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Cyprus vs Malaysia statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Cyprus has a population of 1.36M (ranked 155/197), compared with 35.6M in Malaysia (ranked 44/197). Cyprus' land area is 3,568 sq mi versus 126,854 sq mi for Malaysia (ranked 163rd vs. 65th).

By GDP, Cyprus ranks 104/197 ($36.3B) and Malaysia ranks 39/197 ($422B). By GDP per capita, Cyprus ranks 45/197 ($26,749), while Malaysia ranks 81/197 ($11,867).

Main facts and rankings

Cyprus Malaysia
Population
1380052
36304998
Population rank 153/197 45/197
GDP
$36.3B
2024
$422B
2024
GDP rank 104/197 39/197
GDP per capita
$26,749
2024
$11,867
2024
GDP per capita rank 45/197 81/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$61,240
2024
$38,729
2024
Government debt
$23.8B
2024
$297B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
60.3%
2025
70.1%
2025
Government debt per person
$17,490
2024
$8,353
2024
Government debt per person rank 34/185 63/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$24,086
2025
$9,650
2025
Land area
3,568 sq mi
2025
126,854 sq mi
2025
Population density
381 ppl/mi²
2024
280.3 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.39
2023
1.55
2023
Median age
39.2 years
2024
31.5 years
2024
Life expectancy
82 years
2025
77 years
2025

Cyprus and Malaysia: Comparison Charts

Cyprus and Malaysia economies compared

GDP
Cyprus

Malaysia
Year GDP
Cyprus 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 $489,912,574 $9,298,800,799
1976 $576,090,074 $11,050,234,599
1977 $734,876,021 $13,139,488,633
1978 $964,024,364 $16,358,079,862
1979 $1,288,699,776 $21,213,264,962
1980 $2,154,311,277 $24,488,224,677
1981 $2,087,496,374 $25,004,285,792
1982 $2,159,242,417 $26,804,493,635
1983 $2,160,364,071 $30,347,442,111
1984 $2,278,248,953 $33,942,897,422
1985 $2,430,411,900 $31,199,633,353
1986 $3,090,734,463 $27,734,111,400
1987 $3,704,813,886 $32,181,210,158
1988 $4,278,792,597 $35,272,109,220
1989 $4,563,482,604 $38,847,965,293
1990 $5,591,130,218 $44,024,585,240
1991 $5,770,197,348 $49,143,148,094
1992 $6,912,150,456 $59,167,550,163
1993 $6,590,291,048 $66,894,966,969
1994 $7,425,703,929 $74,478,356,958
1995 $9,933,137,128 $88,705,342,903
1996 $10,011,914,680 $100,855,393,910
1997 $9,547,816,420 $100,005,323,302
1998 $10,248,618,778 $72,167,498,981
1999 $10,497,907,228 $79,148,421,053
2000 $9,985,847,314 $93,789,736,842
2001 $10,397,898,907 $92,783,947,368
2002 $11,420,228,846 $100,845,526,316
2003 $14,547,329,558 $110,202,368,421
2004 $17,320,551,250 $124,749,473,684
2005 $18,433,412,511 $143,534,405,819
2006 $20,072,754,987 $162,692,258,307
2007 $23,968,727,074 $193,549,569,478
2008 $27,844,646,258 $230,811,614,370
2009 $26,048,179,949 $202,257,453,037
2010 $25,799,940,078 $255,017,638,456
2011 $27,641,547,910 $297,951,668,675
2012 $25,047,436,975 $314,443,047,642
2013 $23,959,712,861 $323,276,235,524
2014 $23,225,918,260 $338,066,095,097
2015 $19,909,278,417 $301,355,266,965
2016 $21,046,462,281 $301,256,033,870
2017 $22,946,570,629 $319,109,094,160
2018 $25,754,001,368 $358,788,845,713
2019 $26,196,667,100 $365,177,721,022
2020 $25,555,093,854 $337,456,163,961
2021 $30,372,642,502 $373,784,823,673
2022 $30,935,566,077 $407,605,841,348
2023 $33,886,930,712 $399,705,137,434
2024 $36,333,022,329 $421,972,102,254

Cyprus and Malaysia economies compared

GDP per capita
Cyprus

Malaysia
Year GDP per capita
Cyprus 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 $743 $811
1976 $870 $940
1977 $1,102 $1,092
1978 $1,434 $1,327
1979 $1,902 $1,680
1980 $3,154 $1,886
1981 $3,030 $1,866
1982 $3,100 $1,938
1983 $3,055 $2,124
1984 $3,167 $2,300
1985 $3,324 $2,046
1986 $4,159 $1,760
1987 $4,908 $1,977
1988 $5,584 $2,100
1989 $5,870 $2,244
1990 $7,092 $2,469
1991 $7,222 $2,679
1992 $8,530 $3,141
1993 $7,978 $3,462
1994 $8,791 $3,758
1995 $11,514 $4,363
1996 $11,373 $4,837
1997 $10,637 $4,679
1998 $11,206 $3,294
1999 $11,273 $3,528
2000 $10,537 $4,084
2001 $10,785 $3,944
2002 $11,636 $4,184
2003 $14,553 $4,465
2004 $17,016 $4,939
2005 $17,790 $5,556
2006 $19,037 $6,158
2007 $22,344 $7,169
2008 $25,522 $8,372
2009 $23,480 $7,191
2010 $22,876 $8,899
2011 $24,110 $10,217
2012 $21,493 $10,601
2013 $20,238 $10,714
2014 $19,326 $11,013
2015 $16,326 $9,649
2016 $17,013 $9,477
2017 $18,295 $9,863
2018 $20,267 $10,902
2019 $20,360 $10,920
2020 $19,624 $9,958
2021 $23,057 $10,903
2022 $23,236 $11,748
2023 $25,195 $11,379
2024 $26,749 $11,867

Cyprus vs. Malaysia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Cyprus

Malaysia
Year Life expectancy, years
Cyprus Malaysia
1950 55.8 48.5
1951 56.8 49.2
1952 57.7 50.1
1953 58.4 51.1
1954 59.3 52
1955 59.7 52.8
1956 60.4 53.7
1957 61 54.5
1958 61.6 55.4
1959 62.3 56.3
1960 63.3 57.2
1961 64.1 58
1962 64.7 58.9
1963 61.8 59.7
1964 62.2 60.4
1965 66.1 61.1
1966 66.5 61.7
1967 66.9 62
1968 67.3 62.4
1969 67.6 62.9
1970 68.1 63.3
1971 68.4 63.8
1972 68.6 64.2
1973 69 64.7
1974 54.6 65.2
1975 70.3 65.7
1976 70.8 66.2
1977 71.3 66.7
1978 71.7 67.2
1979 72.2 67.6
1980 72.8 68.1
1981 73.1 68.5
1982 73.5 68.9
1983 73.7 69.2
1984 74 69.6
1985 74.6 69.9
1986 74.9 70.1
1987 75.3 70.4
1988 75.4 70.6
1989 75.8 70.8
1990 76 71
1991 76.2 71.2
1992 76.3 71.5
1993 76.3 71.7
1994 76.4 71.9
1995 76.6 72
1996 76.9 72.1
1997 77.1 72.3
1998 77.2 72.4
1999 77.6 72.4
2000 77.9 72.7
2001 78.2 73.1
2002 78.8 73.5
2003 78.9 73.7
2004 79 74
2005 79.2 74.4
2006 79.5 74.7
2007 79.8 75
2008 79.9 75.2
2009 80.4 75.3
2010 80.6 75.4
2011 80.9 75.5
2012 81.1 75.6
2013 81.3 75.5
2014 81.3 75.3
2015 81.5 75.3
2016 81.5 75.4
2017 81.5 75.5
2018 81.6 75.7
2019 81.5 75.9
2020 81.2 76.1
2021 80.6 73.9
2022 80.4 75.4
2023 81.6 76.7
2024 81.8 76.8
2025 82 77

Cyprus and Malaysia population clocks and comparison

Population
Cyprus

Malaysia
Year Population
Cyprus Malaysia
1960 586,490 7,956,197
1961 595,514 8,164,443
1962 601,466 8,380,172
1963 607,252 8,602,160
1964 612,521 8,828,406
1965 617,736 9,056,408
1966 623,390 9,284,688
1967 629,251 9,507,099
1968 635,157 9,725,281
1969 641,189 9,947,597
1970 647,446 10,178,802
1971 654,050 10,423,453
1972 661,063 10,676,835
1973 665,937 10,935,621
1974 663,254 11,200,906
1975 659,405 11,471,914
1976 662,032 11,750,097
1977 667,101 12,035,713
1978 672,249 12,328,157
1979 677,549 12,627,862
1980 683,076 12,983,363
1981 688,893 13,399,203
1982 696,497 13,832,798
1983 707,225 14,285,907
1984 719,334 14,759,009
1985 731,277 15,252,258
1986 743,105 15,760,419
1987 754,785 16,276,737
1988 766,235 16,796,605
1989 777,420 17,314,997
1990 788,351 17,833,171
1991 798,944 18,342,464
1992 810,341 18,834,572
1993 826,034 19,322,664
1994 844,667 19,820,446
1995 862,695 20,330,599
1996 880,290 20,850,087
1997 897,568 21,375,218
1998 914,548 21,906,713
1999 931,234 22,435,531
2000 947,667 22,967,816
2001 964,127 23,526,538
2002 981,440 24,102,477
2003 999,590 24,679,602
2004 1,017,875 25,256,772
2005 1,036,151 25,836,071
2006 1,054,418 26,417,909
2007 1,072,714 26,998,389
2008 1,091,026 27,570,059
2009 1,109,371 28,124,778
2010 1,127,816 28,655,776
2011 1,146,493 29,162,039
2012 1,165,397 29,662,831
2013 1,183,895 30,174,265
2014 1,201,801 30,696,137
2015 1,219,502 31,232,798
2016 1,237,112 31,789,685
2017 1,254,275 32,355,644
2018 1,270,737 32,910,967
2019 1,286,671 33,440,596
2020 1,302,247 33,889,558
2021 1,317,309 34,282,399
2022 1,331,370 34,695,493
2023 1,344,976 35,126,298
2024 1,358,282 35,557,673

Fertility rates in Cyprus and Malaysia

Fertility rate
Cyprus

Malaysia
Year Fertility rate
Cyprus Malaysia
1960 3.39 6.41
1961 3.62 6.37
1962 3.51 6.3
1963 3.49 6.19
1964 3.41 6.03
1965 3.47 5.84
1966 3.4 5.64
1967 3.32 5.43
1968 3.27 5.29
1969 3.19 5.16
1970 3.07 5.04
1971 3.04 4.92
1972 2.99 4.82
1973 2.4 4.73
1974 2.28 4.62
1975 2.11 4.5
1976 2.33 4.4
1977 2.09 4.28
1978 2.08 4.18
1979 2.14 4.09
1980 2.3 4.04
1981 2.15 4
1982 2.49 3.97
1983 2.49 3.93
1984 2.51 3.89
1985 2.43 3.8
1986 2.45 3.7
1987 2.39 3.57
1988 2.47 3.5
1989 2.37 3.31
1990 2.4 3.3
1991 2.34 3.34
1992 2.46 3.37
1993 2.25 3.36
1994 2.16 3.35
1995 2.03 3.32
1996 1.95 3.3
1997 1.86 3.23
1998 1.76 3.12
1999 1.67 3.07
2000 1.64 2.94
2001 1.57 2.81
2002 1.5 2.66
2003 1.51 2.6
2004 1.51 2.49
2005 1.48 2.39
2006 1.51 2.31
2007 1.45 2.25
2008 1.48 2.26
2009 1.48 2.22
2010 1.43 2.14
2011 1.36 2.15
2012 1.38 2.12
2013 1.3 2.07
2014 1.31 2.06
2015 1.32 2.01
2016 1.36 1.94
2017 1.32 1.89
2018 1.32 1.84
2019 1.33 1.78
2020 1.36 1.68
2021 1.39 1.56
2022 1.39 1.55
2023 1.39 1.55

Cyprus and Malaysia demographics compared

Median age
Cyprus

Malaysia
Year Median age, years
Cyprus Malaysia
1960 23.1 17.5
1961 23.1 17.3
1962 23.3 17.1
1963 23.5 17
1964 23.7 16.9
1965 23.9 16.8
1966 24 16.9
1967 24.2 17
1968 24.3 17.1
1969 24.5 17.3
1970 24.7 17.4
1971 24.9 17.6
1972 25.1 17.9
1973 25.3 18.1
1974 25.4 18.3
1975 25.5 18.6
1976 25.9 18.8
1977 26.3 19
1978 26.8 19.3
1979 27.2 19.5
1980 27.7 19.7
1981 28.2 19.9
1982 28.5 20.1
1983 28.7 20.4
1984 28.8 20.5
1985 28.9 20.7
1986 29.1 20.9
1987 29.2 21
1988 29.4 21.1
1989 29.6 21.3
1990 29.8 21.5
1991 30.1 21.7
1992 30.3 21.9
1993 30.4 22.1
1994 30.5 22.3
1995 30.6 22.5
1996 30.8 22.7
1997 31 22.9
1998 31.2 23.1
1999 31.4 23.4
2000 31.6 23.5
2001 31.8 23.6
2002 32 23.7
2003 32.2 23.9
2004 32.4 24
2005 32.6 24.2
2006 32.8 24.5
2007 33.1 24.8
2008 33.4 25.1
2009 33.6 25.6
2010 33.9 26
2011 34.2 26.4
2012 34.5 26.8
2013 34.8 27.1
2014 35.2 27.5
2015 35.6 27.8
2016 36 28.1
2017 36.4 28.5
2018 36.8 28.8
2019 37.2 29.2
2020 37.6 29.6
2021 38 30.1
2022 38.4 30.6
2023 38.8 31.1
2024 39.2 31.5

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Cyprus Malaysia
GNI, Atlas method
$31B
2024
$415B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
40.4%
2025
23.1%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.74%
2022
3.51%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP
1.82%
2023
0.93%
2023
Armed forces personnel
13,000
2020
136,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
+3.84%
2025
-3.36%
2025
Unemployment rate
4.86%
2024
3.93%
2022
Services, % of GDP
76.9%
2024
53.6%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
10.3%
2024
37.1%
2024
Economic freedom index
73.2
2025
67.1
2025
Income share by richest 10%
26.3%
2023
30.9%
2021
Income share by poorest 10%
3.6%
2023
2.3%
2021
Number of billionaires
10
2025
19
2025
Percentage of billionaires
0.0009%
2025
0.00008%
2025
Listed domestic companies
93
2024
1,031
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$10.9B
2024
$449B
2024
Total reserves including gold
$2.09B
2024
$116B
2024
Personal remittances received
$661M
2024
$1.61B
2024
International tourist arrivals
4,117,000
2019
4,333,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
3.25%
2020
1.63%
2020
Banked people share
96.1%
2024
88.7%
2024

Energy

Cyprus Malaysia
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
1,673 kg
2023
2,867 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$23.6
2023
$12
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
7.18 megatons
2023
283.3 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
5.34 tons
2023
8.07 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
86.5%
2022
96%
2022
Renewable energy use share
15.6%
2021
7.5%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
7.44%
2023
2.88%
2022
Net energy imports use share
117%
2022
-0.58%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita
3,842 kWh
2023
4,986 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
15.1%
2021
17%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0%
2021
16.6%
2022
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Cyprus Malaysia
% of world population
0.02%
2024
0.44%
2024
Annual migration change
+8,138
2024
+174,770
2024
Urban population
67.1%
2024
79.2%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.67 ft
2025
5.55 ft
2025
Average female height
5.27 ft
2025
5.15 ft
2025
Quality of life index
80.4
2025
62.9
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
56
2024
50
2024
Higher education index
71
2025
76
2025
Homicides per 100K people
0.82
2023
0.72
2021
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
5.8
2019
22.5
2019
Visa free countries
170
2025
170
2025
Adult literacy rate
99.4%
2021
95.8%
2022
English speaking
75.1%
2023
57.3%
2023
People using the Internet
91.2%
2023
98%
2024

Health

Cyprus Malaysia
Government health expenditure per capita
$2,864
2022
$458
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$417
2022
$173.5
2022
Life expectancy
82 years
2025
77 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
1.17%
2022
0.004%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
3.55
2021
2.32
2021
Age at first childbirth
29.8 years
2023
n/a
Maternal mortality per 100K births
14
2023
26
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
3.5
2023
8.1
2023
Obesity rate
23.6%
2022
22.4%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
10%
2024
21.1%
2024
Air quality index
63
2025
41
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
35.6%
2022
22%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
6.36 liters
2020
0.74 liters
2020

Territory

Cyprus Malaysia
% of world land
0.006%
2025
0.22%
2025
Land area per capita
2,627 sq mi
2024
3,568 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
498 sq mi
2025
33,093 sq mi
2025
Forest area
666 sq mi
2025
73,219 sq mi
2025
Roads length
12,366 mi
2016
173,898 mi
2022

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