China vs Malawi statistics compared

China has a population of 1.41B (ranked 2/197), compared with 21.7M in Malawi (ranked 62/197). China's land area is 3,624,808 sq mi versus 36,402 sq mi for Malawi (ranked 2nd vs. 107th).

By GDP, China ranks 2/197 ($18.7T) and Malawi ranks 151/197 ($11B). By GDP per capita, China ranks 76/197 ($13,303), while Malawi ranks 195/197 ($508).

China and Malawi: Comparison Charts

China and Malawi economies compared

GDP

China

Malawi

Table

Year	GDP
	China	Malawi
1960	$59,846,235,025	-
1961	$50,162,299,350	-
1962	$47,310,737,754	-
1963	$50,812,227,919	-
1964	$59,821,862,703	-
1965	$70,565,994,356	-
1966	$76,854,053,259	-
1967	$73,011,350,596	-
1968	$70,980,323,819	-
1969	$79,847,786,729	-
1970	$92,752,930,873	-
1971	$99,959,013,880	-
1972	$113,871,930,714	-
1973	$138,764,340,892	-
1974	$144,418,433,058	-
1975	$163,687,619,736	-
1976	$154,196,810,059	-
1977	$175,226,595,860	-
1978	$149,788,617,886	-
1979	$178,573,913,043	-
1980	$191,487,500,000	$1,801,156,775
1981	$196,218,253,968	$1,801,193,910
1982	$205,480,916,031	$1,717,379,495
1983	$231,130,268,199	$1,780,148,049
1984	$260,442,857,143	$1,758,028,656
1985	$310,064,625,850	$1,646,442,273
1986	$301,310,144,928	$1,722,586,299
1987	$273,455,156,951	$1,721,711,808
1988	$312,888,888,889	$2,008,189,508
1989	$348,380,566,802	$2,314,205,130
1990	$361,560,229,446	$2,737,087,862
1991	$384,510,452,962	$3,206,783,830
1992	$428,502,354,788	$2,618,837,835
1993	$446,557,291,212	$3,013,392,658
1994	$566,929,539,493	$1,719,864,761
1995	$738,190,896,228	$2,033,701,498
1996	$868,523,936,530	$3,319,573,750
1997	$967,753,570,435	$3,875,785,863
1998	$1,037,134,141,760	$2,547,609,590
1999	$1,103,843,203,576	$2,584,478,924
2000	$1,223,754,919,971	$2,537,307,580
2001	$1,355,036,590,252	$2,498,008,665
2002	$1,489,821,682,051	$5,087,328,438
2003	$1,683,903,309,844	$4,669,789,300
2004	$1,984,196,551,300	$5,058,726,350
2005	$2,317,551,298,052	$5,320,409,651
2006	$2,791,498,472,804	$5,818,279,739
2007	$3,604,055,822,572	$6,451,210,219
2008	$4,667,346,414,522	$7,743,617,352
2009	$5,189,577,094,998	$9,009,887,947
2010	$6,192,564,874,453	$10,128,323,011
2011	$7,671,757,207,851	$11,648,142,958
2012	$8,673,664,713,189	$8,773,203,178
2013	$9,743,124,247,267	$8,031,571,928
2014	$10,674,533,168,257	$8,801,326,169
2015	$11,280,814,787,469	$9,219,474,379
2016	$11,456,024,084,962	$7,909,868,618
2017	$12,537,559,062,283	$8,943,543,794
2018	$14,147,765,772,964	$9,879,231,592
2019	$14,560,167,101,283	$11,051,865,580
2020	$14,996,414,166,715	$11,769,313,598
2021	$18,201,698,719,564	$12,378,129,751
2022	$18,316,765,021,690	$12,429,060,151
2023	$18,270,356,654,533	$12,712,150,082
2024	$18,743,803,170,827	$11,008,925,323

China and Malawi economies compared

GDP per capita

China

Malawi

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	China	Malawi
1960	$89.7	-
1961	$76	-
1962	$71.1	-
1963	$74.5	-
1964	$85.7	-
1965	$98.7	-
1966	$104.5	-
1967	$96.8	-
1968	$91.6	-
1969	$100.3	-
1970	$113.3	-
1971	$118.8	-
1972	$132.1	-
1973	$157.3	-
1974	$160.4	-
1975	$178.6	-
1976	$165.7	-
1977	$185.7	-
1978	$156.7	-
1979	$184.3	-
1980	$195.1	$287.5
1981	$197.4	$276.4
1982	$203.7	$253.3
1983	$225.9	$252.4
1984	$251.2	$239.7
1985	$295	$216.1
1986	$282.4	$217.9
1987	$252.3	$207.6
1988	$284	$229.4
1989	$311	$252.2
1990	$319	$286.7
1991	$334	$326
1992	$368	$258.4
1993	$379	$293
1994	$476	$169.2
1995	$613	$200.4
1996	$713	$321
1997	$787	$367
1998	$835	$236
1999	$881	$233.9
2000	$969	$224.2
2001	$1,065	$215.5
2002	$1,164	$428
2003	$1,307	$383
2004	$1,531	$405
2005	$1,778	$414
2006	$2,129	$441
2007	$2,735	$475
2008	$3,523	$554
2009	$3,898	$626
2010	$4,629	$683
2011	$5,704	$763
2012	$6,405	$558
2013	$7,147	$497
2014	$7,781	$530
2015	$8,175	$540
2016	$8,255	$451
2017	$8,980	$496
2018	$10,086	$533
2019	$10,343	$581
2020	$10,627	$603
2021	$12,887	$617
2022	$12,971	$604
2023	$12,951	$602
2024	$13,303	$508

China vs. Malawi life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

China

Malawi

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	China	Malawi
1950	43.8	32.7
1951	44.6	32.8
1952	45.3	33
1953	45.9	33.2
1954	46.8	33.3
1955	47.2	33.6
1956	47.8	33.8
1957	48.4	34.1
1958	48.8	34.4
1959	40.2	34.8
1960	33.4	35
1961	40.2	35.2
1962	51	35.4
1963	51.7	35.6
1964	52.3	35.7
1965	53	35.7
1966	53.7	35.8
1967	54.4	35.9
1968	55.2	36.1
1969	56	36.3
1970	56.8	36.6
1971	57.7	37.1
1972	58.6	37.6
1973	59.5	38.4
1974	60.2	39.2
1975	61	40.1
1976	61.2	41
1977	62.5	42
1978	63.1	43
1979	63.7	43.7
1980	64.2	44.3
1981	64.8	44.7
1982	65.2	44.8
1983	65.7	45
1984	66.1	44.8
1985	66.5	44.6
1986	66.9	44.3
1987	67.3	43.9
1988	67.6	43.6
1989	67.9	43.5
1990	68.2	43.6
1991	68.6	43.5
1992	69.1	43.6
1993	69.5	43.6
1994	69.8	43.8
1995	70.4	43.8
1996	70.8	44
1997	71.2	44.2
1998	71.6	44.3
1999	72	45.1
2000	72.3	46.2
2001	72.7	47.2
2002	73	48.2
2003	73.4	49.6
2004	73.7	51.1
2005	74.1	52.5
2006	74.4	53.7
2007	74.8	54.7
2008	74.8	55.7
2009	75.3	56.7
2010	75.7	57.8
2011	75.9	58.9
2012	76.2	59.9
2013	76.5	60.8
2014	76.7	61.7
2015	77	62.3
2016	77.2	63.2
2017	77.2	63.9
2018	77.7	64.5
2019	77.9	65
2020	78	65.2
2021	78.1	64.8
2022	78.2	66
2023	78	67.4
2024	78	67.6
2025	78.4	67.7

China and Malawi population clocks and comparison

Population

China

Malawi

Table

Year	Population
	China	Malawi
1960	667,070,000	3,628,134
1961	660,330,000	3,715,534
1962	665,770,000	3,806,307
1963	682,335,000	3,900,506
1964	698,355,000	3,997,305
1965	715,185,000	4,096,157
1966	735,400,000	4,197,926
1967	754,550,000	4,303,012
1968	774,510,000	4,411,054
1969	796,025,000	4,521,184
1970	818,315,000	4,633,944
1971	841,105,000	4,751,434
1972	862,030,000	4,874,475
1973	881,940,000	5,003,938
1974	900,350,000	5,141,337
1975	916,395,000	5,287,367
1976	930,685,000	5,443,384
1977	943,455,000	5,614,983
1978	956,165,000	5,810,132
1979	969,005,000	6,028,749
1980	981,235,000	6,265,529
1981	993,885,000	6,516,454
1982	1,008,630,000	6,778,879
1983	1,023,310,000	7,051,709
1984	1,036,825,000	7,332,810
1985	1,051,040,000	7,620,508
1986	1,066,790,000	7,906,480
1987	1,084,035,000	8,293,174
1988	1,101,630,000	8,753,262
1989	1,118,650,000	9,176,220
1990	1,135,185,000	9,545,852
1991	1,150,780,000	9,844,227
1992	1,164,970,000	10,135,079
1993	1,178,440,000	10,284,024
1994	1,191,835,000	10,164,894
1995	1,204,855,000	10,150,117
1996	1,217,550,000	10,352,228
1997	1,230,075,000	10,562,035
1998	1,241,935,000	10,792,876
1999	1,252,735,000	11,047,804
2000	1,262,645,000	11,315,942
2001	1,271,850,000	11,593,058
2002	1,280,400,000	11,880,440
2003	1,288,400,000	12,181,574
2004	1,296,075,000	12,500,737
2005	1,303,720,000	12,840,031
2006	1,311,020,000	13,198,701
2007	1,317,885,000	13,576,343
2008	1,324,655,000	13,976,417
2009	1,331,260,000	14,395,788
2010	1,337,705,000	14,826,463
2011	1,345,035,000	15,265,022
2012	1,354,190,000	15,709,577
2013	1,363,240,000	16,161,816
2014	1,371,860,000	16,621,538
2015	1,379,860,000	17,085,587
2016	1,387,790,000	17,557,739
2017	1,396,215,000	18,039,715
2018	1,402,760,000	18,528,081
2019	1,407,745,000	19,025,752
2020	1,411,100,000	19,533,888
2021	1,412,360,000	20,047,258
2022	1,412,175,000	20,568,728
2023	1,410,710,000	21,104,482
2024	1,408,975,000	21,655,286

Fertility rates in China and Malawi

Fertility rate

China

Malawi

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	China	Malawi
1960	4.45	7.04
1961	3.86	7.07
1962	6.09	7.1
1963	7.51	7.13
1964	6.67	7.11
1965	6.61	7.13
1966	6.31	7.17
1967	5.81	7.21
1968	6.51	7.26
1969	6.18	7.27
1970	6.09	7.3
1971	5.52	7.31
1972	5.11	7.33
1973	4.73	7.34
1974	4.17	7.34
1975	3.57	7.36
1976	3.24	7.39
1977	2.84	7.41
1978	2.72	7.43
1979	2.75	7.47
1980	2.74	7.52
1981	2.79	7.49
1982	2.97	7.45
1983	2.56	7.36
1984	2.61	7.27
1985	2.63	7.17
1986	2.72	7.07
1987	2.76	6.97
1988	2.54	6.88
1989	2.52	6.8
1990	2.51	6.74
1991	1.93	6.68
1992	1.78	6.63
1993	1.69	6.57
1994	1.63	6.49
1995	1.59	6.39
1996	1.55	6.29
1997	1.53	6.23
1998	1.52	6.21
1999	1.53	6.12
2000	1.63	6
2001	1.56	5.94
2002	1.57	5.9
2003	1.57	5.88
2004	1.61	5.86
2005	1.62	5.85
2006	1.64	5.8
2007	1.67	5.72
2008	1.7	5.61
2009	1.71	5.45
2010	1.69	5.26
2011	1.67	5.08
2012	1.8	4.9
2013	1.71	4.76
2014	1.77	4.57
2015	1.67	4.38
2016	1.77	4.22
2017	1.8	4.11
2018	1.54	4.02
2019	1.5	3.95
2020	1.24	3.88
2021	1.12	3.79
2022	1.03	3.72
2023	1	3.65

China and Malawi demographics compared

Median age

China

Malawi

Table

Year	Median age, years
	China	Malawi
1960	20.9	18.2
1961	21.1	18.3
1962	21	18.3
1963	20.4	18.3
1964	19.9	18.3
1965	19.6	18.4
1966	19.3	18.3
1967	19.2	18.3
1968	19.2	18.3
1969	19.1	18.2
1970	19.1	18
1971	19.2	17.9
1972	19.3	17.8
1973	19.5	17.7
1974	19.7	17.6
1975	20.1	17.5
1976	20.4	17.5
1977	20.8	17.4
1978	21.2	17.4
1979	21.4	17.4
1980	21.6	17.3
1981	21.8	17.3
1982	22.1	17.3
1983	22.6	17.3
1984	23	17.3
1985	23.2	17.3
1986	23.4	17.3
1987	23.6	17.4
1988	23.9	17.5
1989	24.4	17.4
1990	24.7	17.3
1991	25.1	17.2
1992	25.6	17.1
1993	26.1	17
1994	26.6	16.9
1995	27.2	16.9
1996	27.8	16.8
1997	28.3	16.8
1998	28.8	16.8
1999	29.4	16.7
2000	30	16.8
2001	30.5	16.8
2002	31.1	16.8
2003	31.6	16.8
2004	32.1	16.8
2005	32.6	16.8
2006	33.1	16.8
2007	33.7	16.8
2008	34.2	16.8
2009	34.7	16.7
2010	35.1	16.7
2011	35.5	16.8
2012	35.7	16.8
2013	36	16.9
2014	36.3	17
2015	36.7	17.1
2016	37.1	17.2
2017	37.4	17.4
2018	37.7	17.6
2019	38.1	17.8
2020	38.5	18
2021	39	18.2
2022	39.6	18.4
2023	40.1	18.7
2024	40.6	18.9

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