Burkina Faso vs Malawi statistics compared

Burkina Faso has a population of 23.5M (ranked 59/197), compared with 21.7M in Malawi (ranked 62/197). Burkina Faso's land area is 105,638 sq mi versus 36,402 sq mi for Malawi (ranked 73rd vs. 107th).

By GDP, Burkina Faso ranks 122/197 ($23.3B) and Malawi ranks 151/197 ($11B). By GDP per capita, Burkina Faso ranks 179/197 ($987), while Malawi ranks 195/197 ($508).

Burkina Faso and Malawi: Comparison Charts

Burkina Faso and Malawi economies compared

GDP

Burkina Faso

Malawi

Table

Year	GDP
	Burkina Faso	Malawi
1960	$330,442,816	-
1961	$350,247,234	-
1962	$379,567,099	-
1963	$394,040,667	-
1964	$410,321,645	-
1965	$422,916,790	-
1966	$433,889,766	-
1967	$450,753,924	-
1968	$460,442,689	-
1969	$478,298,645	-
1970	$458,404,269	-
1971	$482,411,179	-
1972	$578,595,522	-
1973	$674,773,570	-
1974	$751,133,430	-
1975	$939,972,703	-
1976	$976,547,188	-
1977	$1,131,224,878	-
1978	$1,475,583,645	-
1979	$1,748,480,621	-
1980	$1,928,719,888	$1,801,156,775
1981	$1,775,842,334	$1,801,193,910
1982	$1,754,450,096	$1,717,379,495
1983	$1,600,278,605	$1,780,148,049
1984	$1,459,880,132	$1,758,028,656
1985	$1,552,493,196	$1,646,442,273
1986	$2,036,303,358	$1,722,586,299
1987	$2,369,834,950	$1,721,711,808
1988	$2,616,040,479	$2,008,189,508
1989	$2,615,587,734	$2,314,205,130
1990	$3,101,300,779	$2,737,087,862
1991	$3,135,045,584	$3,206,783,830
1992	$3,356,692,505	$2,618,837,835
1993	$3,199,536,465	$3,013,392,658
1994	$1,895,290,637	$1,719,864,761
1995	$2,379,517,975	$2,033,701,498
1996	$2,586,550,595	$3,319,573,750
1997	$2,447,669,102	$3,875,785,863
1998	$2,804,902,367	$2,547,609,590
1999	$3,389,566,713	$2,584,478,924
2000	$2,968,370,088	$2,537,307,580
2001	$3,190,371,081	$2,498,008,665
2002	$3,622,350,063	$5,087,328,438
2003	$4,740,768,143	$4,669,789,300
2004	$5,451,688,538	$5,058,726,350
2005	$6,146,353,173	$5,320,409,651
2006	$6,547,419,820	$5,818,279,739
2007	$7,625,722,837	$6,451,210,219
2008	$9,451,435,490	$7,743,617,352
2009	$9,450,696,873	$9,009,887,947
2010	$10,109,619,741	$10,128,323,011
2011	$12,080,295,978	$11,648,142,958
2012	$12,561,015,157	$8,773,203,178
2013	$13,444,300,486	$8,031,571,928
2014	$13,943,016,077	$8,801,326,169
2015	$11,832,159,316	$9,219,474,379
2016	$12,833,363,045	$7,909,868,618
2017	$14,106,955,615	$8,943,543,794
2018	$15,890,066,221	$9,879,231,592
2019	$16,032,813,503	$11,051,865,580
2020	$17,725,010,533	$11,769,313,598
2021	$19,697,516,284	$12,378,129,751
2022	$18,820,218,691	$12,429,060,151
2023	$20,324,617,845	$12,712,150,082
2024	$23,250,214,910	$11,008,925,323

Burkina Faso and Malawi economies compared

GDP per capita

Burkina Faso

Malawi

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Burkina Faso	Malawi
1960	$69.2	-
1961	$72.2	-
1962	$77.2	-
1963	$78.9	-
1964	$80.9	-
1965	$82.1	-
1966	$82.8	-
1967	$84.6	-
1968	$85	-
1969	$86.8	-
1970	$81.7	-
1971	$84.5	-
1972	$99.6	-
1973	$114.1	-
1974	$124.7	-
1975	$152.9	-
1976	$155.5	-
1977	$176	-
1978	$223.9	-
1979	$258.5	-
1980	$277.6	$287.5
1981	$248.7	$276.4
1982	$239	$253.3
1983	$211.9	$252.4
1984	$187.8	$239.7
1985	$194.1	$216.1
1986	$247.5	$217.9
1987	$280.2	$207.6
1988	$301	$229.4
1989	$293.2	$252.2
1990	$339	$286.7
1991	$334	$326
1992	$349	$258.4
1993	$324	$293
1994	$187.2	$169.2
1995	$229.1	$200.4
1996	$242.7	$321
1997	$223.9	$367
1998	$249.5	$236
1999	$292.8	$233.9
2000	$248.9	$224.2
2001	$259.5	$215.5
2002	$285.7	$428
2003	$362	$383
2004	$404	$405
2005	$441	$414
2006	$456	$441
2007	$515	$475
2008	$619	$554
2009	$602	$626
2010	$625	$683
2011	$725	$763
2012	$731	$558
2013	$760	$497
2014	$765	$530
2015	$630	$540
2016	$664	$451
2017	$709	$496
2018	$777	$533
2019	$765	$581
2020	$825	$603
2021	$896	$617
2022	$836	$604
2023	$883	$602
2024	$987	$508

Burkina Faso vs. Malawi life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Burkina Faso

Malawi

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Burkina Faso	Malawi
1950	33	32.7
1951	33.4	32.8
1952	33.6	33
1953	33.9	33.2
1954	34.2	33.3
1955	34.5	33.6
1956	34.8	33.8
1957	35.1	34.1
1958	35.4	34.4
1959	35.7	34.8
1960	36.1	35
1961	36.4	35.2
1962	36.8	35.4
1963	37.1	35.6
1964	37.4	35.7
1965	37.8	35.7
1966	38.1	35.8
1967	38.4	35.9
1968	38.8	36.1
1969	39	36.3
1970	39.5	36.6
1971	39.9	37.1
1972	40.4	37.6
1973	40.9	38.4
1974	41.7	39.2
1975	42.5	40.1
1976	43.3	41
1977	44.2	42
1978	45	43
1979	45.7	43.7
1980	46.5	44.3
1981	46.9	44.7
1982	47.6	44.8
1983	48.1	45
1984	48.5	44.8
1985	48.7	44.6
1986	49	44.3
1987	49.1	43.9
1988	49.2	43.6
1989	49.3	43.5
1990	49.3	43.6
1991	49.3	43.5
1992	49.4	43.6
1993	49.4	43.6
1994	49.5	43.8
1995	49.6	43.8
1996	49.7	44
1997	49.6	44.2
1998	50.2	44.3
1999	50.5	45.1
2000	50.8	46.2
2001	51.2	47.2
2002	51.4	48.2
2003	52	49.6
2004	52.6	51.1
2005	53.3	52.5
2006	53.8	53.7
2007	54.4	54.7
2008	55.2	55.7
2009	55.8	56.7
2010	56.3	57.8
2011	57	58.9
2012	57.5	59.9
2013	57.9	60.8
2014	58.3	61.7
2015	58.8	62.3
2016	59.2	63.2
2017	59.6	63.9
2018	60	64.5
2019	60.2	65
2020	60.5	65.2
2021	60	64.8
2022	60.7	66
2023	61.1	67.4
2024	61.3	67.6
2025	61.5	67.7

Burkina Faso and Malawi population clocks and comparison

Population

Burkina Faso

Malawi

Table

Year	Population
	Burkina Faso	Malawi
1960	4,778,621	3,628,134
1961	4,848,224	3,715,534
1962	4,919,672	3,806,307
1963	4,993,623	3,900,506
1964	5,071,034	3,997,305
1965	5,152,833	4,096,157
1966	5,237,933	4,197,926
1967	5,326,348	4,303,012
1968	5,418,644	4,411,054
1969	5,513,177	4,521,184
1970	5,610,304	4,633,944
1971	5,707,999	4,751,434
1972	5,807,234	4,874,475
1973	5,911,927	5,003,938
1974	6,024,904	5,141,337
1975	6,147,569	5,287,367
1976	6,280,635	5,443,384
1977	6,428,734	5,614,983
1978	6,590,984	5,810,132
1979	6,763,903	6,028,749
1980	6,947,900	6,265,529
1981	7,140,271	6,516,454
1982	7,340,197	6,778,879
1983	7,551,129	7,051,709
1984	7,772,256	7,332,810
1985	7,999,935	7,620,508
1986	8,228,847	7,906,480
1987	8,457,109	8,293,174
1988	8,687,435	8,753,262
1989	8,921,175	9,176,220
1990	9,159,356	9,545,852
1991	9,394,632	9,844,227
1992	9,629,275	10,135,079
1993	9,871,713	10,284,024
1994	10,123,798	10,164,894
1995	10,386,722	10,150,117
1996	10,655,942	10,352,228
1997	10,934,223	10,562,035
1998	11,240,664	10,792,876
1999	11,574,928	11,047,804
2000	11,925,546	11,315,942
2001	12,295,001	11,593,058
2002	12,680,897	11,880,440
2003	13,082,532	12,181,574
2004	13,500,533	12,500,737
2005	13,932,123	12,840,031
2006	14,373,707	13,198,701
2007	14,816,307	13,576,343
2008	15,258,093	13,976,417
2009	15,710,066	14,395,788
2010	16,176,498	14,826,463
2011	16,661,908	15,265,022
2012	17,172,287	15,709,577
2013	17,695,409	16,161,816
2014	18,229,461	16,621,538
2015	18,777,487	17,085,587
2016	19,334,856	17,557,739
2017	19,894,407	18,039,715
2018	20,438,288	18,528,081
2019	20,961,952	19,025,752
2020	21,478,690	19,533,888
2021	21,995,243	20,047,258
2022	22,509,038	20,568,728
2023	23,025,776	21,104,482
2024	23,548,781	21,655,286

Fertility rates in Burkina Faso and Malawi

Fertility rate

Burkina Faso

Malawi

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Burkina Faso	Malawi
1960	6.25	7.04
1961	6.29	7.07
1962	6.32	7.1
1963	6.36	7.13
1964	6.42	7.11
1965	6.47	7.13
1966	6.53	7.17
1967	6.59	7.21
1968	6.65	7.26
1969	6.66	7.27
1970	6.69	7.3
1971	6.7	7.31
1972	6.72	7.33
1973	6.77	7.34
1974	6.84	7.34
1975	6.91	7.36
1976	6.95	7.39
1977	7.05	7.41
1978	7.15	7.43
1979	7.19	7.47
1980	7.22	7.52
1981	7.26	7.49
1982	7.25	7.45
1983	7.25	7.36
1984	7.25	7.27
1985	7.24	7.17
1986	7.22	7.07
1987	7.17	6.97
1988	7.11	6.88
1989	7.05	6.8
1990	7.01	6.74
1991	6.97	6.68
1992	6.94	6.63
1993	6.89	6.57
1994	6.84	6.49
1995	6.81	6.39
1996	6.78	6.29
1997	6.72	6.23
1998	6.66	6.21
1999	6.59	6.12
2000	6.52	6
2001	6.43	5.94
2002	6.34	5.9
2003	6.28	5.88
2004	6.22	5.86
2005	6.18	5.85
2006	6.17	5.8
2007	6.11	5.72
2008	6.05	5.61
2009	5.99	5.45
2010	5.94	5.26
2011	5.87	5.08
2012	5.79	4.9
2013	5.7	4.76
2014	5.6	4.57
2015	5.48	4.38
2016	5.33	4.22
2017	5.17	4.11
2018	4.92	4.02
2019	4.68	3.95
2020	4.44	3.88
2021	4.36	3.79
2022	4.28	3.72
2023	4.19	3.65

Burkina Faso and Malawi demographics compared

Median age

Burkina Faso

Malawi

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Burkina Faso	Malawi
1960	19.8	18.2
1961	19.7	18.3
1962	19.7	18.3
1963	19.7	18.3
1964	19.6	18.3
1965	19.6	18.4
1966	19.5	18.3
1967	19.5	18.3
1968	19.3	18.3
1969	19.1	18.2
1970	18.9	18
1971	18.8	17.9
1972	18.6	17.8
1973	18.5	17.7
1974	18.3	17.6
1975	18.2	17.5
1976	18.1	17.5
1977	17.9	17.4
1978	17.8	17.4
1979	17.7	17.4
1980	17.6	17.3
1981	17.5	17.3
1982	17.4	17.3
1983	17.3	17.3
1984	17.2	17.3
1985	17.1	17.3
1986	16.9	17.3
1987	16.8	17.4
1988	16.7	17.5
1989	16.6	17.4
1990	16.5	17.3
1991	16.4	17.2
1992	16.3	17.1
1993	16.3	17
1994	16.3	16.9
1995	16.3	16.9
1996	16.3	16.8
1997	16.3	16.8
1998	16.3	16.8
1999	16.4	16.7
2000	16.5	16.8
2001	16.6	16.8
2002	16.7	16.8
2003	16.8	16.8
2004	16.9	16.8
2005	17	16.8
2006	17.1	16.8
2007	17.1	16.8
2008	17.1	16.8
2009	17.1	16.7
2010	17.1	16.7
2011	17.1	16.8
2012	17.1	16.8
2013	17.1	16.9
2014	17.1	17
2015	17.1	17.1
2016	17.2	17.2
2017	17.3	17.4
2018	17.4	17.6
2019	17.6	17.8
2020	17.7	18
2021	18	18.2
2022	18.2	18.4
2023	18.4	18.7
2024	18.6	18.9

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