Bahrain vs Malaysia statistics compared

Bahrain has a population of 1.59M (ranked 151/197), compared with 35.6M in Malaysia (ranked 44/197). Bahrain's land area is 309 sq mi versus 126,854 sq mi for Malaysia (ranked 174th vs. 65th).

By GDP, Bahrain ranks 95/197 ($47.7B) and Malaysia ranks 39/197 ($422B). By GDP per capita, Bahrain ranks 41/197 ($30,048), while Malaysia ranks 81/197 ($11,867).

Bahrain and Malaysia: Comparison Charts

Bahrain and Malaysia economies compared

GDP

Bahrain

Malaysia

Table

Year	GDP
	Bahrain	Malaysia
1960	-	$1,916,229,477
1961	-	$1,901,856,123
1962	-	$2,001,489,602
1963	-	$2,510,110,348
1964	-	$2,674,423,922
1965	-	$2,956,337,669
1966	-	$3,143,517,944
1967	-	$3,188,924,677
1968	-	$3,330,371,551
1969	-	$3,664,552,041
1970	$391,577,364	$3,864,145,667
1971	$422,181,562	$4,244,395,956
1972	$534,081,184	$5,043,347,250
1973	$761,132,545	$7,662,902,678
1974	$1,042,176,884	$9,496,204,302
1975	$1,099,107,601	$9,298,800,799
1976	$1,581,709,519	$11,050,234,599
1977	$1,989,060,283	$13,139,488,633
1978	$2,272,042,965	$16,358,079,862
1979	$2,710,160,739	$21,213,264,962
1980	$3,493,834,468	$24,488,224,677
1981	$3,943,109,532	$25,004,285,792
1982	$4,145,421,080	$26,804,493,635
1983	$4,247,030,468	$30,347,442,111
1984	$4,440,874,566	$33,942,897,422
1985	$4,152,376,484	$31,199,633,353
1986	$3,470,746,843	$27,734,111,400
1987	$3,856,922,694	$32,181,210,158
1988	$4,209,834,173	$35,272,109,220
1989	$4,393,093,963	$38,847,965,293
1990	$4,809,511,005	$44,024,585,240
1991	$5,248,911,170	$49,143,148,094
1992	$5,402,232,447	$59,167,550,163
1993	$5,913,001,064	$66,894,966,969
1994	$6,330,627,926	$74,478,356,958
1995	$6,651,180,851	$88,705,342,903
1996	$6,938,166,755	$100,855,393,910
1997	$7,219,407,713	$100,005,323,302
1998	$7,031,309,043	$72,167,498,981
1999	$7,528,469,149	$79,148,421,053
2000	$9,062,898,936	$93,789,736,842
2001	$8,976,196,809	$92,783,947,368
2002	$9,593,510,638	$100,845,526,316
2003	$11,074,813,830	$110,202,368,421
2004	$13,150,159,574	$124,749,473,684
2005	$15,968,723,404	$143,534,405,819
2006	$18,504,760,638	$162,692,258,307
2007	$21,730,000,000	$193,549,569,478
2008	$25,710,904,255	$230,811,614,370
2009	$22,938,218,085	$202,257,453,037
2010	$26,805,984,043	$255,017,638,456
2011	$29,914,680,851	$297,951,668,675
2012	$31,963,404,255	$314,443,047,642
2013	$33,823,324,468	$323,276,235,524
2014	$34,772,526,596	$338,066,095,097
2015	$32,523,297,872	$301,355,266,965
2016	$33,884,680,851	$301,256,033,870
2017	$37,204,813,830	$319,109,094,160
2018	$39,567,978,723	$358,788,845,713
2019	$40,446,808,511	$365,177,721,022
2020	$35,837,632,979	$337,456,163,961
2021	$40,840,212,766	$373,784,823,673
2022	$46,458,191,489	$407,605,841,348
2023	$46,192,260,638	$399,705,137,434
2024	$47,736,702,128	$421,972,102,254

Bahrain and Malaysia economies compared

GDP per capita

Bahrain

Malaysia

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Bahrain	Malaysia
1960	-	$240.8
1961	-	$232.9
1962	-	$238.8
1963	-	$291.8
1964	-	$303
1965	-	$326
1966	-	$339
1967	-	$335
1968	-	$342
1969	-	$368
1970	$1,742	$380
1971	$1,830	$407
1972	$2,206	$472
1973	$2,981	$701
1974	$3,874	$848
1975	$3,880	$811
1976	$5,310	$940
1977	$6,358	$1,092
1978	$6,926	$1,327
1979	$7,891	$1,680
1980	$9,733	$1,886
1981	$10,557	$1,866
1982	$10,712	$1,938
1983	$10,599	$2,124
1984	$10,697	$2,300
1985	$9,649	$2,046
1986	$7,777	$1,760
1987	$8,333	$1,977
1988	$8,772	$2,100
1989	$8,833	$2,244
1990	$9,343	$2,469
1991	$10,434	$2,679
1992	$10,460	$3,141
1993	$11,152	$3,462
1994	$11,629	$3,758
1995	$11,901	$4,363
1996	$12,092	$4,837
1997	$12,255	$4,679
1998	$11,625	$3,294
1999	$12,123	$3,528
2000	$14,214	$4,084
2001	$13,573	$3,944
2002	$13,501	$4,184
2003	$14,486	$4,465
2004	$15,964	$4,939
2005	$17,966	$5,556
2006	$19,267	$6,158
2007	$20,908	$7,169
2008	$23,299	$8,372
2009	$19,465	$7,191
2010	$21,819	$8,899
2011	$25,033	$10,217
2012	$26,439	$10,601
2013	$26,990	$10,714
2014	$26,452	$11,013
2015	$23,734	$9,649
2016	$23,800	$9,477
2017	$24,785	$9,863
2018	$26,324	$10,902
2019	$27,260	$10,920
2020	$24,343	$9,958
2021	$27,148	$10,903
2022	$30,471	$11,748
2023	$29,290	$11,379
2024	$30,048	$11,867

Bahrain vs. Malaysia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Bahrain

Malaysia

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Bahrain	Malaysia
1950	38.6	48.5
1951	39.3	49.2
1952	39.9	50.1
1953	40.7	51.1
1954	41.6	52
1955	42.8	52.8
1956	44.1	53.7
1957	45.7	54.5
1958	47.3	55.4
1959	49	56.3
1960	50.6	57.2
1961	52.3	58
1962	53.9	58.9
1963	55.4	59.7
1964	56.9	60.4
1965	58.4	61.1
1966	59.7	61.7
1967	61	62
1968	62.3	62.4
1969	63.4	62.9
1970	64.4	63.3
1971	65.3	63.8
1972	66.1	64.2
1973	66.9	64.7
1974	67.6	65.2
1975	68.3	65.7
1976	68.9	66.2
1977	69.4	66.7
1978	69.9	67.2
1979	70.3	67.6
1980	70.7	68.1
1981	71	68.5
1982	71.4	68.9
1983	71.6	69.2
1984	71.9	69.6
1985	72.1	69.9
1986	72.3	70.1
1987	72.4	70.4
1988	72.5	70.6
1989	72.5	70.8
1990	72.6	71
1991	72.7	71.2
1992	72.8	71.5
1993	72.9	71.7
1994	73.1	71.9
1995	73.4	72
1996	73.6	72.1
1997	73.9	72.3
1998	74.1	72.4
1999	74.4	72.4
2000	74.7	72.7
2001	74.9	73.1
2002	75.2	73.5
2003	75.5	73.7
2004	75.8	74
2005	76.1	74.4
2006	76.5	74.7
2007	77	75
2008	77.5	75.2
2009	78	75.3
2010	78.6	75.4
2011	79.1	75.5
2012	79.6	75.6
2013	80	75.5
2014	80.2	75.3
2015	80.3	75.3
2016	80.4	75.4
2017	80.4	75.5
2018	80.4	75.7
2019	80.5	75.9
2020	78.7	76.1
2021	78.1	73.9
2022	81	75.4
2023	81.3	76.7
2024	81.4	76.8
2025	81.6	77

Bahrain and Malaysia population clocks and comparison

Population

Bahrain

Malaysia

Table

Year	Population
	Bahrain	Malaysia
1960	165,477	7,956,197
1961	172,346	8,164,443
1962	179,349	8,380,172
1963	186,501	8,602,160
1964	193,816	8,828,406
1965	200,866	9,056,408
1966	207,543	9,284,688
1967	214,189	9,507,099
1968	219,337	9,725,281
1969	222,469	9,947,597
1970	224,809	10,178,802
1971	230,733	10,423,453
1972	242,113	10,676,835
1973	255,320	10,935,621
1974	269,038	11,200,906
1975	283,243	11,471,914
1976	297,863	11,750,097
1977	312,823	12,035,713
1978	328,046	12,328,157
1979	343,457	12,627,862
1980	358,978	12,983,363
1981	373,524	13,399,203
1982	386,983	13,832,798
1983	400,707	14,285,907
1984	415,154	14,759,009
1985	430,358	15,252,258
1986	446,286	15,760,419
1987	462,854	16,276,737
1988	479,929	16,796,605
1989	497,327	17,314,997
1990	514,797	17,833,171
1991	503,052	18,342,464
1992	516,458	18,834,572
1993	530,225	19,322,664
1994	544,366	19,820,446
1995	558,879	20,330,599
1996	573,792	20,850,087
1997	589,115	21,375,218
1998	604,842	21,906,713
1999	620,989	22,435,531
2000	637,582	22,967,816
2001	661,316	23,526,538
2002	710,553	24,102,477
2003	764,517	24,679,602
2004	823,741	25,256,772
2005	888,822	25,836,071
2006	960,424	26,417,909
2007	1,039,295	26,998,389
2008	1,103,496	27,570,059
2009	1,178,415	28,124,778
2010	1,228,543	28,655,776
2011	1,195,020	29,162,039
2012	1,208,964	29,662,831
2013	1,253,191	30,174,265
2014	1,314,562	30,696,137
2015	1,370,322	31,232,798
2016	1,423,726	31,789,685
2017	1,501,116	32,355,644
2018	1,503,091	32,910,967
2019	1,483,756	33,440,596
2020	1,472,204	33,889,558
2021	1,504,365	34,282,399
2022	1,524,693	34,695,493
2023	1,577,059	35,126,298
2024	1,588,670	35,557,673

Fertility rates in Bahrain and Malaysia

Fertility rate

Bahrain

Malaysia

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Bahrain	Malaysia
1960	7.26	6.41
1961	7.23	6.37
1962	7.19	6.3
1963	7.14	6.19
1964	7.09	6.03
1965	7.03	5.84
1966	6.94	5.64
1967	6.84	5.43
1968	6.71	5.29
1969	6.57	5.16
1970	6.43	5.04
1971	6.28	4.92
1972	6.14	4.82
1973	5.97	4.73
1974	5.79	4.62
1975	5.62	4.5
1976	5.45	4.4
1977	5.29	4.28
1978	5.12	4.18
1979	4.94	4.09
1980	4.76	4.04
1981	4.6	4
1982	4.51	3.97
1983	4.41	3.93
1984	4.3	3.89
1985	4.28	3.8
1986	4.25	3.7
1987	4.13	3.57
1988	4.04	3.5
1989	3.96	3.31
1990	3.82	3.3
1991	3.63	3.34
1992	3.55	3.37
1993	3.46	3.36
1994	3.29	3.35
1995	3.13	3.32
1996	2.99	3.3
1997	2.92	3.23
1998	2.89	3.12
1999	2.9	3.07
2000	2.8	2.94
2001	2.65	2.81
2002	2.7	2.66
2003	2.78	2.6
2004	2.77	2.49
2005	2.67	2.39
2006	2.46	2.31
2007	2.28	2.25
2008	2.15	2.26
2009	2.05	2.22
2010	1.99	2.14
2011	2.03	2.15
2012	2.11	2.12
2013	2.17	2.07
2014	2.15	2.06
2015	2.11	2.01
2016	2.04	1.94
2017	1.98	1.89
2018	1.91	1.84
2019	1.84	1.78
2020	1.86	1.68
2021	1.85	1.56
2022	1.84	1.55
2023	1.82	1.55

Bahrain and Malaysia demographics compared

Median age

Bahrain

Malaysia

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Bahrain	Malaysia
1960	18.8	17.5
1961	18.7	17.3
1962	18.5	17.1
1963	18.4	17
1964	18.2	16.9
1965	17.9	16.8
1966	17.7	16.9
1967	17.4	17
1968	17.2	17.1
1969	17.2	17.3
1970	17.4	17.4
1971	17.6	17.6
1972	17.9	17.9
1973	18.3	18.1
1974	18.7	18.3
1975	19.2	18.6
1976	19.6	18.8
1977	20.2	19
1978	20.7	19.3
1979	21.3	19.5
1980	21.8	19.7
1981	22.2	19.9
1982	22.4	20.1
1983	22.6	20.4
1984	22.8	20.5
1985	23	20.7
1986	23.3	20.9
1987	23.6	21
1988	23.9	21.1
1989	24.2	21.3
1990	24.6	21.5
1991	25.1	21.7
1992	25.2	21.9
1993	25.2	22.1
1994	25.2	22.3
1995	25.3	22.5
1996	25.4	22.7
1997	25.5	22.9
1998	25.8	23.1
1999	26.2	23.4
2000	26.6	23.5
2001	26.8	23.6
2002	26.8	23.7
2003	26.8	23.9
2004	27	24
2005	27.4	24.2
2006	27.8	24.5
2007	28.3	24.8
2008	28.9	25.1
2009	29.6	25.6
2010	30	26
2011	30.2	26.4
2012	30.5	26.8
2013	30.8	27.1
2014	30.9	27.5
2015	31.1	27.8
2016	31.2	28.1
2017	31.4	28.5
2018	31.8	28.8
2019	32.2	29.2
2020	31.9	29.6
2021	31.6	30.1
2022	32.6	30.6
2023	33.8	31.1
2024	34.2	31.5

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