Kenya vs Malawi statistics compared

Kenya has a population of 56.4M (ranked 26/197), compared with 21.7M in Malawi (ranked 62/197). Kenya's land area is 224,278 sq mi versus 36,402 sq mi for Malawi (ranked 45th vs. 107th).

By GDP, Kenya ranks 64/197 ($124B) and Malawi ranks 151/197 ($11B). By GDP per capita, Kenya ranks 152/197 ($2,206), while Malawi ranks 195/197 ($508).

Kenya and Malawi: Comparison Charts

Kenya and Malawi economies compared

GDP

Kenya

Malawi

Table

Year	GDP
	Kenya	Malawi
1960	$791,265,459	-
1961	$792,959,473	-
1962	$868,111,401	-
1963	$926,589,349	-
1964	$998,759,334	-
1965	$997,919,321	-
1966	$1,164,519,674	-
1967	$1,232,559,507	-
1968	$1,353,295,459	-
1969	$1,458,379,417	-
1970	$1,603,447,359	-
1971	$1,778,391,289	-
1972	$2,107,279,157	-
1973	$2,509,001,324	-
1974	$2,969,958,812	-
1975	$3,259,345,083	-
1976	$3,474,542,392	-
1977	$4,494,378,764	-
1978	$5,303,735,111	-
1979	$6,234,391,113	-
1980	$7,265,315,820	$1,801,156,775
1981	$6,854,491,706	$1,801,193,910
1982	$6,431,579,357	$1,717,379,495
1983	$5,979,198,314	$1,780,148,049
1984	$6,191,437,070	$1,758,028,656
1985	$6,135,034,214	$1,646,442,273
1986	$7,239,126,568	$1,722,586,299
1987	$7,970,820,369	$1,721,711,808
1988	$8,355,380,879	$2,008,189,508
1989	$8,283,114,514	$2,314,205,130
1990	$8,572,359,038	$2,737,087,862
1991	$8,151,488,783	$3,206,783,830
1992	$8,209,120,763	$2,618,837,835
1993	$5,751,786,643	$3,013,392,658
1994	$7,148,148,564	$1,719,864,761
1995	$9,046,320,255	$2,033,701,498
1996	$12,045,865,396	$3,319,573,750
1997	$13,115,764,358	$3,875,785,863
1998	$14,093,998,844	$2,547,609,590
1999	$12,896,010,459	$2,584,478,924
2000	$12,705,350,098	$2,537,307,580
2001	$12,986,007,426	$2,498,008,665
2002	$13,147,736,899	$5,087,328,438
2003	$14,904,517,650	$4,669,789,300
2004	$16,095,337,094	$5,058,726,350
2005	$18,737,895,513	$5,320,409,651
2006	$25,825,512,284	$5,818,279,739
2007	$31,958,195,182	$6,451,210,219
2008	$35,895,153,328	$7,743,617,352
2009	$42,347,217,913	$9,009,887,947
2010	$45,405,615,064	$10,128,323,011
2011	$46,869,473,151	$11,648,142,958
2012	$56,396,704,672	$8,773,203,178
2013	$61,671,440,408	$8,031,571,928
2014	$68,285,796,514	$8,801,326,169
2015	$70,120,446,897	$9,219,474,379
2016	$74,815,144,164	$7,909,868,618
2017	$82,036,510,877	$8,943,543,794
2018	$92,202,979,985	$9,879,231,592
2019	$100,378,436,207	$11,051,865,580
2020	$100,657,505,751	$11,769,313,598
2021	$109,703,658,905	$12,378,129,751
2022	$114,448,978,153	$12,429,060,151
2023	$108,038,588,971	$12,712,150,082
2024	$124,498,691,699	$11,008,925,323

Kenya and Malawi economies compared

GDP per capita

Kenya

Malawi

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Kenya	Malawi
1960	$102.8	-
1961	$99.3	-
1962	$104.6	-
1963	$107.4	-
1964	$111.3	-
1965	$106.9	-
1966	$119.8	-
1967	$121.9	-
1968	$128.7	-
1969	$133.3	-
1970	$141	-
1971	$150.9	-
1972	$172.6	-
1973	$198.6	-
1974	$227.2	-
1975	$241.2	-
1976	$248.9	-
1977	$311	-
1978	$355	-
1979	$403	-
1980	$454	$287.5
1981	$413	$276.4
1982	$374	$253.3
1983	$335	$252.4
1984	$334	$239.7
1985	$320	$216.1
1986	$364	$217.9
1987	$387	$207.6
1988	$391	$229.4
1989	$374	$252.2
1990	$374	$286.7
1991	$345	$326
1992	$337	$258.4
1993	$229	$293
1994	$276.4	$169.2
1995	$340	$200.4
1996	$441	$321
1997	$467	$367
1998	$488	$236
1999	$434	$233.9
2000	$415	$224.2
2001	$411	$215.5
2002	$403	$428
2003	$443	$383
2004	$464	$405
2005	$523	$414
2006	$700	$441
2007	$840	$475
2008	$916	$554
2009	$1,048	$626
2010	$1,092	$683
2011	$1,096	$763
2012	$1,285	$558
2013	$1,371	$497
2014	$1,483	$530
2015	$1,489	$540
2016	$1,554	$451
2017	$1,667	$496
2018	$1,836	$533
2019	$1,960	$581
2020	$1,928	$603
2021	$2,061	$617
2022	$2,110	$604
2023	$1,952	$602
2024	$2,206	$508

Kenya vs. Malawi life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Kenya

Malawi

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Kenya	Malawi
1950	36.9	32.7
1951	38	32.8
1952	38.6	33
1953	39.8	33.2
1954	41	33.3
1955	42.3	33.6
1956	43.5	33.8
1957	45.3	34.1
1958	46.5	34.4
1959	47.5	34.8
1960	48.5	35
1961	49.3	35.2
1962	50.1	35.4
1963	50.8	35.6
1964	51.3	35.7
1965	51.9	35.7
1966	52.4	35.8
1967	52.8	35.9
1968	53.3	36.1
1969	53.7	36.3
1970	54.1	36.6
1971	54.5	37.1
1972	55	37.6
1973	55.5	38.4
1974	56	39.2
1975	56.6	40.1
1976	57.2	41
1977	57.7	42
1978	58.2	43
1979	58.7	43.7
1980	59.2	44.3
1981	59.6	44.7
1982	59.9	44.8
1983	60.3	45
1984	60.6	44.8
1985	60.9	44.6
1986	60.8	44.3
1987	60.7	43.9
1988	60.3	43.6
1989	60	43.5
1990	58.3	43.6
1991	57.8	43.5
1992	57.1	43.6
1993	56.7	43.6
1994	56.1	43.8
1995	55.9	43.8
1996	55.6	44
1997	55.5	44.2
1998	55.6	44.3
1999	55.9	45.1
2000	56.1	46.2
2001	56.5	47.2
2002	56.8	48.2
2003	57.4	49.6
2004	57.9	51.1
2005	58.5	52.5
2006	59.1	53.7
2007	59.4	54.7
2008	60	55.7
2009	60.5	56.7
2010	60.9	57.8
2011	61.3	58.9
2012	61.5	59.9
2013	61.7	60.8
2014	62	61.7
2015	62.3	62.3
2016	62.5	63.2
2017	62.7	63.9
2018	62.8	64.5
2019	62.9	65
2020	61.6	65.2
2021	61.2	64.8
2022	63.5	66
2023	63.6	67.4
2024	63.8	67.6
2025	64	67.7

Kenya and Malawi population clocks and comparison

Population

Kenya

Malawi

Table

Year	Population
	Kenya	Malawi
1960	7,695,307	3,628,134
1961	7,987,770	3,715,534
1962	8,299,308	3,806,307
1963	8,627,971	3,900,506
1964	8,973,535	3,997,305
1965	9,338,078	4,096,157
1966	9,717,816	4,197,926
1967	10,111,057	4,303,012
1968	10,518,823	4,411,054
1969	10,939,695	4,521,184
1970	11,368,791	4,633,944
1971	11,788,904	4,751,434
1972	12,206,060	4,874,475
1973	12,634,835	5,003,938
1974	13,070,078	5,141,337
1975	13,511,671	5,287,367
1976	13,957,623	5,443,384
1977	14,428,819	5,614,983
1978	14,934,126	5,810,132
1979	15,460,666	6,028,749
1980	16,018,459	6,265,529
1981	16,601,507	6,516,454
1982	17,206,175	6,778,879
1983	17,846,374	7,051,709
1984	18,514,906	7,332,810
1985	19,201,768	7,620,508
1986	19,901,646	7,906,480
1987	20,616,096	8,293,174
1988	21,356,219	8,753,262
1989	22,118,434	9,176,220
1990	22,892,651	9,545,852
1991	23,646,514	9,844,227
1992	24,382,460	10,135,079
1993	25,117,188	10,284,024
1994	25,857,130	10,164,894
1995	26,601,751	10,150,117
1996	27,344,211	10,352,228
1997	28,101,768	10,562,035
1998	28,888,057	10,792,876
1999	29,733,408	11,047,804
2000	30,642,890	11,315,942
2001	31,619,170	11,593,058
2002	32,629,808	11,880,440
2003	33,652,223	12,181,574
2004	34,713,455	12,500,737
2005	35,796,484	12,840,031
2006	36,904,008	13,198,701
2007	38,036,349	13,576,343
2008	39,206,351	13,976,417
2009	40,408,891	14,395,788
2010	41,598,567	14,826,463
2011	42,758,461	15,265,022
2012	43,888,303	15,709,577
2013	44,986,791	16,161,816
2014	46,051,440	16,621,538
2015	47,088,526	17,085,587
2016	48,139,687	17,557,739
2017	49,197,766	18,039,715
2018	50,207,107	18,528,081
2019	51,202,827	19,025,752
2020	52,217,334	19,533,888
2021	53,219,166	20,047,258
2022	54,252,461	20,568,728
2023	55,339,003	21,104,482
2024	56,432,944	21,655,286

Fertility rates in Kenya and Malawi

Fertility rate

Kenya

Malawi

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Kenya	Malawi
1960	7.65	7.04
1961	7.72	7.07
1962	7.77	7.1
1963	7.82	7.13
1964	7.87	7.11
1965	7.92	7.13
1966	7.96	7.17
1967	7.95	7.21
1968	7.95	7.26
1969	7.95	7.27
1970	7.94	7.3
1971	7.92	7.31
1972	7.89	7.33
1973	7.86	7.34
1974	7.82	7.34
1975	7.8	7.36
1976	7.77	7.39
1977	7.73	7.41
1978	7.67	7.43
1979	7.6	7.47
1980	7.53	7.52
1981	7.45	7.49
1982	7.35	7.45
1983	7.22	7.36
1984	7.08	7.27
1985	6.96	7.17
1986	6.84	7.07
1987	6.69	6.97
1988	6.52	6.88
1989	6.33	6.8
1990	6.14	6.74
1991	5.94	6.68
1992	5.74	6.63
1993	5.57	6.57
1994	5.44	6.49
1995	5.37	6.39
1996	5.31	6.29
1997	5.27	6.23
1998	5.24	6.21
1999	5.18	6.12
2000	5.14	6
2001	5.09	5.94
2002	5.03	5.9
2003	4.94	5.88
2004	4.86	5.86
2005	4.8	5.85
2006	4.75	5.8
2007	4.72	5.72
2008	4.66	5.61
2009	4.57	5.45
2010	4.45	5.26
2011	4.28	5.08
2012	4.12	4.9
2013	3.96	4.76
2014	3.84	4.57
2015	3.77	4.38
2016	3.69	4.22
2017	3.61	4.11
2018	3.54	4.02
2019	3.43	3.95
2020	3.36	3.88
2021	3.31	3.79
2022	3.26	3.72
2023	3.21	3.65

Kenya and Malawi demographics compared

Median age

Kenya

Malawi

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Kenya	Malawi
1960	15.7	18.2
1961	15.5	18.3
1962	15.3	18.3
1963	15.2	18.3
1964	15.1	18.3
1965	14.9	18.4
1966	14.8	18.3
1967	14.6	18.3
1968	14.5	18.3
1969	14.5	18.2
1970	14.4	18
1971	14.4	17.9
1972	14.3	17.8
1973	14.3	17.7
1974	14.3	17.6
1975	14.3	17.5
1976	14.3	17.5
1977	14.3	17.4
1978	14.3	17.4
1979	14.4	17.4
1980	14.5	17.3
1981	14.5	17.3
1982	14.6	17.3
1983	14.7	17.3
1984	14.8	17.3
1985	14.9	17.3
1986	15	17.3
1987	15	17.4
1988	15.1	17.5
1989	15.2	17.4
1990	15.3	17.3
1991	15.5	17.2
1992	15.6	17.1
1993	15.7	17
1994	15.9	16.9
1995	16	16.9
1996	16.1	16.8
1997	16.2	16.8
1998	16.4	16.8
1999	16.5	16.7
2000	16.7	16.8
2001	16.8	16.8
2002	17	16.8
2003	17.1	16.8
2004	17.3	16.8
2005	17.4	16.8
2006	17.5	16.8
2007	17.6	16.8
2008	17.7	16.8
2009	17.8	16.7
2010	17.9	16.7
2011	18.1	16.8
2012	18.2	16.8
2013	18.4	16.9
2014	18.5	17
2015	18.7	17.1
2016	18.9	17.2
2017	19.1	17.4
2018	19.3	17.6
2019	19.6	17.8
2020	19.8	18
2021	20	18.2
2022	20.3	18.4
2023	20.6	18.7
2024	20.8	18.9

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