Malawi vs Malaysia statistics compared

Malawi has a population of 21.7M (ranked 62/197), compared with 35.6M in Malaysia (ranked 44/197). Malawi's land area is 36,402 sq mi versus 126,854 sq mi for Malaysia (ranked 107th vs. 65th).

By GDP, Malawi ranks 151/197 ($11B) and Malaysia ranks 39/197 ($422B). By GDP per capita, Malawi ranks 195/197 ($508), while Malaysia ranks 81/197 ($11,867).

Malawi and Malaysia: Comparison Charts

Malawi and Malaysia economies compared

GDP

Malawi

Malaysia

Table

Year	GDP
	Malawi	Malaysia
1960	-	$1,916,229,477
1961	-	$1,901,856,123
1962	-	$2,001,489,602
1963	-	$2,510,110,348
1964	-	$2,674,423,922
1965	-	$2,956,337,669
1966	-	$3,143,517,944
1967	-	$3,188,924,677
1968	-	$3,330,371,551
1969	-	$3,664,552,041
1970	-	$3,864,145,667
1971	-	$4,244,395,956
1972	-	$5,043,347,250
1973	-	$7,662,902,678
1974	-	$9,496,204,302
1975	-	$9,298,800,799
1976	-	$11,050,234,599
1977	-	$13,139,488,633
1978	-	$16,358,079,862
1979	-	$21,213,264,962
1980	$1,801,156,775	$24,488,224,677
1981	$1,801,193,910	$25,004,285,792
1982	$1,717,379,495	$26,804,493,635
1983	$1,780,148,049	$30,347,442,111
1984	$1,758,028,656	$33,942,897,422
1985	$1,646,442,273	$31,199,633,353
1986	$1,722,586,299	$27,734,111,400
1987	$1,721,711,808	$32,181,210,158
1988	$2,008,189,508	$35,272,109,220
1989	$2,314,205,130	$38,847,965,293
1990	$2,737,087,862	$44,024,585,240
1991	$3,206,783,830	$49,143,148,094
1992	$2,618,837,835	$59,167,550,163
1993	$3,013,392,658	$66,894,966,969
1994	$1,719,864,761	$74,478,356,958
1995	$2,033,701,498	$88,705,342,903
1996	$3,319,573,750	$100,855,393,910
1997	$3,875,785,863	$100,005,323,302
1998	$2,547,609,590	$72,167,498,981
1999	$2,584,478,924	$79,148,421,053
2000	$2,537,307,580	$93,789,736,842
2001	$2,498,008,665	$92,783,947,368
2002	$5,087,328,438	$100,845,526,316
2003	$4,669,789,300	$110,202,368,421
2004	$5,058,726,350	$124,749,473,684
2005	$5,320,409,651	$143,534,405,819
2006	$5,818,279,739	$162,692,258,307
2007	$6,451,210,219	$193,549,569,478
2008	$7,743,617,352	$230,811,614,370
2009	$9,009,887,947	$202,257,453,037
2010	$10,128,323,011	$255,017,638,456
2011	$11,648,142,958	$297,951,668,675
2012	$8,773,203,178	$314,443,047,642
2013	$8,031,571,928	$323,276,235,524
2014	$8,801,326,169	$338,066,095,097
2015	$9,219,474,379	$301,355,266,965
2016	$7,909,868,618	$301,256,033,870
2017	$8,943,543,794	$319,109,094,160
2018	$9,879,231,592	$358,788,845,713
2019	$11,051,865,580	$365,177,721,022
2020	$11,769,313,598	$337,456,163,961
2021	$12,378,129,751	$373,784,823,673
2022	$12,429,060,151	$407,605,841,348
2023	$12,712,150,082	$399,705,137,434
2024	$11,008,925,323	$421,972,102,254

Malawi and Malaysia economies compared

GDP per capita

Malawi

Malaysia

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Malawi	Malaysia
1960	-	$240.8
1961	-	$232.9
1962	-	$238.8
1963	-	$291.8
1964	-	$303
1965	-	$326
1966	-	$339
1967	-	$335
1968	-	$342
1969	-	$368
1970	-	$380
1971	-	$407
1972	-	$472
1973	-	$701
1974	-	$848
1975	-	$811
1976	-	$940
1977	-	$1,092
1978	-	$1,327
1979	-	$1,680
1980	$287.5	$1,886
1981	$276.4	$1,866
1982	$253.3	$1,938
1983	$252.4	$2,124
1984	$239.7	$2,300
1985	$216.1	$2,046
1986	$217.9	$1,760
1987	$207.6	$1,977
1988	$229.4	$2,100
1989	$252.2	$2,244
1990	$286.7	$2,469
1991	$326	$2,679
1992	$258.4	$3,141
1993	$293	$3,462
1994	$169.2	$3,758
1995	$200.4	$4,363
1996	$321	$4,837
1997	$367	$4,679
1998	$236	$3,294
1999	$233.9	$3,528
2000	$224.2	$4,084
2001	$215.5	$3,944
2002	$428	$4,184
2003	$383	$4,465
2004	$405	$4,939
2005	$414	$5,556
2006	$441	$6,158
2007	$475	$7,169
2008	$554	$8,372
2009	$626	$7,191
2010	$683	$8,899
2011	$763	$10,217
2012	$558	$10,601
2013	$497	$10,714
2014	$530	$11,013
2015	$540	$9,649
2016	$451	$9,477
2017	$496	$9,863
2018	$533	$10,902
2019	$581	$10,920
2020	$603	$9,958
2021	$617	$10,903
2022	$604	$11,748
2023	$602	$11,379
2024	$508	$11,867

Malawi vs. Malaysia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Malawi

Malaysia

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Malawi	Malaysia
1950	32.7	48.5
1951	32.8	49.2
1952	33	50.1
1953	33.2	51.1
1954	33.3	52
1955	33.6	52.8
1956	33.8	53.7
1957	34.1	54.5
1958	34.4	55.4
1959	34.8	56.3
1960	35	57.2
1961	35.2	58
1962	35.4	58.9
1963	35.6	59.7
1964	35.7	60.4
1965	35.7	61.1
1966	35.8	61.7
1967	35.9	62
1968	36.1	62.4
1969	36.3	62.9
1970	36.6	63.3
1971	37.1	63.8
1972	37.6	64.2
1973	38.4	64.7
1974	39.2	65.2
1975	40.1	65.7
1976	41	66.2
1977	42	66.7
1978	43	67.2
1979	43.7	67.6
1980	44.3	68.1
1981	44.7	68.5
1982	44.8	68.9
1983	45	69.2
1984	44.8	69.6
1985	44.6	69.9
1986	44.3	70.1
1987	43.9	70.4
1988	43.6	70.6
1989	43.5	70.8
1990	43.6	71
1991	43.5	71.2
1992	43.6	71.5
1993	43.6	71.7
1994	43.8	71.9
1995	43.8	72
1996	44	72.1
1997	44.2	72.3
1998	44.3	72.4
1999	45.1	72.4
2000	46.2	72.7
2001	47.2	73.1
2002	48.2	73.5
2003	49.6	73.7
2004	51.1	74
2005	52.5	74.4
2006	53.7	74.7
2007	54.7	75
2008	55.7	75.2
2009	56.7	75.3
2010	57.8	75.4
2011	58.9	75.5
2012	59.9	75.6
2013	60.8	75.5
2014	61.7	75.3
2015	62.3	75.3
2016	63.2	75.4
2017	63.9	75.5
2018	64.5	75.7
2019	65	75.9
2020	65.2	76.1
2021	64.8	73.9
2022	66	75.4
2023	67.4	76.7
2024	67.6	76.8
2025	67.7	77

Malawi and Malaysia population clocks and comparison

Population

Malawi

Malaysia

Table

Year	Population
	Malawi	Malaysia
1960	3,628,134	7,956,197
1961	3,715,534	8,164,443
1962	3,806,307	8,380,172
1963	3,900,506	8,602,160
1964	3,997,305	8,828,406
1965	4,096,157	9,056,408
1966	4,197,926	9,284,688
1967	4,303,012	9,507,099
1968	4,411,054	9,725,281
1969	4,521,184	9,947,597
1970	4,633,944	10,178,802
1971	4,751,434	10,423,453
1972	4,874,475	10,676,835
1973	5,003,938	10,935,621
1974	5,141,337	11,200,906
1975	5,287,367	11,471,914
1976	5,443,384	11,750,097
1977	5,614,983	12,035,713
1978	5,810,132	12,328,157
1979	6,028,749	12,627,862
1980	6,265,529	12,983,363
1981	6,516,454	13,399,203
1982	6,778,879	13,832,798
1983	7,051,709	14,285,907
1984	7,332,810	14,759,009
1985	7,620,508	15,252,258
1986	7,906,480	15,760,419
1987	8,293,174	16,276,737
1988	8,753,262	16,796,605
1989	9,176,220	17,314,997
1990	9,545,852	17,833,171
1991	9,844,227	18,342,464
1992	10,135,079	18,834,572
1993	10,284,024	19,322,664
1994	10,164,894	19,820,446
1995	10,150,117	20,330,599
1996	10,352,228	20,850,087
1997	10,562,035	21,375,218
1998	10,792,876	21,906,713
1999	11,047,804	22,435,531
2000	11,315,942	22,967,816
2001	11,593,058	23,526,538
2002	11,880,440	24,102,477
2003	12,181,574	24,679,602
2004	12,500,737	25,256,772
2005	12,840,031	25,836,071
2006	13,198,701	26,417,909
2007	13,576,343	26,998,389
2008	13,976,417	27,570,059
2009	14,395,788	28,124,778
2010	14,826,463	28,655,776
2011	15,265,022	29,162,039
2012	15,709,577	29,662,831
2013	16,161,816	30,174,265
2014	16,621,538	30,696,137
2015	17,085,587	31,232,798
2016	17,557,739	31,789,685
2017	18,039,715	32,355,644
2018	18,528,081	32,910,967
2019	19,025,752	33,440,596
2020	19,533,888	33,889,558
2021	20,047,258	34,282,399
2022	20,568,728	34,695,493
2023	21,104,482	35,126,298
2024	21,655,286	35,557,673

Fertility rates in Malawi and Malaysia

Fertility rate

Malawi

Malaysia

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Malawi	Malaysia
1960	7.04	6.41
1961	7.07	6.37
1962	7.1	6.3
1963	7.13	6.19
1964	7.11	6.03
1965	7.13	5.84
1966	7.17	5.64
1967	7.21	5.43
1968	7.26	5.29
1969	7.27	5.16
1970	7.3	5.04
1971	7.31	4.92
1972	7.33	4.82
1973	7.34	4.73
1974	7.34	4.62
1975	7.36	4.5
1976	7.39	4.4
1977	7.41	4.28
1978	7.43	4.18
1979	7.47	4.09
1980	7.52	4.04
1981	7.49	4
1982	7.45	3.97
1983	7.36	3.93
1984	7.27	3.89
1985	7.17	3.8
1986	7.07	3.7
1987	6.97	3.57
1988	6.88	3.5
1989	6.8	3.31
1990	6.74	3.3
1991	6.68	3.34
1992	6.63	3.37
1993	6.57	3.36
1994	6.49	3.35
1995	6.39	3.32
1996	6.29	3.3
1997	6.23	3.23
1998	6.21	3.12
1999	6.12	3.07
2000	6	2.94
2001	5.94	2.81
2002	5.9	2.66
2003	5.88	2.6
2004	5.86	2.49
2005	5.85	2.39
2006	5.8	2.31
2007	5.72	2.25
2008	5.61	2.26
2009	5.45	2.22
2010	5.26	2.14
2011	5.08	2.15
2012	4.9	2.12
2013	4.76	2.07
2014	4.57	2.06
2015	4.38	2.01
2016	4.22	1.94
2017	4.11	1.89
2018	4.02	1.84
2019	3.95	1.78
2020	3.88	1.68
2021	3.79	1.56
2022	3.72	1.55
2023	3.65	1.55

Malawi and Malaysia demographics compared

Median age

Malawi

Malaysia

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Malawi	Malaysia
1960	18.2	17.5
1961	18.3	17.3
1962	18.3	17.1
1963	18.3	17
1964	18.3	16.9
1965	18.4	16.8
1966	18.3	16.9
1967	18.3	17
1968	18.3	17.1
1969	18.2	17.3
1970	18	17.4
1971	17.9	17.6
1972	17.8	17.9
1973	17.7	18.1
1974	17.6	18.3
1975	17.5	18.6
1976	17.5	18.8
1977	17.4	19
1978	17.4	19.3
1979	17.4	19.5
1980	17.3	19.7
1981	17.3	19.9
1982	17.3	20.1
1983	17.3	20.4
1984	17.3	20.5
1985	17.3	20.7
1986	17.3	20.9
1987	17.4	21
1988	17.5	21.1
1989	17.4	21.3
1990	17.3	21.5
1991	17.2	21.7
1992	17.1	21.9
1993	17	22.1
1994	16.9	22.3
1995	16.9	22.5
1996	16.8	22.7
1997	16.8	22.9
1998	16.8	23.1
1999	16.7	23.4
2000	16.8	23.5
2001	16.8	23.6
2002	16.8	23.7
2003	16.8	23.9
2004	16.8	24
2005	16.8	24.2
2006	16.8	24.5
2007	16.8	24.8
2008	16.8	25.1
2009	16.7	25.6
2010	16.7	26
2011	16.8	26.4
2012	16.8	26.8
2013	16.9	27.1
2014	17	27.5
2015	17.1	27.8
2016	17.2	28.1
2017	17.4	28.5
2018	17.6	28.8
2019	17.8	29.2
2020	18	29.6
2021	18.2	30.1
2022	18.4	30.6
2023	18.7	31.1
2024	18.9	31.5

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