Liberia vs Malawi statistics compared

Liberia has a population of 5.61M (ranked 117/197), compared with 21.7M in Malawi (ranked 62/197). Liberia's land area is 37,189 sq mi versus 36,402 sq mi for Malawi (ranked 106th vs. 107th).

By GDP, Liberia ranks 163/197 ($4.78B) and Malawi ranks 151/197 ($11.3B). By GDP per capita, Liberia ranks 184/197 ($851), while Malawi ranks 194/197 ($523).

Liberia and Malawi: Comparison Charts

Liberia and Malawi economies compared

GDP

Liberia

Malawi

Table

Year	GDP
	Liberia	Malawi
1960	$190,495,600	-
1961	$183,920,900	-
1962	$191,861,800	-
1963	$200,229,600	-
1964	$218,929,100	-
1965	$229,260,800	-
1966	$244,459,500	-
1967	$261,024,300	-
1968	$276,820,700	-
1969	$306,961,800	-
1970	$323,099,700	-
1971	$341,543,100	-
1972	$368,098,000	-
1973	$386,968,300	-
1974	$486,955,000	-
1975	$577,549,300	-
1976	$596,675,700	-
1977	$673,010,600	-
1978	$717,240,400	-
1979	$814,067,900	-
1980	$854,711,500	$1,801,156,775
1981	$846,514,500	$1,801,193,910
1982	$863,933,200	$1,717,379,495
1983	$823,374,900	$1,780,148,049
1984	$848,478,300	$1,758,028,656
1985	$851,296,100	$1,646,442,273
1986	$840,964,400	$1,722,586,299
1987	$972,800,000	$1,721,711,808
1988	$1,038,300,000	$2,008,189,508
1989	$786,300,000	$2,314,205,130
1990	$384,400,000	$2,737,087,862
1991	$348,000,000	$3,206,783,830
1992	$223,500,000	$2,618,837,835
1993	$160,400,000	$3,013,392,658
1994	$132,200,000	$1,719,864,761
1995	$134,800,000	$2,033,701,498
1996	$159,400,000	$3,319,573,750
1997	$295,900,000	$3,875,785,863
1998	$359,600,000	$2,547,609,590
1999	$441,800,000	$2,584,478,924
2000	$874,000,000	$2,537,307,580
2001	$906,000,000	$2,498,008,665
2002	$927,000,000	$5,087,328,438
2003	$748,000,000	$4,669,789,300
2004	$897,000,000	$5,058,726,350
2005	$949,000,000	$5,320,409,651
2006	$1,119,000,000	$5,818,279,739
2007	$1,373,000,000	$6,451,210,219
2008	$1,726,000,000	$7,743,617,352
2009	$1,768,000,000	$9,009,887,947
2010	$1,998,000,000	$10,128,323,011
2011	$2,398,000,000	$11,648,142,958
2012	$2,791,614,000	$8,773,203,178
2013	$3,177,198,100	$8,031,571,928
2014	$3,225,652,000	$8,801,326,169
2015	$3,227,075,700	$9,219,474,379
2016	$3,398,419,600	$7,909,868,618
2017	$3,390,703,400	$8,943,543,794
2018	$3,422,754,800	$9,879,220,354
2019	$3,319,596,500	$11,051,852,713
2020	$3,176,126,300	$11,769,313,598
2021	$3,513,049,500	$12,378,119,199
2022	$4,001,047,000	$12,429,059,928
2023	$4,390,000,000	$13,363,669,673
2024	$4,779,300,900	$11,316,411,329

Liberia and Malawi economies compared

GDP per capita

Liberia

Malawi

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Liberia	Malawi
1960	$167.2	-
1961	$157.5	-
1962	$160.3	-
1963	$163.1	-
1964	$173.9	-
1965	$177.6	-
1966	$184.6	-
1967	$192.2	-
1968	$198.6	-
1969	$214.7	-
1970	$220.3	-
1971	$227.1	-
1972	$238.6	-
1973	$244.4	-
1974	$299.4	-
1975	$346	-
1976	$347	-
1977	$381	-
1978	$394	-
1979	$435	-
1980	$443	$287.5
1981	$426	$276.4
1982	$422	$253.3
1983	$391	$252.4
1984	$390	$239.7
1985	$380	$216.1
1986	$364	$217.9
1987	$409	$207.6
1988	$424	$229.4
1989	$312	$252.2
1990	$172.9	$286.7
1991	$177.9	$326
1992	$107.8	$258.4
1993	$74.4	$293
1994	$61.5	$169.2
1995	$62.1	$200.4
1996	$71.4	$321
1997	$122.6	$367
1998	$134.7	$236
1999	$156.6	$233.9
2000	$298.5	$224.2
2001	$300	$215.5
2002	$299.5	$428
2003	$239.8	$383
2004	$284.1	$405
2005	$287.5	$414
2006	$321	$441
2007	$374	$475
2008	$452	$554
2009	$448	$626
2010	$492	$683
2011	$568	$763
2012	$638	$558
2013	$711	$497
2014	$707	$530
2015	$693	$540
2016	$715	$451
2017	$699	$496
2018	$692	$533
2019	$658	$581
2020	$617	$603
2021	$668	$617
2022	$745	$604
2023	$799	$633
2024	$851	$523

Liberia vs. Malawi life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Liberia

Malawi

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Liberia	Malawi
1950	38	32.7
1951	38	32.8
1952	38.1	33
1953	38.1	33.2
1954	38.1	33.3
1955	38.1	33.6
1956	38.1	33.8
1957	38.1	34.1
1958	38.1	34.4
1959	38.1	34.8
1960	38.1	35
1961	38.1	35.2
1962	38.2	35.4
1963	38.3	35.6
1964	38.5	35.7
1965	38.7	35.7
1966	39	35.8
1967	39.3	35.9
1968	39.6	36.1
1969	40	36.3
1970	40.4	36.6
1971	40.7	37.1
1972	41.2	37.6
1973	41.6	38.4
1974	42.1	39.2
1975	42.5	40.1
1976	42.9	41
1977	43.2	42
1978	43.6	43
1979	43.9	43.7
1980	44.1	44.3
1981	44.3	44.7
1982	44.4	44.8
1983	44.6	45
1984	44.7	44.8
1985	44	44.6
1986	44.5	44.3
1987	44.3	43.9
1988	44.1	43.6
1989	43.9	43.5
1990	37.6	43.6
1991	43.6	43.5
1992	43.6	43.6
1993	43	43.6
1994	42.6	43.8
1995	44.6	43.8
1996	44.9	44
1997	48.3	44.2
1998	49.4	44.3
1999	50.4	45.1
2000	51.9	46.2
2001	53.1	47.2
2002	54.1	48.2
2003	53	49.6
2004	55.9	51.1
2005	56.8	52.5
2006	57.5	53.7
2007	58.1	54.7
2008	58.7	55.7
2009	59.1	56.7
2010	59.4	57.8
2011	59.5	58.9
2012	59.8	59.9
2013	60	60.8
2014	59.2	61.7
2015	59.2	62.3
2016	60.5	63.2
2017	60.8	63.9
2018	61	64.5
2019	61.2	65
2020	61.3	65.2
2021	61.2	64.8
2022	61.9	66
2023	62.2	67.4
2024	62.3	67.6
2025	62.5	67.7
2026	62.6	67.9

Liberia and Malawi population clocks and comparison

Population

Liberia

Malawi

Table

Year	Population
	Liberia	Malawi
1960	1,139,522	3,628,134
1961	1,167,717	3,715,534
1962	1,197,039	3,806,307
1963	1,227,414	3,900,506
1964	1,258,745	3,997,305
1965	1,291,156	4,096,157
1966	1,324,383	4,197,926
1967	1,358,435	4,303,012
1968	1,393,530	4,411,054
1969	1,429,605	4,521,184
1970	1,466,676	4,633,944
1971	1,504,077	4,751,434
1972	1,542,670	4,874,475
1973	1,583,588	5,003,938
1974	1,626,362	5,141,337
1975	1,670,913	5,287,367
1976	1,717,060	5,443,384
1977	1,766,019	5,614,983
1978	1,818,247	5,810,132
1979	1,872,713	6,028,749
1980	1,929,253	6,265,529
1981	1,986,867	6,516,454
1982	2,045,073	6,778,879
1983	2,107,113	7,051,709
1984	2,173,312	7,332,810
1985	2,240,539	7,620,508
1986	2,308,511	7,906,480
1987	2,377,229	8,293,174
1988	2,446,941	8,753,262
1989	2,517,858	9,176,220
1990	2,223,667	9,545,852
1991	1,956,518	9,844,227
1992	2,072,461	10,135,079
1993	2,155,126	10,284,024
1994	2,149,928	10,164,894
1995	2,169,162	10,150,117
1996	2,232,289	10,352,228
1997	2,412,989	10,562,035
1998	2,670,124	10,792,876
1999	2,821,684	11,047,804
2000	2,928,117	11,315,942
2001	3,015,338	11,593,058
2002	3,094,782	11,880,440
2003	3,119,532	12,181,574
2004	3,156,892	12,500,737
2005	3,301,015	12,840,031
2006	3,490,787	13,198,701
2007	3,669,050	13,576,343
2008	3,821,003	13,976,417
2009	3,943,028	14,395,788
2010	4,058,890	14,826,463
2011	4,221,178	15,265,022
2012	4,373,043	15,709,577
2013	4,470,239	16,161,816
2014	4,564,293	16,621,538
2015	4,659,431	17,085,587
2016	4,755,608	17,557,739
2017	4,848,925	18,039,715
2018	4,944,726	18,528,081
2019	5,043,721	19,025,752
2020	5,149,463	19,533,888
2021	5,259,323	20,047,258
2022	5,373,294	20,568,728
2023	5,493,031	21,104,482
2024	5,612,817	21,655,286

Fertility rates in Liberia and Malawi

Fertility rate

Liberia

Malawi

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Liberia	Malawi
1960	6.39	7.04
1961	6.45	7.07
1962	6.5	7.1
1963	6.56	7.13
1964	6.59	7.11
1965	6.62	7.13
1966	6.63	7.17
1967	6.65	7.21
1968	6.66	7.26
1969	6.64	7.27
1970	6.58	7.3
1971	6.54	7.31
1972	6.6	7.33
1973	6.65	7.34
1974	6.69	7.34
1975	6.74	7.36
1976	6.79	7.39
1977	6.84	7.41
1978	6.88	7.43
1979	6.92	7.47
1980	6.87	7.52
1981	6.83	7.49
1982	6.79	7.45
1983	6.76	7.36
1984	6.73	7.27
1985	6.69	7.17
1986	6.64	7.07
1987	6.57	6.97
1988	6.51	6.88
1989	6.43	6.8
1990	6.37	6.74
1991	6.32	6.68
1992	6.28	6.63
1993	6.25	6.57
1994	6.21	6.49
1995	6.17	6.39
1996	6.13	6.29
1997	6.08	6.23
1998	6.02	6.21
1999	5.95	6.12
2000	5.88	6
2001	5.77	5.94
2002	5.65	5.9
2003	5.55	5.88
2004	5.51	5.86
2005	5.52	5.85
2006	5.53	5.8
2007	5.46	5.72
2008	5.33	5.61
2009	5.17	5.45
2010	5.06	5.26
2011	4.97	5.08
2012	4.88	4.9
2013	4.75	4.76
2014	4.62	4.57
2015	4.52	4.38
2016	4.46	4.22
2017	4.4	4.11
2018	4.34	4.02
2019	4.26	3.95
2020	4.17	3.88
2021	4.09	3.79
2022	4.02	3.72
2023	3.95	3.65

Liberia and Malawi demographics compared

Median age

Liberia

Malawi

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Liberia	Malawi
1960	19.3	18.2
1961	19.3	18.3
1962	19.3	18.3
1963	19.3	18.3
1964	19.2	18.3
1965	19.2	18.4
1966	19.2	18.3
1967	19.1	18.3
1968	19	18.3
1969	18.8	18.2
1970	18.7	18
1971	18.6	17.9
1972	18.6	17.8
1973	18.5	17.7
1974	18.4	17.6
1975	18.3	17.5
1976	18.2	17.5
1977	18.2	17.4
1978	18.1	17.4
1979	18	17.4
1980	18	17.3
1981	17.9	17.3
1982	17.9	17.3
1983	17.9	17.3
1984	17.9	17.3
1985	17.9	17.3
1986	17.9	17.3
1987	17.9	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	18	16.9
1995	18	16.9
1996	18.1	16.8
1997	18.1	16.8
1998	18.2	16.8
1999	18.2	16.7
2000	18.3	16.8
2001	18.3	16.8
2002	18.3	16.8
2003	18.4	16.8
2004	18.4	16.8
2005	18.4	16.8
2006	18.4	16.8
2007	18.4	16.8
2008	18.4	16.8
2009	18.4	16.7
2010	18.4	16.7
2011	18.6	16.8
2012	18.8	16.8
2013	18.7	16.9
2014	18.7	17
2015	18.7	17.1
2016	18.7	17.2
2017	18.7	17.4
2018	18.8	17.6
2019	18.8	17.8
2020	19	18
2021	19.1	18.2
2022	19.2	18.4
2023	19.4	18.7
2024	19.6	18.9

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