Laos vs Malawi statistics compared

Laos has a population of 7.77M (ranked 103/197), compared with 21.7M in Malawi (ranked 62/197). Laos' land area is 89,112 sq mi versus 36,402 sq mi for Malawi (ranked 79th vs. 107th).

By GDP, Laos ranks 139/197 ($16.5B) and Malawi ranks 151/197 ($11B). By GDP per capita, Laos ranks 155/197 ($2,124), while Malawi ranks 195/197 ($508).

Laos and Malawi: Comparison Charts

Laos and Malawi economies compared

GDP

Laos

Malawi

Table

Year	GDP
	Laos	Malawi
1980	-	$1,801,156,775
1981	-	$1,801,193,910
1982	-	$1,717,379,495
1983	-	$1,780,148,049
1984	$1,757,142,856	$1,758,028,656
1985	$2,366,666,616	$1,646,442,273
1986	$1,776,842,097	$1,722,586,299
1987	$1,087,273,104	$1,721,711,808
1988	$598,961,269	$2,008,189,508
1989	$714,046,821	$2,314,205,130
1990	$865,559,879	$2,737,087,862
1991	$1,028,087,972	$3,206,783,830
1992	$1,127,806,945	$2,618,837,835
1993	$1,327,748,690	$3,013,392,658
1994	$1,543,606,345	$1,719,864,761
1995	$1,763,536,305	$2,033,701,498
1996	$1,873,671,550	$3,319,573,750
1997	$1,747,011,857	$3,875,785,863
1998	$1,280,177,839	$2,547,609,590
1999	$1,454,430,642	$2,584,478,924
2000	$1,731,198,022	$2,537,307,580
2001	$1,768,619,058	$2,498,008,665
2002	$1,758,176,653	$5,087,328,438
2003	$2,023,324,407	$4,669,789,300
2004	$2,366,398,120	$5,058,726,350
2005	$2,735,558,735	$5,320,409,651
2006	$3,455,030,061	$5,818,279,739
2007	$4,223,152,739	$6,451,210,219
2008	$5,446,433,157	$7,743,617,352
2009	$5,836,137,330	$9,009,887,947
2010	$7,131,771,015	$10,128,323,011
2011	$8,750,104,617	$11,648,142,958
2012	$10,192,846,339	$8,773,203,178
2013	$11,983,252,627	$8,031,571,928
2014	$13,279,245,886	$8,801,326,169
2015	$14,426,380,126	$9,219,474,379
2016	$15,912,501,723	$7,909,868,618
2017	$17,071,155,481	$8,943,543,794
2018	$18,141,641,090	$9,879,231,592
2019	$18,740,561,513	$11,051,865,580
2020	$18,981,805,250	$11,769,313,598
2021	$18,827,148,531	$12,378,129,751
2022	$15,468,785,204	$12,429,060,151
2023	$15,843,155,731	$12,712,150,082
2024	$16,502,933,121	$11,008,925,323

Laos and Malawi economies compared

GDP per capita

Laos

Malawi

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Laos	Malawi
1980	-	$287.5
1981	-	$276.4
1982	-	$253.3
1983	-	$252.4
1984	$483	$239.7
1985	$633	$216.1
1986	$462	$217.9
1987	$274.7	$207.6
1988	$147.1	$229.4
1989	$170.4	$252.2
1990	$200.7	$286.7
1991	$231.8	$326
1992	$247.3	$258.4
1993	$283.4	$293
1994	$321	$169.2
1995	$358	$200.4
1996	$371	$321
1997	$339	$367
1998	$243.9	$236
1999	$272.3	$233.9
2000	$319	$224.2
2001	$320	$215.5
2002	$313	$428
2003	$355	$383
2004	$409	$405
2005	$466	$414
2006	$579	$441
2007	$697	$475
2008	$886	$554
2009	$935	$626
2010	$1,126	$683
2011	$1,362	$763
2012	$1,564	$558
2013	$1,813	$497
2014	$1,981	$530
2015	$2,121	$540
2016	$2,303	$451
2017	$2,432	$496
2018	$2,545	$533
2019	$2,589	$581
2020	$2,584	$603
2021	$2,526	$617
2022	$2,046	$604
2023	$2,067	$602
2024	$2,124	$508

Laos vs. Malawi life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Laos

Malawi

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Laos	Malawi
1950	38.9	32.7
1951	39.2	32.8
1952	39.4	33
1953	39.7	33.2
1954	40	33.3
1955	40.3	33.6
1956	40.6	33.8
1957	40.9	34.1
1958	41.2	34.4
1959	40.7	34.8
1960	41	35
1961	41.3	35.2
1962	42.3	35.4
1963	41.5	35.6
1964	41.9	35.7
1965	42.2	35.7
1966	42.3	35.8
1967	42.9	35.9
1968	43.2	36.1
1969	43.5	36.3
1970	43.8	36.6
1971	44.1	37.1
1972	44.4	37.6
1973	44.7	38.4
1974	45.9	39.2
1975	46.1	40.1
1976	46	41
1977	46.4	42
1978	46.8	43
1979	47.5	43.7
1980	48.6	44.3
1981	49.2	44.7
1982	49.9	44.8
1983	50.5	45
1984	51	44.8
1985	51.6	44.6
1986	52.1	44.3
1987	52.6	43.9
1988	53.1	43.6
1989	53.6	43.5
1990	54	43.6
1991	54.7	43.5
1992	55.1	43.6
1993	55.6	43.6
1994	55.8	43.8
1995	56.3	43.8
1996	56.8	44
1997	57.3	44.2
1998	57.5	44.3
1999	57.9	45.1
2000	58.3	46.2
2001	58.9	47.2
2002	59.3	48.2
2003	59.6	49.6
2004	60.1	51.1
2005	60.7	52.5
2006	61.1	53.7
2007	61.7	54.7
2008	62.2	55.7
2009	63	56.7
2010	63.7	57.8
2011	64.5	58.9
2012	65.1	59.9
2013	65.7	60.8
2014	66.3	61.7
2015	66.7	62.3
2016	67	63.2
2017	67.3	63.9
2018	67.6	64.5
2019	67.9	65
2020	68.3	65.2
2021	67.8	64.8
2022	68.7	66
2023	69	67.4
2024	69.2	67.6
2025	69.5	67.7

Laos and Malawi population clocks and comparison

Population

Laos

Malawi

Table

Year	Population
	Laos	Malawi
1960	2,121,514	3,628,134
1961	2,169,796	3,715,534
1962	2,219,910	3,806,307
1963	2,271,061	3,900,506
1964	2,322,826	3,997,305
1965	2,376,200	4,096,157
1966	2,431,084	4,197,926
1967	2,487,715	4,303,012
1968	2,546,377	4,411,054
1969	2,606,959	4,521,184
1970	2,669,702	4,633,944
1971	2,734,628	4,751,434
1972	2,801,660	4,874,475
1973	2,870,573	5,003,938
1974	2,939,761	5,141,337
1975	3,005,521	5,287,367
1976	3,064,876	5,443,384
1977	3,118,923	5,614,983
1978	3,171,740	5,810,132
1979	3,228,202	6,028,749
1980	3,292,573	6,265,529
1981	3,366,631	6,516,454
1982	3,450,026	6,778,879
1983	3,541,001	7,051,709
1984	3,637,843	7,332,810
1985	3,739,985	7,620,508
1986	3,846,715	7,906,480
1987	3,957,612	8,293,174
1988	4,072,601	8,753,262
1989	4,190,974	9,176,220
1990	4,311,955	9,545,852
1991	4,435,118	9,844,227
1992	4,559,646	10,135,079
1993	4,685,060	10,284,024
1994	4,809,220	10,164,894
1995	4,929,409	10,150,117
1996	5,045,678	10,352,228
1997	5,152,011	10,562,035
1998	5,248,266	10,792,876
1999	5,340,784	11,047,804
2000	5,431,212	11,315,942
2001	5,521,482	11,593,058
2002	5,610,889	11,880,440
2003	5,697,945	12,181,574
2004	5,781,626	12,500,737
2005	5,869,523	12,840,031
2006	5,963,200	13,198,701
2007	6,056,236	13,576,343
2008	6,148,969	13,976,417
2009	6,241,642	14,395,788
2010	6,334,194	14,826,463
2011	6,426,590	15,265,022
2012	6,518,978	15,709,577
2013	6,611,385	16,161,816
2014	6,703,172	16,621,538
2015	6,801,645	17,085,587
2016	6,908,802	17,557,739
2017	7,018,147	18,039,715
2018	7,128,045	18,528,081
2019	7,237,636	19,025,752
2020	7,346,533	19,533,888
2021	7,453,194	20,047,258
2022	7,559,007	20,568,728
2023	7,664,993	21,104,482
2024	7,769,819	21,655,286

Fertility rates in Laos and Malawi

Fertility rate

Laos

Malawi

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Laos	Malawi
1960	6.29	7.04
1961	6.31	7.07
1962	6.31	7.1
1963	6.32	7.13
1964	6.31	7.11
1965	6.32	7.13
1966	6.31	7.17
1967	6.31	7.21
1968	6.3	7.26
1969	6.3	7.27
1970	6.31	7.3
1971	6.3	7.31
1972	6.28	7.33
1973	6.28	7.34
1974	6.29	7.34
1975	6.29	7.36
1976	6.29	7.39
1977	6.29	7.41
1978	6.3	7.43
1979	6.31	7.47
1980	6.33	7.52
1981	6.35	7.49
1982	6.37	7.45
1983	6.38	7.36
1984	6.37	7.27
1985	6.33	7.17
1986	6.26	7.07
1987	6.21	6.97
1988	6.16	6.88
1989	6.1	6.8
1990	6.06	6.74
1991	5.99	6.68
1992	5.9	6.63
1993	5.8	6.57
1994	5.6	6.49
1995	5.36	6.39
1996	5.15	6.29
1997	4.96	6.23
1998	4.79	6.21
1999	4.64	6.12
2000	4.43	6
2001	4.29	5.94
2002	4.13	5.9
2003	4.02	5.88
2004	3.9	5.86
2005	3.69	5.85
2006	3.56	5.8
2007	3.44	5.72
2008	3.33	5.61
2009	3.23	5.45
2010	3.14	5.26
2011	3.05	5.08
2012	2.95	4.9
2013	2.87	4.76
2014	2.8	4.57
2015	2.8	4.38
2016	2.74	4.22
2017	2.69	4.11
2018	2.63	4.02
2019	2.59	3.95
2020	2.54	3.88
2021	2.49	3.79
2022	2.46	3.72
2023	2.42	3.65

Laos and Malawi demographics compared

Median age

Laos

Malawi

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Laos	Malawi
1960	19.2	18.2
1961	19.2	18.3
1962	19.1	18.3
1963	19	18.3
1964	19	18.3
1965	18.9	18.4
1966	18.9	18.3
1967	18.9	18.3
1968	18.8	18.3
1969	18.8	18.2
1970	18.7	18
1971	18.7	17.9
1972	18.7	17.8
1973	18.7	17.7
1974	18.6	17.6
1975	18.5	17.5
1976	18.4	17.5
1977	18.3	17.4
1978	18.1	17.4
1979	18	17.4
1980	17.9	17.3
1981	17.9	17.3
1982	17.8	17.3
1983	17.8	17.3
1984	17.8	17.3
1985	17.8	17.3
1986	17.8	17.3
1987	17.8	17.4
1988	17.9	17.5
1989	17.9	17.4
1990	17.9	17.3
1991	17.9	17.2
1992	17.9	17.1
1993	17.9	17
1994	17.9	16.9
1995	17.9	16.9
1996	17.9	16.8
1997	18	16.8
1998	18	16.8
1999	18	16.7
2000	18.1	16.8
2001	18.2	16.8
2002	18.4	16.8
2003	18.5	16.8
2004	18.7	16.8
2005	18.9	16.8
2006	19.2	16.8
2007	19.6	16.8
2008	20	16.8
2009	20.5	16.7
2010	21	16.7
2011	21.4	16.8
2012	21.9	16.8
2013	22.3	16.9
2014	22.7	17
2015	23	17.1
2016	23.3	17.2
2017	23.6	17.4
2018	23.8	17.6
2019	24.1	17.8
2020	24.4	18
2021	24.7	18.2
2022	25	18.4
2023	25.3	18.7
2024	25.6	18.9

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