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Cambodia vs Malaysia statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Cambodia has a population of 17.6M (ranked 73/197), compared with 35.6M in Malaysia (ranked 44/197). Cambodia's land area is 68,155 sq mi versus 126,854 sq mi for Malaysia (ranked 88th vs. 65th).

By GDP, Cambodia ranks 97/197 ($46.4B) and Malaysia ranks 39/197 ($422B). By GDP per capita, Cambodia ranks 145/197 ($2,628), while Malaysia ranks 81/197 ($11,867).

Main facts and rankings

Cambodia Malaysia
Population
18011232
36304998
Population rank 73/197 45/197
GDP
$46.4B
2024
$422B
2024
GDP rank 97/197 39/197
GDP per capita
$2,628
2024
$11,867
2024
GDP per capita rank 145/197 81/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$7,970
2024
$38,729
2024
Government debt
$12.3B
2024
$297B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
29.1%
2025
70.1%
2025
Government debt per person
$700
2024
$8,353
2024
Government debt per person rank 154/185 63/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$2,518
2025
$9,650
2025
Land area
68,155 sq mi
2025
126,854 sq mi
2025
Population density
258.8 ppl/mi²
2024
280.3 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
2.58
2023
1.55
2023
Median age
27 years
2024
31.5 years
2024
Life expectancy
71 years
2025
77 years
2025

Cambodia and Malaysia: Comparison Charts

Cambodia and Malaysia economies compared

GDP
Cambodia

Malaysia
Year GDP
Cambodia 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 - $3,864,145,667
1971 - $4,244,395,956
1972 - $5,043,347,250
1973 - $7,662,902,678
1974 - $9,496,204,302
1975 $749,129,748 $9,298,800,799
1976 $790,357,255 $11,050,234,599
1977 $716,261,764 $13,139,488,633
1978 $766,642,356 $16,358,079,862
1979 $723,738,503 $21,213,264,962
1980 $744,384,130 $24,488,224,677
1981 $815,153,652 $25,004,285,792
1982 $865,516,040 $26,804,493,635
1983 $939,291,262 $30,347,442,111
1984 $1,021,176,059 $33,942,897,422
1985 $1,102,669,184 $31,199,633,353
1986 $1,167,630,318 $27,734,111,400
1987 $1,036,974,910 $32,181,210,158
1988 $1,662,877,859 $35,272,109,220
1989 $1,353,137,648 $38,847,965,293
1990 $1,402,541,177 $44,024,585,240
1991 $2,054,974,089 $49,143,148,094
1992 $2,491,486,594 $59,167,550,163
1993 $2,533,727,592 $66,894,966,969
1994 $2,791,435,272 $74,478,356,958
1995 $3,441,205,693 $88,705,342,903
1996 $3,506,695,720 $100,855,393,910
1997 $3,443,413,389 $100,005,323,302
1998 $3,120,425,503 $72,167,498,981
1999 $3,517,242,477 $79,148,421,053
2000 $3,694,168,979 $93,789,736,842
2001 $4,145,665,970 $92,783,947,368
2002 $4,501,227,627 $100,845,526,316
2003 $5,046,693,484 $110,202,368,421
2004 $5,883,297,160 $124,749,473,684
2005 $7,066,296,463 $143,534,405,819
2006 $8,350,531,017 $162,692,258,307
2007 $10,127,916,460 $193,549,569,478
2008 $12,174,303,999 $230,811,614,370
2009 $12,502,901,170 $202,257,453,037
2010 $13,808,673,288 $255,017,638,456
2011 $16,032,622,024 $297,951,668,675
2012 $17,826,536,700 $314,443,047,642
2013 $19,807,135,253 $323,276,235,524
2014 $22,041,463,968 $338,066,095,097
2015 $24,174,170,369 $301,355,266,965
2016 $26,556,545,153 $301,256,033,870
2017 $29,355,665,910 $319,109,094,160
2018 $33,145,892,169 $358,788,845,713
2019 $36,685,356,408 $365,177,721,022
2020 $34,818,073,901 $337,456,163,961
2021 $36,790,163,687 $373,784,823,673
2022 $39,994,532,960 $407,605,841,348
2023 $42,335,646,896 $399,705,137,434
2024 $46,352,647,035 $421,972,102,254

Cambodia and Malaysia economies compared

GDP per capita
Cambodia

Malaysia
Year GDP per capita
Cambodia 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 - $380
1971 - $407
1972 - $472
1973 - $701
1974 - $848
1975 $113.8 $811
1976 $128.8 $940
1977 $126.4 $1,092
1978 $147.1 $1,327
1979 $142.2 $1,680
1980 $143.2 $1,886
1981 $154.3 $1,866
1982 $159.2 $1,938
1983 $166.7 $2,124
1984 $174.7 $2,300
1985 $182.4 $2,046
1986 $185.8 $1,760
1987 $158.1 $1,977
1988 $244.1 $2,100
1989 $191.3 $2,244
1990 $190.2 $2,469
1991 $267.3 $2,679
1992 $307 $3,141
1993 $294.1 $3,462
1994 $302 $3,758
1995 $343 $4,363
1996 $325 $4,837
1997 $297.6 $4,679
1998 $258.8 $3,294
1999 $286.8 $3,528
2000 $296.4 $4,084
2001 $328 $3,944
2002 $350 $4,184
2003 $387 $4,465
2004 $444 $4,939
2005 $526 $5,556
2006 $612 $6,158
2007 $732 $7,169
2008 $866 $8,372
2009 $876 $7,191
2010 $952 $8,899
2011 $1,089 $10,217
2012 $1,193 $10,601
2013 $1,306 $10,714
2014 $1,432 $11,013
2015 $1,547 $9,649
2016 $1,675 $9,477
2017 $1,826 $9,863
2018 $2,037 $10,902
2019 $2,226 $10,920
2020 $2,082 $9,958
2021 $2,167 $10,903
2022 $2,325 $11,748
2023 $2,430 $11,379
2024 $2,628 $11,867

Cambodia vs. Malaysia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Cambodia

Malaysia
Year Life expectancy, years
Cambodia Malaysia
1950 38.9 48.5
1951 39 49.2
1952 39.3 50.1
1953 39.6 51.1
1954 39.9 52
1955 40.3 52.8
1956 40.5 53.7
1957 40.9 54.5
1958 41.2 55.4
1959 41.7 56.3
1960 42.1 57.2
1961 42.6 58
1962 43.1 58.9
1963 43.6 59.7
1964 44 60.4
1965 44.5 61.1
1966 44.9 61.7
1967 45.2 62
1968 45.6 62.4
1969 45.9 62.9
1970 38.6 63.3
1971 38.7 63.8
1972 38.9 64.2
1973 39.1 64.7
1974 39.3 65.2
1975 12.8 65.7
1976 11.6 66.2
1977 11.3 66.7
1978 11.6 67.2
1979 41.1 67.6
1980 47.5 68.1
1981 48 68.5
1982 48.8 68.9
1983 49.4 69.2
1984 50.1 69.6
1985 50.8 69.9
1986 51.6 70.1
1987 53.7 70.4
1988 54.4 70.6
1989 54.8 70.8
1990 55.2 71
1991 55.6 71.2
1992 55.7 71.5
1993 56 71.7
1994 56.2 71.9
1995 56.6 72
1996 56.8 72.1
1997 57.3 72.3
1998 57.9 72.4
1999 58.6 72.4
2000 59.5 72.7
2001 60.5 73.1
2002 61.4 73.5
2003 62.3 73.7
2004 63.3 74
2005 64.1 74.4
2006 64.9 74.7
2007 65.5 75
2008 66.1 75.2
2009 66.7 75.3
2010 67.3 75.4
2011 67.9 75.5
2012 68.4 75.6
2013 68.8 75.5
2014 69.1 75.3
2015 69.4 75.3
2016 69.6 75.4
2017 69.8 75.5
2018 70 75.7
2019 70.1 75.9
2020 70.1 76.1
2021 69.3 73.9
2022 70.5 75.4
2023 70.7 76.7
2024 70.8 76.8
2025 71 77

Cambodia and Malaysia population clocks and comparison

Population
Cambodia

Malaysia
Year Population
Cambodia Malaysia
1960 5,449,966 7,956,197
1961 5,571,168 8,164,443
1962 5,697,558 8,380,172
1963 5,823,010 8,602,160
1964 5,946,178 8,828,406
1965 6,072,289 9,056,408
1966 6,201,232 9,284,688
1967 6,332,944 9,507,099
1968 6,467,324 9,725,281
1969 6,604,725 9,947,597
1970 6,639,182 10,178,802
1971 6,620,880 10,423,453
1972 6,673,886 10,676,835
1973 6,739,726 10,935,621
1974 6,783,240 11,200,906
1975 6,581,371 11,471,914
1976 6,134,991 11,750,097
1977 5,668,551 12,035,713
1978 5,211,653 12,328,157
1979 5,088,808 12,627,862
1980 5,199,872 12,983,363
1981 5,284,495 13,399,203
1982 5,436,432 13,832,798
1983 5,636,203 14,285,907
1984 5,845,117 14,759,009
1985 6,043,783 15,252,258
1986 6,285,693 15,760,419
1987 6,557,970 16,276,737
1988 6,812,014 16,796,605
1989 7,073,473 17,314,997
1990 7,374,752 17,833,171
1991 7,686,850 18,342,464
1992 8,113,083 18,834,572
1993 8,616,381 19,322,664
1994 9,239,162 19,820,446
1995 10,018,497 20,330,599
1996 10,801,270 20,850,087
1997 11,570,982 21,375,218
1998 12,058,173 21,906,713
1999 12,265,731 22,435,531
2000 12,462,336 22,967,816
2001 12,658,484 23,526,538
2002 12,855,241 24,102,477
2003 13,050,968 24,679,602
2004 13,244,731 25,256,772
2005 13,439,202 25,836,071
2006 13,639,028 26,417,909
2007 13,841,770 26,998,389
2008 14,053,479 27,570,059
2009 14,276,810 28,124,778
2010 14,500,726 28,655,776
2011 14,722,584 29,162,039
2012 14,945,085 29,662,831
2013 15,170,208 30,174,265
2014 15,396,772 30,696,137
2015 15,623,251 31,232,798
2016 15,852,803 31,789,685
2017 16,073,372 32,355,644
2018 16,274,522 32,910,967
2019 16,481,304 33,440,596
2020 16,725,474 33,889,558
2021 16,974,305 34,282,399
2022 17,201,724 34,695,493
2023 17,423,880 35,126,298
2024 17,638,801 35,557,673

Fertility rates in Cambodia and Malaysia

Fertility rate
Cambodia

Malaysia
Year Fertility rate
Cambodia Malaysia
1960 6.31 6.41
1961 6.3 6.37
1962 6.3 6.3
1963 6.29 6.19
1964 6.29 6.03
1965 6.27 5.84
1966 6.24 5.64
1967 6.2 5.43
1968 6.17 5.29
1969 6.12 5.16
1970 6.07 5.04
1971 6.01 4.92
1972 5.94 4.82
1973 5.56 4.73
1974 4.8 4.62
1975 4.1 4.5
1976 3.41 4.4
1977 2.72 4.28
1978 3.34 4.18
1979 4.56 4.09
1980 5.77 4.04
1981 6.04 4
1982 6.19 3.97
1983 6.3 3.93
1984 6.34 3.89
1985 6.31 3.8
1986 6.23 3.7
1987 6.1 3.57
1988 5.94 3.5
1989 5.68 3.31
1990 5.64 3.3
1991 5.59 3.34
1992 5.49 3.37
1993 5.43 3.36
1994 5.28 3.35
1995 5.08 3.32
1996 4.87 3.3
1997 4.39 3.23
1998 4.13 3.12
1999 3.93 3.07
2000 3.79 2.94
2001 3.69 2.81
2002 3.57 2.66
2003 3.43 2.6
2004 3.31 2.49
2005 3.24 2.39
2006 3.18 2.31
2007 3.13 2.25
2008 3.05 2.26
2009 2.97 2.22
2010 2.86 2.14
2011 2.78 2.15
2012 2.75 2.12
2013 2.74 2.07
2014 2.73 2.06
2015 2.73 2.01
2016 2.73 1.94
2017 2.72 1.89
2018 2.72 1.84
2019 2.73 1.78
2020 2.7 1.68
2021 2.66 1.56
2022 2.62 1.55
2023 2.58 1.55

Cambodia and Malaysia demographics compared

Median age
Cambodia

Malaysia
Year Median age, years
Cambodia Malaysia
1960 18.1 17.5
1961 18.1 17.3
1962 18.1 17.1
1963 18 17
1964 18 16.9
1965 17.9 16.8
1966 17.9 16.9
1967 17.9 17
1968 17.8 17.1
1969 17.8 17.3
1970 17.6 17.4
1971 17.3 17.6
1972 17.2 17.9
1973 17.2 18.1
1974 17.2 18.3
1975 17.2 18.6
1976 17.2 18.8
1977 17.3 19
1978 17.4 19.3
1979 17.6 19.5
1980 17.8 19.7
1981 17.7 19.9
1982 17.8 20.1
1983 17.9 20.4
1984 17.9 20.5
1985 17.9 20.7
1986 18 20.9
1987 18.1 21
1988 18.1 21.1
1989 18.1 21.3
1990 18.1 21.5
1991 18 21.7
1992 18.1 21.9
1993 18.4 22.1
1994 18 22.3
1995 17.3 22.5
1996 17.1 22.7
1997 17.2 22.9
1998 17.4 23.1
1999 17.7 23.4
2000 18.1 23.5
2001 18.5 23.6
2002 18.9 23.7
2003 19.3 23.9
2004 19.7 24
2005 20.1 24.2
2006 20.6 24.5
2007 21.1 24.8
2008 21.6 25.1
2009 22 25.6
2010 22.4 26
2011 22.7 26.4
2012 23.1 26.8
2013 23.5 27.1
2014 23.9 27.5
2015 24.2 27.8
2016 24.6 28.1
2017 25 28.5
2018 25.5 28.8
2019 25.8 29.2
2020 26.1 29.6
2021 26.3 30.1
2022 26.5 30.6
2023 26.8 31.1
2024 27 31.5

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Finance

Cambodia Malaysia
GNI, Atlas method
$44.4B
2024
$415B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
17.9%
2025
23.1%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
2.18%
2023
3.51%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP
2.09%
2023
0.93%
2023
Armed forces personnel
191,000
2020
136,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-3.23%
2025
-3.36%
2025
Unemployment rate
0.26%
2023
3.93%
2022
Services, % of GDP
35.6%
2024
53.6%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
41.8%
2024
37.1%
2024
Economic freedom index
58.2
2025
67.1
2025
Income share by richest 10% n/a
30.9%
2021
Income share by poorest 10% n/a
2.3%
2021
Number of billionaires n/a
19
2025
Percentage of billionaires n/a
0.00008%
2025
Listed domestic companies n/a
1,031
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies n/a
$449B
2024
Total reserves including gold
$22.5B
2024
$116B
2024
Personal remittances received
$2.83B
2024
$1.61B
2024
International tourist arrivals
1,306,000
2020
4,333,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
5.37%
2020
1.63%
2020
Banked people share
39%
2024
88.7%
2024

Energy

Cambodia Malaysia
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
502 kg
2022
2,867 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$13.8
2022
$12
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
18 megatons
2023
283.3 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
1.03 tons
2023
8.07 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
54.9%
2022
96%
2022
Renewable energy use share
52.4%
2021
7.5%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
6.86%
2022
2.88%
2022
Net energy imports use share
58.9%
2021
-0.58%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita
813 kWh
2022
4,986 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
56.4%
2021
17%
2021
Hydroelectric share
57.9%
2022
16.6%
2022
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
95%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Cambodia Malaysia
% of world population
0.22%
2024
0.44%
2024
Annual migration change
-32,960
2024
+174,770
2024
Urban population
26%
2024
79.2%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.42 ft
2025
5.55 ft
2025
Average female height
5.08 ft
2025
5.15 ft
2025
Quality of life index
42.7
2025
62.9
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
21
2024
50
2024
Higher education index
23
2025
76
2025
Homicides per 100K people
1.84
2011
0.72
2021
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
19.6
2019
22.5
2019
Visa free countries
69
2025
170
2025
Adult literacy rate
83.8%
2022
95.8%
2022
English speaking
22.2%
2023
57.3%
2023
People using the Internet
60.7%
2023
98%
2024

Health

Cambodia Malaysia
Government health expenditure per capita
$109.5
2022
$458
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$67
2022
$173.5
2022
Life expectancy
71 years
2025
77 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
9.34%
2022
0.004%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
0.21
2019
2.32
2021
Age at first childbirth
23.3 years
2025
n/a
Maternal mortality per 100K births
137
2023
26
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
22.9
2023
8.1
2023
Obesity rate
4.5%
2022
22.4%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
7.5%
2024
21.1%
2024
Air quality index
33
2025
41
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
17.2%
2022
22%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
6.67 liters
2020
0.74 liters
2020

Territory

Cambodia Malaysia
% of world land
0.12%
2025
0.22%
2025
Land area per capita
3,864 sq mi
2024
3,568 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
23,762 sq mi
2025
33,093 sq mi
2025
Forest area
29,349 sq mi
2025
73,219 sq mi
2025
Roads length
34,175 mi
2014
173,898 mi
2022

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