Cameroon vs Malawi statistics compared

Cameroon has a population of 29.1M (ranked 52/197), compared with 21.7M in Malawi (ranked 62/197). Cameroon's land area is 182,514 sq mi versus 36,402 sq mi for Malawi (ranked 52nd vs. 107th).

By GDP, Cameroon ranks 92/197 ($51.3B) and Malawi ranks 151/197 ($11B). By GDP per capita, Cameroon ranks 159/197 ($1,762), while Malawi ranks 195/197 ($508).

Cameroon and Malawi: Comparison Charts

Cameroon and Malawi economies compared

GDP

Cameroon

Malawi

Table

Year	GDP
	Cameroon	Malawi
1960	$614,206,068	-
1961	$652,777,608	-
1962	$694,247,864	-
1963	$718,320,845	-
1964	$776,650,177	-
1965	$814,083,266	-
1966	$851,112,535	-
1967	$936,175,260	-
1968	$1,046,191,218	-
1969	$1,100,551,489	-
1970	$1,151,216,993	-
1971	$1,236,941,394	-
1972	$1,498,251,890	-
1973	$1,901,393,361	-
1974	$2,157,415,533	-
1975	$2,857,037,371	-
1976	$2,898,090,002	-
1977	$3,394,664,024	-
1978	$4,662,852,583	-
1979	$5,919,002,983	-
1980	$6,674,569,047	$1,801,156,775
1981	$6,610,938,617	$1,801,193,910
1982	$6,611,255,964	$1,717,379,495
1983	$6,870,200,010	$1,780,148,049
1984	$7,311,938,026	$1,758,028,656
1985	$8,544,810,498	$1,646,442,273
1986	$11,857,056,199	$1,722,586,299
1987	$13,049,659,981	$1,721,711,808
1988	$12,236,057,362	$2,008,189,508
1989	$11,012,566,195	$2,314,205,130
1990	$12,314,482,628	$2,737,087,862
1991	$11,840,192,296	$3,206,783,830
1992	$12,071,775,335	$2,618,837,835
1993	$16,181,814,713	$3,013,392,658
1994	$8,902,446,252	$1,719,864,761
1995	$10,864,772,471	$2,033,701,498
1996	$11,093,538,846	$3,319,573,750
1997	$10,789,458,433	$3,875,785,863
1998	$11,298,144,990	$2,547,609,590
1999	$11,565,826,465	$2,584,478,924
2000	$10,566,579,295	$2,537,307,580
2001	$10,953,485,349	$2,498,008,665
2002	$12,417,251,350	$5,087,328,438
2003	$15,970,315,035	$4,669,789,300
2004	$18,826,214,136	$5,058,726,350
2005	$19,509,852,207	$5,320,409,651
2006	$20,910,512,975	$5,818,279,739
2007	$23,928,250,433	$6,451,210,219
2008	$27,715,142,033	$7,743,617,352
2009	$27,932,970,317	$9,009,887,947
2010	$27,507,501,821	$10,128,323,011
2011	$30,630,910,495	$11,648,142,958
2012	$30,155,062,329	$8,773,203,178
2013	$33,728,621,180	$8,031,571,928
2014	$36,386,544,706	$8,801,326,169
2015	$32,210,233,020	$9,219,474,379
2016	$33,814,337,044	$7,909,868,618
2017	$36,098,547,033	$8,943,543,794
2018	$39,955,552,190	$9,879,231,592
2019	$39,667,757,528	$11,051,865,580
2020	$40,773,241,177	$11,769,313,598
2021	$45,011,937,347	$12,378,129,751
2022	$44,347,206,073	$12,429,060,151
2023	$49,279,410,983	$12,712,150,082
2024	$51,326,764,685	$11,008,925,323

Cameroon and Malawi economies compared

GDP per capita

Cameroon

Malawi

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Cameroon	Malawi
1960	$119.1	-
1961	$124.6	-
1962	$130	-
1963	$131.6	-
1964	$139.2	-
1965	$142.7	-
1966	$145.8	-
1967	$156.6	-
1968	$170.8	-
1969	$175.2	-
1970	$178.5	-
1971	$186.7	-
1972	$220.1	-
1973	$271.8	-
1974	$299.9	-
1975	$386	-
1976	$381	-
1977	$435	-
1978	$582	-
1979	$718	-
1980	$784	$287.5
1981	$750	$276.4
1982	$732	$253.3
1983	$746	$252.4
1984	$772	$239.7
1985	$875	$216.1
1986	$1,179	$217.9
1987	$1,258	$207.6
1988	$1,145	$229.4
1989	$1,001	$252.2
1990	$1,087	$286.7
1991	$1,015	$326
1992	$1,005	$258.4
1993	$1,310	$293
1994	$701	$169.2
1995	$832	$200.4
1996	$827	$321
1997	$783	$367
1998	$799	$236
1999	$796	$233.9
2000	$709	$224.2
2001	$715	$215.5
2002	$790	$428
2003	$988	$383
2004	$1,133	$405
2005	$1,143	$414
2006	$1,191	$441
2007	$1,326	$475
2008	$1,492	$554
2009	$1,461	$626
2010	$1,399	$683
2011	$1,514	$763
2012	$1,449	$558
2013	$1,576	$497
2014	$1,649	$530
2015	$1,415	$540
2016	$1,442	$451
2017	$1,496	$496
2018	$1,611	$533
2019	$1,555	$581
2020	$1,556	$603
2021	$1,672	$617
2022	$1,605	$604
2023	$1,737	$602
2024	$1,762	$508

Cameroon vs. Malawi life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Cameroon

Malawi

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Cameroon	Malawi
1950	33.1	32.7
1951	33.9	32.8
1952	34.6	33
1953	35.5	33.2
1954	36.5	33.3
1955	37.5	33.6
1956	38.4	33.8
1957	38.3	34.1
1958	39.1	34.4
1959	39.8	34.8
1960	34.7	35
1961	35.2	35.2
1962	42.6	35.4
1963	43.1	35.6
1964	43.6	35.7
1965	44.2	35.7
1966	44.8	35.8
1967	45.6	35.9
1968	46.4	36.1
1969	47.2	36.3
1970	48	36.6
1971	48.6	37.1
1972	49.1	37.6
1973	49.5	38.4
1974	49.7	39.2
1975	49.9	40.1
1976	50	41
1977	50.1	42
1978	50.3	43
1979	50.5	43.7
1980	50.9	44.3
1981	51.2	44.7
1982	51.8	44.8
1983	52.4	45
1984	52.9	44.8
1985	53.5	44.6
1986	53.6	44.3
1987	54.2	43.9
1988	54.4	43.6
1989	54.4	43.5
1990	54.3	43.6
1991	54.2	43.5
1992	54.1	43.6
1993	53.9	43.6
1994	53.5	43.8
1995	53.3	43.8
1996	53.2	44
1997	53.1	44.2
1998	53	44.3
1999	53.2	45.1
2000	53.3	46.2
2001	53.6	47.2
2002	53.9	48.2
2003	54.3	49.6
2004	54.6	51.1
2005	54.9	52.5
2006	55.3	53.7
2007	55.7	54.7
2008	56.1	55.7
2009	56.5	56.7
2010	57	57.8
2011	57.5	58.9
2012	58.2	59.9
2013	58.7	60.8
2014	59.1	61.7
2015	59.7	62.3
2016	60.3	63.2
2017	60.8	63.9
2018	61.2	64.5
2019	61.7	65
2020	61.7	65.2
2021	61.1	64.8
2022	62.4	66
2023	63.7	67.4
2024	64	67.6
2025	64.2	67.7

Cameroon and Malawi population clocks and comparison

Population

Cameroon

Malawi

Table

Year	Population
	Cameroon	Malawi
1960	5,159,057	3,628,134
1961	5,239,273	3,715,534
1962	5,338,620	3,806,307
1963	5,456,623	3,900,506
1964	5,578,257	3,997,305
1965	5,704,686	4,096,157
1966	5,837,295	4,197,926
1967	5,977,318	4,303,012
1968	6,125,863	4,411,054
1969	6,283,462	4,521,184
1970	6,449,793	4,633,944
1971	6,624,408	4,751,434
1972	6,806,872	4,874,475
1973	6,996,660	5,003,938
1974	7,193,583	5,141,337
1975	7,397,120	5,287,367
1976	7,597,962	5,443,384
1977	7,796,501	5,614,983
1978	8,011,921	5,810,132
1979	8,239,641	6,028,749
1980	8,512,219	6,265,529
1981	8,816,377	6,516,454
1982	9,028,678	6,778,879
1983	9,215,397	7,051,709
1984	9,475,078	7,332,810
1985	9,761,730	7,620,508
1986	10,060,342	7,906,480
1987	10,370,749	8,293,174
1988	10,684,968	8,753,262
1989	11,002,745	9,176,220
1990	11,331,821	9,545,852
1991	11,667,180	9,844,227
1992	12,006,353	10,135,079
1993	12,353,131	10,284,024
1994	12,704,903	10,164,894
1995	13,058,516	10,150,117
1996	13,414,757	10,352,228
1997	13,775,214	10,562,035
1998	14,144,860	10,792,876
1999	14,525,140	11,047,804
2000	14,912,631	11,315,942
2001	15,309,490	11,593,058
2002	15,725,528	11,880,440
2003	16,160,340	12,181,574
2004	16,610,487	12,500,737
2005	17,074,594	12,840,031
2006	17,550,407	13,198,701
2007	18,049,896	13,576,343
2008	18,574,056	13,976,417
2009	19,113,974	14,395,788
2010	19,668,066	14,826,463
2011	20,232,304	15,265,022
2012	20,809,529	15,709,577
2013	21,402,376	16,161,816
2014	22,059,893	16,621,538
2015	22,763,414	17,085,587
2016	23,454,161	17,557,739
2017	24,128,601	18,039,715
2018	24,806,383	18,528,081
2019	25,506,095	19,025,752
2020	26,210,558	19,533,888
2021	26,915,758	20,047,258
2022	27,632,771	20,568,728
2023	28,372,687	21,104,482
2024	29,123,744	21,655,286

Fertility rates in Cameroon and Malawi

Fertility rate

Cameroon

Malawi

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Cameroon	Malawi
1960	5.73	7.04
1961	5.73	7.07
1962	5.73	7.1
1963	5.73	7.13
1964	5.74	7.11
1965	5.8	7.13
1966	5.85	7.17
1967	5.95	7.21
1968	6.04	7.26
1969	6.14	7.27
1970	6.2	7.3
1971	6.26	7.31
1972	6.29	7.33
1973	6.33	7.34
1974	6.36	7.34
1975	6.4	7.36
1976	6.45	7.39
1977	6.51	7.41
1978	6.55	7.43
1979	6.58	7.47
1980	6.61	7.52
1981	6.61	7.49
1982	6.59	7.45
1983	6.58	7.36
1984	6.56	7.27
1985	6.56	7.17
1986	6.57	7.07
1987	6.54	6.97
1988	6.48	6.88
1989	6.41	6.8
1990	6.36	6.74
1991	6.32	6.68
1992	6.26	6.63
1993	6.16	6.57
1994	6.04	6.49
1995	5.92	6.39
1996	5.8	6.29
1997	5.71	6.23
1998	5.66	6.21
1999	5.6	6.12
2000	5.51	6
2001	5.44	5.94
2002	5.44	5.9
2003	5.43	5.88
2004	5.44	5.86
2005	5.42	5.85
2006	5.37	5.8
2007	5.34	5.72
2008	5.29	5.61
2009	5.24	5.45
2010	5.15	5.26
2011	5.05	5.08
2012	4.98	4.9
2013	4.91	4.76
2014	4.84	4.57
2015	4.84	4.38
2016	4.84	4.22
2017	4.8	4.11
2018	4.74	4.02
2019	4.65	3.95
2020	4.56	3.88
2021	4.47	3.79
2022	4.4	3.72
2023	4.32	3.65

Cameroon and Malawi demographics compared

Median age

Cameroon

Malawi

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Cameroon	Malawi
1960	20.5	18.2
1961	20.3	18.3
1962	20.1	18.3
1963	20.1	18.3
1964	20	18.3
1965	19.9	18.4
1966	19.8	18.3
1967	19.7	18.3
1968	19.5	18.3
1969	19.4	18.2
1970	19.2	18
1971	19	17.9
1972	18.9	17.8
1973	18.8	17.7
1974	18.6	17.6
1975	18.5	17.5
1976	18.3	17.5
1977	18.2	17.4
1978	18	17.4
1979	17.9	17.4
1980	17.8	17.3
1981	17.8	17.3
1982	17.5	17.3
1983	17.3	17.3
1984	17.1	17.3
1985	17.1	17.3
1986	17	17.3
1987	16.9	17.4
1988	16.9	17.5
1989	16.8	17.4
1990	16.8	17.3
1991	16.8	17.2
1992	16.8	17.1
1993	16.8	17
1994	16.9	16.9
1995	16.9	16.9
1996	17	16.8
1997	17.1	16.8
1998	17.1	16.8
1999	17.2	16.7
2000	17.3	16.8
2001	17.4	16.8
2002	17.5	16.8
2003	17.5	16.8
2004	17.6	16.8
2005	17.6	16.8
2006	17.7	16.8
2007	17.7	16.8
2008	17.8	16.8
2009	17.8	16.7
2010	17.9	16.7
2011	17.9	16.8
2012	18	16.8
2013	18.1	16.9
2014	18.2	17
2015	18.3	17.1
2016	18.3	17.2
2017	18.4	17.4
2018	18.4	17.6
2019	18.5	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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