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Ivory Coast vs Malawi statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Ivory Coast has a population of 31.9M (ranked 50/197), compared with 21.7M in Malawi (ranked 62/197). Ivory Coast's land area is 122,780 sq mi versus 36,402 sq mi for Malawi (ranked 66th vs. 107th).

By GDP, Ivory Coast ranks 76/197 ($86.5B) and Malawi ranks 151/197 ($11B). By GDP per capita, Ivory Coast ranks 142/197 ($2,710), while Malawi ranks 195/197 ($508).

Main facts and rankings

Ivory Coast Malawi
Population
33340347
22673513
Population rank 50/197 61/197
GDP
$86.5B
2024
$11B
2024
GDP rank 76/197 151/197
GDP per capita
$2,710
2024
$508
2024
GDP per capita rank 142/197 195/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$7,653
2024
$1,859
2024
Government debt
$51.3B
2024
$8.19B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
58.1%
2025
73%
2025
Government debt per person
$1,606
2024
$378
2024
Government debt per person rank 125/185 173/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$2,373
2025
$2,610
2025
Land area
122,780 sq mi
2025
36,402 sq mi
2025
Population density
260.1 ppl/mi²
2024
595 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
4.28
2023
3.65
2023
Median age
19.3 years
2024
18.9 years
2024
Life expectancy
62.3 years
2025
67.7 years
2025

Ivory Coast and Malawi: Comparison Charts

Ivory Coast and Malawi economies compared

GDP
Ivory Coast

Malawi
Year GDP
Ivory Coast Malawi
1960 $546,203,559 -
1961 $618,245,634 -
1962 $645,284,474 -
1963 $761,047,198 -
1964 $921,063,327 -
1965 $919,771,229 -
1966 $1,024,102,880 -
1967 $1,082,922,725 -
1968 $1,281,281,277 -
1969 $1,361,360,293 -
1970 $1,455,482,795 -
1971 $1,584,128,509 -
1972 $1,849,400,402 -
1973 $2,508,421,426 -
1974 $3,070,152,309 -
1975 $3,893,839,190 -
1976 $4,662,053,825 -
1977 $6,265,068,189 -
1978 $7,900,526,298 -
1979 $9,142,933,967 -
1980 $10,175,617,609 $1,801,156,775
1981 $8,432,589,942 $1,801,193,910
1982 $7,567,110,849 $1,717,379,495
1983 $6,838,184,773 $1,780,148,049
1984 $6,841,639,247 $1,758,028,656
1985 $6,977,650,644 $1,646,442,273
1986 $9,158,302,100 $1,722,586,299
1987 $10,087,654,465 $1,721,711,808
1988 $10,255,169,806 $2,008,189,508
1989 $9,757,410,645 $2,314,205,130
1990 $10,795,850,583 $2,737,087,862
1991 $10,492,628,581 $3,206,783,830
1992 $11,152,971,274 $2,618,837,835
1993 $11,045,760,288 $3,013,392,658
1994 $8,313,557,510 $1,719,864,761
1995 $11,000,146,267 $2,033,701,498
1996 $18,071,152,831 $3,319,573,750
1997 $18,047,558,038 $3,875,785,863
1998 $19,619,654,756 $2,547,609,590
1999 $18,870,992,456 $2,584,478,924
2000 $16,577,533,892 $2,537,307,580
2001 $16,810,537,044 $2,498,008,665
2002 $18,054,383,321 $5,087,328,438
2003 $21,251,754,340 $4,669,789,300
2004 $23,510,575,681 $5,058,726,350
2005 $24,036,918,703 $5,320,409,651
2006 $25,281,413,263 $5,818,279,739
2007 $28,760,090,953 $6,451,210,219
2008 $34,078,240,293 $7,743,617,352
2009 $33,886,813,250 $9,009,887,947
2010 $34,936,307,980 $10,128,323,011
2011 $36,693,710,801 $11,648,142,958
2012 $36,302,302,877 $8,773,203,178
2013 $42,760,235,485 $8,031,571,928
2014 $48,843,005,614 $8,801,326,169
2015 $45,815,005,169 $9,219,474,379
2016 $48,407,761,037 $7,909,868,618
2017 $52,512,343,997 $8,943,543,794
2018 $58,522,477,787 $9,879,231,592
2019 $60,382,894,697 $11,051,865,580
2020 $63,027,852,805 $11,769,313,598
2021 $72,794,636,649 $12,378,129,751
2022 $70,922,824,824 $12,429,060,151
2023 $79,618,056,324 $12,712,150,082
2024 $86,538,413,923 $11,008,925,323

Ivory Coast and Malawi economies compared

GDP per capita
Ivory Coast

Malawi
Year GDP per capita
Ivory Coast Malawi
1960 $148.7 -
1961 $162.3 -
1962 $163.1 -
1963 $185.1 -
1964 $215.5 -
1965 $207 -
1966 $221.8 -
1967 $225.6 -
1968 $256.8 -
1969 $262.2 -
1970 $269 -
1971 $280.3 -
1972 $313 -
1973 $406 -
1974 $474 -
1975 $575 -
1976 $661 -
1977 $856 -
1978 $1,039 -
1979 $1,157 -
1980 $1,238 $287.5
1981 $986 $276.4
1982 $849 $253.3
1983 $737 $252.4
1984 $709 $239.7
1985 $695 $216.1
1986 $877 $217.9
1987 $930 $207.6
1988 $910 $229.4
1989 $833 $252.2
1990 $886 $286.7
1991 $827 $326
1992 $845 $258.4
1993 $804 $293
1994 $582 $169.2
1995 $740 $200.4
1996 $1,170 $321
1997 $1,125 $367
1998 $1,177 $236
1999 $1,096 $233.9
2000 $937 $224.2
2001 $925 $215.5
2002 $968 $428
2003 $1,111 $383
2004 $1,200 $405
2005 $1,198 $414
2006 $1,230 $441
2007 $1,368 $475
2008 $1,584 $554
2009 $1,540 $626
2010 $1,554 $683
2011 $1,597 $763
2012 $1,547 $558
2013 $1,786 $497
2014 $1,991 $530
2015 $1,815 $540
2016 $1,863 $451
2017 $1,964 $496
2018 $2,131 $533
2019 $2,142 $581
2020 $2,180 $603
2021 $2,456 $617
2022 $2,333 $604
2023 $2,555 $602
2024 $2,710 $508

Ivory Coast vs. Malawi life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Ivory Coast

Malawi
Year Life expectancy, years
Ivory Coast Malawi
1950 30.8 32.7
1951 31.4 32.8
1952 32 33
1953 32.5 33.2
1954 33.2 33.3
1955 33.8 33.6
1956 34.5 33.8
1957 35.2 34.1
1958 35.8 34.4
1959 36.5 34.8
1960 37.2 35
1961 37.9 35.2
1962 38.6 35.4
1963 39.3 35.6
1964 40 35.7
1965 40.6 35.7
1966 41.3 35.8
1967 42 35.9
1968 42.6 36.1
1969 43.3 36.3
1970 44 36.6
1971 44.8 37.1
1972 45.6 37.6
1973 46.4 38.4
1974 47.2 39.2
1975 48 40.1
1976 48.9 41
1977 49.6 42
1978 50.4 43
1979 51 43.7
1980 51.4 44.3
1981 51.8 44.7
1982 52.1 44.8
1983 52.4 45
1984 52.6 44.8
1985 52.9 44.6
1986 53 44.3
1987 53.1 43.9
1988 53.1 43.6
1989 53 43.5
1990 52.8 43.6
1991 52.6 43.5
1992 52.4 43.6
1993 52.2 43.6
1994 52 43.8
1995 51.7 43.8
1996 51.6 44
1997 51.5 44.2
1998 51.2 44.3
1999 51.3 45.1
2000 51.4 46.2
2001 51.4 47.2
2002 51.5 48.2
2003 51.4 49.6
2004 51.9 51.1
2005 52.4 52.5
2006 52.9 53.7
2007 53.5 54.7
2008 54.2 55.7
2009 54.7 56.7
2010 55.3 57.8
2011 56 58.9
2012 56.6 59.9
2013 57.1 60.8
2014 57.8 61.7
2015 58.3 62.3
2016 58.8 63.2
2017 59.3 63.9
2018 59.8 64.5
2019 60.3 65
2020 60.1 65.2
2021 60.3 64.8
2022 61.6 66
2023 61.9 67.4
2024 62.1 67.6
2025 62.3 67.7

Ivory Coast and Malawi population clocks and comparison

Population
Ivory Coast

Malawi
Year Population
Ivory Coast Malawi
1960 3,673,666 3,628,134
1961 3,810,151 3,715,534
1962 3,956,939 3,806,307
1963 4,112,061 3,900,506
1964 4,273,952 3,997,305
1965 4,442,377 4,096,157
1966 4,617,519 4,197,926
1967 4,799,744 4,303,012
1968 4,990,021 4,411,054
1969 5,192,221 4,521,184
1970 5,411,567 4,633,944
1971 5,650,868 4,751,434
1972 5,909,716 4,874,475
1973 6,184,944 5,003,938
1974 6,474,057 5,141,337
1975 6,776,297 5,287,367
1976 7,057,958 5,443,384
1977 7,321,950 5,614,983
1978 7,603,130 5,810,132
1979 7,902,267 6,028,749
1980 8,220,714 6,265,529
1981 8,556,596 6,516,454
1982 8,907,936 6,778,879
1983 9,272,744 7,051,709
1984 9,650,516 7,332,810
1985 10,040,483 7,620,508
1986 10,440,917 7,906,480
1987 10,851,475 8,293,174
1988 11,275,189 8,753,262
1989 11,719,771 9,176,220
1990 12,189,778 9,545,852
1991 12,683,870 9,844,227
1992 13,200,310 10,135,079
1993 13,735,951 10,284,024
1994 14,287,201 10,164,894
1995 14,855,565 10,150,117
1996 15,442,312 10,352,228
1997 16,047,170 10,562,035
1998 16,663,948 10,792,876
1999 17,215,935 11,047,804
2000 17,699,004 11,315,942
2001 18,178,913 11,593,058
2002 18,654,771 11,880,440
2003 19,125,542 12,181,574
2004 19,595,000 12,500,737
2005 20,068,458 12,840,031
2006 20,546,802 13,198,701
2007 21,030,558 13,576,343
2008 21,514,439 13,976,417
2009 21,997,940 14,395,788
2010 22,488,065 14,826,463
2011 22,982,000 15,265,022
2012 23,467,078 15,709,577
2013 23,939,775 16,161,816
2014 24,527,395 16,621,538
2015 25,246,342 17,085,587
2016 25,989,405 17,557,739
2017 26,733,372 18,039,715
2018 27,464,173 18,528,081
2019 28,193,009 19,025,752
2020 28,915,449 19,533,888
2021 29,639,736 20,047,258
2022 30,395,002 20,568,728
2023 31,165,654 21,104,482
2024 31,934,230 21,655,286

Fertility rates in Ivory Coast and Malawi

Fertility rate
Ivory Coast

Malawi
Year Fertility rate
Ivory Coast Malawi
1960 7.69 7.04
1961 7.72 7.07
1962 7.75 7.1
1963 7.78 7.13
1964 7.81 7.11
1965 7.84 7.13
1966 7.87 7.17
1967 7.89 7.21
1968 7.91 7.26
1969 7.93 7.27
1970 7.94 7.3
1971 7.94 7.31
1972 7.94 7.33
1973 7.94 7.34
1974 7.93 7.34
1975 7.91 7.36
1976 7.88 7.39
1977 7.83 7.41
1978 7.67 7.43
1979 7.63 7.47
1980 7.59 7.52
1981 7.54 7.49
1982 7.49 7.45
1983 7.42 7.36
1984 7.35 7.27
1985 7.27 7.17
1986 7.19 7.07
1987 7.09 6.97
1988 6.97 6.88
1989 6.85 6.8
1990 6.72 6.74
1991 6.59 6.68
1992 6.43 6.63
1993 6.27 6.57
1994 6.13 6.49
1995 6.04 6.39
1996 5.95 6.29
1997 5.9 6.23
1998 5.85 6.21
1999 5.81 6.12
2000 5.77 6
2001 5.7 5.94
2002 5.64 5.9
2003 5.57 5.88
2004 5.53 5.86
2005 5.5 5.85
2006 5.45 5.8
2007 5.4 5.72
2008 5.36 5.61
2009 5.33 5.45
2010 5.29 5.26
2011 5.24 5.08
2012 5.19 4.9
2013 5.14 4.76
2014 5.07 4.57
2015 4.97 4.38
2016 4.87 4.22
2017 4.76 4.11
2018 4.6 4.02
2019 4.52 3.95
2020 4.46 3.88
2021 4.41 3.79
2022 4.35 3.72
2023 4.28 3.65

Ivory Coast and Malawi demographics compared

Median age
Ivory Coast

Malawi
Year Median age, years
Ivory Coast Malawi
1960 18.5 18.2
1961 18.5 18.3
1962 18.5 18.3
1963 18.5 18.3
1964 18.4 18.3
1965 18.3 18.4
1966 18.2 18.3
1967 18.1 18.3
1968 18 18.3
1969 17.8 18.2
1970 17.7 18
1971 17.7 17.9
1972 17.7 17.8
1973 17.6 17.7
1974 17.6 17.6
1975 17.5 17.5
1976 17.4 17.5
1977 17.1 17.4
1978 16.9 17.4
1979 16.7 17.4
1980 16.5 17.3
1981 16.4 17.3
1982 16.3 17.3
1983 16.2 17.3
1984 16.1 17.3
1985 16 17.3
1986 16 17.3
1987 15.9 17.4
1988 15.9 17.5
1989 16 17.4
1990 16 17.3
1991 16.1 17.2
1992 16.2 17.1
1993 16.3 17
1994 16.4 16.9
1995 16.5 16.9
1996 16.6 16.8
1997 16.7 16.8
1998 16.8 16.8
1999 16.8 16.7
2000 16.8 16.8
2001 16.8 16.8
2002 16.7 16.8
2003 16.7 16.8
2004 16.7 16.8
2005 16.7 16.8
2006 16.6 16.8
2007 16.6 16.8
2008 16.9 16.8
2009 17.3 16.7
2010 17.7 16.7
2011 18.2 16.8
2012 18.6 16.8
2013 19 16.9
2014 19.1 17
2015 19 17.1
2016 18.9 17.2
2017 18.9 17.4
2018 18.9 17.6
2019 18.9 17.8
2020 18.9 18
2021 19 18.2
2022 19.1 18.4
2023 19.2 18.7
2024 19.3 18.9

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Ivory Coast Malawi
GNI, Atlas method
$80.2B
2024
$11.8B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
20.4%
2025
28%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
3.43%
2023
2.75%
2022
Military expenditure, % of GDP
0.89%
2023
1.01%
2023
Armed forces personnel
27,000
2020
15,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-3.02%
2025
-8.94%
2025
Unemployment rate
2.31%
2022
0.91%
2020
Services, % of GDP
53.9%
2024
44.9%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
22.1%
2024
16%
2024
Economic freedom index
57.8
2025
50.9
2025
Income share by richest 10%
27.8%
2021
31%
2019
Income share by poorest 10%
3.1%
2021
2.9%
2019
Listed domestic companies
46
2020
n/a
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$7.33B
2020
n/a
Total reserves including gold n/a
$594M
2020
Personal remittances received
$1.09B
2024
$264M
2024
International tourist arrivals
668,000
2020
871,000
2018
International tourism as share of exports
1.51%
2020
2.68%
2020
Banked people share
57.6%
2024
50.4%
2024

Energy

Ivory Coast Malawi
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
472 kg
2022
n/a
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$14.2
2022
n/a
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
14.4 megatons
2023
6.45 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
0.46 tons
2023
0.31 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
37.6%
2022
n/a
Renewable energy use share
58.2%
2021
62.9%
2022
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
1.71%
2022
n/a
Net energy imports use share
14.4%
2022
n/a
Electric power consumption per capita
324 kWh
2022
n/a
Renewable electricity output share
22.8%
2021
80.1%
2021
Hydroelectric share
22.8%
2022
72.5%
2021
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
72.4%
2023
15.6%
2023

Society

Ivory Coast Malawi
% of world population
0.39%
2024
0.27%
2024
Annual migration change
+7,838
2024
-1,507
2024
Urban population
53.6%
2024
18.6%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.52 ft
2025
5.44 ft
2025
Average female height
5.21 ft
2025
5.12 ft
2025
Quality of life index
22.5
2025
27.7
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
45
2024
34
2024
Higher education index
31
2025
35
2025
Homicides per 100K people
11.6
2015
1.79
2012
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
24.1
2019
33.4
2019
Visa free countries
65
2025
80
2025
Adult literacy rate
50%
2021
68.1%
2022
English speaking
1%
2025
3.88%
2023
People using the Internet
40.7%
2023
18%
2023

Health

Ivory Coast Malawi
Government health expenditure per capita
$86.2
2022
$39.7
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$24.8
2022
$4.8
2022
Life expectancy
62.3 years
2025
67.7 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
18%
2022
64.7%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
0.18
2022
0.05
2022
Age at first childbirth
19.6 years
2025
19.1 years
2025
Maternal mortality per 100K births
359
2023
225
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
67.1
2023
38.3
2023
Obesity rate
12.1%
2022
7.87%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
5%
2024
5.7%
2024
Air quality index
25
2025
34
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
8.8%
2022
9.7%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
2.85 liters
2020
3.61 liters
2020

Territory

Ivory Coast Malawi
% of world land
0.21%
2025
0.06%
2025
Land area per capita
3,845 sq mi
2024
1,681 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
106,175 sq mi
2025
23,359 sq mi
2025
Forest area
9,645 sq mi
2025
8,169 sq mi
2025
Roads length n/a
9,601 mi
2015

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