Ireland vs Malawi statistics compared

Ireland has a population of 5.38M (ranked 120/197), compared with 21.7M in Malawi (ranked 62/197). Ireland's land area is 26,599 sq mi versus 36,402 sq mi for Malawi (ranked 119th vs. 107th).

By GDP, Ireland ranks 26/197 ($577B) and Malawi ranks 151/197 ($11B). By GDP per capita, Ireland ranks 4/197 ($107,316), while Malawi ranks 195/197 ($508).

Ireland and Malawi: Comparison Charts

Ireland and Malawi economies compared

GDP

Ireland

Malawi

Table

Year	GDP
	Ireland	Malawi
1960	$1,998,550,222	-
1961	$2,151,772,980	-
1962	$2,329,372,972	-
1963	$2,505,073,358	-
1964	$2,851,091,646	-
1965	$3,035,655,794	-
1966	$3,198,820,904	-
1967	$3,445,739,915	-
1968	$3,378,701,147	-
1969	$3,902,721,632	-
1970	$4,395,995,086	-
1971	$5,098,250,287	-
1972	$6,318,060,582	-
1973	$7,481,173,066	-
1974	$7,896,860,615	-
1975	$9,483,808,362	-
1976	$9,453,756,015	-
1977	$11,248,340,431	-
1978	$14,647,996,074	-
1979	$18,319,334,300	-
1980	$21,747,855,640	$1,801,156,775
1981	$20,670,190,138	$1,801,193,910
1982	$21,474,754,080	$1,717,379,495
1983	$20,766,047,764	$1,780,148,049
1984	$20,106,648,455	$1,758,028,656
1985	$21,270,013,326	$1,646,442,273
1986	$28,714,571,852	$1,722,586,299
1987	$33,920,518,493	$1,721,711,808
1988	$37,772,897,421	$2,008,189,508
1989	$39,238,392,678	$2,314,205,130
1990	$49,305,632,408	$2,737,087,862
1991	$49,787,502,852	$3,206,783,830
1992	$55,918,538,121	$2,618,837,835
1993	$52,417,477,614	$3,013,392,658
1994	$57,097,656,066	$1,719,864,761
1995	$69,139,823,232	$2,033,701,498
1996	$75,790,785,030	$3,319,573,750
1997	$82,856,648,758	$3,875,785,863
1998	$90,199,410,116	$2,547,609,590
1999	$98,893,958,263	$2,584,478,924
2000	$100,207,610,430	$2,537,307,580
2001	$109,346,669,230	$2,498,008,665
2002	$128,596,035,288	$5,087,328,438
2003	$164,670,771,260	$4,669,789,300
2004	$194,372,115,041	$5,058,726,350
2005	$211,876,989,656	$5,320,409,651
2006	$232,180,617,162	$5,818,279,739
2007	$270,079,279,420	$6,451,210,219
2008	$275,447,471,451	$7,743,617,352
2009	$236,443,117,248	$9,009,887,947
2010	$221,985,621,538	$10,128,323,011
2011	$241,337,364,610	$11,648,142,958
2012	$227,270,922,957	$8,773,203,178
2013	$243,301,556,085	$8,031,571,928
2014	$266,787,238,499	$8,801,326,169
2015	$302,391,428,540	$9,219,474,379
2016	$305,733,136,181	$7,909,868,618
2017	$348,532,394,024	$8,943,543,794
2018	$395,461,216,460	$9,879,231,592
2019	$407,124,824,065	$11,051,865,580
2020	$436,555,518,400	$11,769,313,598
2021	$531,306,516,908	$12,378,129,751
2022	$548,570,250,342	$12,429,060,151
2023	$551,394,889,340	$12,712,150,082
2024	$577,389,475,010	$11,008,925,323

Ireland and Malawi economies compared

GDP per capita

Ireland

Malawi

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Ireland	Malawi
1960	$707	-
1961	$762	-
1962	$821	-
1963	$878	-
1964	$995	-
1965	$1,055	-
1966	$1,107	-
1967	$1,187	-
1968	$1,159	-
1969	$1,331	-
1970	$1,487	-
1971	$1,704	-
1972	$2,080	-
1973	$2,424	-
1974	$2,517	-
1975	$2,973	-
1976	$2,920	-
1977	$3,427	-
1978	$4,400	-
1979	$5,430	-
1980	$6,372	$287.5
1981	$5,986	$276.4
1982	$6,161	$253.3
1983	$5,915	$252.4
1984	$5,692	$239.7
1985	$6,012	$216.1
1986	$8,112	$217.9
1987	$9,582	$207.6
1988	$10,716	$229.4
1989	$11,176	$252.2
1990	$14,031	$286.7
1991	$14,087	$326
1992	$15,714	$258.4
1993	$14,657	$293
1994	$15,903	$169.2
1995	$19,158	$200.4
1996	$20,836	$321
1997	$22,551	$367
1998	$24,295	$236
1999	$26,338	$233.9
2000	$26,335	$224.2
2001	$28,282	$215.5
2002	$32,705	$428
2003	$41,204	$383
2004	$47,754	$405
2005	$50,933	$414
2006	$54,329	$441
2007	$61,396	$475
2008	$61,353	$554
2009	$52,133	$626
2010	$48,679	$683
2011	$52,693	$763
2012	$49,412	$558
2013	$52,619	$497
2014	$57,278	$530
2015	$64,312	$540
2016	$64,193	$451
2017	$72,198	$496
2018	$80,739	$533
2019	$81,810	$581
2020	$86,623	$603
2021	$103,962	$617
2022	$105,235	$604
2023	$103,888	$602
2024	$107,316	$508

Ireland vs. Malawi life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Ireland

Malawi

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Ireland	Malawi
1950	65.6	32.7
1951	64.8	32.8
1952	67.2	33
1953	67.9	33.2
1954	68	33.3
1955	68	33.6
1956	69	33.8
1957	69	34.1
1958	69.3	34.4
1959	69.4	34.8
1960	70.2	35
1961	69.6	35.2
1962	69.9	35.4
1963	70.2	35.6
1964	70.4	35.7
1965	70.6	35.7
1966	70.2	35.8
1967	71.2	35.9
1968	70.9	36.1
1969	70.8	36.3
1970	70.8	36.6
1971	71.6	37.1
1972	71	37.6
1973	71.2	38.4
1974	71.1	39.2
1975	71.7	40.1
1976	71.8	41
1977	71.9	42
1978	71.9	43
1979	72.2	43.7
1980	72.5	44.3
1981	72.9	44.7
1982	73.2	44.8
1983	73.2	45
1984	73.6	44.8
1985	73.6	44.6
1986	73.6	44.3
1987	74.4	43.9
1988	74.4	43.6
1989	74.5	43.5
1990	74.8	43.6
1991	75	43.5
1992	75.4	43.6
1993	75.3	43.6
1994	75.8	43.8
1995	75.5	43.8
1996	75.8	44
1997	76	44.2
1998	76.2	44.3
1999	76.1	45.1
2000	76.5	46.2
2001	77.1	47.2
2002	77.6	48.2
2003	78.1	49.6
2004	78.5	51.1
2005	78.9	52.5
2006	79.2	53.7
2007	79.6	54.7
2008	79.8	55.7
2009	80.1	56.7
2010	80.6	57.8
2011	80.7	58.9
2012	80.9	59.9
2013	81.1	60.8
2014	81.4	61.7
2015	81.5	62.3
2016	81.7	63.2
2017	82.1	63.9
2018	82.1	64.5
2019	82.4	65
2020	82.4	65.2
2021	81.9	64.8
2022	82.1	66
2023	82.4	67.4
2024	82.6	67.6
2025	82.7	67.7

Ireland and Malawi population clocks and comparison

Population

Ireland

Malawi

Table

Year	Population
	Ireland	Malawi
1960	2,828,600	3,628,134
1961	2,824,400	3,715,534
1962	2,836,050	3,806,307
1963	2,852,650	3,900,506
1964	2,866,550	3,997,305
1965	2,877,300	4,096,157
1966	2,888,800	4,197,926
1967	2,902,450	4,303,012
1968	2,915,550	4,411,054
1969	2,932,650	4,521,184
1970	2,957,250	4,633,944
1971	2,992,050	4,751,434
1972	3,036,850	4,874,475
1973	3,085,950	5,003,938
1974	3,137,500	5,141,337
1975	3,189,550	5,287,367
1976	3,238,050	5,443,384
1977	3,282,200	5,614,983
1978	3,329,100	5,810,132
1979	3,373,750	6,028,749
1980	3,412,800	6,265,529
1981	3,453,000	6,516,454
1982	3,485,800	6,778,879
1983	3,510,600	7,051,709
1984	3,532,423	7,332,810
1985	3,538,082	7,620,508
1986	3,539,690	7,906,480
1987	3,540,057	8,293,174
1988	3,524,949	8,753,262
1989	3,511,009	9,176,220
1990	3,513,974	9,545,852
1991	3,534,235	9,844,227
1992	3,558,430	10,135,079
1993	3,576,261	10,284,024
1994	3,590,386	10,164,894
1995	3,608,841	10,150,117
1996	3,637,510	10,352,228
1997	3,674,171	10,562,035
1998	3,712,696	10,792,876
1999	3,754,786	11,047,804
2000	3,805,174	11,315,942
2001	3,866,243	11,593,058
2002	3,931,947	11,880,440
2003	3,996,521	12,181,574
2004	4,070,262	12,500,737
2005	4,159,914	12,840,031
2006	4,273,591	13,198,701
2007	4,398,942	13,576,343
2008	4,489,544	13,976,417
2009	4,535,375	14,395,788
2010	4,560,155	14,826,463
2011	4,580,084	15,265,022
2012	4,599,533	15,709,577
2013	4,623,816	16,161,816
2014	4,657,740	16,621,538
2015	4,701,957	17,085,587
2016	4,762,722	17,557,739
2017	4,827,445	18,039,715
2018	4,898,022	18,528,081
2019	4,976,456	19,025,752
2020	5,039,747	19,533,888
2021	5,110,585	20,047,258
2022	5,212,836	20,568,728
2023	5,307,600	21,104,482
2024	5,380,257	21,655,286

Fertility rates in Ireland and Malawi

Fertility rate

Ireland

Malawi

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Ireland	Malawi
1960	3.78	7.04
1961	3.78	7.07
1962	3.92	7.1
1963	4.01	7.13
1964	4.07	7.11
1965	4.04	7.13
1966	3.94	7.17
1967	3.84	7.21
1968	3.77	7.26
1969	3.83	7.27
1970	3.85	7.3
1971	3.93	7.31
1972	3.84	7.33
1973	3.71	7.34
1974	3.59	7.34
1975	3.37	7.36
1976	3.29	7.39
1977	3.24	7.41
1978	3.21	7.43
1979	3.21	7.47
1980	3.21	7.52
1981	3.05	7.49
1982	2.94	7.45
1983	2.74	7.36
1984	2.58	7.27
1985	2.48	7.17
1986	2.44	7.07
1987	2.32	6.97
1988	2.17	6.88
1989	2.08	6.8
1990	2.11	6.74
1991	2.08	6.68
1992	1.99	6.63
1993	1.9	6.57
1994	1.85	6.49
1995	1.84	6.39
1996	1.88	6.29
1997	1.93	6.23
1998	1.94	6.21
1999	1.9	6.12
2000	1.89	6
2001	1.94	5.94
2002	1.97	5.9
2003	1.96	5.88
2004	1.93	5.86
2005	1.86	5.85
2006	1.91	5.8
2007	2.01	5.72
2008	2.06	5.61
2009	2.06	5.45
2010	2.05	5.26
2011	2.03	5.08
2012	1.98	4.9
2013	1.93	4.76
2014	1.89	4.57
2015	1.85	4.38
2016	1.81	4.22
2017	1.77	4.11
2018	1.75	4.02
2019	1.71	3.95
2020	1.63	3.88
2021	1.78	3.79
2022	1.54	3.72
2023	1.5	3.65

Ireland and Malawi demographics compared

Median age

Ireland

Malawi

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Ireland	Malawi
1960	30.1	18.2
1961	29.8	18.3
1962	29.5	18.3
1963	29.2	18.3
1964	28.9	18.3
1965	28.6	18.4
1966	28.2	18.3
1967	28	18.3
1968	27.8	18.3
1969	27.6	18.2
1970	27.4	18
1971	27.1	17.9
1972	26.9	17.8
1973	26.7	17.7
1974	26.5	17.6
1975	26.5	17.5
1976	26.4	17.5
1977	26.5	17.4
1978	26.5	17.4
1979	26.5	17.4
1980	26.5	17.3
1981	26.6	17.3
1982	26.7	17.3
1983	26.9	17.3
1984	27.1	17.3
1985	27.3	17.3
1986	27.6	17.3
1987	27.9	17.4
1988	28.4	17.5
1989	28.8	17.4
1990	29.2	17.3
1991	29.6	17.2
1992	29.9	17.1
1993	30.2	17
1994	30.6	16.9
1995	30.9	16.9
1996	31.3	16.8
1997	31.6	16.8
1998	31.9	16.8
1999	32.2	16.7
2000	32.5	16.8
2001	32.7	16.8
2002	33	16.8
2003	33.2	16.8
2004	33.4	16.8
2005	33.4	16.8
2006	33.4	16.8
2007	33.4	16.8
2008	33.5	16.8
2009	33.9	16.7
2010	34.3	16.7
2011	34.8	16.8
2012	35.2	16.8
2013	35.6	16.9
2014	36	17
2015	36.4	17.1
2016	36.8	17.2
2017	37.1	17.4
2018	37.4	17.6
2019	37.8	17.8
2020	38.2	18
2021	38.6	18.2
2022	38.9	18.4
2023	39.4	18.7
2024	39.7	18.9

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