Cape Verde vs Malawi statistics compared

Cape Verde has a population of 525K (ranked 169/197), compared with 21.7M in Malawi (ranked 62/197). Cape Verde's land area is 1,556 sq mi versus 36,402 sq mi for Malawi (ranked 167th vs. 107th).

By GDP, Cape Verde ranks 170/197 ($2.77B) and Malawi ranks 151/197 ($11B). By GDP per capita, Cape Verde ranks 117/197 ($5,273), while Malawi ranks 195/197 ($508).

Cape Verde and Malawi: Comparison Charts

Cape Verde and Malawi economies compared

GDP

Cape Verde

Malawi

Table

Year	GDP
	Cape Verde	Malawi
1980	$142,246,815	$1,801,156,775
1981	$139,468,209	$1,801,193,910
1982	$140,630,679	$1,717,379,495
1983	$138,476,176	$1,780,148,049
1984	$132,019,039	$1,758,028,656
1985	$137,728,205	$1,646,442,273
1986	$190,651,168	$1,722,586,299
1987	$235,253,065	$1,721,711,808
1988	$264,308,140	$2,008,189,508
1989	$267,448,571	$2,314,205,130
1990	$306,890,963	$2,737,087,862
1991	$319,827,059	$3,206,783,830
1992	$357,160,985	$2,618,837,835
1993	$490,417,390	$3,013,392,658
1994	$406,580,652	$1,719,864,761
1995	$487,148,994	$2,033,701,498
1996	$501,979,270	$3,319,573,750
1997	$490,608,658	$3,875,785,863
1998	$521,910,561	$2,547,609,590
1999	$592,416,703	$2,584,478,924
2000	$539,227,278	$2,537,307,580
2001	$563,090,490	$2,498,008,665
2002	$620,507,387	$5,087,328,438
2003	$813,260,469	$4,669,789,300
2004	$924,940,012	$5,058,726,350
2005	$972,241,677	$5,320,409,651
2006	$1,107,571,458	$5,818,279,739
2007	$1,649,621,739	$6,451,210,219
2008	$1,959,620,648	$7,743,617,352
2009	$1,852,334,575	$9,009,887,947
2010	$1,824,751,468	$10,128,323,011
2011	$2,046,817,987	$11,648,142,958
2012	$1,913,081,210	$8,773,203,178
2013	$2,028,910,915	$8,031,571,928
2014	$2,041,930,125	$8,801,326,169
2015	$1,749,857,620	$9,219,474,379
2016	$1,849,789,986	$7,909,868,618
2017	$1,996,741,540	$8,943,543,794
2018	$2,205,099,507	$9,879,231,592
2019	$2,252,177,124	$11,051,865,580
2020	$1,821,565,614	$11,769,313,598
2021	$2,051,842,619	$12,378,129,751
2022	$2,247,003,344	$12,429,060,151
2023	$2,539,203,429	$12,712,150,082
2024	$2,767,599,017	$11,008,925,323

Cape Verde and Malawi economies compared

GDP per capita

Cape Verde

Malawi

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Cape Verde	Malawi
1980	$440	$287.5
1981	$425	$276.4
1982	$423	$253.3
1983	$410	$252.4
1984	$385	$239.7
1985	$396	$216.1
1986	$541	$217.9
1987	$658	$207.6
1988	$729	$229.4
1989	$727	$252.2
1990	$817	$286.7
1991	$832	$326
1992	$908	$258.4
1993	$1,220	$293
1994	$991	$169.2
1995	$1,165	$200.4
1996	$1,180	$321
1997	$1,134	$367
1998	$1,187	$236
1999	$1,327	$233.9
2000	$1,190	$224.2
2001	$1,223	$215.5
2002	$1,329	$428
2003	$1,718	$383
2004	$1,929	$405
2005	$2,004	$414
2006	$2,257	$441
2007	$3,325	$475
2008	$3,909	$554
2009	$3,660	$626
2010	$3,579	$683
2011	$4,002	$763
2012	$3,737	$558
2013	$3,961	$497
2014	$3,986	$530
2015	$3,415	$540
2016	$3,609	$451
2017	$3,893	$496
2018	$4,295	$533
2019	$4,381	$581
2020	$3,539	$603
2021	$3,971	$617
2022	$4,323	$604
2023	$4,861	$602
2024	$5,273	$508

Cape Verde vs. Malawi life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Cape Verde

Malawi

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Cape Verde	Malawi
1950	44.9	32.7
1951	45.6	32.8
1952	46.2	33
1953	46.4	33.2
1954	46.6	33.3
1955	46.9	33.6
1956	47.1	33.8
1957	47.4	34.1
1958	47.7	34.4
1959	48.2	34.8
1960	48.7	35
1961	49.4	35.2
1962	50.2	35.4
1963	51.1	35.6
1964	52.1	35.7
1965	53	35.7
1966	53.9	35.8
1967	54.7	35.9
1968	55.4	36.1
1969	56	36.3
1970	56.6	36.6
1971	57	37.1
1972	57.5	37.6
1973	58	38.4
1974	58.4	39.2
1975	59	40.1
1976	59.4	41
1977	60	42
1978	60.4	43
1979	60.7	43.7
1980	61	44.3
1981	61.3	44.7
1982	61.5	44.8
1983	61.8	45
1984	61.8	44.8
1985	62.3	44.6
1986	62.6	44.3
1987	62.9	43.9
1988	63.2	43.6
1989	63.6	43.5
1990	63.9	43.6
1991	64.1	43.5
1992	64.3	43.6
1993	64.5	43.6
1994	64.6	43.8
1995	63.7	43.8
1996	65.5	44
1997	66.1	44.2
1998	66.7	44.3
1999	67.4	45.1
2000	68.1	46.2
2001	68.7	47.2
2002	69.4	48.2
2003	70	49.6
2004	70.5	51.1
2005	70.9	52.5
2006	71.3	53.7
2007	71.5	54.7
2008	71.9	55.7
2009	72.1	56.7
2010	72.5	57.8
2011	72.9	58.9
2012	73.3	59.9
2013	73.5	60.8
2014	73.8	61.7
2015	74.1	62.3
2016	74.4	63.2
2017	74.7	63.9
2018	74.8	64.5
2019	75.4	65
2020	73.8	65.2
2021	74.4	64.8
2022	75.9	66
2023	76.1	67.4
2024	76.2	67.6
2025	76.4	67.7

Cape Verde and Malawi population clocks and comparison

Population

Cape Verde

Malawi

Table

Year	Population
	Cape Verde	Malawi
1960	210,024	3,628,134
1961	215,087	3,715,534
1962	221,919	3,806,307
1963	229,373	3,900,506
1964	237,006	3,997,305
1965	244,856	4,096,157
1966	252,976	4,197,926
1967	261,404	4,303,012
1968	270,164	4,411,054
1969	279,248	4,521,184
1970	287,885	4,633,944
1971	294,046	4,751,434
1972	297,386	4,874,475
1973	299,881	5,003,938
1974	302,570	5,141,337
1975	305,847	5,287,367
1976	309,455	5,443,384
1977	312,834	5,614,983
1978	316,147	5,810,132
1979	319,480	6,028,749
1980	323,301	6,265,529
1981	327,846	6,516,454
1982	332,724	6,778,879
1983	337,654	7,051,709
1984	342,505	7,332,810
1985	347,365	7,620,508
1986	352,312	7,906,480
1987	357,302	8,293,174
1988	362,329	8,753,262
1989	367,803	9,176,220
1990	375,428	9,545,852
1991	384,586	9,844,227
1992	393,415	10,135,079
1993	401,965	10,284,024
1994	410,228	10,164,894
1995	418,104	10,150,117
1996	425,581	10,352,228
1997	432,798	10,562,035
1998	439,784	10,792,876
1999	446,519	11,047,804
2000	453,317	11,315,942
2001	460,293	11,593,058
2002	467,046	11,880,440
2003	473,383	12,181,574
2004	479,370	12,500,737
2005	485,115	12,840,031
2006	490,728	13,198,701
2007	496,190	13,576,343
2008	501,355	13,976,417
2009	506,141	14,395,788
2010	509,784	14,826,463
2011	511,447	15,265,022
2012	511,955	15,709,577
2013	512,225	16,161,816
2014	512,326	16,621,538
2015	512,394	17,085,587
2016	512,554	17,557,739
2017	512,893	18,039,715
2018	513,415	18,528,081
2019	514,104	19,025,752
2020	514,679	19,533,888
2021	516,649	20,047,258
2022	519,741	20,568,728
2023	522,331	21,104,482
2024	524,877	21,655,286

Fertility rates in Cape Verde and Malawi

Fertility rate

Cape Verde

Malawi

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Cape Verde	Malawi
1960	6.89	7.04
1961	6.92	7.07
1962	6.95	7.1
1963	6.98	7.13
1964	6.99	7.11
1965	6.99	7.13
1966	6.99	7.17
1967	6.98	7.21
1968	6.97	7.26
1969	6.95	7.27
1970	6.94	7.3
1971	6.91	7.31
1972	6.89	7.33
1973	6.86	7.34
1974	6.82	7.34
1975	6.77	7.36
1976	6.71	7.39
1977	6.65	7.41
1978	6.56	7.43
1979	6.47	7.47
1980	6.38	7.52
1981	6.27	7.49
1982	6.17	7.45
1983	6.07	7.36
1984	5.97	7.27
1985	5.92	7.17
1986	5.81	7.07
1987	5.68	6.97
1988	5.55	6.88
1989	5.45	6.8
1990	5.36	6.74
1991	5.26	6.68
1992	5.12	6.63
1993	4.95	6.57
1994	4.72	6.49
1995	4.49	6.39
1996	4.26	6.29
1997	4.05	6.23
1998	3.9	6.21
1999	3.73	6.12
2000	3.55	6
2001	3.37	5.94
2002	3.19	5.9
2003	3.03	5.88
2004	2.9	5.86
2005	2.73	5.85
2006	2.56	5.8
2007	2.41	5.72
2008	2.3	5.61
2009	2.25	5.45
2010	2.33	5.26
2011	2.33	5.08
2012	2.15	4.9
2013	2.07	4.76
2014	2.03	4.57
2015	1.97	4.38
2016	1.97	4.22
2017	1.93	4.11
2018	1.8	4.02
2019	1.7	3.95
2020	1.59	3.88
2021	1.55	3.79
2022	1.53	3.72
2023	1.52	3.65

Cape Verde and Malawi demographics compared

Median age

Cape Verde

Malawi

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Cape Verde	Malawi
1960	19	18.2
1961	18.6	18.3
1962	18.1	18.3
1963	17.7	18.3
1964	17.4	18.3
1965	17.2	18.4
1966	17.1	18.3
1967	17	18.3
1968	17	18.3
1969	17.1	18.2
1970	17.2	18
1971	17.2	17.9
1972	17.2	17.8
1973	17.2	17.7
1974	17.2	17.6
1975	17	17.5
1976	16.8	17.5
1977	16.6	17.4
1978	16.4	17.4
1979	16.2	17.4
1980	16.1	17.3
1981	16.1	17.3
1982	16.3	17.3
1983	16.4	17.3
1984	16.5	17.3
1985	16.6	17.3
1986	16.7	17.3
1987	16.8	17.4
1988	16.8	17.5
1989	16.9	17.4
1990	17	17.3
1991	17	17.2
1992	17.1	17.1
1993	17.2	17
1994	17.4	16.9
1995	17.5	16.9
1996	17.7	16.8
1997	17.9	16.8
1998	18.1	16.8
1999	18.3	16.7
2000	18.6	16.8
2001	18.9	16.8
2002	19.2	16.8
2003	19.6	16.8
2004	19.9	16.8
2005	20.4	16.8
2006	20.8	16.8
2007	21.3	16.8
2008	21.7	16.8
2009	22.1	16.7
2010	22.6	16.7
2011	23.1	16.8
2012	23.6	16.8
2013	24.2	16.9
2014	24.7	17
2015	25.2	17.1
2016	25.7	17.2
2017	26.2	17.4
2018	26.6	17.6
2019	27	17.8
2020	27.3	18
2021	27.8	18.2
2022	28.3	18.4
2023	28.8	18.7
2024	29.4	18.9

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