Malawi vs Tonga statistics compared

Malawi has a population of 21.7M (ranked 62/197), compared with 104K in Tonga (ranked 183/197). Malawi's land area is 36,402 sq mi versus 278 sq mi for Tonga (ranked 107th vs. 176th).

By GDP, Malawi ranks 151/197 ($11B) and Tonga ranks 191/197 ($509M). By GDP per capita, Malawi ranks 195/197 ($508), while Tonga ranks 121/197 ($4,864).

Malawi and Tonga: Comparison Charts

Malawi and Tonga economies compared

GDP

Malawi

Tonga

Table

Year	GDP
	Malawi	Tonga
1975	-	$32,506,742
1976	-	$30,036,417
1977	-	$34,139,388
1978	-	$41,567,472
1979	-	$44,667,002
1980	$1,801,156,775	$53,260,077
1981	$1,801,193,910	$62,242,013
1982	$1,717,379,495	$62,068,161
1983	$1,780,148,049	$60,863,964
1984	$1,758,028,656	$64,248,355
1985	$1,646,442,273	$60,058,663
1986	$1,722,586,299	$68,195,856
1987	$1,721,711,808	$81,667,133
1988	$2,008,189,508	$106,657,267
1989	$2,314,205,130	$106,344,855
1990	$2,737,087,862	$113,563,822
1991	$3,206,783,830	$132,201,141
1992	$2,618,837,835	$137,066,291
1993	$3,013,392,658	$138,489,884
1994	$1,719,864,761	$195,990,986
1995	$2,033,701,498	$208,871,666
1996	$3,319,573,750	$222,100,576
1997	$3,875,785,863	$214,991,452
1998	$2,547,609,590	$191,504,893
1999	$2,584,478,924	$199,208,718
2000	$2,537,307,580	$204,848,488
2001	$2,498,008,665	$181,117,230
2002	$5,087,328,438	$182,764,281
2003	$4,669,789,300	$202,246,591
2004	$5,058,726,350	$230,678,011
2005	$5,320,409,651	$261,823,805
2006	$5,818,279,739	$292,232,703
2007	$6,451,210,219	$298,519,623
2008	$7,743,617,352	$344,438,844
2009	$9,009,887,947	$312,415,028
2010	$10,128,323,011	$366,887,375
2011	$11,648,142,958	$414,143,828
2012	$8,773,203,178	$471,122,971
2013	$8,031,571,928	$451,788,498
2014	$8,801,326,169	$440,997,735
2015	$9,219,474,379	$437,525,539
2016	$7,909,868,618	$420,828,255
2017	$8,943,543,794	$459,976,847
2018	$9,879,231,592	$489,714,530
2019	$11,051,865,580	$494,197,854
2020	$11,769,313,598	$496,856,304
2021	$12,378,129,751	$518,228,029
2022	$12,429,060,151	$518,180,029
2023	$12,712,150,082	$508,735,107
2024	$11,008,925,323	-

Malawi and Tonga economies compared

GDP per capita

Malawi

Tonga

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Malawi	Tonga
1975	-	$349
1976	-	$315
1977	-	$353
1978	-	$428
1979	-	$458
1980	$287.5	$545
1981	$276.4	$636
1982	$253.3	$633
1983	$252.4	$621
1984	$239.7	$656
1985	$216.1	$613
1986	$217.9	$696
1987	$207.6	$830
1988	$229.4	$1,078
1989	$252.2	$1,070
1990	$286.7	$1,139
1991	$326	$1,323
1992	$258.4	$1,370
1993	$293	$1,383
1994	$169.2	$1,957
1995	$200.4	$2,084
1996	$321	$2,215
1997	$367	$2,136
1998	$236	$1,889
1999	$233.9	$1,952
2000	$224.2	$1,995
2001	$215.5	$1,754
2002	$428	$1,759
2003	$383	$1,936
2004	$405	$2,195
2005	$414	$2,478
2006	$441	$2,750
2007	$475	$2,797
2008	$554	$3,218
2009	$626	$2,914
2010	$683	$3,416
2011	$763	$3,850
2012	$558	$4,384
2013	$497	$4,219
2014	$530	$4,137
2015	$540	$4,124
2016	$451	$3,988
2017	$496	$4,366
2018	$533	$4,639
2019	$581	$4,677
2020	$603	$4,700
2021	$617	$4,913
2022	$604	$4,933
2023	$602	$4,864
2024	$508	-

Malawi vs. Tonga life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Malawi

Tonga

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Malawi	Tonga
1950	32.7	48.4
1951	32.8	49.8
1952	33	51.2
1953	33.2	52.4
1954	33.3	53.6
1955	33.6	54.7
1956	33.8	55.7
1957	34.1	56.5
1958	34.4	57.2
1959	34.8	57.8
1960	35	58.3
1961	35.2	58.8
1962	35.4	59.3
1963	35.6	59.8
1964	35.7	60.3
1965	35.7	60.7
1966	35.8	61.2
1967	35.9	61.7
1968	36.1	62.2
1969	36.3	62.7
1970	36.6	63.2
1971	37.1	63.6
1972	37.6	64.1
1973	38.4	64.4
1974	39.2	64.8
1975	40.1	65.1
1976	41	65.4
1977	42	65.6
1978	43	65.9
1979	43.7	66
1980	44.3	66.2
1981	44.7	66.4
1982	44.8	66.3
1983	45	66.7
1984	44.8	66.8
1985	44.6	66.9
1986	44.3	67.1
1987	43.9	67.2
1988	43.6	67.3
1989	43.5	67.4
1990	43.6	67.5
1991	43.5	67.7
1992	43.6	67.9
1993	43.6	68.2
1994	43.8	68.4
1995	43.8	68.6
1996	44	68.8
1997	44.2	69
1998	44.3	69.2
1999	45.1	69.4
2000	46.2	69.6
2001	47.2	69.8
2002	48.2	70
2003	49.6	70.2
2004	51.1	70.4
2005	52.5	70.6
2006	53.7	70.7
2007	54.7	70.9
2008	55.7	71
2009	56.7	70.9
2010	57.8	71.3
2011	58.9	71.4
2012	59.9	71.5
2013	60.8	71.6
2014	61.7	71.7
2015	62.3	71.9
2016	63.2	72
2017	63.9	72.1
2018	64.5	72.2
2019	65	72.3
2020	65.2	72.4
2021	64.8	72.1
2022	66	72.6
2023	67.4	72.9
2024	67.6	73.1
2025	67.7	73.2

Malawi and Tonga population clocks and comparison

Population

Malawi

Tonga

Table

Year	Population
	Malawi	Tonga
1960	3,628,134	66,170
1961	3,715,534	68,037
1962	3,806,307	69,940
1963	3,900,506	71,885
1964	3,997,305	73,879
1965	4,096,157	75,924
1966	4,197,926	78,002
1967	4,303,012	79,814
1968	4,411,054	81,353
1969	4,521,184	82,885
1970	4,633,944	84,401
1971	4,751,434	85,896
1972	4,874,475	87,356
1973	5,003,938	88,805
1974	5,141,337	90,683
1975	5,287,367	93,017
1976	5,443,384	95,325
1977	5,614,983	96,725
1978	5,810,132	97,204
1979	6,028,749	97,544
1980	6,265,529	97,769
1981	6,516,454	97,909
1982	6,778,879	97,980
1983	7,051,709	97,998
1984	7,332,810	97,990
1985	7,620,508	97,984
1986	7,906,480	98,010
1987	8,293,174	98,376
1988	8,753,262	98,969
1989	9,176,220	99,403
1990	9,545,852	99,700
1991	9,844,227	99,895
1992	10,135,079	100,022
1993	10,284,024	100,103
1994	10,164,894	100,166
1995	10,150,117	100,225
1996	10,352,228	100,275
1997	10,562,035	100,674
1998	10,792,876	101,388
1999	11,047,804	102,046
2000	11,315,942	102,677
2001	11,593,058	103,288
2002	11,880,440	103,874
2003	12,181,574	104,464
2004	12,500,737	105,071
2005	12,840,031	105,671
2006	13,198,701	106,253
2007	13,576,343	106,726
2008	13,976,417	107,020
2009	14,395,788	107,203
2010	14,826,463	107,400
2011	15,265,022	107,570
2012	15,709,577	107,460
2013	16,161,816	107,078
2014	16,621,538	106,609
2015	17,085,587	106,095
2016	17,557,739	105,524
2017	18,039,715	105,356
2018	18,528,081	105,567
2019	19,025,752	105,669
2020	19,533,888	105,704
2021	20,047,258	105,490
2022	20,568,728	105,042
2023	21,104,482	104,597
2024	21,655,286	104,175

Fertility rates in Malawi and Tonga

Fertility rate

Malawi

Tonga

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Malawi	Tonga
1960	7.04	6.65
1961	7.07	6.61
1962	7.1	6.57
1963	7.13	6.52
1964	7.11	6.46
1965	7.13	6.41
1966	7.17	6.35
1967	7.21	6.29
1968	7.26	6.23
1969	7.27	6.17
1970	7.3	6.07
1971	7.31	5.96
1972	7.33	5.86
1973	7.34	5.8
1974	7.34	5.77
1975	7.36	5.75
1976	7.39	5.73
1977	7.41	5.7
1978	7.43	5.68
1979	7.47	5.65
1980	7.52	5.6
1981	7.49	5.55
1982	7.45	5.5
1983	7.36	5.45
1984	7.27	5.41
1985	7.17	5.34
1986	7.07	5.27
1987	6.97	5.19
1988	6.88	5.1
1989	6.8	5.01
1990	6.74	4.93
1991	6.68	4.85
1992	6.63	4.79
1993	6.57	4.73
1994	6.49	4.66
1995	6.39	4.56
1996	6.29	4.46
1997	6.23	4.38
1998	6.21	4.31
1999	6.12	4.23
2000	6	4.16
2001	5.94	4.13
2002	5.9	4.14
2003	5.88	4.18
2004	5.86	4.19
2005	5.85	4.2
2006	5.8	4.14
2007	5.72	4.09
2008	5.61	4.01
2009	5.45	3.95
2010	5.26	3.88
2011	5.08	3.83
2012	4.9	3.77
2013	4.76	3.7
2014	4.57	3.62
2015	4.38	3.54
2016	4.22	3.46
2017	4.11	3.39
2018	4.02	3.33
2019	3.95	3.27
2020	3.88	3.23
2021	3.79	3.2
2022	3.72	3.17
2023	3.65	3.13

Malawi and Tonga demographics compared

Median age

Malawi

Tonga

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Malawi	Tonga
1960	18.2	17.1
1961	18.3	17.1
1962	18.3	17.1
1963	18.3	17
1964	18.3	17
1965	18.4	17
1966	18.3	17
1967	18.3	17
1968	18.3	16.9
1969	18.2	16.8
1970	18	16.8
1971	17.9	16.7
1972	17.8	16.7
1973	17.7	16.8
1974	17.6	16.8
1975	17.5	16.7
1976	17.5	16.7
1977	17.4	16.8
1978	17.4	17.1
1979	17.4	17.3
1980	17.3	17.4
1981	17.3	17.6
1982	17.3	17.8
1983	17.3	17.9
1984	17.3	18
1985	17.3	18.1
1986	17.3	18.2
1987	17.4	18.3
1988	17.5	18.6
1989	17.4	18.9
1990	17.3	19.1
1991	17.2	19.3
1992	17.1	19.5
1993	17	19.6
1994	16.9	19.6
1995	16.9	19.6
1996	16.8	19.6
1997	16.8	19.7
1998	16.8	19.9
1999	16.7	20.1
2000	16.8	20.3
2001	16.8	20.5
2002	16.8	20.7
2003	16.8	20.8
2004	16.8	20.8
2005	16.8	20.8
2006	16.8	20.8
2007	16.8	20.9
2008	16.8	21
2009	16.7	21.1
2010	16.7	21.2
2011	16.8	21.2
2012	16.8	21.4
2013	16.9	21.6
2014	17	21.7
2015	17.1	21.8
2016	17.2	21.9
2017	17.4	21.9
2018	17.6	22
2019	17.8	22
2020	18	22.1
2021	18.2	22.1
2022	18.4	22
2023	18.7	21.9
2024	18.9	21.9

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