Malawi vs Sudan statistics compared

Malawi has a population of 21.7M (ranked 62/197), compared with 50.4M in Sudan (ranked 30/197). Malawi's land area is 36,402 sq mi versus 721,239 sq mi for Sudan (ranked 107th vs. 15th).

By GDP, Malawi ranks 151/197 ($11B) and Sudan ranks 93/197 ($49.9B). By GDP per capita, Malawi ranks 195/197 ($508), while Sudan ranks 178/197 ($989).

Malawi and Sudan: Comparison Charts

Malawi and Sudan economies compared

GDP

Malawi

Sudan

Table

Year	GDP
	Malawi	Sudan
1960	-	$1,126,364,162
1961	-	$1,222,860,429
1962	-	$1,328,259,625
1963	-	$1,351,234,926
1964	-	$1,388,282,600
1965	-	$1,446,869,619
1966	-	$1,484,491,676
1967	-	$1,607,409,539
1968	-	$1,677,771,401
1969	-	$1,847,501,441
1970	-	$2,100,229,759
1971	-	$2,288,340,041
1972	-	$2,483,055,722
1973	-	$3,077,254,460
1974	-	$3,958,931,660
1975	-	$4,823,090,192
1976	-	$6,013,210,816
1977	-	$7,499,005,639
1978	-	$8,128,719,315
1979	-	$8,418,407,787
1980	$1,801,156,775	$8,951,800,000
1981	$1,801,193,910	$10,753,888,154
1982	$1,717,379,495	$8,732,542,274
1983	$1,780,148,049	$8,230,153,846
1984	$1,758,028,656	$10,447,615,385
1985	$1,646,442,273	$8,075,259,600
1986	$1,722,586,299	$10,092,200,000
1987	$1,721,711,808	$12,093,333,333
1988	$2,008,189,508	$14,372,555,556
1989	$2,314,205,130	$21,408,111,111
1990	$2,737,087,862	$33,641,222,222
1991	$3,206,783,830	$44,171,194,366
1992	$2,618,837,835	$7,031,933,492
1993	$3,013,392,658	$8,881,005,436
1994	$1,719,864,761	$12,793,794,737
1995	$2,033,701,498	$13,830,363,900
1996	$3,319,573,750	$9,018,300,725
1997	$3,875,785,863	$11,681,175,864
1998	$2,547,609,590	$11,250,221,537
1999	$2,584,478,924	$10,682,028,340
2000	$2,537,307,580	$12,257,299,147
2001	$2,498,008,665	$15,716,361,792
2002	$5,087,328,438	$18,137,128,388
2003	$4,669,789,300	$21,355,298,460
2004	$5,058,726,350	$26,646,007,251
2005	$5,320,409,651	$35,182,711,988
2006	$5,818,279,739	$45,263,831,634
2007	$6,451,210,219	$59,440,139,775
2008	$7,743,617,352	$64,833,083,257
2009	$9,009,887,947	$51,621,044,077
2010	$10,128,323,011	$58,962,978,034
2011	$11,648,142,958	$55,018,567,211
2012	$8,773,203,178	$37,632,919,967
2013	$8,031,571,928	$43,024,018,082
2014	$8,801,326,169	$49,516,748,618
2015	$9,219,474,379	$51,726,758,677
2016	$7,909,868,618	$42,630,376,000
2017	$8,943,543,794	$41,283,617,976
2018	$9,879,231,592	$32,333,780,383
2019	$11,051,865,580	$32,338,079,165
2020	$11,769,313,598	$27,034,593,750
2021	$12,378,129,751	$34,229,513,775
2022	$12,429,060,151	$51,666,875,363
2023	$12,712,150,082	$39,898,289,821
2024	$11,008,925,323	$49,909,807,030

Malawi and Sudan economies compared

GDP per capita

Malawi

Sudan

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Malawi	Sudan
1960	-	$134.7
1961	-	$141.6
1962	-	$148.9
1963	-	$146.6
1964	-	$145.7
1965	-	$146.8
1966	-	$145.6
1967	-	$152.4
1968	-	$153.7
1969	-	$163.5
1970	-	$179.6
1971	-	$189
1972	-	$198.2
1973	-	$235.8
1974	-	$291.5
1975	-	$343
1976	-	$413
1977	-	$497
1978	-	$518
1979	-	$515
1980	$287.5	$525
1981	$276.4	$605
1982	$253.3	$472
1983	$252.4	$431
1984	$239.7	$534
1985	$216.1	$406
1986	$217.9	$497
1987	$207.6	$584
1988	$229.4	$680
1989	$252.2	$992
1990	$286.7	$1,528
1991	$326	$1,966
1992	$258.4	$307
1993	$293	$379
1994	$169.2	$532
1995	$200.4	$561
1996	$321	$357
1997	$367	$453
1998	$236	$425
1999	$233.9	$394
2000	$224.2	$441
2001	$215.5	$551
2002	$428	$621
2003	$383	$714
2004	$405	$872
2005	$414	$1,125
2006	$441	$1,415
2007	$475	$1,814
2008	$554	$1,928
2009	$626	$1,493
2010	$683	$1,665
2011	$763	$1,522
2012	$558	$1,019
2013	$497	$1,139
2014	$530	$1,275
2015	$540	$1,292
2016	$451	$1,033
2017	$496	$967
2018	$533	$731
2019	$581	$710
2020	$603	$578
2021	$617	$712
2022	$604	$1,046
2023	$602	$797
2024	$508	$989

Malawi vs. Sudan life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Malawi

Sudan

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Malawi	Sudan
1950	32.7	45.8
1951	32.8	46.2
1952	33	46.5
1953	33.2	46.9
1954	33.3	47.3
1955	33.6	47.7
1956	33.8	48.1
1957	34.1	48.5
1958	34.4	48.9
1959	34.8	49.2
1960	35	49.6
1961	35.2	50
1962	35.4	50.4
1963	35.6	50.8
1964	35.7	50.9
1965	35.7	51
1966	35.8	51.3
1967	35.9	51.5
1968	36.1	51.8
1969	36.3	52
1970	36.6	52.3
1971	37.1	52.5
1972	37.6	52.8
1973	38.4	53
1974	39.2	53.2
1975	40.1	53.3
1976	41	53.3
1977	42	53.5
1978	43	53.3
1979	43.7	53.4
1980	44.3	54.1
1981	44.7	54.4
1982	44.8	54.4
1983	45	49.6
1984	44.8	49.8
1985	44.6	50
1986	44.3	54.6
1987	43.9	54.7
1988	43.6	55
1989	43.5	54.9
1990	43.6	55.5
1991	43.5	55.6
1992	43.6	56
1993	43.6	56.1
1994	43.8	57
1995	43.8	57.4
1996	44	57.6
1997	44.2	58.1
1998	44.3	58.3
1999	45.1	58.6
2000	46.2	58.9
2001	47.2	59.3
2002	48.2	59.3
2003	49.6	58.3
2004	51.1	56.8
2005	52.5	57.2
2006	53.7	60.4
2007	54.7	61.4
2008	55.7	61.3
2009	56.7	62.7
2010	57.8	63
2011	58.9	63.2
2012	59.9	63.4
2013	60.8	63.4
2014	61.7	64
2015	62.3	64.4
2016	63.2	64.7
2017	63.9	65.1
2018	64.5	65.5
2019	65	65.8
2020	65.2	65.1
2021	64.8	64.5
2022	66	65.7
2023	67.4	66.3
2024	67.6	66.5
2025	67.7	66.7

Malawi and Sudan population clocks and comparison

Population

Malawi

Sudan

Table

Year	Population
	Malawi	Sudan
1960	3,628,134	8,364,489
1961	3,715,534	8,634,941
1962	3,806,307	8,919,028
1963	3,900,506	9,218,077
1964	3,997,305	9,531,109
1965	4,096,157	9,858,030
1966	4,197,926	10,197,578
1967	4,303,012	10,550,597
1968	4,411,054	10,917,999
1969	4,521,184	11,298,936
1970	4,633,944	11,695,771
1971	4,751,434	12,105,539
1972	4,874,475	12,527,856
1973	5,003,938	13,049,315
1974	5,141,337	13,580,723
1975	5,287,367	14,064,798
1976	5,443,384	14,569,716
1977	5,614,983	15,086,614
1978	5,810,132	15,695,003
1979	6,028,749	16,355,352
1980	6,265,529	17,058,905
1981	6,516,454	17,780,572
1982	6,778,879	18,486,645
1983	7,051,709	19,109,770
1984	7,332,810	19,546,528
1985	7,620,508	19,905,872
1986	7,906,480	20,288,238
1987	8,293,174	20,704,904
1988	8,753,262	21,138,431
1989	9,176,220	21,578,022
1990	9,545,852	22,021,481
1991	9,844,227	22,470,676
1992	10,135,079	22,927,355
1993	10,284,024	23,445,592
1994	10,164,894	24,043,948
1995	10,150,117	24,672,143
1996	10,352,228	25,231,528
1997	10,562,035	25,799,821
1998	10,792,876	26,458,999
1999	11,047,804	27,130,613
2000	11,315,942	27,816,745
2001	11,593,058	28,516,770
2002	11,880,440	29,228,727
2003	12,181,574	29,896,035
2004	12,500,737	30,556,637
2005	12,840,031	31,262,444
2006	13,198,701	31,992,435
2007	13,576,343	32,764,135
2008	13,976,417	33,623,980
2009	14,395,788	34,569,113
2010	14,826,463	35,414,399
2011	15,265,022	36,140,806
2012	15,709,577	36,923,178
2013	16,161,816	37,785,849
2014	16,621,538	38,823,318
2015	17,085,587	40,024,431
2016	17,557,739	41,259,892
2017	18,039,715	42,714,306
2018	18,528,081	44,230,596
2019	19,025,752	45,548,175
2020	19,533,888	46,789,231
2021	20,047,258	48,066,924
2022	20,568,728	49,383,346
2023	21,104,482	50,042,791
2024	21,655,286	50,448,963

Fertility rates in Malawi and Sudan

Fertility rate

Malawi

Sudan

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Malawi	Sudan
1960	7.04	6.66
1961	7.07	6.66
1962	7.1	6.7
1963	7.13	6.76
1964	7.11	6.8
1965	7.13	6.84
1966	7.17	6.88
1967	7.21	6.91
1968	7.26	6.95
1969	7.27	6.97
1970	7.3	6.99
1971	7.31	7.02
1972	7.33	6.98
1973	7.34	6.94
1974	7.34	6.91
1975	7.36	6.87
1976	7.39	6.82
1977	7.41	6.78
1978	7.43	6.72
1979	7.47	6.65
1980	7.52	6.59
1981	7.49	6.53
1982	7.45	6.47
1983	7.36	6.41
1984	7.27	6.34
1985	7.17	6.28
1986	7.07	6.23
1987	6.97	6.18
1988	6.88	6.13
1989	6.8	6.11
1990	6.74	6.07
1991	6.68	6.05
1992	6.63	6.02
1993	6.57	5.97
1994	6.49	5.91
1995	6.39	5.86
1996	6.29	5.79
1997	6.23	5.72
1998	6.21	5.65
1999	6.12	5.62
2000	6	5.6
2001	5.94	5.56
2002	5.9	5.53
2003	5.88	5.49
2004	5.86	5.46
2005	5.85	5.4
2006	5.8	5.33
2007	5.72	5.27
2008	5.61	5.21
2009	5.45	5.17
2010	5.26	5.14
2011	5.08	5.09
2012	4.9	5.03
2013	4.76	4.97
2014	4.57	4.91
2015	4.38	4.9
2016	4.22	4.83
2017	4.11	4.76
2018	4.02	4.68
2019	3.95	4.62
2020	3.88	4.54
2021	3.79	4.46
2022	3.72	4.38
2023	3.65	4.32

Malawi and Sudan demographics compared

Median age

Malawi

Sudan

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Malawi	Sudan
1960	18.2	16.7
1961	18.3	16.7
1962	18.3	16.7
1963	18.3	16.6
1964	18.3	16.5
1965	18.4	16.5
1966	18.3	16.4
1967	18.3	16.4
1968	18.3	16.3
1969	18.2	16.3
1970	18	16.2
1971	17.9	16.2
1972	17.8	16.1
1973	17.7	16
1974	17.6	15.9
1975	17.5	16
1976	17.5	16
1977	17.4	16.1
1978	17.4	16.2
1979	17.4	16.4
1980	17.3	16.5
1981	17.3	16.6
1982	17.3	16.7
1983	17.3	16.7
1984	17.3	16.8
1985	17.3	16.8
1986	17.3	16.8
1987	17.4	16.9
1988	17.5	16.9
1989	17.4	16.8
1990	17.3	16.8
1991	17.2	16.8
1992	17.1	16.8
1993	17	16.8
1994	16.9	16.8
1995	16.9	16.8
1996	16.8	16.8
1997	16.8	16.8
1998	16.8	16.8
1999	16.7	16.9
2000	16.8	16.9
2001	16.8	17
2002	16.8	17
2003	16.8	17.1
2004	16.8	17.1
2005	16.8	17.1
2006	16.8	17.2
2007	16.8	17.3
2008	16.8	17.3
2009	16.7	17.4
2010	16.7	17.5
2011	16.8	17.4
2012	16.8	17.5
2013	16.9	17.5
2014	17	17.7
2015	17.1	17.9
2016	17.2	18.1
2017	17.4	18.3
2018	17.6	18.6
2019	17.8	18.7
2020	18	18.9
2021	18.2	19
2022	18.4	19.2
2023	18.7	19.3
2024	18.9	19.4

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