Skip to content

Guyana vs Malawi statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Guyana has a population of 831K (ranked 161/197), compared with 21.7M in Malawi (ranked 62/197). Guyana's land area is 81,522 sq mi versus 36,402 sq mi for Malawi (ranked 82nd vs. 107th).

By GDP, Guyana ranks 119/197 ($24.8B) and Malawi ranks 151/197 ($11B). By GDP per capita, Guyana ranks 42/197 ($29,884), while Malawi ranks 195/197 ($508).

Main facts and rankings

Guyana Malawi
Population
839919
22673513
Population rank 162/197 61/197
GDP
$24.8B
2024
$11B
2024
GDP rank 119/197 151/197
GDP per capita
$29,884
2024
$508
2024
GDP per capita rank 42/197 195/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$79,906
2024
$1,859
2024
Government debt
$6.03B
2024
$8.19B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
27.7%
2025
73%
2025
Government debt per person
$7,252
2024
$378
2024
Government debt per person rank 67/185 173/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$13,265
2025
$2,610
2025
Land area
81,522 sq mi
2025
36,402 sq mi
2025
Population density
10.2 ppl/mi²
2024
595 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
2.41
2023
3.65
2023
Median age
26.9 years
2024
18.9 years
2024
Life expectancy
70.4 years
2025
67.7 years
2025

Guyana and Malawi: Comparison Charts

Guyana and Malawi economies compared

GDP
Guyana

Malawi
Year GDP
Guyana Malawi
1960 $170,216,241 -
1961 $185,849,535 -
1962 $194,949,513 -
1963 $175,757,894 -
1964 $194,774,513 -
1965 $213,235,294 -
1966 $228,705,882 -
1967 $250,176,471 -
1968 $229,750,000 -
1969 $249,300,000 -
1970 $267,800,000 -
1971 $282,050,000 -
1972 $285,380,952 -
1973 $307,047,619 -
1974 $433,954,545 -
1975 $494,791,667 -
1976 $454,440,000 -
1977 $449,880,000 -
1978 $507,080,000 -
1979 $530,440,000 -
1980 $603,200,000 $1,801,156,775
1981 $570,357,107 $1,801,193,910
1982 $482,000,000 $1,717,379,495
1983 $489,333,333 $1,780,148,049
1984 $437,631,605 $1,758,028,656
1985 $453,488,372 $1,646,442,273
1986 $504,651,140 $1,722,586,299
1987 $354,591,847 $1,721,711,808
1988 $413,799,990 $2,008,189,508
1989 $379,779,390 $2,314,205,130
1990 $396,582,263 $2,737,087,862
1991 $348,533,095 $3,206,783,830
1992 $373,573,141 $2,618,837,835
1993 $454,101,382 $3,013,392,658
1994 $540,874,934 $1,719,864,761
1995 $621,626,786 $2,033,701,498
1996 $705,406,001 $3,319,573,750
1997 $749,138,010 $3,875,785,863
1998 $717,530,683 $2,547,609,590
1999 $694,754,988 $2,584,478,924
2000 $712,667,897 $2,537,307,580
2001 $712,167,450 $2,498,008,665
2002 $726,131,435 $5,087,328,438
2003 $743,063,950 $4,669,789,300
2004 $787,814,379 $5,058,726,350
2005 $824,880,550 $5,320,409,651
2006 $2,379,817,991 $5,818,279,739
2007 $2,730,971,595 $6,451,210,219
2008 $3,025,187,433 $7,743,617,352
2009 $3,165,663,153 $9,009,887,947
2010 $3,432,912,517 $10,128,323,011
2011 $3,691,384,318 $11,648,142,958
2012 $4,063,088,536 $8,773,203,178
2013 $4,167,800,929 $8,031,571,928
2014 $4,127,660,152 $8,801,326,169
2015 $4,279,840,194 $9,219,474,379
2016 $4,482,697,337 $7,909,868,618
2017 $4,748,174,334 $8,943,543,794
2018 $4,787,636,998 $9,879,231,592
2019 $5,173,760,192 $11,051,865,580
2020 $5,471,256,595 $11,769,313,598
2021 $8,041,362,110 $12,378,129,751
2022 $14,718,388,489 $12,429,060,151
2023 $16,918,503,597 $12,712,150,082
2024 $24,835,899,826 $11,008,925,323

Guyana and Malawi economies compared

GDP per capita
Guyana

Malawi
Year GDP per capita
Guyana Malawi
1960 $299.1 -
1961 $319 -
1962 $327 -
1963 $288.8 -
1964 $313 -
1965 $336 -
1966 $353 -
1967 $378 -
1968 $340 -
1969 $361 -
1970 $381 -
1971 $396 -
1972 $395 -
1973 $421 -
1974 $588 -
1975 $664 -
1976 $604 -
1977 $593 -
1978 $663 -
1979 $689 -
1980 $779 $287.5
1981 $735 $276.4
1982 $621 $253.3
1983 $631 $252.4
1984 $565 $239.7
1985 $588 $216.1
1986 $657 $217.9
1987 $464 $207.6
1988 $545 $229.4
1989 $503 $252.2
1990 $529 $286.7
1991 $466 $326
1992 $498 $258.4
1993 $603 $293
1994 $716 $169.2
1995 $820 $200.4
1996 $928 $321
1997 $983 $367
1998 $940 $236
1999 $909 $233.9
2000 $932 $224.2
2001 $932 $215.5
2002 $951 $428
2003 $974 $383
2004 $1,033 $405
2005 $1,084 $414
2006 $3,136 $441
2007 $3,608 $475
2008 $4,009 $554
2009 $4,209 $626
2010 $4,582 $683
2011 $4,947 $763
2012 $5,444 $558
2013 $5,557 $497
2014 $5,473 $530
2015 $5,640 $540
2016 $5,871 $451
2017 $6,179 $496
2018 $6,048 $533
2019 $6,406 $581
2020 $6,776 $603
2021 $9,861 $617
2022 $17,913 $604
2023 $20,474 $602
2024 $29,884 $508

Guyana vs. Malawi life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Guyana

Malawi
Year Life expectancy, years
Guyana Malawi
1950 49.2 32.7
1951 50.2 32.8
1952 51.3 33
1953 52.4 33.2
1954 53.3 33.3
1955 54.1 33.6
1956 55.2 33.8
1957 56.1 34.1
1958 56.4 34.4
1959 57 34.8
1960 57.5 35
1961 57.9 35.2
1962 58.3 35.4
1963 58.6 35.6
1964 59 35.7
1965 59.1 35.7
1966 59.3 35.8
1967 59.5 35.9
1968 59.7 36.1
1969 59.8 36.3
1970 60 36.6
1971 60.1 37.1
1972 60.1 37.6
1973 60.2 38.4
1974 60.3 39.2
1975 60.4 40.1
1976 60.4 41
1977 60.6 42
1978 60.6 43
1979 60.7 43.7
1980 60.8 44.3
1981 60.9 44.7
1982 61 44.8
1983 61.2 45
1984 61.3 44.8
1985 61.4 44.6
1986 61.5 44.3
1987 61.7 43.9
1988 61.8 43.6
1989 62.1 43.5
1990 62.3 43.6
1991 62.5 43.5
1992 62.8 43.6
1993 63 43.6
1994 63 43.8
1995 62.7 43.8
1996 62.7 44
1997 62.9 44.2
1998 63.4 44.3
1999 63.8 45.1
2000 64.1 46.2
2001 64.4 47.2
2002 64.2 48.2
2003 64.1 49.6
2004 64.2 51.1
2005 64.4 52.5
2006 64.8 53.7
2007 65.5 54.7
2008 65.7 55.7
2009 66 56.7
2010 66.2 57.8
2011 66.5 58.9
2012 66.4 59.9
2013 66.7 60.8
2014 67.3 61.7
2015 67.7 62.3
2016 68.1 63.2
2017 68.5 63.9
2018 68.8 64.5
2019 69.1 65
2020 67.8 65.2
2021 64.3 64.8
2022 69.9 66
2023 70.2 67.4
2024 70.3 67.6
2025 70.4 67.7

Guyana and Malawi population clocks and comparison

Population
Guyana

Malawi
Year Population
Guyana Malawi
1960 569,143 3,628,134
1961 582,568 3,715,534
1962 595,461 3,806,307
1963 608,537 3,900,506
1964 621,764 3,997,305
1965 635,128 4,096,157
1966 648,646 4,197,926
1967 662,311 4,303,012
1968 676,160 4,411,054
1969 690,223 4,521,184
1970 702,705 4,633,944
1971 712,662 4,751,434
1972 721,617 4,874,475
1973 730,138 5,003,938
1974 738,057 5,141,337
1975 745,393 5,287,367
1976 752,253 5,443,384
1977 758,654 5,614,983
1978 764,586 5,810,132
1979 770,062 6,028,749
1980 774,367 6,265,529
1981 776,453 6,516,454
1982 776,712 6,778,879
1983 775,891 7,051,709
1984 774,111 7,332,810
1985 771,477 7,620,508
1986 768,098 7,906,480
1987 764,120 8,293,174
1988 759,663 8,753,262
1989 754,865 9,176,220
1990 749,894 9,545,852
1991 747,861 9,844,227
1992 749,911 10,135,079
1993 752,965 10,284,024
1994 755,822 10,164,894
1995 758,388 10,150,117
1996 760,526 10,352,228
1997 762,245 10,562,035
1998 763,586 10,792,876
1999 764,483 11,047,804
2000 764,832 11,315,942
2001 764,477 11,593,058
2002 763,652 11,880,440
2003 763,101 12,181,574
2004 762,418 12,500,737
2005 760,914 12,840,031
2006 758,966 13,198,701
2007 756,861 13,576,343
2008 754,606 13,976,417
2009 752,094 14,395,788
2010 749,256 14,826,463
2011 746,153 15,265,022
2012 746,288 15,709,577
2013 750,021 16,161,816
2014 754,229 16,621,538
2015 758,781 17,085,587
2016 763,548 17,557,739
2017 768,479 18,039,715
2018 791,556 18,528,081
2019 807,665 19,025,752
2020 807,481 19,533,888
2021 815,482 20,047,258
2022 821,637 20,568,728
2023 826,353 21,104,482
2024 831,087 21,655,286

Fertility rates in Guyana and Malawi

Fertility rate
Guyana

Malawi
Year Fertility rate
Guyana Malawi
1960 6.33 7.04
1961 6.34 7.07
1962 6.33 7.1
1963 6.31 7.13
1964 6.23 7.11
1965 6.14 7.13
1966 6.02 7.17
1967 5.89 7.21
1968 5.75 7.26
1969 5.58 7.27
1970 5.41 7.3
1971 5.26 7.31
1972 5.08 7.33
1973 4.87 7.34
1974 4.64 7.34
1975 4.45 7.36
1976 4.28 7.39
1977 4.12 7.41
1978 3.97 7.43
1979 3.86 7.47
1980 3.77 7.52
1981 3.72 7.49
1982 3.68 7.45
1983 3.64 7.36
1984 3.54 7.27
1985 3.47 7.17
1986 3.38 7.07
1987 3.31 6.97
1988 3.23 6.88
1989 3.19 6.8
1990 3.18 6.74
1991 3.18 6.68
1992 3.19 6.63
1993 3.2 6.57
1994 3.23 6.49
1995 3.24 6.39
1996 3.23 6.29
1997 3.22 6.23
1998 3.18 6.21
1999 3.13 6.12
2000 3.06 6
2001 2.96 5.94
2002 2.84 5.9
2003 2.75 5.88
2004 2.68 5.86
2005 2.65 5.85
2006 2.66 5.8
2007 2.68 5.72
2008 2.7 5.61
2009 2.69 5.45
2010 2.68 5.26
2011 2.69 5.08
2012 2.7 4.9
2013 2.71 4.76
2014 2.7 4.57
2015 2.67 4.38
2016 2.63 4.22
2017 2.59 4.11
2018 2.55 4.02
2019 2.52 3.95
2020 2.49 3.88
2021 2.46 3.79
2022 2.44 3.72
2023 2.41 3.65

Guyana and Malawi demographics compared

Median age
Guyana

Malawi
Year Median age, years
Guyana Malawi
1960 16.7 18.2
1961 16.6 18.3
1962 16.4 18.3
1963 16.3 18.3
1964 16.2 18.3
1965 16.1 18.4
1966 16.1 18.3
1967 16.2 18.3
1968 16.2 18.3
1969 16.4 18.2
1970 16.5 18
1971 16.6 17.9
1972 16.7 17.8
1973 16.8 17.7
1974 17 17.6
1975 17.2 17.5
1976 17.4 17.5
1977 17.6 17.4
1978 17.8 17.4
1979 18 17.4
1980 18.2 17.3
1981 18.4 17.3
1982 18.7 17.3
1983 19 17.3
1984 19.3 17.3
1985 19.6 17.3
1986 19.9 17.3
1987 20.2 17.4
1988 20.5 17.5
1989 20.7 17.4
1990 20.9 17.3
1991 21.1 17.2
1992 21.3 17.1
1993 21.4 17
1994 21.5 16.9
1995 21.7 16.9
1996 21.8 16.8
1997 21.9 16.8
1998 22 16.8
1999 22.1 16.7
2000 22.2 16.8
2001 22.4 16.8
2002 22.5 16.8
2003 22.7 16.8
2004 22.9 16.8
2005 23.2 16.8
2006 23.4 16.8
2007 23.6 16.8
2008 23.8 16.8
2009 24 16.7
2010 24.2 16.7
2011 24.4 16.8
2012 24.5 16.8
2013 24.6 16.9
2014 24.6 17
2015 24.7 17.1
2016 24.9 17.2
2017 25 17.4
2018 25.4 17.6
2019 25.7 17.8
2020 25.9 18
2021 26.1 18.2
2022 26.4 18.4
2023 26.7 18.7
2024 26.9 18.9

Interactive Maps

Use the buttons below to switch between world maps comparing statistics for Guyana and Malawi.

GDP per capita

GDP

Life expectancy

Population

Population density

Fertility rate

Median age

Land area

National statistics comparison

Finance

Guyana Malawi
GNI, Atlas method
$16.8B
2024
$11.8B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
24.3%
2025
28%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.45%
2018
2.75%
2022
Military expenditure, % of GDP
0.59%
2023
1.01%
2023
Armed forces personnel
3,000
2020
15,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-4.95%
2025
-8.94%
2025
Unemployment rate
13.2%
2019
0.91%
2020
Services, % of GDP
15.3%
2024
44.9%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
74.3%
2024
16%
2024
Economic freedom index
58.2
2025
50.9
2025
Income share by richest 10%
34.4%
1998
31%
2019
Income share by poorest 10%
1.1%
1998
2.9%
2019
Total reserves including gold
$1.01B
2024
$594M
2020
Personal remittances received
$600M
2024
$264M
2024
International tourist arrivals
86,400
2020
871,000
2018
International tourism as share of exports
4.21%
2003
2.68%
2020
Banked people share n/a
50.4%
2024

Energy

Guyana Malawi
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
661 kg
2007
n/a
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$12.3
2007
n/a
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
3.3 megatons
2023
6.45 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
4 tons
2023
0.31 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2007
n/a
Renewable energy use share
12.1%
2022
62.9%
2022
Renewable electricity output share
7.11%
2021
80.1%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0.0008%
2021
72.5%
2021
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
98.9%
2023
15.6%
2023

Society

Guyana Malawi
% of world population
0.01%
2024
0.27%
2024
Annual migration change
-5,407
2024
-1,507
2024
Urban population
27.3%
2024
18.6%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.65 ft
2025
5.44 ft
2025
Average female height
5.24 ft
2025
5.12 ft
2025
Quality of life index
49.9
2025
27.7
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
39
2024
34
2024
Higher education index
26
2025
35
2025
Homicides per 100K people
16.2
2022
1.79
2012
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
22.3
2019
33.4
2019
Visa free countries
98
2025
80
2025
Adult literacy rate
90%
2022
68.1%
2022
English speaking
90.5%
2023
3.88%
2023
People using the Internet
81.7%
2023
18%
2023

Health

Guyana Malawi
Government health expenditure per capita
$532
2022
$39.7
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$122.6
2022
$4.8
2022
Life expectancy
70.4 years
2025
67.7 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
3.25%
2022
64.7%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
1.41
2020
0.05
2022
Age at first childbirth
20.8 years
2025
19.1 years
2025
Maternal mortality per 100K births
75
2023
225
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
25.7
2023
38.3
2023
Obesity rate
29%
2022
7.87%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
16.4%
2024
5.7%
2024
Air quality index
46
2025
34
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
11.1%
2022
9.7%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
5.04 liters
2020
3.61 liters
2020

Territory

Guyana Malawi
% of world land
0.14%
2025
0.06%
2025
Land area per capita
98,090 sq mi
2024
1,681 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
2,780 sq mi
2025
23,359 sq mi
2025
Forest area
70,995 sq mi
2025
8,169 sq mi
2025
Roads length
2,482 mi
2019
9,601 mi
2015

In-depth comparisons

Facts comparisons

Facts vs Guyana vs Malawi
Afghanistan Compare Compare
Albania Compare Compare
Algeria Compare Compare
Andorra Compare Compare
Angola Compare Compare
Antigua Compare Compare
Argentina Compare Compare
Armenia Compare Compare
Australia Compare Compare
Austria Compare Compare
Azerbaijan Compare Compare
Bahamas Compare Compare
Bahrain Compare Compare
Bangladesh Compare Compare
Barbados Compare Compare
Belarus Compare Compare
Belgium Compare Compare
Belize Compare Compare
Benin Compare Compare
Bhutan Compare Compare
Bolivia Compare Compare
Bosnia Compare Compare
Botswana Compare Compare
Brazil Compare Compare
Brunei Compare Compare
Bulgaria Compare Compare
Burkina Faso Compare Compare
Burundi Compare Compare
Cambodia Compare Compare
Cameroon Compare Compare
Canada Compare Compare
Cape Verde Compare Compare
Cayman Islands Compare Compare
CAR Compare Compare
Chad Compare Compare
Chile Compare Compare
China Compare Compare
Colombia Compare Compare
Comoros Compare Compare
Congo Compare Compare
Costa Rica Compare Compare
Croatia Compare Compare
Cuba Compare Compare
Curacao Compare Compare
Cyprus Compare Compare
Czech Republic Compare Compare
DR Congo Compare Compare
Denmark Compare Compare
Djibouti Compare Compare
Dominica Compare Compare
Dominican Republic Compare Compare
East Timor Compare Compare
Ecuador Compare Compare
Egypt Compare Compare
El Salvador Compare Compare
Equatorial Guinea Compare Compare
Eritrea Compare Compare
Estonia Compare Compare
Eswatini Compare Compare
Ethiopia Compare Compare
Fiji Compare Compare
Finland Compare Compare
France Compare Compare
Gabon Compare Compare
Gambia Compare Compare
Georgia Compare Compare
Germany Compare Compare
Ghana Compare Compare
Greece Compare Compare
Grenada Compare Compare
Guatemala Compare Compare
Guinea Compare Compare
Guinea-Bissau Compare Compare
Haiti Compare Compare
Honduras Compare Compare
Hungary Compare Compare
Iceland Compare Compare
India Compare Compare
Indonesia Compare Compare
Iran Compare Compare
Iraq Compare Compare
Ireland Compare Compare
Israel Compare Compare
Italy Compare Compare
Ivory Coast Compare Compare
Jamaica Compare Compare
Japan Compare Compare
Jordan Compare Compare
Kazakhstan Compare Compare
Kenya Compare Compare
Kiribati Compare Compare
Kuwait Compare Compare
Kyrgyzstan Compare Compare
Laos Compare Compare
Latvia Compare Compare
Lebanon Compare Compare
Lesotho Compare Compare
Liberia Compare Compare
Libya Compare Compare
Liechtenstein Compare Compare
Lithuania Compare Compare
Luxembourg Compare Compare
Madagascar Compare Compare
Malaysia Compare Compare
Maldives Compare Compare
Mali Compare Compare
Malta Compare Compare
Marshall Islands Compare Compare
Mauritania Compare Compare
Mauritius Compare Compare
Mexico Compare Compare
Moldova Compare Compare
Monaco Compare Compare
Mongolia Compare Compare
Montenegro Compare Compare
Morocco Compare Compare
Mozambique Compare Compare
Myanmar Compare Compare
Namibia Compare Compare
Nauru Compare Compare
Nepal Compare Compare
Netherlands Compare Compare
New Zealand Compare Compare
Nicaragua Compare Compare
Niger Compare Compare
Nigeria Compare Compare
North Korea Compare Compare
North Macedonia Compare Compare
Norway Compare Compare
Oman Compare Compare
Pakistan Compare Compare
Palau Compare Compare
Palestine Compare Compare
Panama Compare Compare
Papua New Guinea Compare Compare
Paraguay Compare Compare
Peru Compare Compare
Philippines Compare Compare
Poland Compare Compare
Portugal Compare Compare
Qatar Compare Compare
Romania Compare Compare
Russia Compare Compare
Rwanda Compare Compare
Saint Kitts Compare Compare
Saint Lucia Compare Compare
Saint Vincent Compare Compare
Samoa Compare Compare
San Marino Compare Compare
Sao Tome Compare Compare
Saudi Arabia Compare Compare
Senegal Compare Compare
Serbia Compare Compare
Seychelles Compare Compare
Sierra Leone Compare Compare
Singapore Compare Compare
Slovakia Compare Compare
Slovenia Compare Compare
Solomon Islands Compare Compare
Somalia Compare Compare
South Africa Compare Compare
South Korea Compare Compare
South Sudan Compare Compare
Spain Compare Compare
Sri Lanka Compare Compare
Sudan Compare Compare
Suriname Compare Compare
Sweden Compare Compare
Switzerland Compare Compare
Syria Compare Compare
Taiwan Compare Compare
Tajikistan Compare Compare
Tanzania Compare Compare
Thailand Compare Compare
Togo Compare Compare
Tonga Compare Compare
Trinidad Compare Compare
Tunisia Compare Compare
Turkey Compare Compare
Turkmenistan Compare Compare
Tuvalu Compare Compare
Uganda Compare Compare
Ukraine Compare Compare
UAE Compare Compare
United Kingdom Compare Compare
United States Compare Compare
Uruguay Compare Compare
Uzbekistan Compare Compare
Vanuatu Compare Compare
Vatican Compare Compare
Venezuela Compare Compare
Vietnam Compare Compare
Yemen Compare Compare
Zambia Compare Compare
Zimbabwe Compare Compare