Malaysia vs South Korea statistics compared

Malaysia has a population of 35.6M (ranked 44/197), compared with 51.8M in South Korea (ranked 29/197). Malaysia's land area is 126,854 sq mi versus 37,684 sq mi for South Korea (ranked 65th vs. 105th).

By GDP, Malaysia ranks 39/197 ($422B) and South Korea ranks 15/197 ($1.71T). By GDP per capita, Malaysia ranks 81/197 ($11,867), while South Korea ranks 36/197 ($33,121).

Malaysia and South Korea: Comparison Charts

Malaysia and South Korea economies compared

GDP

Malaysia

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP
	Malaysia	South Korea
1960	$1,916,229,477	$3,958,811,881
1961	$1,901,856,123	$2,417,628,737
1962	$2,001,489,602	$2,814,615,385
1963	$2,510,110,348	$3,988,461,538
1964	$2,674,423,922	$3,459,019,943
1965	$2,956,337,669	$3,120,861,499
1966	$3,143,517,944	$3,929,055,144
1967	$3,188,924,677	$4,855,892,446
1968	$3,330,371,551	$6,119,394,892
1969	$3,664,552,041	$7,678,698,838
1970	$3,864,145,667	$9,005,144,969
1971	$4,244,395,956	$9,903,571,249
1972	$5,043,347,250	$10,862,211,761
1973	$7,662,902,678	$13,876,472,208
1974	$9,496,204,302	$19,543,973,941
1975	$9,298,800,799	$21,784,297,521
1976	$11,050,234,599	$29,902,479,339
1977	$13,139,488,633	$38,446,487,603
1978	$16,358,079,862	$51,972,107,438
1979	$21,213,264,962	$66,946,900,826
1980	$24,488,224,677	$65,398,377,598
1981	$25,004,285,792	$72,933,533,012
1982	$26,804,493,635	$78,358,416,171
1983	$30,347,442,111	$87,760,553,262
1984	$33,942,897,422	$97,510,744,119
1985	$31,199,633,353	$101,296,177,099
1986	$27,734,111,400	$116,836,246,285
1987	$32,181,210,158	$147,948,709,376
1988	$35,272,109,220	$199,591,287,825
1989	$38,847,965,293	$246,928,837,311
1990	$44,024,585,240	$283,365,844,161
1991	$49,143,148,094	$330,647,042,837
1992	$59,167,550,163	$355,524,903,068
1993	$66,894,966,969	$392,665,710,525
1994	$74,478,356,958	$463,619,823,515
1995	$88,705,342,903	$566,581,003,128
1996	$100,855,393,910	$610,167,053,824
1997	$100,005,323,302	$569,755,022,973
1998	$72,167,498,981	$383,331,833,682
1999	$79,148,421,053	$497,514,040,642
2000	$93,789,736,842	$576,179,387,820
2001	$92,783,947,368	$547,656,279,895
2002	$100,845,526,316	$627,246,933,730
2003	$110,202,368,421	$702,714,855,194
2004	$124,749,473,684	$793,175,561,887
2005	$143,534,405,819	$934,901,071,333
2006	$162,692,258,307	$1,053,216,909,888
2007	$193,549,569,478	$1,172,614,086,540
2008	$230,811,614,370	$1,047,339,010,225
2009	$202,257,453,037	$943,941,876,219
2010	$255,017,638,456	$1,143,672,241,150
2011	$297,951,668,675	$1,253,289,537,501
2012	$314,443,047,642	$1,278,046,536,287
2013	$323,276,235,524	$1,370,632,955,321
2014	$338,066,095,097	$1,484,488,526,272
2015	$301,355,266,965	$1,466,038,936,206
2016	$301,256,033,870	$1,499,679,823,910
2017	$319,109,094,160	$1,623,074,183,502
2018	$358,788,845,713	$1,725,373,496,825
2019	$365,177,721,022	$1,651,422,932,448
2020	$337,456,163,961	$1,644,312,831,906
2021	$373,784,823,673	$1,818,432,106,880
2022	$407,605,841,348	$1,673,916,511,800
2023	$399,705,137,434	$1,712,792,854,202
2024	$421,972,102,254	-

Malaysia and South Korea economies compared

GDP per capita

Malaysia

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Malaysia	South Korea
1960	$240.8	$158.3
1961	$232.9	$93.8
1962	$238.8	$106.2
1963	$291.8	$146.3
1964	$303	$123.6
1965	$326	$108.7
1966	$339	$133.5
1967	$335	$161.2
1968	$342	$198.4
1969	$368	$243.4
1970	$380	$279.3
1971	$407	$301
1972	$472	$324
1973	$701	$407
1974	$848	$563
1975	$811	$617
1976	$940	$834
1977	$1,092	$1,056
1978	$1,327	$1,406
1979	$1,680	$1,784
1980	$1,886	$1,715
1981	$1,866	$1,883
1982	$1,938	$1,993
1983	$2,124	$2,199
1984	$2,300	$2,413
1985	$2,046	$2,482
1986	$1,760	$2,835
1987	$1,977	$3,555
1988	$2,100	$4,749
1989	$2,244	$5,817
1990	$2,469	$6,610
1991	$2,679	$7,637
1992	$3,141	$8,127
1993	$3,462	$8,885
1994	$3,758	$10,385
1995	$4,363	$12,565
1996	$4,837	$13,403
1997	$4,679	$12,398
1998	$3,294	$8,282
1999	$3,528	$10,672
2000	$4,084	$12,257
2001	$3,944	$11,561
2002	$4,184	$13,165
2003	$4,465	$14,673
2004	$4,939	$16,496
2005	$5,556	$19,403
2006	$6,158	$21,743
2007	$7,169	$24,086
2008	$8,372	$21,350
2009	$7,191	$19,144
2010	$8,899	$23,079
2011	$10,217	$25,098
2012	$10,601	$25,459
2013	$10,714	$27,180
2014	$11,013	$29,253
2015	$9,649	$28,737
2016	$9,477	$29,280
2017	$9,863	$31,601
2018	$10,902	$33,447
2019	$10,920	$31,902
2020	$9,958	$31,721
2021	$10,903	$35,126
2022	$11,748	$32,395
2023	$11,379	$33,121
2024	$11,867	-

Malaysia vs. South Korea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Malaysia

South Korea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Malaysia	South Korea
1950	48.5	22.2
1951	49.2	26.6
1952	50.1	36.6
1953	51.1	40.5
1954	52	46.1
1955	52.8	48.4
1956	53.7	50.2
1957	54.5	51.6
1958	55.4	51.8
1959	56.3	52.9
1960	57.2	53.8
1961	58	54.4
1962	58.9	55
1963	59.7	55
1964	60.4	55.3
1965	61.1	55.8
1966	61.7	55.4
1967	62	60.9
1968	62.4	60.9
1969	62.9	61.4
1970	63.3	62.2
1971	63.8	62.7
1972	64.2	63.2
1973	64.7	63.8
1974	65.2	64.2
1975	65.7	64.7
1976	66.2	65
1977	66.7	64.6
1978	67.2	65
1979	67.6	66.1
1980	68.1	64.8
1981	68.5	67.1
1982	68.9	67.1
1983	69.2	66.7
1984	69.6	68.1
1985	69.9	68.4
1986	70.1	69
1987	70.4	69.3
1988	70.6	70.2
1989	70.8	70.7
1990	71	71
1991	71.2	71.4
1992	71.5	72.2
1993	71.7	72.7
1994	71.9	72.9
1995	72	73.4
1996	72.1	74
1997	72.3	74.5
1998	72.4	75
1999	72.4	75.6
2000	72.7	76.2
2001	73.1	76.9
2002	73.5	77.2
2003	73.7	77.5
2004	74	78
2005	74.4	78.4
2006	74.7	79
2007	75	79.4
2008	75.2	80
2009	75.3	80.6
2010	75.4	80.7
2011	75.5	81.2
2012	75.6	81.3
2013	75.5	81.8
2014	75.3	82.4
2015	75.3	82.5
2016	75.4	82.9
2017	75.5	83.3
2018	75.7	83.3
2019	75.9	83.7
2020	76.1	83.7
2021	73.9	83.9
2022	75.4	82.7
2023	76.7	84.3
2024	76.8	84.4
2025	77	84.5

Malaysia and South Korea population clocks and comparison

Population

Malaysia

South Korea

Table

Year	Population
	Malaysia	South Korea
1960	7,956,197	25,012,374
1961	8,164,443	25,765,673
1962	8,380,172	26,513,030
1963	8,602,160	27,261,747
1964	8,828,406	27,984,155
1965	9,056,408	28,704,674
1966	9,284,688	29,435,571
1967	9,507,099	30,130,983
1968	9,725,281	30,838,302
1969	9,947,597	31,544,266
1970	10,178,802	32,240,827
1971	10,423,453	32,882,704
1972	10,676,835	33,505,406
1973	10,935,621	34,103,149
1974	11,200,906	34,692,266
1975	11,471,914	35,280,725
1976	11,750,097	35,848,523
1977	12,035,713	36,411,795
1978	12,328,157	36,969,185
1979	12,627,862	37,534,236
1980	12,983,363	38,123,775
1981	13,399,203	38,723,248
1982	13,832,798	39,326,352
1983	14,285,907	39,910,403
1984	14,759,009	40,405,956
1985	15,252,258	40,805,744
1986	15,760,419	41,213,674
1987	16,276,737	41,621,690
1988	16,796,605	42,031,247
1989	17,314,997	42,449,038
1990	17,833,171	42,869,283
1991	18,342,464	43,295,704
1992	18,834,572	43,747,962
1993	19,322,664	44,194,628
1994	19,820,446	44,641,540
1995	20,330,599	45,092,991
1996	20,850,087	45,524,681
1997	21,375,218	45,953,580
1998	21,906,713	46,286,503
1999	22,435,531	46,616,677
2000	22,967,816	47,008,111
2001	23,526,538	47,370,164
2002	24,102,477	47,644,736
2003	24,679,602	47,892,330
2004	25,256,772	48,082,519
2005	25,836,071	48,184,561
2006	26,417,909	48,438,292
2007	26,998,389	48,683,638
2008	27,570,059	49,054,708
2009	28,124,778	49,307,835
2010	28,655,776	49,554,112
2011	29,162,039	49,936,638
2012	29,662,831	50,199,853
2013	30,174,265	50,428,893
2014	30,696,137	50,746,659
2015	31,232,798	51,014,947
2016	31,789,685	51,217,803
2017	32,355,644	51,361,911
2018	32,910,967	51,585,058
2019	33,440,596	51,764,822
2020	33,889,558	51,836,239
2021	34,282,399	51,769,539
2022	34,695,493	51,672,569
2023	35,126,298	51,712,619
2024	35,557,673	51,751,065

Fertility rates in Malaysia and South Korea

Fertility rate

Malaysia

South Korea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Malaysia	South Korea
1960	6.41	5.99
1961	6.37	5.8
1962	6.3	5.56
1963	6.19	5.33
1964	6.03	5.07
1965	5.84	4.89
1966	5.64	4.78
1967	5.43	4.62
1968	5.29	4.51
1969	5.16	4.45
1970	5.04	4.53
1971	4.92	4.54
1972	4.82	4.12
1973	4.73	4.07
1974	4.62	3.77
1975	4.5	3.43
1976	4.4	3
1977	4.28	2.99
1978	4.18	2.64
1979	4.09	2.9
1980	4.04	2.82
1981	4	2.57
1982	3.97	2.39
1983	3.93	2.06
1984	3.89	1.74
1985	3.8	1.66
1986	3.7	1.58
1987	3.57	1.53
1988	3.5	1.55
1989	3.31	1.56
1990	3.3	1.57
1991	3.34	1.71
1992	3.37	1.76
1993	3.36	1.65
1994	3.35	1.66
1995	3.32	1.63
1996	3.3	1.57
1997	3.23	1.54
1998	3.12	1.46
1999	3.07	1.43
2000	2.94	1.48
2001	2.81	1.31
2002	2.66	1.18
2003	2.6	1.19
2004	2.49	1.16
2005	2.39	1.09
2006	2.31	1.13
2007	2.25	1.26
2008	2.26	1.19
2009	2.22	1.15
2010	2.14	1.23
2011	2.15	1.24
2012	2.12	1.3
2013	2.07	1.19
2014	2.06	1.21
2015	2.01	1.24
2016	1.94	1.17
2017	1.89	1.05
2018	1.84	0.98
2019	1.78	0.92
2020	1.68	0.84
2021	1.56	0.81
2022	1.55	0.78
2023	1.55	0.72

Malaysia and South Korea demographics compared

Median age

Malaysia

South Korea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Malaysia	South Korea
1960	17.5	19.3
1961	17.3	19.2
1962	17.1	19.1
1963	17	19
1964	16.9	18.8
1965	16.8	18.6
1966	16.9	18.5
1967	17	18.6
1968	17.1	18.7
1969	17.3	18.8
1970	17.4	18.9
1971	17.6	19
1972	17.9	19.1
1973	18.1	19.3
1974	18.3	19.6
1975	18.6	19.9
1976	18.8	20.2
1977	19	20.7
1978	19.3	21.1
1979	19.5	21.6
1980	19.7	22.1
1981	19.9	22.5
1982	20.1	22.8
1983	20.4	23.3
1984	20.5	23.7
1985	20.7	24.2
1986	20.9	24.8
1987	21	25.3
1988	21.1	25.8
1989	21.3	26.3
1990	21.5	26.7
1991	21.7	27.2
1992	21.9	27.8
1993	22.1	28.3
1994	22.3	28.9
1995	22.5	29.4
1996	22.7	29.8
1997	22.9	30.2
1998	23.1	30.7
1999	23.4	31.2
2000	23.5	31.7
2001	23.6	32.3
2002	23.7	32.8
2003	23.9	33.4
2004	24	33.9
2005	24.2	34.5
2006	24.5	35.2
2007	24.8	35.8
2008	25.1	36.4
2009	25.6	37
2010	26	37.6
2011	26.4	38.2
2012	26.8	38.8
2013	27.1	39.5
2014	27.5	40.2
2015	27.8	40.8
2016	28.1	41.4
2017	28.5	41.9
2018	28.8	42.5
2019	29.2	43.1
2020	29.6	43.8
2021	30.1	44.4
2022	30.6	44.9
2023	31.1	45.5
2024	31.5	46.1

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