Malawi vs Maldives statistics compared

Malawi has a population of 21.7M (ranked 62/197), compared with 528K in Maldives (ranked 168/197). Malawi's land area is 36,402 sq mi versus 115.1 sq mi for Maldives (ranked 107th vs. 188th).

By GDP, Malawi ranks 151/197 ($11B) and Maldives ranks 160/197 ($6.98B). By GDP per capita, Malawi ranks 195/197 ($508), while Maldives ranks 77/197 ($13,216).

Malawi and Maldives: Comparison Charts

Malawi and Maldives economies compared

GDP

Malawi

Maldives

Table

Year	GDP
	Malawi	Maldives
1970	-	$19,328,038
1971	-	$21,566,404
1972	-	$25,177,138
1973	-	$30,862,042
1974	-	$39,120,171
1975	-	$24,540,878
1976	-	$22,399,467
1977	-	$20,853,789
1978	-	$24,369,109
1979	-	$38,523,364
1980	$1,801,156,775	$42,463,576
1981	$1,801,193,910	$44,781,457
1982	$1,717,379,495	$47,911,340
1983	$1,780,148,049	$57,829,787
1984	$1,758,028,656	$109,503,546
1985	$1,646,442,273	$127,190,758
1986	$1,722,586,299	$141,882,254
1987	$1,721,711,808	$141,223,029
1988	$2,008,189,508	$168,514,513
1989	$2,314,205,130	$189,514,434
1990	$2,737,087,862	$215,043,970
1991	$3,206,783,830	$244,396,762
1992	$2,618,837,835	$284,875,809
1993	$3,013,392,658	$322,417,837
1994	$1,719,864,761	$356,014,932
1995	$2,033,701,498	$398,988,955
1996	$3,319,573,750	$450,382,328
1997	$3,875,785,863	$508,223,602
1998	$2,547,609,590	$540,096,398
1999	$2,584,478,924	$589,239,754
2000	$2,537,307,580	$624,337,145
2001	$2,498,008,665	$870,031,677
2002	$5,087,328,438	$897,031,250
2003	$4,669,789,300	$1,052,121,055
2004	$5,058,726,350	$1,226,829,563
2005	$5,320,409,651	$1,163,362,438
2006	$5,818,279,739	$1,575,200,391
2007	$6,451,210,219	$1,868,383,461
2008	$7,743,617,352	$2,271,646,188
2009	$9,009,887,947	$2,345,294,875
2010	$10,128,323,011	$2,588,176,055
2011	$11,648,142,958	$2,774,350,240
2012	$8,773,203,178	$2,886,163,997
2013	$8,031,571,928	$3,295,009,238
2014	$8,801,326,169	$3,697,353,039
2015	$9,219,474,379	$4,129,505,319
2016	$7,909,868,618	$4,409,942,624
2017	$8,943,543,794	$4,816,426,257
2018	$9,879,231,592	$5,404,344,163
2019	$11,051,865,580	$5,726,094,799
2020	$11,769,313,598	$3,712,604,583
2021	$12,378,129,751	$5,252,457,370
2022	$12,429,060,151	$6,177,118,114
2023	$12,712,150,082	$6,590,894,302
2024	$11,008,925,323	$6,975,146,349

Malawi and Maldives economies compared

GDP per capita

Malawi

Maldives

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Malawi	Maldives
1970	-	$156.9
1971	-	$169.8
1972	-	$192.2
1973	-	$228.7
1974	-	$281.5
1975	-	$171.4
1976	-	$151.8
1977	-	$137.3
1978	-	$156.1
1979	-	$240.2
1980	$287.5	$257.6
1981	$276.4	$264.1
1982	$253.3	$274.8
1983	$252.4	$323
1984	$239.7	$594
1985	$216.1	$669
1986	$217.9	$720
1987	$207.6	$692
1988	$229.4	$799
1989	$252.2	$870
1990	$286.7	$957
1991	$326	$1,054
1992	$258.4	$1,194
1993	$293	$1,317
1994	$169.2	$1,419
1995	$200.4	$1,555
1996	$321	$1,717
1997	$367	$1,898
1998	$236	$1,980
1999	$233.9	$2,124
2000	$224.2	$2,214
2001	$215.5	$3,034
2002	$428	$3,076
2003	$383	$3,549
2004	$405	$4,070
2005	$414	$3,797
2006	$441	$5,019
2007	$475	$5,758
2008	$554	$6,757
2009	$626	$6,734
2010	$683	$7,174
2011	$763	$7,425
2012	$558	$7,461
2013	$497	$8,236
2014	$530	$8,939
2015	$540	$9,645
2016	$451	$9,948
2017	$496	$10,510
2018	$533	$11,423
2019	$581	$11,740
2020	$603	$7,394
2021	$617	$10,176
2022	$604	$11,786
2023	$602	$12,530
2024	$508	$13,216

Malawi vs. Maldives life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Malawi

Maldives

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Malawi	Maldives
1950	32.7	36.5
1951	32.8	37.1
1952	33	37
1953	33.2	36.9
1954	33.3	36.9
1955	33.6	37
1956	33.8	37.1
1957	34.1	37.3
1958	34.4	37.6
1959	34.8	37.9
1960	35	38.2
1961	35.2	38.6
1962	35.4	39.1
1963	35.6	39.6
1964	35.7	40.2
1965	35.7	40.8
1966	35.8	41.4
1967	35.9	42.1
1968	36.1	42.9
1969	36.3	43.7
1970	36.6	44.5
1971	37.1	45.5
1972	37.6	46.4
1973	38.4	47.5
1974	39.2	48.5
1975	40.1	49.6
1976	41	50.8
1977	42	51.8
1978	43	50.4
1979	43.7	53.9
1980	44.3	54.8
1981	44.7	55.7
1982	44.8	56.6
1983	45	57.5
1984	44.8	58.3
1985	44.6	59.2
1986	44.3	60
1987	43.9	60.8
1988	43.6	61.6
1989	43.5	62.4
1990	43.6	63.1
1991	43.5	63.9
1992	43.6	64.7
1993	43.6	65.4
1994	43.8	66.2
1995	43.8	67
1996	44	67.7
1997	44.2	68.5
1998	44.3	69.3
1999	45.1	70.2
2000	46.2	70.9
2001	47.2	71.7
2002	48.2	72.4
2003	49.6	73.3
2004	51.1	73
2005	52.5	74.8
2006	53.7	75.3
2007	54.7	75.7
2008	55.7	76
2009	56.7	76.4
2010	57.8	76.8
2011	58.9	77.1
2012	59.9	77.5
2013	60.8	77.8
2014	61.7	78.2
2015	62.3	78.6
2016	63.2	78.9
2017	63.9	79.2
2018	64.5	79.4
2019	65	79.7
2020	65.2	78.7
2021	64.8	78.1
2022	66	80.8
2023	67.4	81
2024	67.6	81.3
2025	67.7	81.5

Malawi and Maldives population clocks and comparison

Population

Malawi

Maldives

Table

Year	Population
	Malawi	Maldives
1960	3,628,134	91,189
1961	3,715,534	93,450
1962	3,806,307	95,802
1963	3,900,506	98,222
1964	3,997,305	100,662
1965	4,096,157	104,102
1966	4,197,926	108,507
1967	4,303,012	112,528
1968	4,411,054	116,075
1969	4,521,184	119,564
1970	4,633,944	123,219
1971	4,751,434	127,035
1972	4,874,475	130,968
1973	5,003,938	134,952
1974	5,141,337	138,978
1975	5,287,367	143,158
1976	5,443,384	147,525
1977	5,614,983	151,930
1978	5,810,132	156,159
1979	6,028,749	160,360
1980	6,265,529	164,835
1981	6,516,454	169,532
1982	6,778,879	174,333
1983	7,051,709	179,128
1984	7,332,810	184,198
1985	7,620,508	190,169
1986	7,906,480	196,935
1987	8,293,174	203,944
1988	8,753,262	210,885
1989	9,176,220	217,738
1990	9,545,852	224,762
1991	9,844,227	231,802
1992	10,135,079	238,543
1993	10,284,024	244,884
1994	10,164,894	250,822
1995	10,150,117	256,649
1996	10,352,228	262,347
1997	10,562,035	267,707
1998	10,792,876	272,723
1999	11,047,804	277,412
2000	11,315,942	282,019
2001	11,593,058	286,767
2002	11,880,440	291,616
2003	12,181,574	296,491
2004	12,500,737	301,413
2005	12,840,031	306,429
2006	13,198,701	313,851
2007	13,576,343	324,479
2008	13,976,417	336,170
2009	14,395,788	348,275
2010	14,826,463	360,792
2011	15,265,022	373,674
2012	15,709,577	386,818
2013	16,161,816	400,070
2014	16,621,538	413,617
2015	17,085,587	428,154
2016	17,557,739	443,308
2017	18,039,715	458,287
2018	18,528,081	473,099
2019	19,025,752	487,731
2020	19,533,888	502,118
2021	20,047,258	516,154
2022	20,568,728	524,106
2023	21,104,482	525,994
2024	21,655,286	527,799

Fertility rates in Malawi and Maldives

Fertility rate

Malawi

Maldives

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Malawi	Maldives
1960	7.04	6.71
1961	7.07	6.79
1962	7.1	6.89
1963	7.13	6.94
1964	7.11	7
1965	7.13	7.07
1966	7.17	7.15
1967	7.21	7.23
1968	7.26	7.28
1969	7.27	7.33
1970	7.3	7.39
1971	7.31	7.38
1972	7.33	7.37
1973	7.34	7.4
1974	7.34	7.38
1975	7.36	7.32
1976	7.39	7.29
1977	7.41	7.27
1978	7.43	7.23
1979	7.47	7.23
1980	7.52	7.23
1981	7.49	7.19
1982	7.45	7.15
1983	7.36	7.09
1984	7.27	7.03
1985	7.17	6.94
1986	7.07	6.85
1987	6.97	6.73
1988	6.88	6.58
1989	6.8	6.39
1990	6.74	6.13
1991	6.68	5.8
1992	6.63	5.44
1993	6.57	5.06
1994	6.49	4.69
1995	6.39	4.29
1996	6.29	3.86
1997	6.23	3.48
1998	6.21	3.17
1999	6.12	2.9
2000	6	2.69
2001	5.94	2.53
2002	5.9	2.42
2003	5.88	2.34
2004	5.86	2.26
2005	5.85	2.2
2006	5.8	2.2
2007	5.72	2.29
2008	5.61	2.37
2009	5.45	2.39
2010	5.26	2.35
2011	5.08	2.31
2012	4.9	2.25
2013	4.76	2.17
2014	4.57	2.09
2015	4.38	2
2016	4.22	1.9
2017	4.11	1.8
2018	4.02	1.71
2019	3.95	1.64
2020	3.88	1.61
2021	3.79	1.6
2022	3.72	1.58
2023	3.65	1.58

Malawi and Maldives demographics compared

Median age

Malawi

Maldives

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Malawi	Maldives
1960	18.2	20.6
1961	18.3	20.6
1962	18.3	20.6
1963	18.3	20.6
1964	18.3	20.5
1965	18.4	19.9
1966	18.3	18.9
1967	18.3	18.2
1968	18.3	17.8
1969	18.2	17.6
1970	18	17.4
1971	17.9	17.3
1972	17.8	17.2
1973	17.7	17.2
1974	17.6	17.2
1975	17.5	17.1
1976	17.5	17
1977	17.4	17
1978	17.4	17
1979	17.4	16.9
1980	17.3	16.8
1981	17.3	16.8
1982	17.3	16.9
1983	17.3	16.9
1984	17.3	17
1985	17.3	17
1986	17.3	16.9
1987	17.4	16.7
1988	17.5	16.6
1989	17.4	16.5
1990	17.3	16.4
1991	17.2	16.4
1992	17.1	16.4
1993	17	16.5
1994	16.9	16.7
1995	16.9	16.9
1996	16.8	17.3
1997	16.8	17.6
1998	16.8	18
1999	16.7	18.4
2000	16.8	18.9
2001	16.8	19.3
2002	16.8	19.8
2003	16.8	20.3
2004	16.8	20.9
2005	16.8	21.5
2006	16.8	22.1
2007	16.8	22.7
2008	16.8	23.2
2009	16.7	23.8
2010	16.7	24.4
2011	16.8	25.1
2012	16.8	25.8
2013	16.9	26.5
2014	17	27.1
2015	17.1	27.6
2016	17.2	28
2017	17.4	28.5
2018	17.6	29
2019	17.8	29.5
2020	18	30.1
2021	18.2	30.7
2022	18.4	31.4
2023	18.7	32.1
2024	18.9	32.9

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