Gambia vs Malawi statistics compared

The Gambia has a population of 2.76M (ranked 140/197), compared with 21.7M in Malawi (ranked 62/197). The Gambia's land area is 3,907 sq mi versus 36,402 sq mi for Malawi (ranked 161st vs. 107th).

By GDP, The Gambia ranks 173/197 ($2.51B) and Malawi ranks 151/197 ($11B). By GDP per capita, The Gambia ranks 182/197 ($909), while Malawi ranks 195/197 ($508).

Gambia and Malawi: Comparison Charts

Gambia and Malawi economies compared

GDP

Gambia

Malawi

Table

Year	GDP
	Gambia	Malawi
1966	$44,212,081	-
1967	$46,695,007	-
1968	$41,160,066	-
1969	$45,168,072	-
1970	$52,296,084	-
1971	$55,728,663	-
1972	$59,160,569	-
1973	$75,187,749	-
1974	$95,796,022	-
1975	$115,179,719	-
1976	$112,190,829	-
1977	$138,093,099	-
1978	$171,833,086	-
1979	$207,112,628	-
1980	$241,083,090	$1,801,156,775
1981	$218,767,743	$1,801,193,910
1982	$216,050,552	$1,717,379,495
1983	$213,448,585	$1,780,148,049
1984	$177,340,880	$1,758,028,656
1985	$225,726,359	$1,646,442,273
1986	$185,646,987	$1,722,586,299
1987	$220,626,484	$1,721,711,808
1988	$266,672,212	$2,008,189,508
1989	$284,120,329	$2,314,205,130
1990	$317,083,695	$2,737,087,862
1991	$690,311,081	$3,206,783,830
1992	$714,254,256	$2,618,837,835
1993	$755,040,974	$3,013,392,658
1994	$746,493,952	$1,719,864,761
1995	$785,999,865	$2,033,701,498
1996	$848,239,446	$3,319,573,750
1997	$803,633,342	$3,875,785,863
1998	$840,285,265	$2,547,609,590
1999	$814,724,032	$2,584,478,924
2000	$782,913,872	$2,537,307,580
2001	$687,410,645	$2,498,008,665
2002	$578,235,309	$5,087,328,438
2003	$487,038,685	$4,669,789,300
2004	$961,900,651	$5,058,726,350
2005	$1,027,701,068	$5,320,409,651
2006	$1,054,112,488	$5,818,279,739
2007	$1,279,703,047	$6,451,210,219
2008	$1,561,766,956	$7,743,617,352
2009	$1,450,142,509	$9,009,887,947
2010	$1,543,294,927	$10,128,323,011
2011	$1,409,693,597	$11,648,142,958
2012	$1,415,004,738	$8,773,203,178
2013	$1,375,609,453	$8,031,571,928
2014	$1,229,461,721	$8,801,326,169
2015	$1,378,176,609	$9,219,474,379
2016	$1,484,578,886	$7,909,868,618
2017	$1,504,909,463	$8,943,543,794
2018	$1,670,671,328	$9,879,231,592
2019	$1,813,609,692	$11,051,865,580
2020	$1,812,170,891	$11,769,313,598
2021	$2,014,158,842	$12,378,129,751
2022	$2,204,734,527	$12,429,060,151
2023	$2,396,111,021	$12,712,150,082
2024	$2,507,519,958	$11,008,925,323

Gambia and Malawi economies compared

GDP per capita

Gambia

Malawi

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Gambia	Malawi
1966	$94.4	-
1967	$97	-
1968	$83.1	-
1969	$88.7	-
1970	$99.8	-
1971	$103.3	-
1972	$106.5	-
1973	$131.4	-
1974	$162.6	-
1975	$189.8	-
1976	$179.3	-
1977	$213.8	-
1978	$257.6	-
1979	$300	-
1980	$338	$287.5
1981	$296	$276.4
1982	$282.1	$253.3
1983	$268.6	$252.4
1984	$214.8	$239.7
1985	$262.8	$216.1
1986	$207.7	$217.9
1987	$237	$207.6
1988	$274.9	$229.4
1989	$280.9	$252.2
1990	$301	$286.7
1991	$628	$326
1992	$623	$258.4
1993	$635	$293
1994	$608	$169.2
1995	$622	$200.4
1996	$652	$321
1997	$600	$367
1998	$610	$236
1999	$575	$233.9
2000	$538	$224.2
2001	$460	$215.5
2002	$377	$428
2003	$309	$383
2004	$593	$405
2005	$616	$414
2006	$615	$441
2007	$725	$475
2008	$859	$554
2009	$775	$626
2010	$801	$683
2011	$711	$763
2012	$693	$558
2013	$654	$497
2014	$568	$530
2015	$620	$540
2016	$650	$451
2017	$643	$496
2018	$696	$533
2019	$738	$581
2020	$720	$603
2021	$782	$617
2022	$836	$604
2023	$888	$602
2024	$909	$508

Gambia vs. Malawi life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Gambia

Malawi

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Gambia	Malawi
1950	31.2	32.7
1951	31.5	32.8
1952	31.7	33
1953	31.9	33.2
1954	32.2	33.3
1955	32.4	33.6
1956	32.8	33.8
1957	33.1	34.1
1958	33.6	34.4
1959	34.1	34.8
1960	34.6	35
1961	35.1	35.2
1962	35.6	35.4
1963	36.1	35.6
1964	36.6	35.7
1965	37.1	35.7
1966	37.6	35.8
1967	38.1	35.9
1968	38.5	36.1
1969	39	36.3
1970	39.5	36.6
1971	40	37.1
1972	40.5	37.6
1973	41.1	38.4
1974	41.7	39.2
1975	42.2	40.1
1976	42.9	41
1977	43.4	42
1978	43.6	43
1979	44.5	43.7
1980	45	44.3
1981	44.5	44.7
1982	46.3	44.8
1983	46.9	45
1984	47.5	44.8
1985	48.2	44.6
1986	48.8	44.3
1987	49.4	43.9
1988	50.1	43.6
1989	50.7	43.5
1990	51.3	43.6
1991	51.9	43.5
1992	52.5	43.6
1993	53.2	43.6
1994	53.8	43.8
1995	54.3	43.8
1996	54.8	44
1997	55.2	44.2
1998	56	44.3
1999	56.5	45.1
2000	56.9	46.2
2001	57.3	47.2
2002	57.7	48.2
2003	58.2	49.6
2004	58.7	51.1
2005	59.1	52.5
2006	59.7	53.7
2007	60	54.7
2008	60.5	55.7
2009	60.7	56.7
2010	61.2	57.8
2011	61.6	58.9
2012	61.9	59.9
2013	62.3	60.8
2014	62.6	61.7
2015	63	62.3
2016	63.4	63.2
2017	63.7	63.9
2018	64	64.5
2019	64.4	65
2020	64.4	65.2
2021	63.8	64.8
2022	64.9	66
2023	65.9	67.4
2024	66.1	67.6
2025	66.3	67.7

Gambia and Malawi population clocks and comparison

Population

Gambia

Malawi

Table

Year	Population
	Gambia	Malawi
1960	398,060	3,628,134
1961	408,930	3,715,534
1962	420,163	3,806,307
1963	431,757	3,900,506
1964	443,687	3,997,305
1965	455,952	4,096,157
1966	468,516	4,197,926
1967	481,588	4,303,012
1968	495,269	4,411,054
1969	509,440	4,521,184
1970	524,105	4,633,944
1971	539,388	4,751,434
1972	555,370	4,874,475
1973	571,991	5,003,938
1974	589,085	5,141,337
1975	606,821	5,287,367
1976	625,667	5,443,384
1977	645,770	5,614,983
1978	667,103	5,810,132
1979	689,781	6,028,749
1980	713,913	6,265,529
1981	739,125	6,516,454
1982	765,753	6,778,879
1983	794,525	7,051,709
1984	825,631	7,332,810
1985	858,874	7,620,508
1986	894,019	7,906,480
1987	931,091	8,293,174
1988	970,160	8,753,262
1989	1,011,357	9,176,220
1990	1,054,696	9,545,852
1991	1,099,959	9,844,227
1992	1,145,582	10,135,079
1993	1,188,365	10,284,024
1994	1,227,226	10,164,894
1995	1,264,313	10,150,117
1996	1,301,410	10,352,228
1997	1,338,889	10,562,035
1998	1,376,987	10,792,876
1999	1,415,779	11,047,804
2000	1,455,084	11,315,942
2001	1,495,011	11,593,058
2002	1,535,691	11,880,440
2003	1,577,611	12,181,574
2004	1,621,312	12,500,737
2005	1,667,037	12,840,031
2006	1,715,275	13,198,701
2007	1,765,774	13,576,343
2008	1,817,852	13,976,417
2009	1,871,422	14,395,788
2010	1,926,630	14,826,463
2011	1,983,784	15,265,022
2012	2,043,094	15,709,577
2013	2,103,820	16,161,816
2014	2,164,528	16,621,538
2015	2,224,529	17,085,587
2016	2,283,769	17,557,739
2017	2,342,189	18,039,715
2018	2,399,632	18,528,081
2019	2,456,844	19,025,752
2020	2,515,733	19,533,888
2021	2,576,010	20,047,258
2022	2,636,470	20,568,728
2023	2,697,845	21,104,482
2024	2,759,988	21,655,286

Fertility rates in Gambia and Malawi

Fertility rate

Gambia

Malawi

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Gambia	Malawi
1960	6.25	7.04
1961	6.23	7.07
1962	6.21	7.1
1963	6.2	7.13
1964	6.2	7.11
1965	6.19	7.13
1966	6.18	7.17
1967	6.21	7.21
1968	6.22	7.26
1969	6.25	7.27
1970	6.26	7.3
1971	6.33	7.31
1972	6.37	7.33
1973	6.41	7.34
1974	6.42	7.34
1975	6.43	7.36
1976	6.43	7.39
1977	6.43	7.41
1978	6.42	7.43
1979	6.41	7.47
1980	6.41	7.52
1981	6.4	7.49
1982	6.4	7.45
1983	6.39	7.36
1984	6.39	7.27
1985	6.36	7.17
1986	6.34	7.07
1987	6.3	6.97
1988	6.26	6.88
1989	6.25	6.8
1990	6.25	6.74
1991	6.19	6.68
1992	6.11	6.63
1993	6.03	6.57
1994	6.04	6.49
1995	5.99	6.39
1996	5.93	6.29
1997	5.85	6.23
1998	5.82	6.21
1999	5.77	6.12
2000	5.72	6
2001	5.67	5.94
2002	5.66	5.9
2003	5.66	5.88
2004	5.68	5.86
2005	5.71	5.85
2006	5.74	5.8
2007	5.69	5.72
2008	5.63	5.61
2009	5.57	5.45
2010	5.56	5.26
2011	5.54	5.08
2012	5.52	4.9
2013	5.39	4.76
2014	5.2	4.57
2015	5	4.38
2016	4.81	4.22
2017	4.61	4.11
2018	4.42	4.02
2019	4.33	3.95
2020	4.25	3.88
2021	4.17	3.79
2022	4.08	3.72
2023	4.01	3.65

Gambia and Malawi demographics compared

Median age

Gambia

Malawi

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Gambia	Malawi
1960	19.4	18.2
1961	19.4	18.3
1962	19.5	18.3
1963	19.6	18.3
1964	19.6	18.3
1965	19.7	18.4
1966	19.7	18.3
1967	19.8	18.3
1968	19.7	18.3
1969	19.6	18.2
1970	19.5	18
1971	19.4	17.9
1972	19.3	17.8
1973	19.2	17.7
1974	19.1	17.6
1975	18.9	17.5
1976	18.8	17.5
1977	18.6	17.4
1978	18.5	17.4
1979	18.4	17.4
1980	18.2	17.3
1981	18.1	17.3
1982	17.9	17.3
1983	17.8	17.3
1984	17.6	17.3
1985	17.5	17.3
1986	17.4	17.3
1987	17.4	17.4
1988	17.3	17.5
1989	17.2	17.4
1990	17.2	17.3
1991	17.1	17.2
1992	17.1	17.1
1993	17	17
1994	16.9	16.9
1995	16.8	16.9
1996	16.7	16.8
1997	16.6	16.8
1998	16.5	16.8
1999	16.5	16.7
2000	16.5	16.8
2001	16.6	16.8
2002	16.6	16.8
2003	16.7	16.8
2004	16.8	16.8
2005	16.9	16.8
2006	17	16.8
2007	17.1	16.8
2008	17.2	16.8
2009	17.3	16.7
2010	17.4	16.7
2011	17.5	16.8
2012	17.6	16.8
2013	17.7	16.9
2014	17.8	17
2015	17.9	17.1
2016	18.1	17.2
2017	18.2	17.4
2018	18.4	17.6
2019	18.5	17.8
2020	18.7	18
2021	18.9	18.2
2022	19.1	18.4
2023	19.2	18.7
2024	19.4	18.9

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