Malawi vs Norway statistics compared

Malawi has a population of 21.7M (ranked 62/197), compared with 5.57M in Norway (ranked 118/197). Malawi's land area is 36,402 sq mi versus 140,645 sq mi for Norway (ranked 107th vs. 62nd).

By GDP, Malawi ranks 151/197 ($11B) and Norway ranks 32/197 ($484B). By GDP per capita, Malawi ranks 195/197 ($508), while Norway ranks 8/197 ($86,810).

Malawi and Norway: Comparison Charts

Malawi and Norway economies compared

GDP

Malawi

Norway

Table

Year	GDP
	Malawi	Norway
1960	-	$5,197,398,721
1961	-	$5,669,689,210
1962	-	$6,107,076,929
1963	-	$6,553,269,536
1964	-	$7,206,522,122
1965	-	$8,111,945,661
1966	-	$8,753,940,267
1967	-	$9,577,383,653
1968	-	$10,227,087,165
1969	-	$11,136,187,440
1970	-	$12,814,123,115
1971	-	$14,583,114,840
1972	-	$17,358,610,850
1973	-	$22,534,253,703
1974	-	$27,145,693,810
1975	-	$32,877,805,200
1976	-	$35,942,270,686
1977	-	$41,508,030,431
1978	-	$46,522,900,254
1979	-	$53,132,244,624
1980	$1,801,156,775	$64,439,382,896
1981	$1,801,193,910	$63,596,654,761
1982	$1,717,379,495	$62,647,195,538
1983	$1,780,148,049	$61,627,240,831
1984	$1,758,028,656	$62,057,955,033
1985	$1,646,442,273	$65,416,879,914
1986	$1,722,586,299	$78,693,118,044
1987	$1,721,711,808	$94,229,907,236
1988	$2,008,189,508	$101,900,260,856
1989	$2,314,205,130	$102,633,934,391
1990	$2,737,087,862	$119,791,843,060
1991	$3,206,783,830	$121,872,464,483
1992	$2,618,837,835	$130,838,040,068
1993	$3,013,392,658	$120,579,213,713
1994	$1,719,864,761	$127,131,319,429
1995	$2,033,701,498	$152,029,612,325
1996	$3,319,573,750	$163,520,109,151
1997	$3,875,785,863	$161,356,631,888
1998	$2,547,609,590	$154,230,295,158
1999	$2,584,478,924	$162,383,706,021
2000	$2,537,307,580	$171,457,201,936
2001	$2,498,008,665	$174,239,354,071
2002	$5,087,328,438	$195,914,852,576
2003	$4,669,789,300	$229,385,469,337
2004	$5,058,726,350	$265,268,662,473
2005	$5,320,409,651	$309,978,579,744
2006	$5,818,279,739	$346,915,160,682
2007	$6,451,210,219	$402,643,260,488
2008	$7,743,617,352	$464,917,553,191
2009	$9,009,887,947	$387,976,400,617
2010	$10,128,323,011	$431,052,143,940
2011	$11,648,142,958	$501,360,549,669
2012	$8,773,203,178	$512,777,309,841
2013	$8,031,571,928	$526,014,468,085
2014	$8,801,326,169	$501,736,471,833
2015	$9,219,474,379	$388,159,512,246
2016	$7,909,868,618	$370,956,547,619
2017	$8,943,543,794	$401,745,275,035
2018	$9,879,231,592	$439,788,625,884
2019	$11,051,865,580	$408,742,840,909
2020	$11,769,313,598	$367,633,418,887
2021	$12,378,129,751	$503,367,986,030
2022	$12,429,060,151	$596,297,651,036
2023	$12,712,150,082	$482,949,731,777
2024	$11,008,925,323	$483,727,398,216

Malawi and Norway economies compared

GDP per capita

Malawi

Norway

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Malawi	Norway
1960	-	$1,451
1961	-	$1,571
1962	-	$1,678
1963	-	$1,787
1964	-	$1,951
1965	-	$2,179
1966	-	$2,333
1967	-	$2,531
1968	-	$2,680
1969	-	$2,894
1970	-	$3,306
1971	-	$3,736
1972	-	$4,414
1973	-	$5,690
1974	-	$6,812
1975	-	$8,204
1976	-	$8,927
1977	-	$10,266
1978	-	$11,463
1979	-	$13,047
1980	$287.5	$15,772
1981	$276.4	$15,513
1982	$253.3	$15,225
1983	$252.4	$14,928
1984	$239.7	$14,989
1985	$216.1	$15,754
1986	$217.9	$18,883
1987	$207.6	$22,506
1988	$229.4	$24,207
1989	$252.2	$24,281
1990	$286.7	$28,243
1991	$326	$28,597
1992	$258.4	$30,524
1993	$293	$27,964
1994	$169.2	$29,316
1995	$200.4	$34,876
1996	$321	$37,322
1997	$367	$36,629
1998	$236	$34,803
1999	$233.9	$36,393
2000	$224.2	$38,178
2001	$215.5	$38,602
2002	$428	$43,171
2003	$383	$50,250
2004	$405	$57,769
2005	$414	$67,047
2006	$441	$74,434
2007	$475	$85,502
2008	$554	$97,504
2009	$626	$80,348
2010	$683	$88,163
2011	$763	$101,222
2012	$558	$102,176
2013	$497	$103,554
2014	$530	$97,667
2015	$540	$74,810
2016	$451	$70,867
2017	$496	$76,132
2018	$533	$82,793
2019	$581	$76,431
2020	$603	$68,340
2021	$617	$93,073
2022	$604	$109,270
2023	$602	$87,497
2024	$508	$86,810

Malawi vs. Norway life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Malawi

Norway

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Malawi	Norway
1950	32.7	71.6
1951	32.8	72.5
1952	33	72.7
1953	33.2	73.1
1954	33.3	73.2
1955	33.6	73.4
1956	33.8	73.5
1957	34.1	73.4
1958	34.4	73.4
1959	34.8	73.6
1960	35	73.6
1961	35.2	73.6
1962	35.4	73.5
1963	35.6	73.1
1964	35.7	73.6
1965	35.7	73.7
1966	35.8	74
1967	35.9	74.1
1968	36.1	73.9
1969	36.3	73.7
1970	36.6	74.1
1971	37.1	74.2
1972	37.6	74.3
1973	38.4	74.4
1974	39.2	74.8
1975	40.1	74.8
1976	41	75
1977	42	75.4
1978	43	75.4
1979	43.7	75.4
1980	44.3	75.7
1981	44.7	75.9
1982	44.8	76
1983	45	76.1
1984	44.8	76.2
1985	44.6	75.9
1986	44.3	76.3
1987	43.9	76.1
1988	43.6	76.3
1989	43.5	76.5
1990	43.6	76.6
1991	43.5	77
1992	43.6	77.2
1993	43.6	77.2
1994	43.8	77.8
1995	43.8	77.8
1996	44	78.2
1997	44.2	78.2
1998	44.3	78.4
1999	45.1	78.4
2000	46.2	78.7
2001	47.2	78.9
2002	48.2	79
2003	49.6	79.5
2004	51.1	80
2005	52.5	80.2
2006	53.7	80.4
2007	54.7	80.5
2008	55.7	80.7
2009	56.7	80.9
2010	57.8	81
2011	58.9	81.2
2012	59.9	81.4
2013	60.8	81.7
2014	61.7	82.1
2015	62.3	82.3
2016	63.2	82.4
2017	63.9	82.6
2018	64.5	82.8
2019	65	83
2020	65.2	83.2
2021	64.8	83.2
2022	66	82.6
2023	67.4	83.3
2024	67.6	83.5
2025	67.7	83.6

Malawi and Norway population clocks and comparison

Population

Malawi

Norway

Table

Year	Population
	Malawi	Norway
1960	3,628,134	3,581,239
1961	3,715,534	3,609,800
1962	3,806,307	3,638,918
1963	3,900,506	3,666,537
1964	3,997,305	3,694,339
1965	4,096,157	3,723,168
1966	4,197,926	3,753,012
1967	4,303,012	3,784,539
1968	4,411,054	3,816,486
1969	4,521,184	3,847,707
1970	4,633,944	3,875,763
1971	4,751,434	3,903,039
1972	4,874,475	3,933,004
1973	5,003,938	3,960,612
1974	5,141,337	3,985,258
1975	5,287,367	4,007,313
1976	5,443,384	4,026,152
1977	5,614,983	4,043,205
1978	5,810,132	4,058,671
1979	6,028,749	4,072,517
1980	6,265,529	4,085,620
1981	6,516,454	4,099,702
1982	6,778,879	4,114,787
1983	7,051,709	4,128,432
1984	7,332,810	4,140,099
1985	7,620,508	4,152,516
1986	7,906,480	4,167,354
1987	8,293,174	4,186,905
1988	8,753,262	4,209,488
1989	9,176,220	4,226,901
1990	9,545,852	4,241,473
1991	9,844,227	4,261,732
1992	10,135,079	4,286,401
1993	10,284,024	4,311,991
1994	10,164,894	4,336,613
1995	10,150,117	4,359,184
1996	10,352,228	4,381,336
1997	10,562,035	4,405,157
1998	10,792,876	4,431,464
1999	11,047,804	4,461,913
2000	11,315,942	4,490,967
2001	11,593,058	4,513,751
2002	11,880,440	4,538,159
2003	12,181,574	4,564,855
2004	12,500,737	4,591,910
2005	12,840,031	4,623,291
2006	13,198,701	4,660,677
2007	13,576,343	4,709,153
2008	13,976,417	4,768,212
2009	14,395,788	4,828,726
2010	14,826,463	4,889,252
2011	15,265,022	4,953,088
2012	15,709,577	5,018,573
2013	16,161,816	5,079,623
2014	16,621,538	5,137,232
2015	17,085,587	5,188,607
2016	17,557,739	5,234,519
2017	18,039,715	5,276,968
2018	18,528,081	5,311,916
2019	19,025,752	5,347,896
2020	19,533,888	5,379,475
2021	20,047,258	5,408,320
2022	20,568,728	5,457,127
2023	21,104,482	5,519,594
2024	21,655,286	5,572,272

Fertility rates in Malawi and Norway

Fertility rate

Malawi

Norway

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Malawi	Norway
1960	7.04	2.85
1961	7.07	2.94
1962	7.1	2.91
1963	7.13	2.93
1964	7.11	2.98
1965	7.13	2.94
1966	7.17	2.9
1967	7.21	2.81
1968	7.26	2.75
1969	7.27	2.7
1970	7.3	2.5
1971	7.31	2.49
1972	7.33	2.38
1973	7.34	2.23
1974	7.34	2.13
1975	7.36	1.98
1976	7.39	1.86
1977	7.41	1.75
1978	7.43	1.77
1979	7.47	1.75
1980	7.52	1.72
1981	7.49	1.7
1982	7.45	1.71
1983	7.36	1.66
1984	7.27	1.66
1985	7.17	1.68
1986	7.07	1.71
1987	6.97	1.74
1988	6.88	1.84
1989	6.8	1.89
1990	6.74	1.93
1991	6.68	1.92
1992	6.63	1.88
1993	6.57	1.86
1994	6.49	1.87
1995	6.39	1.87
1996	6.29	1.89
1997	6.23	1.86
1998	6.21	1.81
1999	6.12	1.85
2000	6	1.85
2001	5.94	1.78
2002	5.9	1.75
2003	5.88	1.8
2004	5.86	1.83
2005	5.85	1.84
2006	5.8	1.9
2007	5.72	1.9
2008	5.61	1.96
2009	5.45	1.98
2010	5.26	1.95
2011	5.08	1.88
2012	4.9	1.85
2013	4.76	1.78
2014	4.57	1.75
2015	4.38	1.72
2016	4.22	1.71
2017	4.11	1.62
2018	4.02	1.56
2019	3.95	1.53
2020	3.88	1.48
2021	3.79	1.55
2022	3.72	1.41
2023	3.65	1.4

Malawi and Norway demographics compared

Median age

Malawi

Norway

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Malawi	Norway
1960	18.2	34.3
1961	18.3	34.4
1962	18.3	34.4
1963	18.3	34.3
1964	18.3	34.2
1965	18.4	34.1
1966	18.3	33.9
1967	18.3	33.7
1968	18.3	33.5
1969	18.2	33.2
1970	18	32.9
1971	17.9	32.7
1972	17.8	32.5
1973	17.7	32.4
1974	17.6	32.4
1975	17.5	32.5
1976	17.5	32.6
1977	17.4	32.7
1978	17.4	32.9
1979	17.4	33.1
1980	17.3	33.3
1981	17.3	33.6
1982	17.3	33.9
1983	17.3	34.1
1984	17.3	34.4
1985	17.3	34.6
1986	17.3	34.8
1987	17.4	34.9
1988	17.5	35.1
1989	17.4	35.2
1990	17.3	35.4
1991	17.2	35.5
1992	17.1	35.7
1993	17	35.8
1994	16.9	35.9
1995	16.9	36.1
1996	16.8	36.2
1997	16.8	36.4
1998	16.8	36.5
1999	16.7	36.7
2000	16.8	36.9
2001	16.8	37.1
2002	16.8	37.3
2003	16.8	37.5
2004	16.8	37.7
2005	16.8	37.9
2006	16.8	38.1
2007	16.8	38.3
2008	16.8	38.4
2009	16.7	38.5
2010	16.7	38.6
2011	16.8	38.7
2012	16.8	38.8
2013	16.9	38.9
2014	17	39
2015	17.1	39.2
2016	17.2	39.3
2017	17.4	39.4
2018	17.6	39.6
2019	17.8	39.8
2020	18	40
2021	18.2	40.3
2022	18.4	40.4
2023	18.7	40.5
2024	18.9	40.7

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