Malawi vs Vietnam statistics compared

Malawi has a population of 21.7M (ranked 62/197), compared with 101M in Vietnam (ranked 16/197). Malawi's land area is 36,402 sq mi versus 121,016 sq mi for Vietnam (ranked 107th vs. 67th).

By GDP, Malawi ranks 151/197 ($11B) and Vietnam ranks 34/197 ($476B). By GDP per capita, Malawi ranks 195/197 ($508), while Vietnam ranks 123/197 ($4,717).

Malawi and Vietnam: Comparison Charts

Malawi and Vietnam economies compared

GDP

Malawi

Vietnam

Table

Year	GDP
	Malawi	Vietnam
1980	$1,801,156,775	-
1981	$1,801,193,910	-
1982	$1,717,379,495	-
1983	$1,780,148,049	-
1984	$1,758,028,656	-
1985	$1,646,442,273	$14,094,687,821
1986	$1,722,586,299	$26,336,616,250
1987	$1,721,711,808	$36,658,108,850
1988	$2,008,189,508	$25,423,812,649
1989	$2,314,205,130	$6,293,304,975
1990	$2,737,087,862	$6,471,740,806
1991	$3,206,783,830	$9,613,369,520
1992	$2,618,837,835	$9,866,990,236
1993	$3,013,392,658	$13,180,953,598
1994	$1,719,864,761	$16,286,433,533
1995	$2,033,701,498	$20,736,164,459
1996	$3,319,573,750	$24,657,470,575
1997	$3,875,785,863	$26,843,700,442
1998	$2,547,609,590	$27,209,602,050
1999	$2,584,478,924	$28,683,659,007
2000	$2,537,307,580	$31,172,518,403
2001	$2,498,008,665	$32,685,198,809
2002	$5,087,328,438	$35,064,105,501
2003	$4,669,789,300	$39,552,513,232
2004	$5,058,726,350	$45,427,854,693
2005	$5,320,409,651	$57,633,255,738
2006	$5,818,279,739	$66,371,664,817
2007	$6,451,210,219	$77,414,425,532
2008	$7,743,617,352	$99,130,304,099
2009	$9,009,887,947	$106,014,659,565
2010	$10,128,323,011	$147,201,173,197
2011	$11,648,142,958	$172,595,049,184
2012	$8,773,203,178	$195,590,661,129
2013	$8,031,571,928	$213,708,811,665
2014	$8,801,326,169	$233,451,469,643
2015	$9,219,474,379	$239,258,328,382
2016	$7,909,868,618	$257,096,001,178
2017	$8,943,543,794	$281,353,605,987
2018	$9,879,231,592	$310,106,478,395
2019	$11,051,865,580	$334,365,270,497
2020	$11,769,313,598	$346,615,738,538
2021	$12,378,129,751	$366,474,752,771
2022	$12,429,060,151	$413,445,230,669
2023	$12,712,150,082	$433,857,681,378
2024	$11,008,925,323	$476,388,230,307

Malawi and Vietnam economies compared

GDP per capita

Malawi

Vietnam

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Malawi	Vietnam
1980	$287.5	-
1981	$276.4	-
1982	$253.3	-
1983	$252.4	-
1984	$239.7	-
1985	$216.1	$238.6
1986	$217.9	$436
1987	$207.6	$595
1988	$229.4	$405
1989	$252.2	$98.1
1990	$286.7	$98.8
1991	$326	$143.7
1992	$258.4	$144.5
1993	$293	$189.4
1994	$169.2	$229.9
1995	$200.4	$287.8
1996	$321	$337
1997	$367	$362
1998	$236	$361
1999	$233.9	$376
2000	$224.2	$404
2001	$215.5	$419
2002	$428	$445
2003	$383	$497
2004	$405	$565
2005	$414	$711
2006	$441	$808
2007	$475	$926
2008	$554	$1,164
2009	$626	$1,226
2010	$683	$1,683
2011	$763	$1,951
2012	$558	$2,185
2013	$497	$2,360
2014	$530	$2,546
2015	$540	$2,578
2016	$451	$2,735
2017	$496	$2,956
2018	$533	$3,222
2019	$581	$3,441
2020	$603	$3,534
2021	$617	$3,704
2022	$604	$4,148
2023	$602	$4,323
2024	$508	$4,717

Malawi vs. Vietnam life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Malawi

Vietnam

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Malawi	Vietnam
1950	32.7	48
1951	32.8	48.7
1952	33	49.4
1953	33.2	50
1954	33.3	52
1955	33.6	54.8
1956	33.8	55.5
1957	34.1	56.2
1958	34.4	56.8
1959	34.8	57.4
1960	35	58
1961	35.2	58.5
1962	35.4	58.2
1963	35.6	56.9
1964	35.7	57.5
1965	35.7	57
1966	35.8	56.9
1967	35.9	56.7
1968	36.1	52.7
1969	36.3	54.8
1970	36.6	54.9
1971	37.1	55.6
1972	37.6	51.9
1973	38.4	55.7
1974	39.2	54.8
1975	40.1	61.9
1976	41	63.7
1977	42	64.1
1978	43	64.5
1979	43.7	65
1980	44.3	65.3
1981	44.7	65.8
1982	44.8	66.2
1983	45	66.5
1984	44.8	66.9
1985	44.6	67.2
1986	44.3	67.6
1987	43.9	68
1988	43.6	68.6
1989	43.5	68.8
1990	43.6	69
1991	43.5	69.3
1992	43.6	69.6
1993	43.6	70
1994	43.8	70.4
1995	43.8	70.9
1996	44	71.3
1997	44.2	71.7
1998	44.3	72.3
1999	45.1	72.6
2000	46.2	72.7
2001	47.2	73
2002	48.2	73.1
2003	49.6	73.2
2004	51.1	73.1
2005	52.5	73.2
2006	53.7	73.3
2007	54.7	73.4
2008	55.7	73.5
2009	56.7	73.5
2010	57.8	73.6
2011	58.9	73.7
2012	59.9	73.8
2013	60.8	73.8
2014	61.7	73.9
2015	62.3	74
2016	63.2	74
2017	63.9	74
2018	64.5	74.1
2019	65	74.2
2020	65.2	75.4
2021	64.8	74.1
2022	66	74.5
2023	67.4	74.6
2024	67.6	74.7
2025	67.7	74.9

Malawi and Vietnam population clocks and comparison

Population

Malawi

Vietnam

Table

Year	Population
	Malawi	Vietnam
1960	3,628,134	32,531,933
1961	3,715,534	33,409,059
1962	3,806,307	34,288,560
1963	3,900,506	35,249,101
1964	3,997,305	36,201,563
1965	4,096,157	37,129,656
1966	4,197,926	38,024,836
1967	4,303,012	38,895,080
1968	4,411,054	39,734,609
1969	4,521,184	40,582,096
1970	4,633,944	41,475,230
1971	4,751,434	42,449,276
1972	4,874,475	43,429,168
1973	5,003,938	44,409,861
1974	5,141,337	45,413,537
1975	5,287,367	46,482,903
1976	5,443,384	47,684,931
1977	5,614,983	48,954,872
1978	5,810,132	50,249,552
1979	6,028,749	51,378,211
1980	6,265,529	52,490,101
1981	6,516,454	53,738,141
1982	6,778,879	55,011,289
1983	7,051,709	56,337,921
1984	7,332,810	57,706,067
1985	7,620,508	59,060,622
1986	7,906,480	60,347,048
1987	8,293,174	61,584,651
1988	8,753,262	62,843,228
1989	9,176,220	64,147,348
1990	9,545,852	65,504,552
1991	9,844,227	66,891,775
1992	10,135,079	68,260,337
1993	10,284,024	69,586,384
1994	10,164,894	70,854,391
1995	10,150,117	72,049,940
1996	10,352,228	73,156,447
1997	10,562,035	74,226,889
1998	10,792,876	75,299,660
1999	11,047,804	76,287,452
2000	11,315,942	77,154,011
2001	11,593,058	77,969,361
2002	11,880,440	78,772,224
2003	12,181,574	79,563,777
2004	12,500,737	80,338,971
2005	12,840,031	81,088,313
2006	13,198,701	82,167,897
2007	13,576,343	83,633,375
2008	13,976,417	85,175,788
2009	14,395,788	86,460,018
2010	14,826,463	87,455,152
2011	15,265,022	88,468,314
2012	15,709,577	89,510,356
2013	16,161,816	90,573,104
2014	16,621,538	91,679,578
2015	17,085,587	92,823,254
2016	17,557,739	94,000,117
2017	18,039,715	95,176,977
2018	18,528,081	96,237,319
2019	19,025,752	97,173,776
2020	19,533,888	98,079,191
2021	20,047,258	98,935,098
2022	20,568,728	99,680,655
2023	21,104,482	100,352,192
2024	21,655,286	100,987,686

Fertility rates in Malawi and Vietnam

Fertility rate

Malawi

Vietnam

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Malawi	Vietnam
1960	7.04	6.27
1961	7.07	5.48
1962	7.1	6.26
1963	7.13	6.39
1964	7.11	6.29
1965	7.13	6.16
1966	7.17	5.97
1967	7.21	5.88
1968	7.26	6.03
1969	7.27	6.01
1970	7.3	6.02
1971	7.31	6.07
1972	7.33	6.1
1973	7.34	6.11
1974	7.34	5.78
1975	7.36	5.62
1976	7.39	5.46
1977	7.41	5.29
1978	7.43	5.1
1979	7.47	4.94
1980	7.52	4.8
1981	7.49	4.67
1982	7.45	4.59
1983	7.36	4.52
1984	7.27	4.41
1985	7.17	4.21
1986	7.07	3.96
1987	6.97	3.72
1988	6.88	3.62
1989	6.8	3.64
1990	6.74	3.6
1991	6.68	3.52
1992	6.63	3.35
1993	6.57	3.17
1994	6.49	2.94
1995	6.39	2.7
1996	6.29	2.47
1997	6.23	2.27
1998	6.21	2.1
1999	6.12	2
2000	6	2.03
2001	5.94	2.02
2002	5.9	2.01
2003	5.88	2
2004	5.86	1.97
2005	5.85	1.89
2006	5.8	1.87
2007	5.72	1.91
2008	5.61	1.93
2009	5.45	1.92
2010	5.26	1.91
2011	5.08	1.93
2012	4.9	1.97
2013	4.76	1.98
2014	4.57	2.09
2015	4.38	2.1
2016	4.22	2
2017	4.11	1.99
2018	4.02	1.88
2019	3.95	1.94
2020	3.88	1.96
2021	3.79	1.94
2022	3.72	1.93
2023	3.65	1.91

Malawi and Vietnam demographics compared

Median age

Malawi

Vietnam

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Malawi	Vietnam
1960	18.2	21.2
1961	18.3	20.7
1962	18.3	20.2
1963	18.3	19.7
1964	18.3	19.2
1965	18.4	18.9
1966	18.3	18.7
1967	18.3	18.5
1968	18.3	18.4
1969	18.2	18.4
1970	18	18.4
1971	17.9	18.4
1972	17.8	18.5
1973	17.7	18.5
1974	17.6	18.6
1975	17.5	18.7
1976	17.5	18.8
1977	17.4	19
1978	17.4	19.1
1979	17.4	19.3
1980	17.3	19.4
1981	17.3	19.5
1982	17.3	19.6
1983	17.3	19.7
1984	17.3	19.8
1985	17.3	19.9
1986	17.3	20
1987	17.4	20.1
1988	17.5	20.2
1989	17.4	20.4
1990	17.3	20.5
1991	17.2	20.7
1992	17.1	20.9
1993	17	21.1
1994	16.9	21.4
1995	16.9	21.7
1996	16.8	22
1997	16.8	22.4
1998	16.8	22.9
1999	16.7	23.3
2000	16.8	23.7
2001	16.8	24.2
2002	16.8	24.6
2003	16.8	25
2004	16.8	25.4
2005	16.8	25.8
2006	16.8	26.3
2007	16.8	26.9
2008	16.8	27.4
2009	16.7	27.9
2010	16.7	28.3
2011	16.8	28.7
2012	16.8	29
2013	16.9	29.4
2014	17	29.8
2015	17.1	30.2
2016	17.2	30.5
2017	17.4	30.8
2018	17.6	31.2
2019	17.8	31.6
2020	18	32.1
2021	18.2	32.5
2022	18.4	33
2023	18.7	33.4
2024	18.9	33.9

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