Malawi vs Netherlands statistics compared

Malawi has a population of 21.7M (ranked 62/197), compared with 18M in The Netherlands (ranked 72/197). Malawi's land area is 36,402 sq mi versus 13,000 sq mi for The Netherlands (ranked 107th vs. 134th).

By GDP, Malawi ranks 151/197 ($11B) and The Netherlands ranks 19/197 ($1.23T). By GDP per capita, Malawi ranks 195/197 ($508), while The Netherlands ranks 13/197 ($68,219).

Malawi and Netherlands: Comparison Charts

Malawi and Netherlands economies compared

GDP

Malawi

Netherlands

Table

Year	GDP
	Malawi	Netherlands
1960	-	$13,282,979,015
1961	-	$14,599,836,396
1962	-	$15,847,582,341
1963	-	$17,193,744,109
1964	-	$20,232,048,553
1965	-	$22,721,869,808
1966	-	$24,741,480,717
1967	-	$27,143,828,099
1968	-	$30,097,635,751
1969	-	$34,086,038,090
1970	-	$38,220,884,519
1971	-	$44,644,730,576
1972	-	$54,787,070,173
1973	-	$71,946,639,603
1974	-	$87,371,810,804
1975	-	$100,397,061,694
1976	-	$109,329,386,564
1977	-	$127,203,923,857
1978	-	$156,089,077,205
1979	-	$179,933,827,310
1980	$1,801,156,775	$195,439,301,707
1981	$1,801,193,910	$164,375,775,854
1982	$1,717,379,495	$158,712,765,536
1983	$1,780,148,049	$153,671,294,109
1984	$1,758,028,656	$144,124,462,912
1985	$1,646,442,273	$144,057,523,222
1986	$1,722,586,299	$201,157,708,221
1987	$1,721,711,808	$245,406,949,521
1988	$2,008,189,508	$262,295,966,105
1989	$2,314,205,130	$258,716,904,292
1990	$2,737,087,862	$318,799,003,994
1991	$3,206,783,830	$327,982,316,124
1992	$2,618,837,835	$363,497,050,125
1993	$3,013,392,658	$354,070,495,966
1994	$1,719,864,761	$379,688,232,232
1995	$2,033,701,498	$452,967,334,614
1996	$3,319,573,750	$451,372,549,020
1997	$3,875,785,863	$417,506,211,882
1998	$2,547,609,590	$438,612,530,549
1999	$2,584,478,924	$447,778,514,140
2000	$2,537,307,580	$417,649,282,154
2001	$2,498,008,665	$432,536,219,669
2002	$5,087,328,438	$475,529,972,123
2003	$4,669,789,300	$582,435,617,082
2004	$5,058,726,350	$661,224,886,143
2005	$5,320,409,651	$688,133,699,636
2006	$5,818,279,739	$737,593,995,289
2007	$6,451,210,219	$853,499,460,873
2008	$7,743,617,352	$957,901,566,041
2009	$9,009,887,947	$878,954,223,140
2010	$10,128,323,011	$852,464,982,433
2011	$11,648,142,958	$913,140,741,333
2012	$8,773,203,178	$845,689,017,066
2013	$8,031,571,928	$883,951,539,007
2014	$8,801,326,169	$901,556,501,756
2015	$9,219,474,379	$775,743,675,303
2016	$7,909,868,618	$797,163,949,290
2017	$8,943,543,794	$848,233,537,846
2018	$9,879,231,592	$929,733,599,797
2019	$11,051,865,580	$928,903,005,576
2020	$11,769,313,598	$932,560,861,701
2021	$12,378,129,751	$1,054,472,123,450
2022	$12,429,060,151	$1,046,540,797,549
2023	$12,712,150,082	$1,154,361,305,398
2024	$11,008,925,323	$1,227,543,925,316

Malawi and Netherlands economies compared

GDP per capita

Malawi

Netherlands

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Malawi	Netherlands
1960	-	$1,156
1961	-	$1,254
1962	-	$1,342
1963	-	$1,437
1964	-	$1,668
1965	-	$1,848
1966	-	$1,986
1967	-	$2,155
1968	-	$2,364
1969	-	$2,647
1970	-	$2,931
1971	-	$3,384
1972	-	$4,110
1973	-	$5,353
1974	-	$6,450
1975	-	$7,346
1976	-	$7,937
1977	-	$9,180
1978	-	$11,196
1979	-	$12,817
1980	$287.5	$13,812
1981	$276.4	$11,537
1982	$253.3	$11,089
1983	$252.4	$10,696
1984	$239.7	$9,992
1985	$216.1	$9,941
1986	$217.9	$13,804
1987	$207.6	$16,734
1988	$229.4	$17,771
1989	$252.2	$17,423
1990	$286.7	$21,322
1991	$326	$21,764
1992	$258.4	$23,939
1993	$293	$23,156
1994	$169.2	$24,683
1995	$200.4	$29,301
1996	$321	$29,064
1997	$367	$26,745
1998	$236	$27,924
1999	$233.9	$28,319
2000	$224.2	$26,225
2001	$215.5	$26,956
2002	$428	$29,447
2003	$383	$35,897
2004	$405	$40,611
2005	$414	$42,165
2006	$441	$45,124
2007	$475	$52,101
2008	$554	$58,247
2009	$626	$53,172
2010	$683	$51,306
2011	$763	$54,702
2012	$558	$50,474
2013	$497	$52,602
2014	$530	$53,457
2015	$540	$45,794
2016	$451	$46,809
2017	$496	$49,514
2018	$533	$53,955
2019	$581	$53,555
2020	$603	$53,468
2021	$617	$60,142
2022	$604	$59,123
2023	$602	$64,572
2024	$508	$68,219

Malawi vs. Netherlands life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Malawi

Netherlands

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Malawi	Netherlands
1950	32.7	71.4
1951	32.8	71.5
1952	33	72.1
1953	33.2	71.7
1954	33.3	72.4
1955	33.6	72.5
1956	33.8	72.5
1957	34.1	73
1958	34.4	73.1
1959	34.8	73.2
1960	35	73.4
1961	35.2	73.6
1962	35.4	73.2
1963	35.6	73.4
1964	35.7	73.7
1965	35.7	73.6
1966	35.8	73.6
1967	35.9	73.8
1968	36.1	73.6
1969	36.3	73.6
1970	36.6	73.6
1971	37.1	73.9
1972	37.6	73.8
1973	38.4	74.2
1974	39.2	74.6
1975	40.1	74.6
1976	41	74.7
1977	42	75.3
1978	43	75.2
1979	43.7	75.6
1980	44.3	75.8
1981	44.7	76
1982	44.8	76.1
1983	45	76.3
1984	44.8	76.3
1985	44.6	76.4
1986	44.3	76.4
1987	43.9	76.8
1988	43.6	77
1989	43.5	76.8
1990	43.6	77
1991	43.5	77.2
1992	43.6	77.4
1993	43.6	77
1994	43.8	77.5
1995	43.8	77.6
1996	44	77.6
1997	44.2	77.9
1998	44.3	78
1999	45.1	78
2000	46.2	78.1
2001	47.2	78.3
2002	48.2	78.4
2003	49.6	78.7
2004	51.1	79.2
2005	52.5	79.5
2006	53.7	79.8
2007	54.7	80.3
2008	55.7	80.4
2009	56.7	80.7
2010	57.8	80.8
2011	58.9	81.1
2012	59.9	81.1
2013	60.8	81.3
2014	61.7	81.7
2015	62.3	81.5
2016	63.2	81.6
2017	63.9	81.7
2018	64.5	81.8
2019	65	82.1
2020	65.2	81.4
2021	64.8	81.4
2022	66	81.9
2023	67.4	82.2
2024	67.6	82.3
2025	67.7	82.4

Malawi and Netherlands population clocks and comparison

Population

Malawi

Netherlands

Table

Year	Population
	Malawi	Netherlands
1960	3,628,134	11,486,631
1961	3,715,534	11,638,712
1962	3,806,307	11,805,689
1963	3,900,506	11,965,966
1964	3,997,305	12,127,120
1965	4,096,157	12,294,732
1966	4,197,926	12,456,251
1967	4,303,012	12,598,201
1968	4,411,054	12,729,721
1969	4,521,184	12,877,984
1970	4,633,944	13,038,526
1971	4,751,434	13,194,497
1972	4,874,475	13,328,593
1973	5,003,938	13,439,322
1974	5,141,337	13,545,056
1975	5,287,367	13,666,335
1976	5,443,384	13,774,037
1977	5,614,983	13,856,185
1978	5,810,132	13,941,700
1979	6,028,749	14,038,270
1980	6,265,529	14,149,800
1981	6,516,454	14,247,208
1982	6,778,879	14,312,690
1983	7,051,709	14,367,070
1984	7,332,810	14,424,211
1985	7,620,508	14,491,632
1986	7,906,480	14,572,278
1987	8,293,174	14,665,037
1988	8,753,262	14,760,094
1989	9,176,220	14,848,907
1990	9,545,852	14,951,510
1991	9,844,227	15,069,798
1992	10,135,079	15,184,166
1993	10,284,024	15,290,368
1994	10,164,894	15,382,838
1995	10,150,117	15,459,006
1996	10,352,228	15,530,498
1997	10,562,035	15,610,650
1998	10,792,876	15,707,209
1999	11,047,804	15,812,088
2000	11,315,942	15,925,513
2001	11,593,058	16,046,180
2002	11,880,440	16,148,929
2003	12,181,574	16,225,302
2004	12,500,737	16,281,779
2005	12,840,031	16,319,868
2006	13,198,701	16,346,101
2007	13,576,343	16,381,696
2008	13,976,417	16,445,593
2009	14,395,788	16,530,388
2010	14,826,463	16,615,394
2011	15,265,022	16,693,074
2012	15,709,577	16,754,962
2013	16,161,816	16,804,432
2014	16,621,538	16,865,008
2015	17,085,587	16,939,923
2016	17,557,739	17,030,314
2017	18,039,715	17,131,296
2018	18,528,081	17,231,624
2019	19,025,752	17,344,874
2020	19,533,888	17,441,500
2021	20,047,258	17,533,044
2022	20,568,728	17,700,982
2023	21,104,482	17,877,117
2024	21,655,286	17,994,237

Fertility rates in Malawi and Netherlands

Fertility rate

Malawi

Netherlands

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Malawi	Netherlands
1960	7.04	3.12
1961	7.07	3.22
1962	7.1	3.18
1963	7.13	3.19
1964	7.11	3.17
1965	7.13	3.04
1966	7.17	2.9
1967	7.21	2.81
1968	7.26	2.72
1969	7.27	2.75
1970	7.3	2.57
1971	7.31	2.36
1972	7.33	2.15
1973	7.34	1.9
1974	7.34	1.77
1975	7.36	1.66
1976	7.39	1.63
1977	7.41	1.58
1978	7.43	1.58
1979	7.47	1.56
1980	7.52	1.6
1981	7.49	1.56
1982	7.45	1.5
1983	7.36	1.47
1984	7.27	1.49
1985	7.17	1.51
1986	7.07	1.55
1987	6.97	1.56
1988	6.88	1.55
1989	6.8	1.55
1990	6.74	1.62
1991	6.68	1.61
1992	6.63	1.59
1993	6.57	1.57
1994	6.49	1.57
1995	6.39	1.53
1996	6.29	1.53
1997	6.23	1.56
1998	6.21	1.63
1999	6.12	1.65
2000	6	1.72
2001	5.94	1.71
2002	5.9	1.73
2003	5.88	1.75
2004	5.86	1.72
2005	5.85	1.71
2006	5.8	1.72
2007	5.72	1.72
2008	5.61	1.77
2009	5.45	1.79
2010	5.26	1.79
2011	5.08	1.76
2012	4.9	1.72
2013	4.76	1.68
2014	4.57	1.71
2015	4.38	1.66
2016	4.22	1.66
2017	4.11	1.62
2018	4.02	1.59
2019	3.95	1.57
2020	3.88	1.54
2021	3.79	1.62
2022	3.72	1.49
2023	3.65	1.43

Malawi and Netherlands demographics compared

Median age

Malawi

Netherlands

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Malawi	Netherlands
1960	18.2	28.8
1961	18.3	28.8
1962	18.3	28.7
1963	18.3	28.7
1964	18.3	28.6
1965	18.4	28.6
1966	18.3	28.6
1967	18.3	28.5
1968	18.3	28.6
1969	18.2	28.6
1970	18	28.6
1971	17.9	28.7
1972	17.8	28.9
1973	17.7	29
1974	17.6	29.3
1975	17.5	29.4
1976	17.5	29.8
1977	17.4	30.3
1978	17.4	30.7
1979	17.4	31
1980	17.3	31.3
1981	17.3	31.6
1982	17.3	31.9
1983	17.3	32.3
1984	17.3	32.6
1985	17.3	32.9
1986	17.3	33.2
1987	17.4	33.5
1988	17.5	33.8
1989	17.4	34.1
1990	17.3	34.3
1991	17.2	34.6
1992	17.1	34.8
1993	17	35.1
1994	16.9	35.4
1995	16.9	35.7
1996	16.8	36.1
1997	16.8	36.4
1998	16.8	36.7
1999	16.7	37
2000	16.8	37.3
2001	16.8	37.5
2002	16.8	37.8
2003	16.8	38.1
2004	16.8	38.5
2005	16.8	38.9
2006	16.8	39.3
2007	16.8	39.7
2008	16.8	40
2009	16.7	40.3
2010	16.7	40.7
2011	16.8	41
2012	16.8	41.3
2013	16.9	41.6
2014	17	41.8
2015	17.1	42
2016	17.2	42.2
2017	17.4	42.3
2018	17.6	42.4
2019	17.8	42.5
2020	18	42.5
2021	18.2	42.6
2022	18.4	42.5
2023	18.7	42.4
2024	18.9	42.4

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