Malawi vs Nigeria statistics compared

Malawi has a population of 21.7M (ranked 62/197), compared with 233M in Nigeria (ranked 6/197). Malawi's land area is 36,402 sq mi versus 351,650 sq mi for Nigeria (ranked 107th vs. 30th).

By GDP, Malawi ranks 151/197 ($11B) and Nigeria ranks 58/197 ($188B). By GDP per capita, Malawi ranks 195/197 ($508), while Nigeria ranks 186/197 ($807).

Malawi and Nigeria: Comparison Charts

Malawi and Nigeria economies compared

GDP

Malawi

Nigeria

Table

Year	GDP
	Malawi	Nigeria
1960	-	$4,196,174,502
1961	-	$4,467,287,893
1962	-	$4,909,399,176
1963	-	$5,165,590,254
1964	-	$5,552,931,319
1965	-	$5,874,537,650
1966	-	$6,366,917,453
1967	-	$5,203,237,919
1968	-	$5,200,997,920
1969	-	$6,634,317,346
1970	-	$12,546,094,982
1971	-	$9,181,769,912
1972	-	$12,274,416,018
1973	-	$15,162,871,287
1974	-	$24,846,641,318
1975	-	$27,778,934,625
1976	-	$36,308,883,249
1977	-	$36,035,407,725
1978	-	$36,527,862,209
1979	-	$47,259,911,894
1980	$1,801,156,775	$64,201,788,123
1981	$1,801,193,910	$164,475,209,516
1982	$1,717,379,495	$142,769,363,314
1983	$1,780,148,049	$97,094,911,792
1984	$1,758,028,656	$73,484,359,521
1985	$1,646,442,273	$73,745,821,158
1986	$1,722,586,299	$54,805,852,581
1987	$1,721,711,808	$52,676,041,931
1988	$2,008,189,508	$49,648,470,440
1989	$2,314,205,130	$44,003,061,108
1990	$2,737,087,862	$54,035,795,388
1991	$3,206,783,830	$59,526,833,412
1992	$2,618,837,835	$52,058,181,854
1993	$3,013,392,658	$56,721,051,402
1994	$1,719,864,761	$80,399,613,064
1995	$2,033,701,498	$140,919,776,986
1996	$3,319,573,750	$185,730,236,700
1997	$3,875,785,863	$200,850,397,618
1998	$2,547,609,590	$218,416,200,673
1999	$2,584,478,924	$59,145,077,039
2000	$2,537,307,580	$69,171,451,627
2001	$2,498,008,665	$73,557,840,064
2002	$5,087,328,438	$95,054,059,303
2003	$4,669,789,300	$104,738,954,264
2004	$5,058,726,350	$135,764,731,646
2005	$5,320,409,651	$175,670,569,969
2006	$5,818,279,739	$238,454,997,161
2007	$6,451,210,219	$278,260,846,800
2008	$7,743,617,352	$339,476,276,258
2009	$9,009,887,947	$295,008,835,381
2010	$10,128,323,011	$366,990,417,129
2011	$11,648,142,958	$414,466,676,831
2012	$8,773,203,178	$463,971,018,239
2013	$8,031,571,928	$520,117,180,314
2014	$8,801,326,169	$574,183,763,412
2015	$9,219,474,379	$493,026,682,801
2016	$7,909,868,618	$404,649,125,252
2017	$8,943,543,794	$375,745,731,053
2018	$9,879,231,592	$421,739,251,509
2019	$11,051,865,580	$474,517,490,844
2020	$11,769,313,598	$432,198,898,468
2021	$12,378,129,751	$440,833,635,874
2022	$12,429,060,151	$477,403,400,101
2023	$12,712,150,082	$363,846,332,835
2024	$11,008,925,323	$187,759,703,100

Malawi and Nigeria economies compared

GDP per capita

Malawi

Nigeria

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Malawi	Nigeria
1960	-	$93.1
1961	-	$97.1
1962	-	$104.5
1963	-	$107.7
1964	-	$113.3
1965	-	$117.3
1966	-	$124.4
1967	-	$99.5
1968	-	$97.3
1969	-	$121.4
1970	-	$224.5
1971	-	$160.5
1972	-	$209.5
1973	-	$252.4
1974	-	$403
1975	-	$438
1976	-	$556
1977	-	$536
1978	-	$527
1979	-	$661
1980	$287.5	$870
1981	$276.4	$2,162
1982	$253.3	$1,822
1983	$252.4	$1,207
1984	$239.7	$890
1985	$216.1	$869
1986	$217.9	$628
1987	$207.6	$588
1988	$229.4	$540
1989	$252.2	$465
1990	$286.7	$556
1991	$326	$597
1992	$258.4	$509
1993	$293	$540
1994	$169.2	$745
1995	$200.4	$1,272
1996	$321	$1,633
1997	$367	$1,720
1998	$236	$1,822
1999	$233.9	$481
2000	$224.2	$547
2001	$215.5	$566
2002	$428	$712
2003	$383	$763
2004	$405	$962
2005	$414	$1,211
2006	$441	$1,600
2007	$475	$1,816
2008	$554	$2,154
2009	$626	$1,820
2010	$683	$2,202
2011	$763	$2,418
2012	$558	$2,633
2013	$497	$2,873
2014	$530	$3,089
2015	$540	$2,586
2016	$451	$2,070
2017	$496	$1,876
2018	$533	$2,058
2019	$581	$2,265
2020	$603	$2,020
2021	$617	$2,017
2022	$604	$2,139
2023	$602	$1,597
2024	$508	$807

Malawi vs. Nigeria life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Malawi

Nigeria

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Malawi	Nigeria
1950	32.7	35.5
1951	32.8	35.7
1952	33	35.9
1953	33.2	36
1954	33.3	36.2
1955	33.6	36.3
1956	33.8	36.5
1957	34.1	36.6
1958	34.4	36.8
1959	34.8	37
1960	35	37.2
1961	35.2	37.4
1962	35.4	37.6
1963	35.6	37.8
1964	35.7	38
1965	35.7	38.2
1966	35.8	38.4
1967	35.9	37.5
1968	36.1	38.6
1969	36.3	38.9
1970	36.6	40
1971	37.1	40.6
1972	37.6	41.3
1973	38.4	41.8
1974	39.2	42.5
1975	40.1	43.1
1976	41	44.2
1977	42	44.8
1978	43	45.3
1979	43.7	45.7
1980	44.3	46
1981	44.7	46.3
1982	44.8	46.4
1983	45	46.4
1984	44.8	46.3
1985	44.6	46.2
1986	44.3	46
1987	43.9	45.9
1988	43.6	45.8
1989	43.5	45.8
1990	43.6	45.7
1991	43.5	45.5
1992	43.6	45.6
1993	43.6	45.8
1994	43.8	45.7
1995	43.8	45.9
1996	44	45.8
1997	44.2	46
1998	44.3	46.1
1999	45.1	46.6
2000	46.2	47.1
2001	47.2	47.5
2002	48.2	48
2003	49.6	48.6
2004	51.1	49.1
2005	52.5	49.5
2006	53.7	49.9
2007	54.7	50.4
2008	55.7	50.7
2009	56.7	51.1
2010	57.8	51.3
2011	58.9	51.5
2012	59.9	51.7
2013	60.8	51.8
2014	61.7	51.9
2015	62.3	51.9
2016	63.2	52.2
2017	63.9	52.4
2018	64.5	52.7
2019	65	53
2020	65.2	53.1
2021	64.8	53.5
2022	66	54.1
2023	67.4	54.5
2024	67.6	54.6
2025	67.7	54.8

Malawi and Nigeria population clocks and comparison

Population

Malawi

Nigeria

Table

Year	Population
	Malawi	Nigeria
1960	3,628,134	45,053,782
1961	3,715,534	45,989,310
1962	3,806,307	46,965,292
1963	3,900,506	47,973,575
1964	3,997,305	49,012,016
1965	4,096,157	50,086,764
1966	4,197,926	51,188,234
1967	4,303,012	52,293,065
1968	4,411,054	53,432,783
1969	4,521,184	54,631,914
1970	4,633,944	55,893,838
1971	4,751,434	57,214,684
1972	4,874,475	58,601,748
1973	5,003,938	60,082,139
1974	5,141,337	61,679,144
1975	5,287,367	63,410,815
1976	5,443,384	65,258,009
1977	5,614,983	67,234,590
1978	5,810,132	69,326,532
1979	6,028,749	71,498,242
1980	6,265,529	73,764,641
1981	6,516,454	76,068,103
1982	6,778,879	78,378,701
1983	7,051,709	80,438,260
1984	7,332,810	82,526,443
1985	7,620,508	84,897,973
1986	7,906,480	87,235,953
1987	8,293,174	89,591,716
1988	8,753,262	92,020,090
1989	9,176,220	94,531,014
1990	9,545,852	97,120,925
1991	9,844,227	99,720,162
1992	10,135,079	102,372,770
1993	10,284,024	105,122,069
1994	10,164,894	107,935,714
1995	10,150,117	110,819,428
1996	10,352,228	113,754,779
1997	10,562,035	116,754,792
1998	10,792,876	119,846,254
1999	11,047,804	123,047,320
2000	11,315,942	126,382,494
2001	11,593,058	129,862,595
2002	11,880,440	133,471,989
2003	12,181,574	137,202,644
2004	12,500,737	141,057,045
2005	12,840,031	145,017,253
2006	13,198,701	149,077,334
2007	13,576,343	153,267,261
2008	13,976,417	157,595,014
2009	14,395,788	162,049,464
2010	14,826,463	166,642,886
2011	15,265,022	171,379,598
2012	15,709,577	176,200,625
2013	16,161,816	181,049,443
2014	16,621,538	185,896,915
2015	17,085,587	190,671,878
2016	17,557,739	195,443,700
2017	18,039,715	200,254,579
2018	18,528,081	204,938,755
2019	19,025,752	209,485,641
2020	19,533,888	213,996,181
2021	20,047,258	218,529,286
2022	20,568,728	223,150,896
2023	21,104,482	227,882,945
2024	21,655,286	232,679,478

Fertility rates in Malawi and Nigeria

Fertility rate

Malawi

Nigeria

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Malawi	Nigeria
1960	7.04	6.36
1961	7.07	6.35
1962	7.1	6.36
1963	7.13	6.35
1964	7.11	6.36
1965	7.13	6.37
1966	7.17	6.39
1967	7.21	6.4
1968	7.26	6.42
1969	7.27	6.44
1970	7.3	6.47
1971	7.31	6.53
1972	7.33	6.58
1973	7.34	6.63
1974	7.34	6.7
1975	7.36	6.77
1976	7.39	6.81
1977	7.41	6.86
1978	7.43	6.92
1979	7.47	6.89
1980	7.52	6.85
1981	7.49	6.82
1982	7.45	6.8
1983	7.36	6.78
1984	7.27	6.7
1985	7.17	6.62
1986	7.07	6.56
1987	6.97	6.5
1988	6.88	6.5
1989	6.8	6.49
1990	6.74	6.46
1991	6.68	6.43
1992	6.63	6.39
1993	6.57	6.35
1994	6.49	6.32
1995	6.39	6.27
1996	6.29	6.22
1997	6.23	6.14
1998	6.21	6.07
1999	6.12	6.08
2000	6	6.12
2001	5.94	6.13
2002	5.9	6.12
2003	5.88	6.1
2004	5.86	6.09
2005	5.85	6.06
2006	5.8	6.05
2007	5.72	6.03
2008	5.61	6.02
2009	5.45	5.99
2010	5.26	5.95
2011	5.08	5.89
2012	4.9	5.8
2013	4.76	5.69
2014	4.57	5.62
2015	4.38	5.5
2016	4.22	5.34
2017	4.11	5.18
2018	4.02	5.02
2019	3.95	4.86
2020	3.88	4.7
2021	3.79	4.64
2022	3.72	4.55
2023	3.65	4.48

Malawi and Nigeria demographics compared

Median age

Malawi

Nigeria

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Malawi	Nigeria
1960	18.2	19.3
1961	18.3	19.3
1962	18.3	19.3
1963	18.3	19.3
1964	18.3	19.3
1965	18.4	19.3
1966	18.3	19.3
1967	18.3	19.2
1968	18.3	19.2
1969	18.2	19.1
1970	18	18.9
1971	17.9	18.8
1972	17.8	18.7
1973	17.7	18.6
1974	17.6	18.5
1975	17.5	18.4
1976	17.5	18.3
1977	17.4	18.2
1978	17.4	18
1979	17.4	17.9
1980	17.3	17.8
1981	17.3	17.7
1982	17.3	17.6
1983	17.3	17.5
1984	17.3	17.4
1985	17.3	17.3
1986	17.3	17.3
1987	17.4	17.3
1988	17.5	17.3
1989	17.4	17.3
1990	17.3	17.3
1991	17.2	17.3
1992	17.1	17.4
1993	17	17.4
1994	16.9	17.5
1995	16.9	17.6
1996	16.8	17.6
1997	16.8	17.7
1998	16.8	17.8
1999	16.7	17.9
2000	16.8	17.9
2001	16.8	17.9
2002	16.8	17.9
2003	16.8	17.9
2004	16.8	17.9
2005	16.8	17.9
2006	16.8	17.9
2007	16.8	17.9
2008	16.8	17.8
2009	16.7	17.8
2010	16.7	17.8
2011	16.8	17.7
2012	16.8	17.7
2013	16.9	17.7
2014	17	17.7
2015	17.1	17.8
2016	17.2	17.8
2017	17.4	17.9
2018	17.6	18
2019	17.8	18.2
2020	18	18.3
2021	18.2	18.5
2022	18.4	18.7
2023	18.7	18.8
2024	18.9	19

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