Malawi - Birth Rate 2002
44.0
−0.2 from 2001
Malawi's birth rate was 44.0 in 2002, decreased +0.2 from 44.2 in 2001. This was the 203rd highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2002▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Hong Kong SAR, China | 7.1 | -1.4% |
| 2nd | Macao SAR, China | 7.2 | -4.0% |
| 3rd | Ukraine | 8.1 | 4.3% |
| 4th | Bulgaria | 8.5 | 0.0% |
| 5th | Lithuania | 8.6 | -4.4% |
| 6th | Germany | 8.7 | -2.2% |
| 7th | Latvia | 8.7 | 3.6% |
| 8th | Slovenia | 8.8 | 0.0% |
| 9th | Belarus | 8.9 | -3.3% |
| 10th | Croatia | 9.0 | -2.2% |
| 11th | Czechia | 9.1 | 2.2% |
| 12th | Japan | 9.2 | -1.1% |
| 13th | Poland | 9.3 | -3.1% |
| 14th | Estonia | 9.4 | 3.3% |
| 15th | Italy | 9.4 | 0.0% |
| 16th | Greece | 9.5 | 1.1% |
| 17th | Hungary | 9.5 | 0.0% |
| 18th | Slovak Republic | 9.5 | 0.0% |
| 19th | Austria | 9.7 | 3.2% |
| 20th | Romania | 9.7 | -3.0% |
| 21st | Russian Federation | 9.7 | 7.8% |
| 22nd | British Virgin Islands | 9.7 | -16.9% |
| 23rd | Switzerland | 9.9 | -1.0% |
| 24th | Malta | 9.9 | -2.0% |
| 25th | Armenia | 10.1 | 1.0% |
| 26th | Spain | 10.1 | 2.0% |
| 27th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 10.1 | 1.3% |
| 28th | European Union | 10.1 | -0.8% |
| 29th | Korea | 10.3 | -12.0% |
| 30th | Serbia | 10.4 | -1.0% |
| 31st | Canada | 10.5 | -2.8% |
| 32nd | Finland | 10.7 | -0.9% |
| 33rd | Sweden | 10.7 | 3.9% |
| 34th | Andorra | 10.7 | -5.9% |
| 35th | Channel Islands | 10.8 | -2.7% |
| 36th | Belgium | 10.9 | -2.7% |
| 37th | Portugal | 11.0 | 0.9% |
| 38th | Gibraltar | 11.2 | -20.9% |
| 39th | United Kingdom | 11.3 | 0.0% |
| 40th | Monaco | 11.3 | -9.7% |
| 41st | Singapore | 11.4 | -3.4% |
| 42nd | Cyprus | 11.6 | -3.6% |
| 43rd | Moldova | 11.7 | 0.0% |
| 44th | Liechtenstein | 11.7 | -3.3% |
| 45th | Denmark | 11.9 | -2.5% |
| 46th | San Marino | 11.9 | -6.9% |
| 47th | Luxembourg | 12.0 | -3.2% |
| 48th | Isle of Man | 12.2 | -1.8% |
| 49th | Norway | 12.2 | -3.2% |
| 50th | Georgia | 12.2 | -0.3% |
| 51st | Netherlands | 12.5 | -0.8% |
| 52nd | Cuba | 12.5 | 0.9% |
| 53rd | Bermuda | 12.6 | -5.4% |
| 54th | Australia | 12.8 | 0.8% |
| 55th | China | 12.9 | -3.9% |
| 56th | France | 12.9 | -1.5% |
| 57th | Aruba | 13.3 | -3.4% |
| 58th | Azerbaijan | 13.5 | -0.7% |
| 59th | New Zealand | 13.7 | -4.8% |
| 60th | North Macedonia | 13.7 | 3.0% |
| 61st | Puerto Rico (US) | 13.7 | -6.1% |
| 62nd | Montenegro | 13.9 | -4.8% |
| 63rd | United States | 14.0 | -0.7% |
| 64th | Iceland | 14.1 | -2.1% |
| 65th | Barbados | 14.2 | -5.5% |
| 66th | Thailand | 14.3 | -2.3% |
| 67th | Palau | 14.5 | -0.1% |
| 68th | Trinidad and Tobago | 14.5 | -1.4% |
| 69th | Cayman Islands | 15.0 | -1.2% |
| 70th | Faroe Islands | 15.1 | 10.2% |
| 71st | Virgin Islands (US) | 15.1 | 15.3% |
| 72nd | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 15.2 | -7.0% |
| 73rd | Curaçao | 15.2 | -6.9% |
| 74th | Chile | 15.2 | -4.2% |
| 75th | Ireland | 15.4 | 2.7% |
| 76th | Albania | 15.6 | -6.1% |
| 77th | Uruguay | 15.6 | -0.3% |
| 78th | United Arab Emirates | 15.8 | -1.2% |
| 79th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 15.9 | 0.1% |
| 80th | Tunisia | 16.0 | -1.2% |
| 81st | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 16.1 | -5.0% |
| 82nd | Dominica | 16.2 | -10.2% |
| 83rd | Bahamas, The | 16.3 | -2.9% |
| 84th | Kazakhstan | 16.4 | 3.0% |
| 85th | Mauritius | 16.6 | 0.6% |
| 86th | Greenland | 16.9 | 1.2% |
| 87th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 16.9 | -2.0% |
| 88th | Antigua and Barbuda | 17.1 | -4.8% |
| 89th | Grenada | 17.2 | -0.4% |
| 90th | St. Lucia | 17.3 | -3.9% |
| 91st | Qatar | 17.4 | -1.4% |
| 92nd | Seychelles | 17.7 | 0.0% |
| 93rd | Viet Nam | 18.1 | -0.2% |
| 94th | Costa Rica | 18.2 | -6.3% |
| 95th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 18.2 | -3.6% |
| 96th | Brazil | 18.5 | -3.6% |
| 97th | Maldives | 18.7 | -2.3% |
| 98th | Brunei Darussalam | 18.7 | -3.2% |
| 99th | Argentina | 18.7 | -1.3% |
| 100th | Kosovo | 19.0 | 2.5% |
| 101st | Algeria | 19.1 | -1.6% |
| 102nd | Bahrain | 19.1 | 0.3% |
| 103rd | Sri Lanka | 19.2 | 1.2% |
| 104th | Mongolia | 19.4 | -4.1% |
| 105th | Jamaica | 19.4 | -1.2% |
| 106th | New Caledonia | 19.5 | -3.8% |
| 107th | Türkiye | 19.5 | -5.2% |
| 108th | Guam | 19.8 | -9.8% |
| 109th | French Polynesia | 20.0 | -3.9% |
| 110th | Malaysia | 20.1 | -6.1% |
| 111th | Kyrgyz Republic | 20.2 | 2.0% |
| 112th | Lebanon | 20.6 | -2.1% |
| 113th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 20.6 | -5.8% |
| 114th | Uzbekistan | 20.9 | -0.9% |
| 115th | South Africa | 20.9 | -1.6% |
| 116th | Indonesia | 21.1 | -1.3% |
| 117th | Northern Mariana Islands | 21.2 | -8.1% |
| 118th | Israel | 21.2 | 0.0% |
| 119th | Colombia | 21.4 | -1.7% |
| 120th | Morocco | 21.6 | -2.2% |
| 121st | Kuwait | 22.3 | -0.1% |
| 122nd | Libya | 22.5 | 2.0% |
| 123rd | Turkmenistan | 22.6 | -2.7% |
| 124th | Peru | 22.6 | -1.9% |
| 125th | Bhutan | 22.7 | -5.1% |
| 126th | Oman | 22.8 | -1.8% |
| 127th | Myanmar | 22.9 | -0.7% |
| 128th | Panama | 22.9 | -1.3% |
| 129th | Mexico | 23.4 | -1.7% |
| 130th | Guyana | 23.8 | -5.1% |
| 131st | Saudi Arabia | 23.8 | -6.9% |
| 132nd | Suriname | 24.3 | -4.3% |
| 133rd | Fiji | 24.3 | 0.3% |
| 134th | Dominican Republic | 24.4 | -2.7% |
| 135th | El Salvador | 24.4 | -5.5% |
| 136th | Tuvalu | 24.5 | -4.4% |
| 137th | Ecuador | 24.7 | -1.9% |
| 138th | Paraguay | 25.1 | -3.2% |
| 139th | St. Martin (French part) | 25.1 | -1.8% |
| 140th | Cabo Verde | 25.7 | -4.0% |
| 141st | Nicaragua | 26.3 | -2.8% |
| 142nd | India | 26.5 | -2.5% |
| 143rd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 27.1 | -0.6% |
| 144th | Cambodia | 27.5 | -2.1% |
| 145th | Botswana | 27.6 | -0.9% |
| 146th | Nauru | 27.8 | -0.7% |
| 147th | American Samoa | 28.5 | -1.1% |
| 148th | Jordan | 28.5 | -0.1% |
| 149th | Bangladesh | 28.5 | -2.2% |
| 150th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 28.5 | -2.0% |
| 151st | Philippines | 28.5 | -2.1% |
| 152nd | Nepal | 28.6 | -3.8% |
| 153rd | Belize | 28.7 | -2.5% |
| 154th | Tajikistan | 29.2 | -0.3% |
| 155th | Lesotho | 29.4 | 2.3% |
| 156th | Kiribati | 29.4 | -3.6% |
| 157th | Tonga | 29.5 | 0.6% |
| 158th | Namibia | 29.6 | -2.8% |
| 159th | Syrian Arab Republic | 30.1 | -2.0% |
| 160th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 30.5 | -3.1% |
| 161st | Samoa | 30.6 | -2.2% |
| 162nd | Haiti | 30.6 | -2.3% |
| 163rd | Lao PDR | 31.2 | -2.9% |
| 164th | Vanuatu | 31.8 | -1.5% |
| 165th | Eswatini | 32.2 | -0.6% |
| 166th | Honduras | 32.4 | -2.9% |
| 167th | Djibouti | 33.0 | -0.8% |
| 168th | Gabon | 33.1 | -0.5% |
| 169th | Guatemala | 33.3 | -2.6% |
| 170th | Papua New Guinea | 34.0 | -0.7% |
| 171st | Comoros | 34.7 | -1.0% |
| 172nd | Iraq | 34.8 | -2.1% |
| 173rd | Solomon Islands | 34.8 | -0.8% |
| 174th | Pakistan | 34.9 | -2.3% |
| 175th | Ghana | 35.2 | -1.1% |
| 176th | Zimbabwe | 36.5 | 0.2% |
| 177th | Eritrea | 37.1 | 2.0% |
| 178th | Congo, Republic of | 37.3 | 0.6% |
| 179th | Marshall Islands | 37.6 | -0.6% |
| 180th | Togo | 37.8 | -0.3% |
| 181st | Mauritania | 37.9 | -0.3% |
| 182nd | Timor-Leste | 38.0 | -0.1% |
| 183rd | Senegal | 38.6 | -0.6% |
| 184th | Yemen, Republic of | 39.6 | -1.5% |
| 185th | West Bank and Gaza | 39.6 | -1.5% |
| 186th | São Tomé and Principe | 39.8 | -0.3% |
| 187th | Kenya | 39.9 | -0.6% |
| 188th | Gambia, The | 40.0 | -1.2% |
| 189th | Equatorial Guinea | 40.2 | -0.6% |
| 190th | Madagascar | 40.2 | -2.2% |
| 191st | Sudan | 40.4 | -0.5% |
| 192nd | Guinea | 40.6 | -1.8% |
| 193rd | Cameroon | 40.8 | 0.3% |
| 194th | Tanzania | 41.2 | -0.5% |
| 195th | Central African Republic | 41.4 | -1.3% |
| 196th | Benin | 41.5 | -0.5% |
| 197th | Guinea-Bissau | 41.6 | -0.6% |
| 198th | Rwanda | 41.8 | -0.8% |
| 199th | Liberia | 42.0 | -1.3% |
| 200th | Mozambique | 42.5 | -1.4% |
| 201st | Côte d'Ivoire | 43.4 | -1.1% |
| 202nd | Nigeria | 43.8 | -0.3% |
| 203rd | Malawi | 44.0 | -0.5% |
| 204th | Burundi | 44.0 | 2.3% |
| 205th | Sierra Leone | 44.3 | 0.6% |
| 206th | Zambia | 44.3 | -1.0% |
| 207th | Burkina Faso | 44.5 | -0.9% |
| 208th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 44.6 | -0.9% |
| 209th | Angola | 46.7 | -0.2% |
| 210th | Mali | 47.3 | 0.4% |
| 211th | Uganda | 47.4 | -1.0% |
| 212th | Afghanistan | 47.5 | -4.3% |
| 213th | South Sudan | 48.0 | -1.8% |
| 214th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 50.4 | 0.0% |
| 215th | Chad | 50.5 | -1.5% |
| 216th | Niger | 52.6 | -0.8% |
FAQ
What was Malawi's birth rate in 2002?▾
Malawi's birth rate in 2002 was 44.0. This ranked 203rd globally.
How did Malawi's birth rate change in 2002?▾
Malawi's birth rate decreased by 0.5% in 2002 compared to 2001.
Which country had the highest birth rate in 2002?▾
Niger had the highest birth rate in 2002 at 52.6.
What is the birth rate of Malawi in 2002?▾
The birth rate of Malawi in 2002 was 44.0. This ranked 203rd globally.
How does 2002 compare to 2001 for Malawi's birth rate?▾
Malawi's birth rate went from 44.2 in 2001 to 44.0 in 2002, a 0.5% decrease.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
Malawi matched the Fiscal Dominance Trap pattern in 2002. Historically: 386 occurrences, 278 successful (72%). Outcome 24 months later: 11.4%. View full analysis →
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