Australia vs Malaysia statistics compared

Australia has a population of 27.2M (ranked 54/197), compared with 35.6M in Malaysia (ranked 44/197). Australia's land area is 2,969,906 sq mi versus 126,854 sq mi for Malaysia (ranked 6th vs. 65th).

By GDP, Australia ranks 13/197 ($1.75T) and Malaysia ranks 39/197 ($422B). By GDP per capita, Australia ranks 14/197 ($64,407), while Malaysia ranks 81/197 ($11,867).

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Australia and Malaysia economies compared

GDP

Australia

Malaysia

Table

Year	GDP
	Australia	Malaysia
1960	$18,607,682,977	$1,916,229,477
1961	$19,684,003,149	$1,901,856,123
1962	$19,923,683,188	$2,001,489,602
1963	$21,540,963,447	$2,510,110,348
1964	$23,801,123,808	$2,674,423,922
1965	$25,977,284,156	$2,956,337,669
1966	$27,308,964,369	$3,143,517,944
1967	$30,442,724,871	$3,188,924,677
1968	$32,714,085,234	$3,330,371,551
1969	$36,684,485,870	$3,664,552,041
1970	$41,334,726,614	$3,864,145,667
1971	$45,217,767,235	$4,244,395,956
1972	$52,042,056,075	$5,043,347,250
1973	$63,833,440,102	$7,662,902,678
1974	$88,965,364,775	$9,496,204,302
1975	$97,304,383,449	$9,298,800,799
1976	$105,060,616,985	$11,050,234,599
1977	$110,352,144,987	$13,139,488,633
1978	$118,492,761,338	$16,358,079,862
1979	$134,900,602,067	$21,213,264,962
1980	$149,987,743,733	$24,488,224,677
1981	$176,895,390,688	$25,004,285,792
1982	$194,041,708,044	$26,804,493,635
1983	$177,267,290,706	$30,347,442,111
1984	$193,525,337,526	$33,942,897,422
1985	$180,643,265,927	$31,199,633,353
1986	$182,481,113,598	$27,734,111,400
1987	$189,495,764,955	$32,181,210,158
1988	$236,161,314,544	$35,272,109,220
1989	$299,875,906,679	$38,847,965,293
1990	$311,426,665,220	$44,024,585,240
1991	$325,975,319,456	$49,143,148,094
1992	$325,525,379,567	$59,167,550,163
1993	$312,133,923,553	$66,894,966,969
1994	$322,806,641,301	$74,478,356,958
1995	$368,166,023,166	$88,705,342,903
1996	$401,341,880,621	$100,855,393,910
1997	$435,642,611,297	$100,005,323,302
1998	$399,674,421,759	$72,167,498,981
1999	$389,652,212,057	$79,148,421,053
2000	$416,167,815,093	$93,789,736,842
2001	$379,629,301,675	$92,783,947,368
2002	$395,788,696,012	$100,845,526,316
2003	$467,739,079,790	$110,202,368,421
2004	$614,659,980,083	$124,749,473,684
2005	$695,692,898,677	$143,534,405,819
2006	$748,417,562,770	$162,692,258,307
2007	$855,007,458,585	$193,549,569,478
2008	$1,056,112,427,190	$230,811,614,370
2009	$928,762,122,698	$202,257,453,037
2010	$1,148,838,233,481	$255,017,638,456
2011	$1,398,610,616,773	$297,951,668,675
2012	$1,547,532,281,116	$314,443,047,642
2013	$1,577,123,329,411	$323,276,235,524
2014	$1,468,265,356,428	$338,066,095,097
2015	$1,351,296,372,254	$301,355,266,965
2016	$1,206,836,962,282	$301,256,033,870
2017	$1,325,582,658,157	$319,109,094,160
2018	$1,427,809,041,019	$358,788,845,713
2019	$1,392,723,834,563	$365,177,721,022
2020	$1,328,414,058,378	$337,456,163,961
2021	$1,556,735,770,437	$373,784,823,673
2022	$1,690,858,246,994	$407,605,841,348
2023	$1,728,057,316,696	$399,705,137,434
2024	$1,752,193,307,380	$421,972,102,254

Australia and Malaysia economies compared

GDP per capita

Australia

Malaysia

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Australia	Malaysia
1960	$1,811	$240.8
1961	$1,878	$232.9
1962	$1,855	$238.8
1963	$1,967	$291.8
1964	$2,131	$303
1965	$2,281	$326
1966	$2,344	$339
1967	$2,580	$335
1968	$2,724	$342
1969	$2,991	$368
1970	$3,305	$380
1971	$3,495	$407
1972	$3,949	$472
1973	$4,771	$701
1974	$6,483	$848
1975	$7,004	$811
1976	$7,487	$940
1977	$7,776	$1,092
1978	$8,253	$1,327
1979	$9,295	$1,680
1980	$10,209	$1,886
1981	$11,854	$1,866
1982	$12,779	$1,938
1983	$11,516	$2,124
1984	$12,422	$2,300
1985	$11,442	$2,046
1986	$11,392	$1,760
1987	$11,651	$1,977
1988	$14,285	$2,100
1989	$17,834	$2,244
1990	$18,249	$2,469
1991	$18,860	$2,679
1992	$18,624	$3,141
1993	$17,700	$3,462
1994	$18,130	$3,758
1995	$20,448	$4,363
1996	$22,022	$4,837
1997	$23,647	$4,679
1998	$21,479	$3,294
1999	$20,713	$3,528
2000	$21,870	$4,084
2001	$19,696	$3,944
2002	$20,302	$4,184
2003	$23,718	$4,465
2004	$30,837	$4,939
2005	$34,480	$5,556
2006	$36,596	$6,158
2007	$41,052	$7,169
2008	$49,701	$8,372
2009	$42,817	$7,191
2010	$52,145	$8,899
2011	$62,606	$10,217
2012	$68,073	$10,601
2013	$68,191	$10,714
2014	$62,544	$11,013
2015	$56,739	$9,649
2016	$49,888	$9,477
2017	$53,902	$9,863
2018	$57,196	$10,902
2019	$54,973	$10,920
2020	$51,792	$9,958
2021	$60,608	$10,903
2022	$64,997	$11,748
2023	$64,836	$11,379
2024	$64,407	$11,867

Australia vs. Malaysia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Australia

Malaysia

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Australia	Malaysia
1950	69	48.5
1951	68.7	49.2
1952	69.1	50.1
1953	69.7	51.1
1954	69.9	52
1955	70.2	52.8
1956	70	53.7
1957	70.3	54.5
1958	70.9	55.4
1959	70.4	56.3
1960	70.9	57.2
1961	71.1	58
1962	70.9	58.9
1963	71	59.7
1964	70.6	60.4
1965	70.8	61.1
1966	70.7	61.7
1967	71	62
1968	70.7	62.4
1969	71.1	62.9
1970	70.7	63.3
1971	71.5	63.8
1972	71.8	64.2
1973	72.1	64.7
1974	71.8	65.2
1975	72.8	65.7
1976	72.8	66.2
1977	73.5	66.7
1978	73.7	67.2
1979	74.3	67.6
1980	74.6	68.1
1981	74.8	68.5
1982	74.7	68.9
1983	75.4	69.2
1984	75.5	69.6
1985	75.4	69.9
1986	76.1	70.1
1987	76.1	70.4
1988	76.3	70.6
1989	76.2	70.8
1990	77	71
1991	77.5	71.2
1992	77.5	71.5
1993	78	71.7
1994	77.9	71.9
1995	78.3	72
1996	78.3	72.1
1997	78.6	72.3
1998	79	72.4
1999	79.3	72.4
2000	79.6	72.7
2001	80	73.1
2002	80.1	73.5
2003	80.4	73.7
2004	80.7	74
2005	81.1	74.4
2006	81.3	74.7
2007	81.2	75
2008	81.4	75.2
2009	81.7	75.3
2010	82	75.4
2011	82.1	75.5
2012	82.3	75.6
2013	82.6	75.5
2014	82.5	75.3
2015	82.6	75.3
2016	82.8	75.4
2017	82.7	75.5
2018	83.3	75.7
2019	83.2	75.9
2020	83.7	76.1
2021	83.6	73.9
2022	82.8	75.4
2023	83.9	76.7
2024	84.1	76.8
2025	84.2	77

Australia and Malaysia population clocks and comparison

Population

Australia

Malaysia

Table

Year	Population
	Australia	Malaysia
1960	10,276,477	7,956,197
1961	10,483,000	8,164,443
1962	10,742,000	8,380,172
1963	10,950,000	8,602,160
1964	11,167,000	8,828,406
1965	11,388,000	9,056,408
1966	11,651,000	9,284,688
1967	11,799,000	9,507,099
1968	12,009,000	9,725,281
1969	12,263,000	9,947,597
1970	12,507,000	10,178,802
1971	12,937,000	10,423,453
1972	13,177,000	10,676,835
1973	13,380,000	10,935,621
1974	13,723,000	11,200,906
1975	13,893,000	11,471,914
1976	14,033,000	11,750,097
1977	14,192,000	12,035,713
1978	14,358,000	12,328,157
1979	14,514,000	12,627,862
1980	14,692,000	12,983,363
1981	14,923,260	13,399,203
1982	15,184,247	13,832,798
1983	15,393,472	14,285,907
1984	15,579,391	14,759,009
1985	15,788,312	15,252,258
1986	16,018,350	15,760,419
1987	16,263,874	16,276,737
1988	16,532,164	16,796,605
1989	16,814,416	17,314,997
1990	17,065,128	17,833,171
1991	17,284,036	18,342,464
1992	17,478,635	18,834,572
1993	17,634,808	19,322,664
1994	17,805,468	19,820,446
1995	18,004,882	20,330,599
1996	18,224,767	20,850,087
1997	18,423,037	21,375,218
1998	18,607,584	21,906,713
1999	18,812,264	22,435,531
2000	19,028,802	22,967,816
2001	19,274,701	23,526,538
2002	19,495,210	24,102,477
2003	19,720,737	24,679,602
2004	19,932,722	25,256,772
2005	20,176,844	25,836,071
2006	20,450,966	26,417,909
2007	20,827,622	26,998,389
2008	21,249,199	27,570,059
2009	21,691,653	28,124,778
2010	22,031,750	28,655,776
2011	22,340,024	29,162,039
2012	22,733,465	29,662,831
2013	23,128,129	30,174,265
2014	23,475,686	30,696,137
2015	23,815,995	31,232,798
2016	24,190,907	31,789,685
2017	24,592,588	32,355,644
2018	24,963,258	32,910,967
2019	25,334,826	33,440,596
2020	25,649,248	33,889,558
2021	25,685,412	34,282,399
2022	26,014,399	34,695,493
2023	26,652,777	35,126,298
2024	27,204,809	35,557,673

Fertility rates in Australia and Malaysia

Fertility rate

Australia

Malaysia

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Australia	Malaysia
1960	3.45	6.41
1961	3.54	6.37
1962	3.44	6.3
1963	3.33	6.19
1964	3.15	6.03
1965	2.98	5.84
1966	2.88	5.64
1967	2.85	5.43
1968	2.89	5.29
1969	2.89	5.16
1970	2.86	5.04
1971	2.96	4.92
1972	2.74	4.82
1973	2.49	4.73
1974	2.4	4.62
1975	2.15	4.5
1976	2.06	4.4
1977	2.01	4.28
1978	1.95	4.18
1979	1.91	4.09
1980	1.89	4.04
1981	1.94	4
1982	1.93	3.97
1983	1.92	3.93
1984	1.84	3.89
1985	1.92	3.8
1986	1.87	3.7
1987	1.85	3.57
1988	1.83	3.5
1989	1.84	3.31
1990	1.9	3.3
1991	1.85	3.34
1992	1.89	3.37
1993	1.86	3.36
1994	1.84	3.35
1995	1.82	3.32
1996	1.8	3.3
1997	1.78	3.23
1998	1.76	3.12
1999	1.76	3.07
2000	1.76	2.94
2001	1.74	2.81
2002	1.76	2.66
2003	1.75	2.6
2004	1.77	2.49
2005	1.81	2.39
2006	1.91	2.31
2007	1.96	2.25
2008	1.98	2.26
2009	1.97	2.22
2010	1.93	2.14
2011	1.93	2.15
2012	1.92	2.12
2013	1.86	2.07
2014	1.83	2.06
2015	1.81	2.01
2016	1.75	1.94
2017	1.74	1.89
2018	1.74	1.84
2019	1.66	1.78
2020	1.58	1.68
2021	1.7	1.56
2022	1.63	1.55
2023	1.5	1.55

Australia and Malaysia demographics compared

Median age

Australia

Malaysia

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Australia	Malaysia
1960	29.5	17.5
1961	29.3	17.3
1962	29.1	17.1
1963	28.8	17
1964	28.6	16.9
1965	28.3	16.8
1966	28.1	16.9
1967	28	17
1968	27.9	17.1
1969	27.8	17.3
1970	27.7	17.4
1971	27.7	17.6
1972	27.7	17.9
1973	27.8	18.1
1974	28	18.3
1975	28.1	18.6
1976	28.4	18.8
1977	28.6	19
1978	28.9	19.3
1979	29.1	19.5
1980	29.4	19.7
1981	29.6	19.9
1982	29.9	20.1
1983	30.2	20.4
1984	30.5	20.5
1985	30.8	20.7
1986	31.1	20.9
1987	31.3	21
1988	31.6	21.1
1989	31.8	21.3
1990	32.1	21.5
1991	32.4	21.7
1992	32.7	21.9
1993	33	22.1
1994	33.3	22.3
1995	33.6	22.5
1996	34	22.7
1997	34.3	22.9
1998	34.7	23.1
1999	35.1	23.4
2000	35.4	23.5
2001	35.6	23.6
2002	35.8	23.7
2003	36.1	23.9
2004	36.3	24
2005	36.5	24.2
2006	36.7	24.5
2007	36.8	24.8
2008	36.8	25.1
2009	36.9	25.6
2010	37	26
2011	37.1	26.4
2012	37.2	26.8
2013	37.2	27.1
2014	37.3	27.5
2015	37.3	27.8
2016	37.3	28.1
2017	37.4	28.5
2018	37.4	28.8
2019	37.6	29.2
2020	38	29.6
2021	38.3	30.1
2022	38.5	30.6
2023	38.8	31.1
2024	39	31.5

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