Japan vs Malawi statistics compared

Japan has a population of 124M (ranked 12/197), compared with 21.7M in Malawi (ranked 62/197). Japan's land area is 140,761 sq mi versus 36,402 sq mi for Malawi (ranked 61st vs. 107th).

By GDP, Japan ranks 4/197 ($4.03T) and Malawi ranks 151/197 ($11B). By GDP per capita, Japan ranks 37/197 ($32,476), while Malawi ranks 195/197 ($508).

Japan and Malawi: Comparison Charts

Japan and Malawi economies compared

GDP

Japan

Malawi

Table

Year	GDP
	Japan	Malawi
1960	$47,419,238,274	-
1961	$57,266,758,180	-
1962	$64,987,857,542	-
1963	$74,379,284,603	-
1964	$87,490,590,818	-
1965	$97,338,107,606	-
1966	$113,046,784,179	-
1967	$132,475,614,227	-
1968	$156,897,496,759	-
1969	$184,298,841,305	-
1970	$217,223,652,719	-
1971	$245,364,056,622	-
1972	$324,933,841,269	-
1973	$441,460,582,536	-
1974	$490,035,789,970	-
1975	$532,861,438,885	-
1976	$598,883,902,156	-
1977	$737,069,290,928	-
1978	$1,035,611,588,217	-
1979	$1,077,910,077,676	-
1980	$1,129,377,244,854	$1,801,156,775
1981	$1,245,221,410,764	$1,801,193,910
1982	$1,158,731,426,906	$1,717,379,495
1983	$1,270,859,919,743	$1,780,148,049
1984	$1,345,824,500,837	$1,758,028,656
1985	$1,427,019,759,717	$1,646,442,273
1986	$2,120,083,812,110	$1,722,586,299
1987	$2,580,748,422,781	$1,721,711,808
1988	$3,125,724,434,401	$2,008,189,508
1989	$3,109,455,047,824	$2,314,205,130
1990	$3,185,904,656,664	$2,737,087,862
1991	$3,648,065,760,649	$3,206,783,830
1992	$3,980,702,922,118	$2,618,837,835
1993	$4,536,940,479,038	$3,013,392,658
1994	$4,998,797,547,741	$1,719,864,761
1995	$5,545,563,663,890	$2,033,701,498
1996	$4,923,391,533,852	$3,319,573,750
1997	$4,492,448,605,639	$3,875,785,863
1998	$4,098,362,709,531	$2,547,609,590
1999	$4,635,982,224,064	$2,584,478,924
2000	$4,968,359,075,957	$2,537,307,580
2001	$4,374,711,694,091	$2,498,008,665
2002	$4,182,846,045,874	$5,087,328,438
2003	$4,519,561,645,254	$4,669,789,300
2004	$4,893,116,005,657	$5,058,726,350
2005	$4,831,467,035,390	$5,320,409,651
2006	$4,601,663,122,650	$5,818,279,739
2007	$4,579,750,920,355	$6,451,210,219
2008	$5,106,679,115,127	$7,743,617,352
2009	$5,289,493,117,994	$9,009,887,947
2010	$5,759,071,769,013	$10,128,323,011
2011	$6,233,147,172,341	$11,648,142,958
2012	$6,272,362,996,105	$8,773,203,178
2013	$5,212,328,181,166	$8,031,571,928
2014	$4,896,994,405,353	$8,801,326,169
2015	$4,444,930,651,964	$9,219,474,379
2016	$5,003,677,627,544	$7,909,868,618
2017	$4,930,837,369,151	$8,943,543,794
2018	$5,040,880,939,325	$9,879,231,592
2019	$5,117,993,853,017	$11,051,865,580
2020	$5,054,068,005,376	$11,769,313,598
2021	$5,039,148,168,861	$12,378,129,751
2022	$4,262,463,317,797	$12,429,060,151
2023	$4,213,167,237,906	$12,712,150,082
2024	$4,026,210,821,147	$11,008,925,323

Japan and Malawi economies compared

GDP per capita

Japan

Malawi

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Japan	Malawi
1960	$509	-
1961	$609	-
1962	$685	-
1963	$776	-
1964	$903	-
1965	$994	-
1966	$1,144	-
1967	$1,326	-
1968	$1,553	-
1969	$1,803	-
1970	$2,101	-
1971	$2,321	-
1972	$3,031	-
1973	$4,061	-
1974	$4,448	-
1975	$4,776	-
1976	$5,310	-
1977	$6,473	-
1978	$9,012	-
1979	$9,301	-
1980	$9,669	$287.5
1981	$10,583	$276.4
1982	$9,780	$253.3
1983	$10,652	$252.4
1984	$11,207	$239.7
1985	$11,809	$216.1
1986	$17,452	$217.9
1987	$21,142	$207.6
1988	$25,500	$229.4
1989	$25,266	$252.2
1990	$25,801	$286.7
1991	$29,428	$326
1992	$31,993	$258.4
1993	$36,345	$293
1994	$39,934	$169.2
1995	$44,198	$200.4
1996	$39,150	$321
1997	$35,638	$367
1998	$32,424	$236
1999	$36,610	$233.9
2000	$39,169	$224.2
2001	$34,406	$215.5
2002	$32,821	$428
2003	$35,387	$383
2004	$38,299	$405
2005	$37,813	$414
2006	$35,992	$441
2007	$35,779	$475
2008	$39,876	$554
2009	$41,309	$626
2010	$44,968	$683
2011	$48,760	$763
2012	$49,145	$558
2013	$40,899	$497
2014	$38,475	$530
2015	$34,961	$540
2016	$39,375	$451
2017	$38,834	$496
2018	$39,751	$533
2019	$40,416	$581
2020	$40,029	$603
2021	$40,095	$617
2022	$34,066	$604
2023	$33,836	$602
2024	$32,476	$508

Japan vs. Malawi life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Japan

Malawi

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Japan	Malawi
1950	59.3	32.7
1951	61	32.8
1952	63	33
1953	63.3	33.2
1954	64.5	33.3
1955	65.7	33.6
1956	65.6	33.8
1957	65.4	34.1
1958	67	34.4
1959	67.5	34.8
1960	67.7	35
1961	68.4	35.2
1962	68.7	35.4
1963	69.7	35.6
1964	70.2	35.7
1965	70.3	35.7
1966	71.1	35.8
1967	71.4	35.9
1968	71.7	36.1
1969	71.9	36.3
1970	72	36.6
1971	72.8	37.1
1972	73.3	37.6
1973	73.4	38.4
1974	73.8	39.2
1975	74.4	40.1
1976	74.8	41
1977	75.3	42
1978	75.7	43
1979	76.2	43.7
1980	76.1	44.3
1981	76.6	44.7
1982	77.1	44.8
1983	77.1	45
1984	77.5	44.8
1985	77.8	44.6
1986	78.2	44.3
1987	78.6	43.9
1988	78.5	43.6
1989	79	43.5
1990	79	43.6
1991	79.3	43.5
1992	79.3	43.6
1993	79.4	43.6
1994	79.8	43.8
1995	79.7	43.8
1996	80.4	44
1997	80.6	44.2
1998	80.6	44.3
1999	80.6	45.1
2000	81.2	46.2
2001	81.5	47.2
2002	81.8	48.2
2003	81.9	49.6
2004	82.1	51.1
2005	82	52.5
2006	82.4	53.7
2007	82.5	54.7
2008	82.6	55.7
2009	83	56.7
2010	82.9	57.8
2011	82.7	58.9
2012	83.2	59.9
2013	83.4	60.8
2014	83.6	61.7
2015	83.9	62.3
2016	84.1	63.2
2017	84.2	63.9
2018	84.3	64.5
2019	84.4	65
2020	84.7	65.2
2021	84.6	64.8
2022	84.1	66
2023	84.7	67.4
2024	84.9	67.6
2025	85	67.7

Japan and Malawi population clocks and comparison

Population

Japan

Malawi

Table

Year	Population
	Japan	Malawi
1960	93,216,000	3,628,134
1961	94,055,000	3,715,534
1962	94,933,000	3,806,307
1963	95,900,000	3,900,506
1964	96,903,000	3,997,305
1965	97,952,000	4,096,157
1966	98,851,000	4,197,926
1967	99,879,000	4,303,012
1968	101,011,000	4,411,054
1969	102,219,000	4,521,184
1970	103,403,000	4,633,944
1971	105,697,000	4,751,434
1972	107,188,000	4,874,475
1973	108,707,000	5,003,938
1974	110,162,000	5,141,337
1975	111,573,000	5,287,367
1976	112,775,000	5,443,384
1977	113,872,000	5,614,983
1978	114,913,000	5,810,132
1979	115,890,000	6,028,749
1980	116,807,000	6,265,529
1981	117,661,000	6,516,454
1982	118,480,000	6,778,879
1983	119,307,000	7,051,709
1984	120,083,000	7,332,810
1985	120,837,000	7,620,508
1986	121,482,000	7,906,480
1987	122,069,000	8,293,174
1988	122,578,000	8,753,262
1989	123,069,000	9,176,220
1990	123,478,000	9,545,852
1991	123,964,000	9,844,227
1992	124,425,000	10,135,079
1993	124,829,000	10,284,024
1994	125,178,000	10,164,894
1995	125,472,000	10,150,117
1996	125,757,000	10,352,228
1997	126,057,000	10,562,035
1998	126,400,000	10,792,876
1999	126,631,000	11,047,804
2000	126,843,000	11,315,942
2001	127,149,000	11,593,058
2002	127,445,000	11,880,440
2003	127,718,000	12,181,574
2004	127,761,000	12,500,737
2005	127,773,000	12,840,031
2006	127,854,000	13,198,701
2007	128,001,000	13,576,343
2008	128,063,000	13,976,417
2009	128,047,000	14,395,788
2010	128,070,000	14,826,463
2011	127,833,000	15,265,022
2012	127,629,000	15,709,577
2013	127,445,000	16,161,816
2014	127,276,000	16,621,538
2015	127,141,000	17,085,587
2016	127,076,000	17,557,739
2017	126,972,000	18,039,715
2018	126,811,000	18,528,081
2019	126,633,000	19,025,752
2020	126,261,000	19,533,888
2021	125,681,593	20,047,258
2022	125,124,989	20,568,728
2023	124,516,650	21,104,482
2024	123,975,371	21,655,286

Fertility rates in Japan and Malawi

Fertility rate

Japan

Malawi

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Japan	Malawi
1960	2	7.04
1961	1.96	7.07
1962	1.98	7.1
1963	2	7.13
1964	2.05	7.11
1965	2.14	7.13
1966	1.58	7.17
1967	2.23	7.21
1968	2.13	7.26
1969	2.13	7.27
1970	2.13	7.3
1971	2.16	7.31
1972	2.14	7.33
1973	2.14	7.34
1974	2.05	7.34
1975	1.91	7.36
1976	1.85	7.39
1977	1.8	7.41
1978	1.79	7.43
1979	1.77	7.47
1980	1.75	7.52
1981	1.74	7.49
1982	1.77	7.45
1983	1.8	7.36
1984	1.81	7.27
1985	1.76	7.17
1986	1.72	7.07
1987	1.69	6.97
1988	1.66	6.88
1989	1.57	6.8
1990	1.54	6.74
1991	1.53	6.68
1992	1.5	6.63
1993	1.46	6.57
1994	1.5	6.49
1995	1.42	6.39
1996	1.43	6.29
1997	1.39	6.23
1998	1.38	6.21
1999	1.34	6.12
2000	1.36	6
2001	1.33	5.94
2002	1.32	5.9
2003	1.29	5.88
2004	1.29	5.86
2005	1.26	5.85
2006	1.32	5.8
2007	1.34	5.72
2008	1.37	5.61
2009	1.37	5.45
2010	1.39	5.26
2011	1.39	5.08
2012	1.41	4.9
2013	1.43	4.76
2014	1.42	4.57
2015	1.45	4.38
2016	1.44	4.22
2017	1.43	4.11
2018	1.42	4.02
2019	1.36	3.95
2020	1.33	3.88
2021	1.3	3.79
2022	1.26	3.72
2023	1.2	3.65

Japan and Malawi demographics compared

Median age

Japan

Malawi

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Japan	Malawi
1960	25.8	18.2
1961	26.2	18.3
1962	26.5	18.3
1963	26.9	18.3
1964	27.2	18.3
1965	27.6	18.4
1966	28	18.3
1967	28.4	18.3
1968	28.6	18.3
1969	28.9	18.2
1970	29.2	18
1971	29.6	17.9
1972	29.9	17.8
1973	30.2	17.7
1974	30.4	17.6
1975	30.6	17.5
1976	30.9	17.5
1977	31.5	17.4
1978	32	17.4
1979	32.4	17.4
1980	32.8	17.3
1981	33.1	17.3
1982	33.7	17.3
1983	34.3	17.3
1984	34.9	17.3
1985	35.4	17.3
1986	35.9	17.3
1987	36.3	17.4
1988	36.8	17.5
1989	37.2	17.4
1990	37.7	17.3
1991	38.2	17.2
1992	38.7	17.1
1993	39.2	17
1994	39.6	16.9
1995	40	16.9
1996	40.3	16.8
1997	40.7	16.8
1998	41	16.8
1999	41.4	16.7
2000	41.8	16.8
2001	42.1	16.8
2002	42.5	16.8
2003	42.8	16.8
2004	43.2	16.8
2005	43.6	16.8
2006	43.9	16.8
2007	44.2	16.8
2008	44.6	16.8
2009	44.9	16.7
2010	45.2	16.7
2011	45.5	16.8
2012	45.8	16.8
2013	46.2	16.9
2014	46.6	17
2015	47	17.1
2016	47.3	17.2
2017	47.6	17.4
2018	48	17.6
2019	48.3	17.8
2020	48.7	18
2021	49.1	18.2
2022	49.5	18.4
2023	50	18.7
2024	50.4	18.9

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