Jamaica vs Malawi statistics compared

Jamaica has a population of 2.84M (ranked 139/197), compared with 21.7M in Malawi (ranked 62/197). Jamaica's land area is 4,181 sq mi versus 36,402 sq mi for Malawi (ranked 159th vs. 107th).

By GDP, Jamaica ranks 130/197 ($19.9B) and Malawi ranks 151/197 ($11B). By GDP per capita, Jamaica ranks 104/197 ($7,020), while Malawi ranks 195/197 ($508).

Jamaica and Malawi: Comparison Charts

Jamaica and Malawi economies compared

GDP

Jamaica

Malawi

Table

Year	GDP
	Jamaica	Malawi
1960	$699,064,380	-
1961	$748,043,501	-
1962	$777,727,689	-
1963	$826,706,669	-
1964	$897,949,001	-
1965	$972,159,611	-
1966	$1,096,759,561	-
1967	$1,148,014,311	-
1968	$1,083,839,133	-
1969	$1,191,239,047	-
1970	$1,404,720,442	-
1971	$1,539,861,816	-
1972	$1,875,146,587	-
1973	$1,905,917,553	-
1974	$2,375,122,375	-
1975	$2,860,442,750	-
1976	$2,966,042,856	-
1977	$3,249,733,140	-
1978	$2,644,527,822	-
1979	$2,425,064,229	-
1980	$2,679,379,372	$1,801,156,775
1981	$2,979,027,966	$1,801,193,910
1982	$3,293,496,312	$1,717,379,495
1983	$3,619,262,277	$1,780,148,049
1984	$2,373,564,549	$1,758,028,656
1985	$2,100,239,019	$1,646,442,273
1986	$2,754,549,582	$1,722,586,299
1987	$3,287,007,322	$1,721,711,808
1988	$3,828,342,820	$2,008,189,508
1989	$4,404,937,853	$2,314,205,130
1990	$4,592,208,087	$2,737,087,862
1991	$4,106,207,649	$3,206,783,830
1992	$3,535,460,090	$2,618,837,835
1993	$5,440,075,676	$3,013,392,658
1994	$5,452,558,947	$1,719,864,761
1995	$6,577,520,643	$2,033,701,498
1996	$7,393,891,921	$3,319,573,750
1997	$8,400,041,724	$3,875,785,863
1998	$8,787,195,622	$2,547,609,590
1999	$8,887,057,997	$2,584,478,924
2000	$9,005,064,475	$2,537,307,580
2001	$9,194,727,831	$2,498,008,665
2002	$9,719,009,495	$5,087,328,438
2003	$9,430,234,811	$4,669,789,300
2004	$10,174,664,854	$5,058,726,350
2005	$11,243,865,778	$5,320,409,651
2006	$11,930,179,090	$5,818,279,739
2007	$12,799,600,047	$6,451,210,219
2008	$13,709,401,520	$7,743,617,352
2009	$12,120,458,115	$9,009,887,947
2010	$13,220,549,908	$10,128,323,011
2011	$14,444,661,522	$11,648,142,958
2012	$14,807,086,556	$8,773,203,178
2013	$14,264,205,153	$8,031,571,928
2014	$13,899,217,680	$8,801,326,169
2015	$14,188,936,918	$9,219,474,379
2016	$14,077,096,677	$7,909,868,618
2017	$14,808,985,133	$8,943,543,794
2018	$15,730,792,876	$9,879,231,592
2019	$15,830,766,531	$11,051,865,580
2020	$13,812,421,836	$11,769,313,598
2021	$14,657,586,159	$12,378,129,751
2022	$17,097,760,687	$12,429,060,151
2023	$19,423,355,367	$12,712,150,082
2024	$19,930,288,337	$11,008,925,323

Jamaica and Malawi economies compared

GDP per capita

Jamaica

Malawi

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Jamaica	Malawi
1960	$424	-
1961	$447	-
1962	$458	-
1963	$480	-
1964	$514	-
1965	$549	-
1966	$612	-
1967	$633	-
1968	$591	-
1969	$642	-
1970	$748	-
1971	$809	-
1972	$971	-
1973	$972	-
1974	$1,193	-
1975	$1,417	-
1976	$1,450	-
1977	$1,569	-
1978	$1,262	-
1979	$1,144	-
1980	$1,249	$287.5
1981	$1,370	$276.4
1982	$1,494	$253.3
1983	$1,619	$252.4
1984	$1,048	$239.7
1985	$917	$216.1
1986	$1,191	$217.9
1987	$1,411	$207.6
1988	$1,632	$229.4
1989	$1,865	$252.2
1990	$1,930	$286.7
1991	$1,710	$326
1992	$1,458	$258.4
1993	$2,221	$293
1994	$2,203	$169.2
1995	$2,631	$200.4
1996	$2,929	$321
1997	$3,297	$367
1998	$3,419	$236
1999	$3,432	$233.9
2000	$3,453	$224.2
2001	$3,504	$215.5
2002	$3,681	$428
2003	$3,550	$383
2004	$3,808	$405
2005	$4,184	$414
2006	$4,417	$441
2007	$4,716	$475
2008	$5,030	$554
2009	$4,428	$626
2010	$4,810	$683
2011	$5,233	$763
2012	$5,341	$558
2013	$5,124	$497
2014	$4,975	$530
2015	$5,063	$540
2016	$5,010	$451
2017	$5,259	$496
2018	$5,578	$533
2019	$5,607	$581
2020	$4,879	$603
2021	$5,165	$617
2022	$6,022	$604
2023	$6,840	$602
2024	$7,020	$508

Jamaica vs. Malawi life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Jamaica

Malawi

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Jamaica	Malawi
1950	56.6	32.7
1951	57.1	32.8
1952	58.1	33
1953	58.9	33.2
1954	59.6	33.3
1955	60.4	33.6
1956	61.2	33.8
1957	61.9	34.1
1958	62.6	34.4
1959	63.2	34.8
1960	63.8	35
1961	64.3	35.2
1962	64.6	35.4
1963	65	35.6
1964	65.3	35.7
1965	65.7	35.7
1966	65.9	35.8
1967	66.1	35.9
1968	66.3	36.1
1969	66.5	36.3
1970	66.7	36.6
1971	67	37.1
1972	67.3	37.6
1973	67.6	38.4
1974	67.9	39.2
1975	68.2	40.1
1976	68.4	41
1977	68.6	42
1978	68.7	43
1979	68.8	43.7
1980	69	44.3
1981	69.1	44.7
1982	69.3	44.8
1983	69.5	45
1984	69.8	44.8
1985	70.1	44.6
1986	70.4	44.3
1987	70.9	43.9
1988	71.2	43.6
1989	71.5	43.5
1990	71.7	43.6
1991	71.8	43.5
1992	71.8	43.6
1993	71.8	43.6
1994	71.6	43.8
1995	71.5	43.8
1996	71.3	44
1997	71.2	44.2
1998	71.2	44.3
1999	71.2	45.1
2000	71.3	46.2
2001	71.3	47.2
2002	71.5	48.2
2003	71.6	49.6
2004	71.5	51.1
2005	71.5	52.5
2006	71.4	53.7
2007	71.4	54.7
2008	71.5	55.7
2009	71.7	56.7
2010	72	57.8
2011	72.2	58.9
2012	72.4	59.9
2013	72.4	60.8
2014	72.4	61.7
2015	72.2	62.3
2016	72.1	63.2
2017	71.9	63.9
2018	71.6	64.5
2019	71.5	65
2020	71.5	65.2
2021	69.1	64.8
2022	71.5	66
2023	71.5	67.4
2024	71.6	67.6
2025	71.7	67.7

Jamaica and Malawi population clocks and comparison

Population

Jamaica

Malawi

Table

Year	Population
	Jamaica	Malawi
1960	1,650,005	3,628,134
1961	1,673,261	3,715,534
1962	1,696,932	3,806,307
1963	1,721,099	3,900,506
1964	1,745,568	3,997,305
1965	1,769,192	4,096,157
1966	1,791,475	4,197,926
1967	1,812,865	4,303,012
1968	1,833,765	4,411,054
1969	1,855,127	4,521,184
1970	1,878,196	4,633,944
1971	1,903,728	4,751,434
1972	1,931,542	4,874,475
1973	1,961,219	5,003,938
1974	1,990,906	5,141,337
1975	2,018,981	5,287,367
1976	2,045,578	5,443,384
1977	2,070,657	5,614,983
1978	2,094,836	5,810,132
1979	2,119,486	6,028,749
1980	2,145,658	6,265,529
1981	2,173,818	6,516,454
1982	2,203,889	6,778,879
1983	2,234,832	7,051,709
1984	2,264,562	7,332,810
1985	2,290,656	7,620,508
1986	2,312,125	7,906,480
1987	2,329,813	8,293,174
1988	2,345,777	8,753,262
1989	2,361,916	9,176,220
1990	2,379,877	9,545,852
1991	2,400,869	9,844,227
1992	2,424,701	10,135,079
1993	2,449,916	10,284,024
1994	2,475,220	10,164,894
1995	2,500,151	10,150,117
1996	2,524,463	10,352,228
1997	2,547,848	10,562,035
1998	2,569,736	10,792,876
1999	2,589,795	11,047,804
2000	2,607,826	11,315,942
2001	2,624,403	11,593,058
2002	2,640,572	11,880,440
2003	2,656,623	12,181,574
2004	2,672,225	12,500,737
2005	2,687,066	12,840,031
2006	2,700,968	13,198,701
2007	2,713,800	13,576,343
2008	2,725,635	13,976,417
2009	2,736,995	14,395,788
2010	2,748,568	14,826,463
2011	2,760,494	15,265,022
2012	2,772,430	15,709,577
2013	2,783,687	16,161,816
2014	2,793,749	16,621,538
2015	2,802,534	17,085,587
2016	2,809,915	17,557,739
2017	2,815,764	18,039,715
2018	2,820,097	18,528,081
2019	2,823,271	19,025,752
2020	2,830,739	19,533,888
2021	2,837,682	20,047,258
2022	2,839,144	20,568,728
2023	2,839,786	21,104,482
2024	2,839,175	21,655,286

Fertility rates in Jamaica and Malawi

Fertility rate

Jamaica

Malawi

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Jamaica	Malawi
1960	5.54	7.04
1961	5.6	7.07
1962	5.64	7.1
1963	5.73	7.13
1964	5.79	7.11
1965	5.72	7.13
1966	5.69	7.17
1967	5.67	7.21
1968	5.58	7.26
1969	5.47	7.27
1970	5.35	7.3
1971	5.21	7.31
1972	5.06	7.33
1973	5	7.34
1974	4.67	7.34
1975	4.44	7.36
1976	4.21	7.39
1977	4	7.41
1978	3.84	7.43
1979	3.72	7.47
1980	3.59	7.52
1981	3.51	7.49
1982	3.46	7.45
1983	3.41	7.36
1984	3.32	7.27
1985	3.21	7.17
1986	3.11	7.07
1987	3.02	6.97
1988	2.98	6.88
1989	2.93	6.8
1990	2.96	6.74
1991	3	6.68
1992	3.03	6.63
1993	2.99	6.57
1994	2.93	6.49
1995	2.85	6.39
1996	2.77	6.29
1997	2.68	6.23
1998	2.57	6.21
1999	2.47	6.12
2000	2.35	6
2001	2.3	5.94
2002	2.27	5.9
2003	2.24	5.88
2004	2.2	5.86
2005	2.15	5.85
2006	2.09	5.8
2007	2.02	5.72
2008	1.95	5.61
2009	1.88	5.45
2010	1.8	5.26
2011	1.72	5.08
2012	1.65	4.9
2013	1.59	4.76
2014	1.54	4.57
2015	1.51	4.38
2016	1.46	4.22
2017	1.43	4.11
2018	1.4	4.02
2019	1.39	3.95
2020	1.38	3.88
2021	1.38	3.79
2022	1.37	3.72
2023	1.36	3.65

Jamaica and Malawi demographics compared

Median age

Jamaica

Malawi

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Jamaica	Malawi
1960	19.8	18.2
1961	19.5	18.3
1962	19.3	18.3
1963	19	18.3
1964	18.8	18.3
1965	18.5	18.4
1966	18.3	18.3
1967	18.1	18.3
1968	17.9	18.3
1969	17.8	18.2
1970	17.7	18
1971	17.7	17.9
1972	17.8	17.8
1973	17.9	17.7
1974	18	17.6
1975	18.2	17.5
1976	18.4	17.5
1977	18.6	17.4
1978	18.9	17.4
1979	19.1	17.4
1980	19.4	17.3
1981	19.6	17.3
1982	19.9	17.3
1983	20.1	17.3
1984	20.4	17.3
1985	20.6	17.3
1986	20.8	17.3
1987	21.1	17.4
1988	21.3	17.5
1989	21.6	17.4
1990	21.8	17.3
1991	22	17.2
1992	22.2	17.1
1993	22.3	17
1994	22.4	16.9
1995	22.5	16.9
1996	22.6	16.8
1997	22.7	16.8
1998	22.9	16.8
1999	23.1	16.7
2000	23.3	16.8
2001	23.6	16.8
2002	23.8	16.8
2003	24.1	16.8
2004	24.4	16.8
2005	24.6	16.8
2006	24.9	16.8
2007	25.3	16.8
2008	25.7	16.8
2009	26.1	16.7
2010	26.5	16.7
2011	27	16.8
2012	27.4	16.8
2013	27.9	16.9
2014	28.3	17
2015	28.8	17.1
2016	29.3	17.2
2017	29.8	17.4
2018	30.3	17.6
2019	30.8	17.8
2020	31.3	18
2021	31.7	18.2
2022	32.2	18.4
2023	32.8	18.7
2024	33.3	18.9

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