.72
2023	4.56	3.65

Benin and Malawi demographics compared

Median age

Benin

Malawi

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Benin	Malawi
1960	20.8	18.2
1961	20.6	18.3
1962	20.3	18.3
1963	20.1	18.3
1964	19.9	18.3
1965	19.7	18.4
1966	19.5	18.3
1967	19.3	18.3
1968	19	18.3
1969	18.8	18.2
1970	18.6	18
1971	18.4	17.9
1972	18.3	17.8
1973	18.1	17.7
1974	17.9	17.6
1975	17.8	17.5
1976	17.7	17.5
1977	17.6	17.4
1978	17.5	17.4
1979	17.4	17.4
1980	17.3	17.3
1981	17.3	17.3
1982	17.2	17.3
1983	17.1	17.3
1984	17.1	17.3
1985	17	17.3
1986	17	17.3
1987	16.9	17.4
1988	16.9	17.5
1989	16.9	17.4
1990	16.9	17.3
1991	16.9	17.2
1992	16.9	17.1
1993	17.1	17
1994	17.2	16.9
1995	17	16.9
1996	16.9	16.8
1997	17	16.8
1998	17	16.8
1999	17.1	16.7
2000	17.1	16.8
2001	17.2	16.8
2002	17.3	16.8
2003	17.4	16.8
2004	17.4	16.8
2005	17.5	16.8
2006	17.6	16.8
2007	17.6	16.8
2008	17.7	16.8
2009	17.8	16.7
2010	17.8	16.7
2011	17.9	16.8
2012	18	16.8
2013	18	16.9
2014	18.1	17
2015	18.1	17.1
2016	18.2	17.2
2017	18.3	17.4
2018	18.3	17.6
2019	18.4	17.8
2020	18.5	18
2021	18.6	18.2
2022	18.7	18.4
2023	18.8	18.7
2024	19	18.9

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