Eritrea vs Malawi statistics compared

Eritrea has a population of 3.54M (ranked 131/197), compared with 21.7M in Malawi (ranked 62/197). Eritrea's land area is 46,787 sq mi versus 36,402 sq mi for Malawi (ranked 96th vs. 107th).

By GDP, Eritrea ranks 179/197 ($2.07B) and Malawi ranks 151/197 ($11B). By GDP per capita, Eritrea ranks 188/197 ($689), while Malawi ranks 195/197 ($508).

Eritrea and Malawi: Comparison Charts

Eritrea and Malawi economies compared

GDP

Eritrea

Malawi

Table

Year	GDP
	Eritrea	Malawi
1980	-	$1,801,156,775
1981	-	$1,801,193,910
1982	-	$1,717,379,495
1983	-	$1,780,148,049
1984	-	$1,758,028,656
1985	-	$1,646,442,273
1986	-	$1,722,586,299
1987	-	$1,721,711,808
1988	-	$2,008,189,508
1989	-	$2,314,205,130
1990	-	$2,737,087,862
1991	-	$3,206,783,830
1992	$477,101,652	$2,618,837,835
1993	$467,872,715	$3,013,392,658
1994	$531,688,312	$1,719,864,761
1995	$578,015,625	$2,033,701,498
1996	$693,535,954	$3,319,573,750
1997	$686,490,090	$3,875,785,863
1998	$745,523,117	$2,547,609,590
1999	$688,918,537	$2,584,478,924
2000	$706,370,816	$2,537,307,580
2001	$752,371,689	$2,498,008,665
2002	$729,321,680	$5,087,328,438
2003	$870,248,268	$4,669,789,300
2004	$1,109,054,005	$5,058,726,350
2005	$1,098,424,686	$5,320,409,651
2006	$1,211,161,880	$5,818,279,739
2007	$1,317,974,491	$6,451,210,219
2008	$1,380,188,800	$7,743,617,352
2009	$1,856,695,551	$9,009,887,947
2010	$1,589,515,447	$10,128,323,011
2011	$2,065,001,626	$11,648,142,958
2012	-	$8,773,203,178
2013	-	$8,031,571,928
2014	-	$8,801,326,169
2015	-	$9,219,474,379
2016	-	$7,909,868,618
2017	-	$8,943,543,794
2018	-	$9,879,231,592
2019	-	$11,051,865,580
2020	-	$11,769,313,598
2021	-	$12,378,129,751
2022	-	$12,429,060,151
2023	-	$12,712,150,082
2024	-	$11,008,925,323

Eritrea and Malawi economies compared

GDP per capita

Eritrea

Malawi

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Eritrea	Malawi
1980	-	$287.5
1981	-	$276.4
1982	-	$253.3
1983	-	$252.4
1984	-	$239.7
1985	-	$216.1
1986	-	$217.9
1987	-	$207.6
1988	-	$229.4
1989	-	$252.2
1990	-	$286.7
1991	-	$326
1992	$265.2	$258.4
1993	$252.1	$293
1994	$277.8	$169.2
1995	$285.4	$200.4
1996	$326	$321
1997	$319	$367
1998	$342	$236
1999	$311	$233.9
2000	$314	$224.2
2001	$325	$215.5
2002	$305	$428
2003	$349	$383
2004	$427	$405
2005	$413	$414
2006	$448	$441
2007	$480	$475
2008	$490	$554
2009	$643	$626
2010	$540	$683
2011	$689	$763
2012	-	$558
2013	-	$497
2014	-	$530
2015	-	$540
2016	-	$451
2017	-	$496
2018	-	$533
2019	-	$581
2020	-	$603
2021	-	$617
2022	-	$604
2023	-	$602
2024	-	$508

Eritrea vs. Malawi life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Eritrea

Malawi

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Eritrea	Malawi
1950	33.3	32.7
1951	33.6	32.8
1952	34	33
1953	34.4	33.2
1954	34.8	33.3
1955	35.2	33.6
1956	35.6	33.8
1957	30.4	34.1
1958	30.9	34.4
1959	37	34.8
1960	37.4	35
1961	37.9	35.2
1962	38.3	35.4
1963	38.8	35.6
1964	39.2	35.7
1965	39.6	35.7
1966	37.6	35.8
1967	40.2	35.9
1968	40.5	36.1
1969	40.8	36.3
1970	41.2	36.6
1971	41.5	37.1
1972	40.7	37.6
1973	41.1	38.4
1974	39	39.2
1975	39	40.1
1976	42.6	41
1977	43	42
1978	43.4	43
1979	43.8	43.7
1980	44.6	44.3
1981	45	44.7
1982	44.9	44.8
1983	37.2	45
1984	37.7	44.8
1985	38.6	44.6
1986	39.5	44.3
1987	47.4	43.9
1988	48.1	43.6
1989	47.8	43.5
1990	49.7	43.6
1991	50.5	43.5
1992	52.4	43.6
1993	53.2	43.6
1994	54	43.8
1995	54.8	43.8
1996	55.5	44
1997	56.2	44.2
1998	50	44.3
1999	44.5	45.1
2000	56.3	46.2
2001	58.4	47.2
2002	58.9	48.2
2003	59.5	49.6
2004	60.1	51.1
2005	60.6	52.5
2006	61.5	53.7
2007	62	54.7
2008	62.4	55.7
2009	63.2	56.7
2010	63.7	57.8
2011	64.2	58.9
2012	64.7	59.9
2013	65	60.8
2014	65.5	61.7
2015	65.9	62.3
2016	66.2	63.2
2017	66.6	63.9
2018	67	64.5
2019	67.3	65
2020	67	65.2
2021	66.9	64.8
2022	67.8	66
2023	68.6	67.4
2024	68.9	67.6
2025	69.2	67.7

Eritrea and Malawi population clocks and comparison

Population

Eritrea

Malawi

Table

Year	Population
	Eritrea	Malawi
1960	972,547	3,628,134
1961	995,573	3,715,534
1962	1,019,788	3,806,307
1963	1,045,092	3,900,506
1964	1,071,287	3,997,305
1965	1,098,335	4,096,157
1966	1,124,957	4,197,926
1967	1,152,339	4,303,012
1968	1,181,737	4,411,054
1969	1,212,005	4,521,184
1970	1,243,453	4,633,944
1971	1,276,154	4,751,434
1972	1,309,235	4,874,475
1973	1,342,669	5,003,938
1974	1,375,688	5,141,337
1975	1,408,210	5,287,367
1976	1,443,807	5,443,384
1977	1,482,565	5,614,983
1978	1,522,378	5,810,132
1979	1,563,332	6,028,749
1980	1,605,797	6,265,529
1981	1,649,939	6,516,454
1982	1,695,461	6,778,879
1983	1,736,160	7,051,709
1984	1,771,730	7,332,810
1985	1,807,816	7,620,508
1986	1,845,164	7,906,480
1987	1,888,669	8,293,174
1988	1,938,255	8,753,262
1989	1,987,017	9,176,220
1990	2,032,737	9,545,852
1991	1,919,571	9,844,227
1992	1,798,748	10,135,079
1993	1,856,006	10,284,024
1994	1,913,915	10,164,894
1995	2,025,267	10,150,117
1996	2,128,464	10,352,228
1997	2,152,135	10,562,035
1998	2,180,419	10,792,876
1999	2,212,780	11,047,804
2000	2,247,031	11,315,942
2001	2,312,079	11,593,058
2002	2,392,978	11,880,440
2003	2,493,903	12,181,574
2004	2,598,284	12,500,737
2005	2,661,215	12,840,031
2006	2,703,502	13,198,701
2007	2,743,222	13,576,343
2008	2,816,327	13,976,417
2009	2,887,885	14,395,788
2010	2,945,186	14,826,463
2011	2,998,485	15,265,022
2012	3,036,988	15,709,577
2013	3,074,360	16,161,816
2014	3,095,173	16,621,538
2015	3,105,546	17,085,587
2016	3,124,698	17,557,739
2017	3,150,347	18,039,715
2018	3,192,760	18,528,081
2019	3,240,194	19,025,752
2020	3,291,271	19,533,888
2021	3,350,183	20,047,258
2022	3,409,447	20,568,728
2023	3,470,390	21,104,482
2024	3,535,603	21,655,286

Fertility rates in Eritrea and Malawi

Fertility rate

Eritrea

Malawi

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Eritrea	Malawi
1960	6.48	7.04
1961	6.47	7.07
1962	6.5	7.1
1963	6.48	7.13
1964	6.49	7.11
1965	6.49	7.13
1966	6.5	7.17
1967	6.5	7.21
1968	6.5	7.26
1969	6.5	7.27
1970	6.54	7.3
1971	6.54	7.31
1972	6.54	7.33
1973	6.55	7.34
1974	6.57	7.34
1975	6.59	7.36
1976	6.6	7.39
1977	6.61	7.41
1978	6.61	7.43
1979	6.62	7.47
1980	6.61	7.52
1981	6.62	7.49
1982	6.63	7.45
1983	6.65	7.36
1984	6.62	7.27
1985	6.59	7.17
1986	6.56	7.07
1987	6.52	6.97
1988	6.47	6.88
1989	6.41	6.8
1990	6.34	6.74
1991	6.24	6.68
1992	6.16	6.63
1993	6.07	6.57
1994	6.01	6.49
1995	5.94	6.39
1996	5.84	6.29
1997	5.74	6.23
1998	5.63	6.21
1999	5.52	6.12
2000	5.4	6
2001	5.31	5.94
2002	5.23	5.9
2003	5.14	5.88
2004	5.04	5.86
2005	4.93	5.85
2006	4.88	5.8
2007	4.81	5.72
2008	4.74	5.61
2009	4.66	5.45
2010	4.57	5.26
2011	4.49	5.08
2012	4.41	4.9
2013	4.34	4.76
2014	4.27	4.57
2015	4.22	4.38
2016	4.16	4.22
2017	4.11	4.11
2018	4.06	4.02
2019	4	3.95
2020	3.93	3.88
2021	3.87	3.79
2022	3.79	3.72
2023	3.71	3.65

Eritrea and Malawi demographics compared

Median age

Eritrea

Malawi

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Eritrea	Malawi
1960	18.8	18.2
1961	18.9	18.3
1962	18.9	18.3
1963	19	18.3
1964	19	18.3
1965	19	18.4
1966	19	18.3
1967	18.9	18.3
1968	18.9	18.3
1969	18.8	18.2
1970	18.6	18
1971	18.5	17.9
1972	18.3	17.8
1973	18.2	17.7
1974	18.2	17.6
1975	18.1	17.5
1976	18	17.5
1977	17.9	17.4
1978	17.8	17.4
1979	17.8	17.4
1980	17.8	17.3
1981	17.7	17.3
1982	17.7	17.3
1983	17.7	17.3
1984	17.8	17.3
1985	17.8	17.3
1986	17.9	17.3
1987	17.9	17.4
1988	17.8	17.5
1989	17.7	17.4
1990	17.6	17.3
1991	17.6	17.2
1992	17.5	17.1
1993	17.6	17
1994	17.6	16.9
1995	18.1	16.9
1996	18.4	16.8
1997	18	16.8
1998	17.8	16.8
1999	17.5	16.7
2000	17.4	16.8
2001	17.5	16.8
2002	17.7	16.8
2003	18	16.8
2004	18.3	16.8
2005	18.3	16.8
2006	18.2	16.8
2007	18.1	16.8
2008	18.2	16.8
2009	18.4	16.7
2010	18.4	16.7
2011	18.5	16.8
2012	18.5	16.8
2013	18.5	16.9
2014	18.5	17
2015	18.4	17.1
2016	18.4	17.2
2017	18.5	17.4
2018	18.7	17.6
2019	18.9	17.8
2020	19.1	18
2021	19.3	18.2
2022	19.5	18.4
2023	19.7	18.7
2024	19.9	18.9

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