Malaysia vs Singapore statistics compared

Malaysia has a population of 35.6M (ranked 44/197), compared with 6.04M in Singapore (ranked 113/197). Malaysia's land area is 126,854 sq mi versus 277.2 sq mi for Singapore (ranked 65th vs. 177th).

By GDP, Malaysia ranks 39/197 ($422B) and Singapore ranks 27/197 ($547B). By GDP per capita, Malaysia ranks 81/197 ($11,867), while Singapore ranks 7/197 ($90,674).

Malaysia and Singapore: Comparison Charts

Malaysia and Singapore economies compared

GDP

Malaysia

Singapore

Table

Year	GDP
	Malaysia	Singapore
1960	$1,916,229,477	$704,751,700
1961	$1,901,856,123	$764,629,788
1962	$2,001,489,602	$826,239,212
1963	$2,510,110,348	$917,608,012
1964	$2,674,423,922	$894,153,311
1965	$2,956,337,669	$974,644,096
1966	$3,143,517,944	$1,096,425,608
1967	$3,188,924,677	$1,238,035,816
1968	$3,330,371,551	$1,425,706,091
1969	$3,664,552,041	$1,659,893,768
1970	$3,864,145,667	$1,920,574,150
1971	$4,244,395,956	$2,263,785,444
1972	$5,043,347,250	$2,721,440,981
1973	$7,662,902,678	$3,696,213,333
1974	$9,496,204,302	$5,221,534,956
1975	$9,298,800,799	$5,633,673,930
1976	$11,050,234,599	$6,327,077,974
1977	$13,139,488,633	$6,618,585,074
1978	$16,358,079,862	$7,517,176,355
1979	$21,213,264,962	$9,296,921,724
1980	$24,488,224,677	$11,896,256,783
1981	$25,004,285,792	$14,175,228,844
1982	$26,804,493,635	$16,084,252,378
1983	$30,347,442,111	$17,784,112,150
1984	$33,942,897,422	$19,749,361,098
1985	$31,199,633,353	$19,156,532,746
1986	$27,734,111,400	$18,586,746,057
1987	$32,181,210,158	$20,919,215,578
1988	$35,272,109,220	$25,371,462,488
1989	$38,847,965,293	$30,465,364,739
1990	$44,024,585,240	$36,144,336,769
1991	$49,143,148,094	$45,466,164,978
1992	$59,167,550,163	$52,131,320,033
1993	$66,894,966,969	$60,603,815,716
1994	$74,478,356,958	$73,688,724,431
1995	$88,705,342,903	$87,812,540,788
1996	$100,855,393,910	$96,293,086,513
1997	$100,005,323,302	$100,123,787,215
1998	$72,167,498,981	$85,728,207,782
1999	$79,148,421,053	$86,286,849,755
2000	$93,789,736,842	$96,076,539,926
2001	$92,783,947,368	$89,793,790,670
2002	$100,845,526,316	$92,538,372,870
2003	$110,202,368,421	$97,646,401,096
2004	$124,749,473,684	$115,033,593,101
2005	$143,534,405,819	$127,807,848,728
2006	$162,692,258,307	$148,627,286,361
2007	$193,549,569,478	$180,941,701,358
2008	$230,811,614,370	$193,617,323,539
2009	$202,257,453,037	$194,150,283,772
2010	$255,017,638,456	$239,807,980,591
2011	$297,951,668,675	$279,356,499,090
2012	$314,443,047,642	$295,092,888,077
2013	$323,276,235,524	$307,576,360,585
2014	$338,066,095,097	$314,863,580,758
2015	$301,355,266,965	$307,998,545,269
2016	$301,256,033,870	$319,646,468,521
2017	$319,109,094,160	$343,673,334,902
2018	$358,788,845,713	$377,123,710,561
2019	$365,177,721,022	$376,161,998,830
2020	$337,456,163,961	$349,165,858,545
2021	$373,784,823,673	$436,591,382,250
2022	$407,605,841,348	$509,017,841,147
2023	$399,705,137,434	$505,439,514,078
2024	$421,972,102,254	$547,386,645,892

Malaysia and Singapore economies compared

GDP per capita

Malaysia

Singapore

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Malaysia	Singapore
1960	$240.8	$428
1961	$232.9	$449
1962	$238.8	$472
1963	$291.8	$511
1964	$303	$486
1965	$326	$517
1966	$339	$567
1967	$335	$626
1968	$342	$709
1969	$368	$813
1970	$380	$926
1971	$407	$1,071
1972	$472	$1,264
1973	$701	$1,685
1974	$848	$2,342
1975	$811	$2,490
1976	$940	$2,759
1977	$1,092	$2,846
1978	$1,327	$3,194
1979	$1,680	$3,901
1980	$1,886	$4,928
1981	$1,866	$5,597
1982	$1,938	$6,078
1983	$2,124	$6,633
1984	$2,300	$7,228
1985	$2,046	$7,002
1986	$1,760	$6,800
1987	$1,977	$7,539
1988	$2,100	$8,914
1989	$2,244	$10,395
1990	$2,469	$11,862
1991	$2,679	$14,502
1992	$3,141	$16,136
1993	$3,462	$18,290
1994	$3,758	$21,552
1995	$4,363	$24,915
1996	$4,837	$26,233
1997	$4,679	$26,376
1998	$3,294	$21,829
1999	$3,528	$21,797
2000	$4,084	$23,853
2001	$3,944	$21,700
2002	$4,184	$22,160
2003	$4,465	$23,730
2004	$4,939	$27,608
2005	$5,556	$29,961
2006	$6,158	$33,768
2007	$7,169	$39,433
2008	$8,372	$40,009
2009	$7,191	$38,927
2010	$8,899	$47,237
2011	$10,217	$53,891
2012	$10,601	$55,548
2013	$10,714	$56,967
2014	$11,013	$57,565
2015	$9,649	$55,646
2016	$9,477	$57,006
2017	$9,863	$61,236
2018	$10,902	$66,882
2019	$10,920	$65,952
2020	$9,958	$61,410
2021	$10,903	$80,056
2022	$11,748	$90,299
2023	$11,379	$85,412
2024	$11,867	$90,674

Malaysia vs. Singapore life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Malaysia

Singapore

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Malaysia	Singapore
1950	48.5	54.1
1951	49.2	55.3
1952	50.1	56.4
1953	51.1	57.5
1954	52	59.4
1955	52.8	61.2
1956	53.7	62.6
1957	54.5	63.4
1958	55.4	64
1959	56.3	64.8
1960	57.2	65.3
1961	58	65.7
1962	58.9	66.1
1963	59.7	66.5
1964	60.4	66.7
1965	61.1	66.9
1966	61.7	67.2
1967	62	67.3
1968	62.4	67.7
1969	62.9	68.1
1970	63.3	68.5
1971	63.8	68.8
1972	64.2	69
1973	64.7	69.4
1974	65.2	69.7
1975	65.7	70.2
1976	66.2	70.6
1977	66.7	70.9
1978	67.2	71.2
1979	67.6	71.4
1980	68.1	71.5
1981	68.5	71.7
1982	68.9	72
1983	69.2	72.4
1984	69.6	72.6
1985	69.9	73.1
1986	70.1	73.6
1987	70.4	74
1988	70.6	74
1989	70.8	74.3
1990	71	74.6
1991	71.2	75.1
1992	71.5	75.3
1993	71.7	75.5
1994	71.9	75.6
1995	72	75.7
1996	72.1	76.1
1997	72.3	76.4
1998	72.4	76.9
1999	72.4	77.3
2000	72.7	77.8
2001	73.1	78.3
2002	73.5	78.7
2003	73.7	79.2
2004	74	79.7
2005	74.4	80.3
2006	74.7	80.6
2007	75	80.9
2008	75.2	81.1
2009	75.3	81.4
2010	75.4	81.6
2011	75.5	81.9
2012	75.6	82.2
2013	75.5	82.5
2014	75.3	82.6
2015	75.3	82.7
2016	75.4	82.9
2017	75.5	83.1
2018	75.7	83.4
2019	75.9	83.7
2020	76.1	83.7
2021	73.9	83.5
2022	75.4	82.9
2023	76.7	83.7
2024	76.8	83.9
2025	77	84

Malaysia and Singapore population clocks and comparison

Population

Malaysia

Singapore

Table

Year	Population
	Malaysia	Singapore
1960	7,956,197	1,646,400
1961	8,164,443	1,702,400
1962	8,380,172	1,750,200
1963	8,602,160	1,795,000
1964	8,828,406	1,841,600
1965	9,056,408	1,886,900
1966	9,284,688	1,934,400
1967	9,507,099	1,977,600
1968	9,725,281	2,012,000
1969	9,947,597	2,042,500
1970	10,178,802	2,074,507
1971	10,423,453	2,112,900
1972	10,676,835	2,152,400
1973	10,935,621	2,193,000
1974	11,200,906	2,229,800
1975	11,471,914	2,262,600
1976	11,750,097	2,293,300
1977	12,035,713	2,325,300
1978	12,328,157	2,353,600
1979	12,627,862	2,383,500
1980	12,983,363	2,413,945
1981	13,399,203	2,532,835
1982	13,832,798	2,646,466
1983	14,285,907	2,681,061
1984	14,759,009	2,732,221
1985	15,252,258	2,735,957
1986	15,760,419	2,733,373
1987	16,276,737	2,774,789
1988	16,796,605	2,846,108
1989	17,314,997	2,930,901
1990	17,833,171	3,047,132
1991	18,342,464	3,135,083
1992	18,834,572	3,230,698
1993	19,322,664	3,313,471
1994	19,820,446	3,419,048
1995	20,330,599	3,524,506
1996	20,850,087	3,670,704
1997	21,375,218	3,796,038
1998	21,906,713	3,927,213
1999	22,435,531	3,958,723
2000	22,967,816	4,027,887
2001	23,526,538	4,138,012
2002	24,102,477	4,175,950
2003	24,679,602	4,114,826
2004	25,256,772	4,166,664
2005	25,836,071	4,265,762
2006	26,417,909	4,401,365
2007	26,998,389	4,588,599
2008	27,570,059	4,839,396
2009	28,124,778	4,987,573
2010	28,655,776	5,076,732
2011	29,162,039	5,183,688
2012	29,662,831	5,312,437
2013	30,174,265	5,399,162
2014	30,696,137	5,469,724
2015	31,232,798	5,535,002
2016	31,789,685	5,607,283
2017	32,355,644	5,612,253
2018	32,910,967	5,638,676
2019	33,440,596	5,703,569
2020	33,889,558	5,685,807
2021	34,282,399	5,453,566
2022	34,695,493	5,637,022
2023	35,126,298	5,917,648
2024	35,557,673	6,036,860

Fertility rates in Malaysia and Singapore

Fertility rate

Malaysia

Singapore

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Malaysia	Singapore
1960	6.41	5.76
1961	6.37	5.41
1962	6.3	5.21
1963	6.19	5.16
1964	6.03	4.97
1965	5.84	4.66
1966	5.64	4.46
1967	5.43	3.91
1968	5.29	3.53
1969	5.16	3.22
1970	5.04	3.07
1971	4.92	3.02
1972	4.82	3.04
1973	4.73	2.79
1974	4.62	2.35
1975	4.5	2.07
1976	4.4	2.11
1977	4.28	1.82
1978	4.18	1.79
1979	4.09	1.79
1980	4.04	1.82
1981	4	1.78
1982	3.97	1.74
1983	3.93	1.61
1984	3.89	1.62
1985	3.8	1.61
1986	3.7	1.43
1987	3.57	1.62
1988	3.5	1.96
1989	3.31	1.75
1990	3.3	1.83
1991	3.34	1.73
1992	3.37	1.72
1993	3.36	1.74
1994	3.35	1.71
1995	3.32	1.67
1996	3.3	1.66
1997	3.23	1.61
1998	3.12	1.48
1999	3.07	1.47
2000	2.94	1.6
2001	2.81	1.41
2002	2.66	1.37
2003	2.6	1.27
2004	2.49	1.26
2005	2.39	1.26
2006	2.31	1.28
2007	2.25	1.29
2008	2.26	1.28
2009	2.22	1.22
2010	2.14	1.15
2011	2.15	1.2
2012	2.12	1.29
2013	2.07	1.19
2014	2.06	1.25
2015	2.01	1.24
2016	1.94	1.2
2017	1.89	1.16
2018	1.84	1.14
2019	1.78	1.14
2020	1.68	1.1
2021	1.56	1.12
2022	1.55	1.04
2023	1.55	0.97

Malaysia and Singapore demographics compared

Median age

Malaysia

Singapore

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Malaysia	Singapore
1960	17.5	18.2
1961	17.3	18.1
1962	17.1	18
1963	17	18
1964	16.9	18.1
1965	16.8	18.2
1966	16.9	18.4
1967	17	18.6
1968	17.1	18.9
1969	17.3	19.3
1970	17.4	19.7
1971	17.6	20.1
1972	17.9	20.6
1973	18.1	21
1974	18.3	21.5
1975	18.6	22
1976	18.8	22.6
1977	19	23.1
1978	19.3	23.6
1979	19.5	24.2
1980	19.7	24.7
1981	19.9	25.3
1982	20.1	25.9
1983	20.4	26.4
1984	20.5	26.9
1985	20.7	27.3
1986	20.9	27.8
1987	21	28.3
1988	21.1	28.7
1989	21.3	29.1
1990	21.5	29.5
1991	21.7	29.8
1992	21.9	30.1
1993	22.1	30.4
1994	22.3	30.7
1995	22.5	31
1996	22.7	31.2
1997	22.9	31.4
1998	23.1	31.6
1999	23.4	31.9
2000	23.5	32.2
2001	23.6	32.5
2002	23.7	32.7
2003	23.9	33
2004	24	33.3
2005	24.2	33.5
2006	24.5	33.6
2007	24.8	33.6
2008	25.1	33.5
2009	25.6	33.6
2010	26	33.7
2011	26.4	33.9
2012	26.8	34
2013	27.1	34.1
2014	27.5	34.2
2015	27.8	34.4
2016	28.1	34.5
2017	28.5	34.8
2018	28.8	35
2019	29.2	35.2
2020	29.6	35.5
2021	30.1	35.8
2022	30.6	35.9
2023	31.1	36.2
2024	31.5	36.8

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