Malawi vs Sweden statistics compared

Malawi has a population of 21.7M (ranked 62/197), compared with 10.6M in Sweden (ranked 93/197). Malawi's land area is 36,402 sq mi versus 157,248 sq mi for Sweden (ranked 107th vs. 58th).

By GDP, Malawi ranks 151/197 ($11B) and Sweden ranks 25/197 ($610B). By GDP per capita, Malawi ranks 195/197 ($508), while Sweden ranks 15/197 ($57,723).

Malawi and Sweden: Comparison Charts

Malawi and Sweden economies compared

GDP

Malawi

Sweden

Table

Year	GDP
	Malawi	Sweden
1960	-	$15,930,258,332
1961	-	$17,329,819,494
1962	-	$18,794,282,717
1963	-	$20,342,365,392
1964	-	$22,685,750,575
1965	-	$24,964,233,891
1966	-	$27,155,028,520
1967	-	$29,475,219,787
1968	-	$31,278,230,634
1969	-	$33,967,691,454
1970	-	$38,037,663,342
1971	-	$41,506,627,519
1972	-	$48,883,734,672
1973	-	$59,319,523,962
1974	-	$65,918,391,224
1975	-	$82,766,182,746
1976	-	$89,233,541,404
1977	-	$94,332,865,494
1978	-	$104,292,130,796
1979	-	$123,208,942,175
1980	$1,801,156,775	$141,887,695,763
1981	$1,801,193,910	$129,500,408,224
1982	$1,717,379,495	$114,216,043,040
1983	$1,780,148,049	$104,863,313,508
1984	$1,758,028,656	$109,044,297,251
1985	$1,646,442,273	$113,959,392,485
1986	$1,722,586,299	$150,281,594,980
1987	$1,721,711,808	$182,746,413,791
1988	$2,008,189,508	$206,688,963,474
1989	$2,314,205,130	$217,634,838,449
1990	$2,737,087,862	$261,469,578,631
1991	$3,206,783,830	$273,834,608,020
1992	$2,618,837,835	$283,912,173,667
1993	$3,013,392,658	$212,647,043,708
1994	$1,719,864,761	$228,701,658,891
1995	$2,033,701,498	$267,052,836,695
1996	$3,319,573,750	$291,952,430,659
1997	$3,875,785,863	$268,251,974,486
1998	$2,547,609,590	$270,889,570,938
1999	$2,584,478,924	$274,320,415,376
2000	$2,537,307,580	$262,905,197,442
2001	$2,498,008,665	$242,499,249,693
2002	$5,087,328,438	$267,373,345,247
2003	$4,669,789,300	$334,074,051,173
2004	$5,058,726,350	$384,547,211,147
2005	$5,320,409,651	$391,690,329,314
2006	$5,818,279,739	$422,530,427,476
2007	$6,451,210,219	$490,050,156,833
2008	$7,743,617,352	$514,616,528,349
2009	$9,009,887,947	$434,313,804,907
2010	$10,128,323,011	$492,753,255,886
2011	$11,648,142,958	$570,541,353,129
2012	$8,773,203,178	$549,742,183,874
2013	$8,031,571,928	$584,128,116,410
2014	$8,801,326,169	$577,730,245,154
2015	$9,219,474,379	$501,698,263,621
2016	$7,909,868,618	$514,218,206,628
2017	$8,943,543,794	$536,083,940,229
2018	$9,879,231,592	$551,312,498,430
2019	$11,051,865,580	$532,169,294,166
2020	$11,769,313,598	$545,147,614,972
2021	$12,378,129,751	$637,186,904,844
2022	$12,429,060,151	$579,895,717,344
2023	$12,712,150,082	$585,489,968,189
2024	$11,008,925,323	$610,117,791,237

Malawi and Sweden economies compared

GDP per capita

Malawi

Sweden

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Malawi	Sweden
1960	-	$2,128
1961	-	$2,304
1962	-	$2,485
1963	-	$2,675
1964	-	$2,961
1965	-	$3,228
1966	-	$3,478
1967	-	$3,746
1968	-	$3,953
1969	-	$4,263
1970	-	$4,729
1971	-	$5,125
1972	-	$6,018
1973	-	$7,291
1974	-	$8,078
1975	-	$10,103
1976	-	$10,853
1977	-	$11,432
1978	-	$12,602
1979	-	$14,856
1980	$287.5	$17,073
1981	$276.4	$15,564
1982	$253.3	$13,719
1983	$252.4	$12,590
1984	$239.7	$13,080
1985	$216.1	$13,647
1986	$217.9	$17,955
1987	$207.6	$21,761
1988	$229.4	$24,499
1989	$252.2	$25,625
1990	$286.7	$30,550
1991	$326	$31,777
1992	$258.4	$32,754
1993	$293	$24,390
1994	$169.2	$26,046
1995	$200.4	$30,254
1996	$321	$33,023
1997	$367	$30,324
1998	$236	$30,606
1999	$233.9	$30,969
2000	$224.2	$29,633
2001	$215.5	$27,259
2002	$428	$29,958
2003	$383	$37,292
2004	$405	$42,758
2005	$414	$43,379
2006	$441	$46,532
2007	$475	$53,569
2008	$554	$55,817
2009	$626	$46,708
2010	$683	$52,543
2011	$763	$60,380
2012	$558	$57,750
2013	$497	$60,844
2014	$530	$59,584
2015	$540	$51,198
2016	$451	$51,820
2017	$496	$53,301
2018	$533	$54,182
2019	$581	$51,773
2020	$603	$52,654
2021	$617	$61,175
2022	$604	$55,297
2023	$602	$55,567
2024	$508	$57,723

Malawi vs. Sweden life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Malawi

Sweden

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Malawi	Sweden
1950	32.7	71.1
1951	32.8	71.4
1952	33	71.8
1953	33.2	71.9
1954	33.3	72.4
1955	33.6	72.6
1956	33.8	72.7
1957	34.1	72.5
1958	34.4	73.2
1959	34.8	73.4
1960	35	73
1961	35.2	73.5
1962	35.4	73.4
1963	35.6	73.5
1964	35.7	73.7
1965	35.7	73.9
1966	35.8	74.1
1967	35.9	74.1
1968	36.1	74
1969	36.3	74.1
1970	36.6	74.7
1971	37.1	74.6
1972	37.6	74.7
1973	38.4	74.9
1974	39.2	75
1975	40.1	75
1976	41	75
1977	42	75.4
1978	43	75.5
1979	43.7	75.5
1980	44.3	75.7
1981	44.7	76
1982	44.8	76.3
1983	45	76.6
1984	44.8	76.8
1985	44.6	76.7
1986	44.3	77
1987	43.9	77.1
1988	43.6	77
1989	43.5	77.7
1990	43.6	77.6
1991	43.5	77.7
1992	43.6	78.1
1993	43.6	78.1
1994	43.8	78.7
1995	43.8	78.8
1996	44	79
1997	44.2	79.3
1998	44.3	79.4
1999	45.1	79.5
2000	46.2	79.7
2001	47.2	79.8
2002	48.2	79.9
2003	49.6	80.2
2004	51.1	80.5
2005	52.5	80.6
2006	53.7	80.8
2007	54.7	81
2008	55.7	81.1
2009	56.7	81.4
2010	57.8	81.5
2011	58.9	81.8
2012	59.9	81.7
2013	60.8	81.9
2014	61.7	82.2
2015	62.3	82.2
2016	63.2	82.3
2017	63.9	82.4
2018	64.5	82.5
2019	65	83.1
2020	65.2	82.4
2021	64.8	83
2022	66	83
2023	67.4	83.3
2024	67.6	83.4
2025	67.7	83.6

Malawi and Sweden population clocks and comparison

Population

Malawi

Sweden

Table

Year	Population
	Malawi	Sweden
1960	3,628,134	7,484,656
1961	3,715,534	7,519,998
1962	3,806,307	7,561,588
1963	3,900,506	7,604,328
1964	3,997,305	7,661,354
1965	4,096,157	7,733,853
1966	4,197,926	7,807,797
1967	4,303,012	7,867,931
1968	4,411,054	7,912,273
1969	4,521,184	7,968,072
1970	4,633,944	8,042,801
1971	4,751,434	8,098,334
1972	4,874,475	8,122,300
1973	5,003,938	8,136,312
1974	5,141,337	8,159,955
1975	5,287,367	8,192,437
1976	5,443,384	8,222,286
1977	5,614,983	8,251,540
1978	5,810,132	8,275,599
1979	6,028,749	8,293,678
1980	6,265,529	8,310,531
1981	6,516,454	8,320,503
1982	6,778,879	8,325,263
1983	7,051,709	8,329,033
1984	7,332,810	8,336,605
1985	7,620,508	8,350,386
1986	7,906,480	8,369,829
1987	8,293,174	8,397,804
1988	8,753,262	8,436,489
1989	9,176,220	8,492,964
1990	9,545,852	8,558,835
1991	9,844,227	8,617,375
1992	10,135,079	8,668,067
1993	10,284,024	8,718,561
1994	10,164,894	8,780,745
1995	10,150,117	8,826,939
1996	10,352,228	8,840,998
1997	10,562,035	8,846,062
1998	10,792,876	8,850,974
1999	11,047,804	8,857,874
2000	11,315,942	8,872,109
2001	11,593,058	8,895,960
2002	11,880,440	8,924,958
2003	12,181,574	8,958,229
2004	12,500,737	8,993,531
2005	12,840,031	9,029,572
2006	13,198,701	9,080,505
2007	13,576,343	9,148,092
2008	13,976,417	9,219,637
2009	14,395,788	9,298,515
2010	14,826,463	9,378,126
2011	15,265,022	9,449,213
2012	15,709,577	9,519,374
2013	16,161,816	9,600,379
2014	16,621,538	9,696,110
2015	17,085,587	9,799,186
2016	17,557,739	9,923,085
2017	18,039,715	10,057,698
2018	18,528,081	10,175,214
2019	19,025,752	10,278,887
2020	19,533,888	10,353,442
2021	20,047,258	10,415,811
2022	20,568,728	10,486,941
2023	21,104,482	10,536,632
2024	21,655,286	10,569,709

Fertility rates in Malawi and Sweden

Fertility rate

Malawi

Sweden

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Malawi	Sweden
1960	7.04	2.17
1961	7.07	2.21
1962	7.1	2.25
1963	7.13	2.33
1964	7.11	2.47
1965	7.13	2.39
1966	7.17	2.37
1967	7.21	2.28
1968	7.26	2.07
1969	7.27	1.93
1970	7.3	1.92
1971	7.31	1.96
1972	7.33	1.91
1973	7.34	1.87
1974	7.34	1.87
1975	7.36	1.77
1976	7.39	1.68
1977	7.41	1.64
1978	7.43	1.6
1979	7.47	1.66
1980	7.52	1.68
1981	7.49	1.63
1982	7.45	1.62
1983	7.36	1.61
1984	7.27	1.66
1985	7.17	1.74
1986	7.07	1.8
1987	6.97	1.84
1988	6.88	1.96
1989	6.8	2.01
1990	6.74	2.13
1991	6.68	2.11
1992	6.63	2.09
1993	6.57	1.99
1994	6.49	1.88
1995	6.39	1.73
1996	6.29	1.6
1997	6.23	1.52
1998	6.21	1.5
1999	6.12	1.5
2000	6	1.54
2001	5.94	1.57
2002	5.9	1.65
2003	5.88	1.71
2004	5.86	1.75
2005	5.85	1.77
2006	5.8	1.85
2007	5.72	1.88
2008	5.61	1.91
2009	5.45	1.94
2010	5.26	1.98
2011	5.08	1.9
2012	4.9	1.91
2013	4.76	1.89
2014	4.57	1.88
2015	4.38	1.85
2016	4.22	1.85
2017	4.11	1.78
2018	4.02	1.76
2019	3.95	1.71
2020	3.88	1.67
2021	3.79	1.67
2022	3.72	1.53
2023	3.65	1.45

Malawi and Sweden demographics compared

Median age

Malawi

Sweden

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Malawi	Sweden
1960	18.2	36
1961	18.3	36.2
1962	18.3	36.3
1963	18.3	36.3
1964	18.3	36.3
1965	18.4	36.2
1966	18.3	36
1967	18.3	35.9
1968	18.3	35.8
1969	18.2	35.6
1970	18	35.4
1971	17.9	35.3
1972	17.8	35.3
1973	17.7	35.3
1974	17.6	35.3
1975	17.5	35.3
1976	17.5	35.4
1977	17.4	35.5
1978	17.4	35.7
1979	17.4	36
1980	17.3	36.2
1981	17.3	36.5
1982	17.3	36.8
1983	17.3	37.1
1984	17.3	37.4
1985	17.3	37.6
1986	17.3	37.9
1987	17.4	38.1
1988	17.5	38.2
1989	17.4	38.3
1990	17.3	38.3
1991	17.2	38.3
1992	17.1	38.4
1993	17	38.4
1994	16.9	38.4
1995	16.9	38.5
1996	16.8	38.6
1997	16.8	38.8
1998	16.8	39
1999	16.7	39.2
2000	16.8	39.4
2001	16.8	39.5
2002	16.8	39.7
2003	16.8	39.8
2004	16.8	40
2005	16.8	40.2
2006	16.8	40.4
2007	16.8	40.5
2008	16.8	40.6
2009	16.7	40.7
2010	16.7	40.7
2011	16.8	40.8
2012	16.8	40.9
2013	16.9	40.9
2014	17	40.9
2015	17.1	40.9
2016	17.2	40.8
2017	17.4	40.7
2018	17.6	40.6
2019	17.8	40.5
2020	18	40.6
2021	18.2	40.7
2022	18.4	40.7
2023	18.7	40.9
2024	18.9	41.1

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