Malawi vs United Kingdom statistics compared

Malawi has a population of 21.7M (ranked 62/197), compared with 69.2M in The United Kingdom (ranked 21/197). Malawi's land area is 36,402 sq mi versus 93,410 sq mi for The United Kingdom (ranked 107th vs. 78th).

By GDP, Malawi ranks 151/197 ($11B) and The United Kingdom ranks 6/197 ($3.64T). By GDP per capita, Malawi ranks 195/197 ($508), while The United Kingdom ranks 23/197 ($52,637).

Malawi and United Kingdom: Comparison Charts

Malawi and United Kingdom economies compared

GDP

Malawi

United Kingdom

Table

Year	GDP
	Malawi	United Kingdom
1960	-	$73,233,967,692
1961	-	$77,741,965,703
1962	-	$81,247,564,157
1963	-	$86,561,961,812
1964	-	$94,407,558,351
1965	-	$101,824,755,079
1966	-	$108,572,752,102
1967	-	$113,116,888,211
1968	-	$107,759,910,068
1969	-	$116,464,702,803
1970	-	$130,671,946,244
1971	-	$148,113,896,325
1972	-	$169,965,034,965
1973	-	$192,537,971,583
1974	-	$206,131,369,799
1975	-	$241,756,637,168
1976	-	$232,614,555,256
1977	-	$263,066,457,352
1978	-	$335,883,029,722
1979	-	$438,994,070,309
1980	$1,801,156,775	$564,947,710,899
1981	$1,801,193,910	$540,765,675,241
1982	$1,717,379,495	$515,048,916,841
1983	$1,780,148,049	$489,618,008,186
1984	$1,758,028,656	$461,487,097,632
1985	$1,646,442,273	$489,285,164,271
1986	$1,722,586,299	$601,452,653,181
1987	$1,721,711,808	$745,162,608,269
1988	$2,008,189,508	$910,122,732,124
1989	$2,314,205,130	$926,884,816,754
1990	$2,737,087,862	$1,093,169,389,205
1991	$3,206,783,830	$1,142,797,178,131
1992	$2,618,837,835	$1,179,659,529,660
1993	$3,013,392,658	$1,061,388,722,256
1994	$1,719,864,761	$1,140,489,745,944
1995	$2,033,701,498	$1,344,240,176,740
1996	$3,319,573,750	$1,419,645,865,835
1997	$3,875,785,863	$1,560,911,918,795
1998	$2,547,609,590	$1,653,694,932,097
1999	$2,584,478,924	$1,687,830,448,148
2000	$2,537,307,580	$1,665,534,876,683
2001	$2,498,008,665	$1,649,827,263,567
2002	$5,087,328,438	$1,785,729,916,067
2003	$4,669,789,300	$2,054,422,857,143
2004	$5,058,726,350	$2,421,525,082,387
2005	$5,320,409,651	$2,543,180,000,000
2006	$5,818,279,739	$2,708,441,582,337
2007	$6,451,210,219	$3,090,510,204,082
2008	$7,743,617,352	$2,929,411,764,706
2009	$9,009,887,947	$2,412,840,006,232
2010	$10,128,323,011	$2,485,482,596,185
2011	$11,648,142,958	$2,663,805,834,828
2012	$8,773,203,178	$2,707,089,726,615
2013	$8,031,571,928	$2,784,853,502,534
2014	$8,801,326,169	$3,064,708,247,921
2015	$9,219,474,379	$2,927,911,140,917
2016	$7,909,868,618	$2,689,106,566,900
2017	$8,943,543,794	$2,680,148,052,335
2018	$9,879,231,592	$2,871,340,347,582
2019	$11,051,865,580	$2,851,407,164,908
2020	$11,769,313,598	$2,696,778,386,608
2021	$12,378,129,751	$3,143,323,050,707
2022	$12,429,060,151	$3,114,042,471,144
2023	$12,712,150,082	$3,369,861,888,973
2024	$11,008,925,323	$3,643,834,188,783

Malawi and United Kingdom economies compared

GDP per capita

Malawi

United Kingdom

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Malawi	United Kingdom
1960	-	$1,398
1961	-	$1,472
1962	-	$1,526
1963	-	$1,613
1964	-	$1,748
1965	-	$1,874
1966	-	$1,987
1967	-	$2,059
1968	-	$1,952
1969	-	$2,101
1970	-	$2,348
1971	-	$2,650
1972	-	$3,030
1973	-	$3,426
1974	-	$3,666
1975	-	$4,300
1976	-	$4,138
1977	-	$4,681
1978	-	$5,977
1979	-	$7,805
1980	$287.5	$10,032
1981	$276.4	$9,599
1982	$253.3	$9,146
1983	$252.4	$8,692
1984	$239.7	$8,179
1985	$216.1	$8,652
1986	$217.9	$10,611
1987	$207.6	$13,119
1988	$229.4	$15,987
1989	$252.2	$16,239
1990	$286.7	$19,095
1991	$326	$19,901
1992	$258.4	$20,487
1993	$293	$18,389
1994	$169.2	$19,709
1995	$200.4	$23,169
1996	$321	$24,406
1997	$367	$26,766
1998	$236	$28,275
1999	$233.9	$28,762
2000	$224.2	$28,281
2001	$215.5	$27,907
2002	$428	$30,078
2003	$383	$34,443
2004	$405	$40,367
2005	$414	$42,105
2006	$441	$44,512
2007	$475	$50,398
2008	$554	$47,396
2009	$626	$38,744
2010	$683	$39,599
2011	$763	$42,110
2012	$558	$42,490
2013	$497	$43,419
2014	$530	$47,427
2015	$540	$44,984
2016	$451	$40,988
2017	$496	$40,629
2018	$533	$43,315
2019	$581	$42,794
2020	$603	$40,405
2021	$617	$46,926
2022	$604	$46,063
2023	$602	$49,201
2024	$508	$52,637

Malawi vs. United Kingdom life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Malawi

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Malawi	United Kingdom
1950	32.7	68.6
1951	32.8	68.2
1952	33	69.5
1953	33.2	69.8
1954	33.3	70.2
1955	33.6	70.1
1956	33.8	70.4
1957	34.1	70.5
1958	34.4	70.7
1959	34.8	70.8
1960	35	71
1961	35.2	70.8
1962	35.4	70.9
1963	35.6	70.8
1964	35.7	71.5
1965	35.7	71.5
1966	35.8	71.4
1967	35.9	72.1
1968	36.1	71.7
1969	36.3	71.7
1970	36.6	71.9
1971	37.1	72.2
1972	37.6	72
1973	38.4	72.2
1974	39.2	72.4
1975	40.1	72.7
1976	41	72.6
1977	42	73.1
1978	43	73
1979	43.7	73.2
1980	44.3	73.6
1981	44.7	73.9
1982	44.8	74
1983	45	74.3
1984	44.8	74.7
1985	44.6	74.5
1986	44.3	74.8
1987	43.9	75.1
1988	43.6	75.3
1989	43.5	75.4
1990	43.6	75.7
1991	43.5	75.9
1992	43.6	76.3
1993	43.6	76.2
1994	43.8	76.7
1995	43.8	76.6
1996	44	76.9
1997	44.2	77.1
1998	44.3	77.3
1999	45.1	77.4
2000	46.2	77.8
2001	47.2	78.1
2002	48.2	78.2
2003	49.6	78.3
2004	51.1	78.9
2005	52.5	79.1
2006	53.7	79.3
2007	54.7	79.5
2008	55.7	79.7
2009	56.7	80.2
2010	57.8	80.4
2011	58.9	80.8
2012	59.9	80.9
2013	60.8	80.9
2014	61.7	81.2
2015	62.3	80.9
2016	63.2	81.1
2017	63.9	81.2
2018	64.5	81.1
2019	65	81.4
2020	65.2	80.4
2021	64.8	80.7
2022	66	81.1
2023	67.4	81.3
2024	67.6	81.4
2025	67.7	81.6

Malawi and United Kingdom population clocks and comparison

Population

Malawi

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Population
	Malawi	United Kingdom
1960	3,628,134	52,400,000
1961	3,715,534	52,800,000
1962	3,806,307	53,250,000
1963	3,900,506	53,650,000
1964	3,997,305	54,000,000
1965	4,096,157	54,348,050
1966	4,197,926	54,648,500
1967	4,303,012	54,943,600
1968	4,411,054	55,211,700
1969	4,521,184	55,441,750
1970	4,633,944	55,663,250
1971	4,751,434	55,896,223
1972	4,874,475	56,086,065
1973	5,003,938	56,194,527
1974	5,141,337	56,229,974
1975	5,287,367	56,225,800
1976	5,443,384	56,211,968
1977	5,614,983	56,193,492
1978	5,810,132	56,196,504
1979	6,028,749	56,246,951
1980	6,265,529	56,314,216
1981	6,516,454	56,333,829
1982	6,778,879	56,313,641
1983	7,051,709	56,332,848
1984	7,332,810	56,422,072
1985	7,620,508	56,550,268
1986	7,906,480	56,681,396
1987	8,293,174	56,802,050
1988	8,753,262	56,928,327
1989	9,176,220	57,076,711
1990	9,545,852	57,247,586
1991	9,844,227	57,424,897
1992	10,135,079	57,580,402
1993	10,284,024	57,718,614
1994	10,164,894	57,865,745
1995	10,150,117	58,019,030
1996	10,352,228	58,166,950
1997	10,562,035	58,316,954
1998	10,792,876	58,487,141
1999	11,047,804	58,682,466
2000	11,315,942	58,892,514
2001	11,593,058	59,119,673
2002	11,880,440	59,370,479
2003	12,181,574	59,647,577
2004	12,500,737	59,987,905
2005	12,840,031	60,401,206
2006	13,198,701	60,846,820
2007	13,576,343	61,322,463
2008	13,976,417	61,806,995
2009	14,395,788	62,276,270
2010	14,826,463	62,766,365
2011	15,265,022	63,258,810
2012	15,709,577	63,711,000
2013	16,161,816	64,139,000
2014	16,621,538	64,620,000
2015	17,085,587	65,088,000
2016	17,557,739	65,607,000
2017	18,039,715	65,966,000
2018	18,528,081	66,289,000
2019	19,025,752	66,631,000
2020	19,533,888	66,744,000
2021	20,047,258	66,984,000
2022	20,568,728	67,604,000
2023	21,104,482	68,492,000
2024	21,655,286	69,226,000

Fertility rates in Malawi and United Kingdom

Fertility rate

Malawi

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Malawi	United Kingdom
1960	7.04	2.69
1961	7.07	2.78
1962	7.1	2.86
1963	7.13	2.88
1964	7.11	2.93
1965	7.13	2.86
1966	7.17	2.78
1967	7.21	2.68
1968	7.26	2.6
1969	7.27	2.51
1970	7.3	2.44
1971	7.31	2.41
1972	7.33	2.2
1973	7.34	2.04
1974	7.34	1.92
1975	7.36	1.81
1976	7.39	1.74
1977	7.41	1.69
1978	7.43	1.75
1979	7.47	1.86
1980	7.52	1.9
1981	7.49	1.82
1982	7.45	1.78
1983	7.36	1.77
1984	7.27	1.77
1985	7.17	1.79
1986	7.07	1.78
1987	6.97	1.81
1988	6.88	1.82
1989	6.8	1.79
1990	6.74	1.83
1991	6.68	1.82
1992	6.63	1.79
1993	6.57	1.76
1994	6.49	1.74
1995	6.39	1.71
1996	6.29	1.73
1997	6.23	1.72
1998	6.21	1.71
1999	6.12	1.68
2000	6	1.64
2001	5.94	1.63
2002	5.9	1.63
2003	5.88	1.7
2004	5.86	1.75
2005	5.85	1.76
2006	5.8	1.82
2007	5.72	1.86
2008	5.61	1.91
2009	5.45	1.89
2010	5.26	1.92
2011	5.08	1.91
2012	4.9	1.92
2013	4.76	1.83
2014	4.57	1.81
2015	4.38	1.8
2016	4.22	1.79
2017	4.11	1.74
2018	4.02	1.68
2019	3.95	1.63
2020	3.88	1.57
2021	3.79	1.58
2022	3.72	1.56
2023	3.65	1.56

Malawi and United Kingdom demographics compared

Median age

Malawi

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Malawi	United Kingdom
1960	18.2	35.5
1961	18.3	35.4
1962	18.3	35.3
1963	18.3	35.3
1964	18.3	35.2
1965	18.4	35.1
1966	18.3	34.9
1967	18.3	34.8
1968	18.3	34.6
1969	18.2	34.4
1970	18	34.2
1971	17.9	34.1
1972	17.8	34
1973	17.7	34
1974	17.6	34
1975	17.5	34
1976	17.5	34
1977	17.4	34.1
1978	17.4	34.2
1979	17.4	34.3
1980	17.3	34.4
1981	17.3	34.5
1982	17.3	34.8
1983	17.3	35
1984	17.3	35.2
1985	17.3	35.3
1986	17.3	35.4
1987	17.4	35.4
1988	17.5	35.7
1989	17.4	35.9
1990	17.3	36
1991	17.2	36.1
1992	17.1	36.2
1993	17	36.3
1994	16.9	36.5
1995	16.9	36.6
1996	16.8	36.8
1997	16.8	37
1998	16.8	37.2
1999	16.7	37.4
2000	16.8	37.7
2001	16.8	37.9
2002	16.8	38.1
2003	16.8	38.2
2004	16.8	38.4
2005	16.8	38.5
2006	16.8	38.6
2007	16.8	38.8
2008	16.8	38.9
2009	16.7	39
2010	16.7	39.2
2011	16.8	39.3
2012	16.8	39.5
2013	16.9	39.6
2014	17	39.7
2015	17.1	39.8
2016	17.2	39.8
2017	17.4	39.9
2018	17.6	40
2019	17.8	40.1
2020	18	40.2
2021	18.2	40.3
2022	18.4	40.5
2023	18.7	40.8
2024	18.9	41

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