Congo vs Malawi statistics compared

The Congo has a population of 6.33M (ranked 112/197), compared with 21.7M in Malawi (ranked 62/197). The Congo's land area is 131,854 sq mi versus 36,402 sq mi for Malawi (ranked 64th vs. 107th).

By GDP, The Congo ranks 141/197 ($15.7B) and Malawi ranks 151/197 ($11B). By GDP per capita, The Congo ranks 148/197 ($2,482), while Malawi ranks 195/197 ($508).

Congo and Malawi: Comparison Charts

Congo and Malawi economies compared

GDP

Congo

Malawi

Table

Year	GDP
	Congo	Malawi
1960	$131,731,863	-
1961	$151,675,739	-
1962	$166,521,240	-
1963	$172,233,431	-
1964	$185,693,725	-
1965	$198,318,064	-
1966	$220,613,582	-
1967	$237,397,428	-
1968	$251,247,458	-
1969	$265,040,036	-
1970	$274,960,700	-
1971	$322,128,019	-
1972	$410,669,264	-
1973	$541,973,363	-
1974	$585,364,634	-
1975	$767,102,680	-
1976	$754,549,601	-
1977	$765,224,029	-
1978	$878,771,772	-
1979	$1,198,749,667	-
1980	$1,705,796,853	$1,801,156,775
1981	$1,993,512,323	$1,801,193,910
1982	$2,160,640,565	$1,717,379,495
1983	$2,097,274,290	$1,780,148,049
1984	$2,193,581,365	$1,758,028,656
1985	$2,160,872,540	$1,646,442,273
1986	$1,849,268,212	$1,722,586,299
1987	$2,297,753,652	$1,721,711,808
1988	$2,212,536,312	$2,008,189,508
1989	$2,389,593,026	$2,314,205,130
1990	$2,798,746,050	$2,737,087,862
1991	$2,724,853,506	$3,206,783,830
1992	$2,933,222,703	$2,618,837,835
1993	$2,684,323,623	$3,013,392,658
1994	$1,769,365,438	$1,719,864,761
1995	$2,116,003,868	$2,033,701,498
1996	$2,540,697,539	$3,319,573,750
1997	$2,322,719,103	$3,875,785,863
1998	$1,949,481,379	$2,547,609,590
1999	$2,354,772,960	$2,584,478,924
2000	$3,227,927,698	$2,537,307,580
2001	$2,796,704,604	$2,498,008,665
2002	$3,034,250,924	$5,087,328,438
2003	$3,503,723,088	$4,669,789,300
2004	$4,656,974,940	$5,058,726,350
2005	$6,650,001,680	$5,320,409,651
2006	$8,072,305,029	$5,818,279,739
2007	$8,782,703,437	$6,451,210,219
2008	$11,649,857,673	$7,743,617,352
2009	$9,723,299,915	$9,009,887,947
2010	$13,148,396,212	$10,128,323,011
2011	$15,655,383,577	$11,648,142,958
2012	$17,692,911,296	$8,773,203,178
2013	$17,958,720,699	$8,031,571,928
2014	$17,919,321,078	$8,801,326,169
2015	$12,434,793,867	$9,219,474,379
2016	$10,931,328,151	$7,909,868,618
2017	$11,834,473,039	$8,943,543,794
2018	$14,773,900,289	$9,879,231,592
2019	$13,976,637,780	$11,051,865,580
2020	$11,468,687,464	$11,769,313,598
2021	$14,825,690,211	$12,378,129,751
2022	$15,817,030,157	$12,429,060,151
2023	$15,321,055,818	$12,712,150,082
2024	$15,719,985,776	$11,008,925,323

Congo and Malawi economies compared

GDP per capita

Congo

Malawi

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Congo	Malawi
1960	$124.7	-
1961	$139.9	-
1962	$149.6	-
1963	$150.7	-
1964	$158.1	-
1965	$164.2	-
1966	$177.6	-
1967	$185.7	-
1968	$190.8	-
1969	$195.4	-
1970	$196.7	-
1971	$223.5	-
1972	$276.3	-
1973	$353	-
1974	$370	-
1975	$471	-
1976	$453	-
1977	$448	-
1978	$503	-
1979	$670	-
1980	$933	$287.5
1981	$1,066	$276.4
1982	$1,131	$253.3
1983	$1,075	$252.4
1984	$1,097	$239.7
1985	$1,049	$216.1
1986	$872	$217.9
1987	$1,052	$207.6
1988	$984	$229.4
1989	$1,033	$252.2
1990	$1,176	$286.7
1991	$1,113	$326
1992	$1,164	$258.4
1993	$1,034	$293
1994	$662	$169.2
1995	$770	$200.4
1996	$899	$321
1997	$804	$367
1998	$660	$236
1999	$776	$233.9
2000	$1,024	$224.2
2001	$855	$215.5
2002	$906	$428
2003	$1,017	$383
2004	$1,306	$405
2005	$1,799	$414
2006	$2,104	$441
2007	$2,206	$475
2008	$2,832	$554
2009	$2,271	$626
2010	$2,947	$683
2011	$3,396	$763
2012	$3,732	$558
2013	$3,697	$497
2014	$3,601	$530
2015	$2,439	$540
2016	$2,093	$451
2017	$2,212	$496
2018	$2,694	$533
2019	$2,488	$581
2020	$1,994	$603
2021	$2,516	$617
2022	$2,621	$604
2023	$2,478	$602
2024	$2,482	$508

Congo vs. Malawi life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Congo

Malawi

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Congo	Malawi
1950	39.6	32.7
1951	40.3	32.8
1952	41.1	33
1953	41.9	33.2
1954	42.6	33.3
1955	43.4	33.6
1956	44.3	33.8
1957	45.1	34.1
1958	46	34.4
1959	46.8	34.8
1960	47.6	35
1961	48.4	35.2
1962	49	35.4
1963	49.7	35.6
1964	50.4	35.7
1965	51	35.7
1966	51.6	35.8
1967	51.9	35.9
1968	52.6	36.1
1969	53.1	36.3
1970	53.6	36.6
1971	54	37.1
1972	54.4	37.6
1973	54.7	38.4
1974	55.1	39.2
1975	55.4	40.1
1976	55.7	41
1977	56	42
1978	56.2	43
1979	56.5	43.7
1980	56.8	44.3
1981	57.1	44.7
1982	57.2	44.8
1983	57.4	45
1984	57.5	44.8
1985	57.6	44.6
1986	57.6	44.3
1987	57.6	43.9
1988	57.5	43.6
1989	57.3	43.5
1990	57.1	43.6
1991	56.8	43.5
1992	56.5	43.6
1993	56	43.6
1994	55.6	43.8
1995	55.5	43.8
1996	55.2	44
1997	48.6	44.2
1998	52.6	44.3
1999	54.4	45.1
2000	55.4	46.2
2001	55.9	47.2
2002	56.4	48.2
2003	57.1	49.6
2004	58	51.1
2005	58.7	52.5
2006	59.5	53.7
2007	60.1	54.7
2008	60.8	55.7
2009	61.2	56.7
2010	61.7	57.8
2011	62.3	58.9
2012	62.7	59.9
2013	63	60.8
2014	63.3	61.7
2015	63.7	62.3
2016	63.9	63.2
2017	64.2	63.9
2018	64.5	64.5
2019	63.2	65
2020	64.4	65.2
2021	64.2	64.8
2022	65	66
2023	65.8	67.4
2024	66	67.6
2025	66.2	67.7

Congo and Malawi population clocks and comparison

Population

Congo

Malawi

Table

Year	Population
	Congo	Malawi
1960	1,056,732	3,628,134
1961	1,084,389	3,715,534
1962	1,113,175	3,806,307
1963	1,143,263	3,900,506
1964	1,174,816	3,997,305
1965	1,207,880	4,096,157
1966	1,242,534	4,197,926
1967	1,278,691	4,303,012
1968	1,316,519	4,411,054
1969	1,356,182	4,521,184
1970	1,397,638	4,633,944
1971	1,441,039	4,751,434
1972	1,486,468	4,874,475
1973	1,533,680	5,003,938
1974	1,582,301	5,141,337
1975	1,627,032	5,287,367
1976	1,667,225	5,443,384
1977	1,707,568	5,614,983
1978	1,748,089	5,810,132
1979	1,788,524	6,028,749
1980	1,828,985	6,265,529
1981	1,869,759	6,516,454
1982	1,910,430	6,778,879
1983	1,950,321	7,051,709
1984	1,999,528	7,332,810
1985	2,059,311	7,620,508
1986	2,120,602	7,906,480
1987	2,183,473	8,293,174
1988	2,247,653	8,753,262
1989	2,313,558	9,176,220
1990	2,380,560	9,545,852
1991	2,449,229	9,844,227
1992	2,519,465	10,135,079
1993	2,595,124	10,284,024
1994	2,673,144	10,164,894
1995	2,749,461	10,150,117
1996	2,826,785	10,352,228
1997	2,887,862	10,562,035
1998	2,952,061	10,792,876
1999	3,032,874	11,047,804
2000	3,151,345	11,315,942
2001	3,272,537	11,593,058
2002	3,350,771	11,880,440
2003	3,445,753	12,181,574
2004	3,565,554	12,500,737
2005	3,696,393	12,840,031
2006	3,837,409	13,198,701
2007	3,980,430	13,576,343
2008	4,113,517	13,976,417
2009	4,281,219	14,395,788
2010	4,462,290	14,826,463
2011	4,609,724	15,265,022
2012	4,740,450	15,709,577
2013	4,857,099	16,161,816
2014	4,975,880	16,621,538
2015	5,097,581	17,085,587
2016	5,222,536	17,557,739
2017	5,351,011	18,039,715
2018	5,483,118	18,528,081
2019	5,616,661	19,025,752
2020	5,752,791	19,533,888
2021	5,892,183	20,047,258
2022	6,035,104	20,568,728
2023	6,182,885	21,104,482
2024	6,332,961	21,655,286

Fertility rates in Congo and Malawi

Fertility rate

Congo

Malawi

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Congo	Malawi
1960	6.09	7.04
1961	6.09	7.07
1962	6.1	7.1
1963	6.15	7.13
1964	6.18	7.11
1965	6.23	7.13
1966	6.27	7.17
1967	6.29	7.21
1968	6.33	7.26
1969	6.35	7.27
1970	6.38	7.3
1971	6.42	7.31
1972	6.44	7.33
1973	6.42	7.34
1974	6.39	7.34
1975	6.36	7.36
1976	6.32	7.39
1977	6.27	7.41
1978	6.21	7.43
1979	6.14	7.47
1980	6.07	7.52
1981	5.98	7.49
1982	5.85	7.45
1983	5.76	7.36
1984	5.66	7.27
1985	5.59	7.17
1986	5.51	7.07
1987	5.46	6.97
1988	5.39	6.88
1989	5.33	6.8
1990	5.27	6.74
1991	5.22	6.68
1992	5.18	6.63
1993	5.13	6.57
1994	5.1	6.49
1995	5.07	6.39
1996	5.03	6.29
1997	5	6.23
1998	4.91	6.21
1999	4.81	6.12
2000	4.72	6
2001	4.67	5.94
2002	4.7	5.9
2003	4.7	5.88
2004	4.69	5.86
2005	4.67	5.85
2006	4.65	5.8
2007	4.65	5.72
2008	4.73	5.61
2009	4.81	5.45
2010	4.85	5.26
2011	4.83	5.08
2012	4.79	4.9
2013	4.73	4.76
2014	4.67	4.57
2015	4.61	4.38
2016	4.55	4.22
2017	4.5	4.11
2018	4.44	4.02
2019	4.38	3.95
2020	4.33	3.88
2021	4.28	3.79
2022	4.22	3.72
2023	4.16	3.65

Congo and Malawi demographics compared

Median age

Congo

Malawi

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Congo	Malawi
1960	18.8	18.2
1961	18.7	18.3
1962	18.6	18.3
1963	18.4	18.3
1964	18.3	18.3
1965	18.2	18.4
1966	18.1	18.3
1967	17.9	18.3
1968	17.8	18.3
1969	17.7	18.2
1970	17.6	18
1971	17.5	17.9
1972	17.4	17.8
1973	17.4	17.7
1974	17.3	17.6
1975	17.2	17.5
1976	17.1	17.5
1977	17	17.4
1978	17	17.4
1979	17	17.4
1980	17	17.3
1981	17	17.3
1982	17.1	17.3
1983	17.2	17.3
1984	17.2	17.3
1985	17.3	17.3
1986	17.4	17.3
1987	17.4	17.4
1988	17.5	17.5
1989	17.6	17.4
1990	17.7	17.3
1991	17.7	17.2
1992	17.8	17.1
1993	17.9	17
1994	18	16.9
1995	18.1	16.9
1996	18.1	16.8
1997	18.1	16.8
1998	18.1	16.8
1999	18.2	16.7
2000	18.5	16.8
2001	18.8	16.8
2002	18.8	16.8
2003	18.9	16.8
2004	19	16.8
2005	19.2	16.8
2006	19.3	16.8
2007	19.5	16.8
2008	19.5	16.8
2009	19.7	16.7
2010	19.8	16.7
2011	19.7	16.8
2012	19.6	16.8
2013	19.5	16.9
2014	19.4	17
2015	19.3	17.1
2016	19.2	17.2
2017	19.2	17.4
2018	19.1	17.6
2019	19.1	17.8
2020	19.2	18
2021	19.2	18.2
2022	19.3	18.4
2023	19.4	18.7
2024	19.5	18.9

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