Ethiopia vs Malawi statistics compared

Ethiopia has a population of 132M (ranked 10/197), compared with 21.7M in Malawi (ranked 62/197). Ethiopia's land area is 435,716 sq mi versus 36,402 sq mi for Malawi (ranked 25th vs. 107th).

By GDP, Ethiopia ranks 62/197 ($127B) and Malawi ranks 151/197 ($11B). By GDP per capita, Ethiopia ranks 176/197 ($1,011), while Malawi ranks 195/197 ($508).

Ethiopia and Malawi: Comparison Charts

Ethiopia and Malawi economies compared

GDP

Ethiopia

Malawi

Table

Year	GDP
	Ethiopia	Malawi
1960	$1,610,511,694	-
1961	$1,680,859,514	-
1962	$1,747,566,307	-
1963	$1,825,058,828	-
1964	$1,984,129,186	-
1965	$2,159,998,591	-
1966	$2,324,466,416	-
1967	$2,461,762,003	-
1968	$2,619,948,865	-
1969	$2,768,987,372	-
1970	$3,045,354,455	-
1971	$3,224,280,835	-
1972	$3,520,252,938	-
1973	$4,070,570,550	-
1974	$4,577,209,966	-
1975	$4,577,047,854	-
1976	$4,943,806,093	-
1977	$5,651,840,585	-
1978	$6,014,961,435	-
1979	$6,586,048,398	-
1980	$7,012,585,454	$1,801,156,775
1981	$7,507,663,567	$1,801,193,910
1982	$7,899,988,841	$1,717,379,495
1983	$8,781,664,427	$1,780,148,049
1984	$8,298,309,581	$1,758,028,656
1985	$9,717,392,687	$1,646,442,273
1986	$10,094,328,898	$1,722,586,299
1987	$10,790,001,558	$1,721,711,808
1988	$11,181,119,718	$2,008,189,508
1989	$11,762,932,007	$2,314,205,130
1990	$12,478,943,895	$2,737,087,862
1991	$13,799,799,324	$3,206,783,830
1992	$10,754,799,037	$2,618,837,835
1993	$9,051,043,870	$3,013,392,658
1994	$7,100,806,754	$1,719,864,761
1995	$7,855,205,207	$2,033,701,498
1996	$8,761,215,548	$3,319,573,750
1997	$8,803,539,988	$3,875,785,863
1998	$8,013,274,132	$2,547,609,590
1999	$7,892,973,532	$2,584,478,924
2000	$8,242,349,618	$2,537,307,580
2001	$8,231,326,016	$2,498,008,665
2002	$7,850,809,498	$5,087,328,438
2003	$8,623,691,300	$4,669,789,300
2004	$10,131,187,261	$5,058,726,350
2005	$12,401,139,454	$5,320,409,651
2006	$15,280,861,835	$5,818,279,739
2007	$19,707,616,773	$6,451,210,219
2008	$27,066,912,635	$7,743,617,352
2009	$32,437,389,116	$9,009,887,947
2010	$29,933,790,334	$10,128,323,011
2011	$31,952,763,089	$11,648,142,958
2012	$43,310,721,414	$8,773,203,178
2013	$47,648,276,605	$8,031,571,928
2014	$55,612,228,234	$8,801,326,169
2015	$64,589,328,551	$9,219,474,379
2016	$74,296,766,562	$7,909,868,618
2017	$81,770,885,148	$8,943,543,794
2018	$84,269,180,857	$9,879,231,592
2019	$95,912,620,248	$11,051,865,580
2020	$107,657,732,424	$11,769,313,598
2021	$111,261,888,669	$12,378,129,751
2022	$126,772,707,851	$12,429,060,151
2023	-	$12,712,150,082
2024	-	$11,008,925,323

Ethiopia and Malawi economies compared

GDP per capita

Ethiopia

Malawi

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Ethiopia	Malawi
1960	$75.3	-
1961	$76.7	-
1962	$77.8	-
1963	$79.2	-
1964	$83.8	-
1965	$88.9	-
1966	$93.2	-
1967	$96.1	-
1968	$99.5	-
1969	$102.3	-
1970	$109.4	-
1971	$112.7	-
1972	$119.8	-
1973	$134.9	-
1974	$147.9	-
1975	$144.3	-
1976	$152	-
1977	$170.4	-
1978	$178.3	-
1979	$192.4	-
1980	$203.7	$287.5
1981	$212.7	$276.4
1982	$215.3	$253.3
1983	$232.7	$252.4
1984	$214.2	$239.7
1985	$243.9	$216.1
1986	$246	$217.9
1987	$254.1	$207.6
1988	$253.2	$229.4
1989	$256.4	$252.2
1990	$262.1	$286.7
1991	$277.6	$326
1992	$207.4	$258.4
1993	$168.5	$293
1994	$127.7	$169.2
1995	$136.5	$200.4
1996	$147.3	$321
1997	$143.4	$367
1998	$126.5	$236
1999	$120.7	$233.9
2000	$122.3	$224.2
2001	$118.5	$215.5
2002	$109.6	$428
2003	$116.8	$383
2004	$133.2	$405
2005	$158.2	$414
2006	$189.3	$441
2007	$237.1	$475
2008	$316	$554
2009	$369	$626
2010	$331	$683
2011	$343	$763
2012	$452	$558
2013	$484	$497
2014	$550	$530
2015	$622	$540
2016	$696	$451
2017	$746	$496
2018	$748	$533
2019	$829	$581
2020	$905	$603
2021	$911	$617
2022	$1,011	$604
2023	-	$602
2024	-	$508

Ethiopia vs. Malawi life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Ethiopia

Malawi

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Ethiopia	Malawi
1950	35.5	32.7
1951	35.9	32.8
1952	36.2	33
1953	36.6	33.2
1954	37	33.3
1955	37.3	33.6
1956	37.8	33.8
1957	32.2	34.1
1958	32.6	34.4
1959	39.2	34.8
1960	39.6	35
1961	40.2	35.2
1962	40.5	35.4
1963	41	35.6
1964	41.3	35.7
1965	41.4	35.7
1966	39.3	35.8
1967	41.9	35.9
1968	42.1	36.1
1969	42.1	36.3
1970	42.1	36.6
1971	42.2	37.1
1972	41	37.6
1973	41.1	38.4
1974	39.1	39.2
1975	38.9	40.1
1976	41.3	41
1977	41.4	42
1978	41.5	43
1979	42.4	43.7
1980	42.8	44.3
1981	43.1	44.7
1982	43.4	44.8
1983	36.3	45
1984	36.7	44.8
1985	37.7	44.6
1986	38.4	44.3
1987	45.9	43.9
1988	45.7	43.6
1989	45.6	43.5
1990	45.1	43.6
1991	46.7	43.5
1992	47.3	43.6
1993	47.7	43.6
1994	47.9	43.8
1995	48.2	43.8
1996	48.7	44
1997	49.2	44.2
1998	49.8	44.3
1999	49.5	45.1
2000	50.9	46.2
2001	51.4	47.2
2002	52.1	48.2
2003	52.9	49.6
2004	53.7	51.1
2005	54.4	52.5
2006	55.4	53.7
2007	56.6	54.7
2008	57.7	55.7
2009	58.7	56.7
2010	59.7	57.8
2011	60.6	58.9
2012	61.4	59.9
2013	62.2	60.8
2014	62.9	61.7
2015	63.6	62.3
2016	64.2	63.2
2017	64.8	63.9
2018	65.3	64.5
2019	65.7	65
2020	66	65.2
2021	65.3	64.8
2022	66.9	66
2023	67.3	67.4
2024	67.6	67.6
2025	67.9	67.7

Ethiopia and Malawi population clocks and comparison

Population

Ethiopia

Malawi

Table

Year	Population
	Ethiopia	Malawi
1960	21,376,693	3,628,134
1961	21,906,102	3,715,534
1962	22,465,126	3,806,307
1963	23,051,637	3,900,506
1964	23,666,548	3,997,305
1965	24,310,612	4,096,157
1966	24,952,689	4,197,926
1967	25,620,276	4,303,012
1968	26,337,930	4,411,054
1969	27,072,571	4,521,184
1970	27,829,128	4,633,944
1971	28,600,106	4,751,434
1972	29,374,608	4,874,475
1973	30,166,785	5,003,938
1974	30,957,273	5,141,337
1975	31,723,252	5,287,367
1976	32,534,418	5,443,384
1977	33,167,272	5,614,983
1978	33,734,592	5,810,132
1979	34,238,652	6,028,749
1980	34,428,514	6,265,529
1981	35,304,012	6,516,454
1982	36,701,290	6,778,879
1983	37,740,817	7,051,709
1984	38,735,722	7,332,810
1985	39,842,136	7,620,508
1986	41,037,656	7,906,480
1987	42,460,039	8,293,174
1988	44,150,825	8,753,262
1989	45,879,690	9,176,220
1990	47,609,755	9,545,852
1991	49,717,198	9,844,227
1992	51,853,747	10,135,079
1993	53,708,891	10,284,024
1994	55,611,508	10,164,894
1995	57,537,335	10,150,117
1996	59,467,635	10,352,228
1997	61,404,539	10,562,035
1998	63,363,524	10,792,876
1999	65,374,561	11,047,804
2000	67,411,494	11,315,942
2001	69,487,762	11,593,058
2002	71,635,517	11,880,440
2003	73,832,663	12,181,574
2004	76,077,206	12,500,737
2005	78,367,470	12,840,031
2006	80,703,490	13,198,701
2007	83,103,217	13,576,343
2008	85,543,668	13,976,417
2009	88,007,636	14,395,788
2010	90,538,514	14,826,463
2011	93,149,970	15,265,022
2012	95,798,767	15,709,577
2013	98,438,751	16,161,816
2014	101,115,610	16,621,538
2015	103,867,135	17,085,587
2016	106,718,162	17,557,739
2017	109,666,481	18,039,715
2018	112,664,152	18,528,081
2019	115,737,383	19,025,752
2020	118,917,671	19,533,888
2021	122,138,588	20,047,258
2022	125,384,287	20,568,728
2023	128,691,692	21,104,482
2024	132,059,767	21,655,286

Fertility rates in Ethiopia and Malawi

Fertility rate

Ethiopia

Malawi

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Ethiopia	Malawi
1960	6.51	7.04
1961	6.53	7.07
1962	6.56	7.1
1963	6.59	7.13
1964	6.61	7.11
1965	6.63	7.13
1966	6.66	7.17
1967	6.68	7.21
1968	6.7	7.26
1969	6.72	7.27
1970	6.78	7.3
1971	6.84	7.31
1972	6.9	7.33
1973	6.96	7.34
1974	7.02	7.34
1975	7.08	7.36
1976	7.13	7.39
1977	7.19	7.41
1978	7.23	7.43
1979	7.25	7.47
1980	7.29	7.52
1981	7.31	7.49
1982	7.34	7.45
1983	7.35	7.36
1984	7.36	7.27
1985	7.34	7.17
1986	7.32	7.07
1987	7.29	6.97
1988	7.26	6.88
1989	7.23	6.8
1990	7.2	6.74
1991	7.16	6.68
1992	7.13	6.63
1993	7.09	6.57
1994	7.05	6.49
1995	7	6.39
1996	6.93	6.29
1997	6.87	6.23
1998	6.79	6.21
1999	6.72	6.12
2000	6.65	6
2001	6.58	5.94
2002	6.5	5.9
2003	6.4	5.88
2004	6.3	5.86
2005	6.19	5.85
2006	6.05	5.8
2007	5.89	5.72
2008	5.7	5.61
2009	5.49	5.45
2010	5.28	5.26
2011	5.08	5.08
2012	4.89	4.9
2013	4.71	4.76
2014	4.61	4.57
2015	4.53	4.38
2016	4.47	4.22
2017	4.4	4.11
2018	4.37	4.02
2019	4.35	3.95
2020	4.27	3.88
2021	4.18	3.79
2022	4.08	3.72
2023	3.99	3.65

Ethiopia and Malawi demographics compared

Median age

Ethiopia

Malawi

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Ethiopia	Malawi
1960	18.6	18.2
1961	18.6	18.3
1962	18.6	18.3
1963	18.6	18.3
1964	18.6	18.3
1965	18.6	18.4
1966	18.5	18.3
1967	18.5	18.3
1968	18.4	18.3
1969	18.3	18.2
1970	18.1	18
1971	17.9	17.9
1972	17.7	17.8
1973	17.6	17.7
1974	17.5	17.6
1975	17.3	17.5
1976	17.2	17.5
1977	17.1	17.4
1978	17	17.4
1979	16.9	17.4
1980	16.8	17.3
1981	16.8	17.3
1982	16.7	17.3
1983	16.7	17.3
1984	16.8	17.3
1985	16.9	17.3
1986	16.9	17.3
1987	16.9	17.4
1988	16.9	17.5
1989	16.9	17.4
1990	16.9	17.3
1991	16.9	17.2
1992	16.9	17.1
1993	16.8	17
1994	16.7	16.9
1995	16.6	16.9
1996	16.5	16.8
1997	16.4	16.8
1998	16.3	16.8
1999	16.2	16.7
2000	16.2	16.8
2001	16.1	16.8
2002	16.1	16.8
2003	16.1	16.8
2004	16.2	16.8
2005	16.2	16.8
2006	16.3	16.8
2007	16.4	16.8
2008	16.5	16.8
2009	16.7	16.7
2010	16.9	16.7
2011	17.1	16.8
2012	17.4	16.8
2013	17.6	16.9
2014	17.9	17
2015	18.1	17.1
2016	18.3	17.2
2017	18.6	17.4
2018	18.8	17.6
2019	19	17.8
2020	19.2	18
2021	19.4	18.2
2022	19.6	18.4
2023	19.7	18.7
2024	19.9	18.9

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