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Fiji vs Malaysia statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Fiji has a population of 929K (ranked 159/197), compared with 35.6M in Malaysia (ranked 44/197). Fiji's land area is 7,054 sq mi versus 126,854 sq mi for Malaysia (ranked 152nd vs. 65th).

By GDP, Fiji ranks 161/197 ($5.84B) and Malaysia ranks 39/197 ($422B). By GDP per capita, Fiji ranks 111/197 ($6,288), while Malaysia ranks 81/197 ($11,867).

Main facts and rankings

Fiji Malaysia
Population
936456
36304998
Population rank 159/197 45/197
GDP
$5.84B
2024
$422B
2024
GDP rank 161/197 39/197
GDP per capita
$6,288
2024
$11,867
2024
GDP per capita rank 111/197 81/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$16,032
2024
$38,729
2024
Government debt
$4.49B
2024
$297B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
76.4%
2025
70.1%
2025
Government debt per person
$4,839
2024
$8,353
2024
Government debt per person rank 82/185 63/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$7,882
2025
$9,650
2025
Land area
7,054 sq mi
2025
126,854 sq mi
2025
Population density
131.7 ppl/mi²
2024
280.3 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
2.28
2023
1.55
2023
Median age
28.9 years
2024
31.5 years
2024
Life expectancy
67.6 years
2025
77 years
2025

Fiji and Malaysia: Comparison Charts

Fiji and Malaysia economies compared

GDP
Fiji

Malaysia
Year GDP
Fiji Malaysia
1960 $112,328,422 $1,916,229,477
1961 $116,987,785 $1,901,856,123
1962 $122,906,435 $2,001,489,602
1963 $129,454,729 $2,510,110,348
1964 $140,032,741 $2,674,423,922
1965 $147,084,750 $2,956,337,669
1966 $150,603,926 $3,143,517,944
1967 $162,625,886 $3,188,924,677
1968 $166,952,937 $3,330,371,551
1969 $182,182,068 $3,664,552,041
1970 $219,878,482 $3,864,145,667
1971 $247,749,328 $4,244,395,956
1972 $316,656,649 $5,043,347,250
1973 $425,950,488 $7,662,902,678
1974 $558,587,097 $9,496,204,302
1975 $684,282,434 $9,298,800,799
1976 $694,540,806 $11,050,234,599
1977 $719,501,766 $13,139,488,633
1978 $829,267,889 $16,358,079,862
1979 $1,019,691,460 $21,213,264,962
1980 $1,202,618,816 $24,488,224,677
1981 $1,235,626,771 $25,004,285,792
1982 $1,194,059,943 $26,804,493,635
1983 $1,123,085,190 $30,347,442,111
1984 $1,178,000,678 $33,942,897,422
1985 $1,141,168,944 $31,199,633,353
1986 $1,290,267,340 $27,734,111,400
1987 $1,177,947,965 $32,181,210,158
1988 $1,110,009,523 $35,272,109,220
1989 $1,182,660,266 $38,847,965,293
1990 $1,337,017,559 $44,024,585,240
1991 $1,383,883,250 $49,143,148,094
1992 $1,532,411,039 $59,167,550,163
1993 $1,636,101,247 $66,894,966,969
1994 $1,825,732,093 $74,478,356,958
1995 $1,970,301,486 $88,705,342,903
1996 $2,128,696,644 $100,855,393,910
1997 $2,090,221,137 $100,005,323,302
1998 $1,653,146,717 $72,167,498,981
1999 $1,936,459,986 $79,148,421,053
2000 $1,678,219,508 $93,789,736,842
2001 $1,652,462,023 $92,783,947,368
2002 $1,833,279,985 $100,845,526,316
2003 $2,300,492,465 $110,202,368,421
2004 $2,708,078,477 $124,749,473,684
2005 $2,980,403,845 $143,534,405,819
2006 $3,076,305,453 $162,692,258,307
2007 $3,378,314,600 $193,549,569,478
2008 $3,523,185,920 $230,811,614,370
2009 $2,870,624,636 $202,257,453,037
2010 $3,140,166,713 $255,017,638,456
2011 $3,779,411,899 $297,951,668,675
2012 $3,972,028,104 $314,443,047,642
2013 $4,189,967,999 $323,276,235,524
2014 $4,857,104,769 $338,066,095,097
2015 $4,682,479,894 $301,355,266,965
2016 $4,930,213,644 $301,256,033,870
2017 $5,353,469,174 $319,109,094,160
2018 $5,581,425,327 $358,788,845,713
2019 $5,444,407,198 $365,177,721,022
2020 $4,432,466,220 $337,456,163,961
2021 $4,305,031,650 $373,784,823,673
2022 $4,969,503,549 $407,605,841,348
2023 $5,442,046,553 $399,705,137,434
2024 $5,840,564,073 $421,972,102,254

Fiji and Malaysia economies compared

GDP per capita
Fiji

Malaysia
Year GDP per capita
Fiji Malaysia
1960 $277.4 $240.8
1961 $280.3 $232.9
1962 $285.5 $238.8
1963 $291.4 $291.8
1964 $306 $303
1965 $311 $326
1966 $310 $339
1967 $326 $335
1968 $327 $342
1969 $350 $368
1970 $414 $380
1971 $458 $407
1972 $575 $472
1973 $762 $701
1974 $984 $848
1975 $1,188 $811
1976 $1,186 $940
1977 $1,204 $1,092
1978 $1,355 $1,327
1979 $1,627 $1,680
1980 $1,873 $1,886
1981 $1,879 $1,866
1982 $1,773 $1,938
1983 $1,628 $2,124
1984 $1,667 $2,300
1985 $1,577 $2,046
1986 $1,745 $1,760
1987 $1,569 $1,977
1988 $1,463 $2,100
1989 $1,543 $2,244
1990 $1,729 $2,469
1991 $1,775 $2,679
1992 $1,951 $3,141
1993 $2,070 $3,462
1994 $2,297 $3,758
1995 $2,467 $4,363
1996 $2,648 $4,837
1997 $2,574 $4,679
1998 $2,010 $3,294
1999 $2,328 $3,528
2000 $1,996 $4,084
2001 $1,945 $3,944
2002 $2,137 $4,184
2003 $2,656 $4,465
2004 $3,097 $4,939
2005 $3,378 $5,556
2006 $3,455 $6,158
2007 $3,763 $7,169
2008 $3,900 $8,372
2009 $3,164 $7,191
2010 $3,449 $8,899
2011 $4,140 $10,217
2012 $4,341 $10,601
2013 $4,572 $10,714
2014 $5,293 $11,013
2015 $5,098 $9,649
2016 $5,364 $9,477
2017 $5,827 $9,863
2018 $6,085 $10,902
2019 $5,951 $10,920
2020 $4,844 $9,958
2021 $4,696 $10,903
2022 $5,405 $11,748
2023 $5,889 $11,379
2024 $6,288 $11,867

Fiji vs. Malaysia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Fiji

Malaysia
Year Life expectancy, years
Fiji Malaysia
1950 51.7 48.5
1951 52.2 49.2
1952 52.6 50.1
1953 53.4 51.1
1954 54.2 52
1955 55.3 52.8
1956 56.2 53.7
1957 57.1 54.5
1958 57.8 55.4
1959 58.2 56.3
1960 58.6 57.2
1961 59.1 58
1962 59.7 58.9
1963 60.2 59.7
1964 60.7 60.4
1965 61.4 61.1
1966 61.6 61.7
1967 61.4 62
1968 61.7 62.4
1969 61.4 62.9
1970 61.7 63.3
1971 61.7 63.8
1972 61.6 64.2
1973 60.6 64.7
1974 61.2 65.2
1975 61.7 65.7
1976 62.1 66.2
1977 62.7 66.7
1978 63.1 67.2
1979 62.3 67.6
1980 62.4 68.1
1981 62.3 68.5
1982 62.2 68.9
1983 62.9 69.2
1984 63.2 69.6
1985 64 69.9
1986 64 70.1
1987 64.3 70.4
1988 65 70.6
1989 65.4 70.8
1990 65.1 71
1991 65.5 71.2
1992 65.4 71.5
1993 65.5 71.7
1994 65.8 71.9
1995 66 72
1996 66.2 72.1
1997 66.3 72.3
1998 66.5 72.4
1999 66.7 72.4
2000 66.2 72.7
2001 66.2 73.1
2002 65.5 73.5
2003 65.7 73.7
2004 65.8 74
2005 66 74.4
2006 66.1 74.7
2007 66.2 75
2008 66.3 75.2
2009 66.3 75.3
2010 66.8 75.4
2011 66.9 75.5
2012 65.8 75.6
2013 66.5 75.5
2014 66.6 75.3
2015 66.5 75.3
2016 66.7 75.4
2017 67.1 75.5
2018 67 75.7
2019 67 75.9
2020 66.9 76.1
2021 64.9 73.9
2022 67.1 75.4
2023 67.3 76.7
2024 67.5 76.8
2025 67.6 77

Fiji and Malaysia population clocks and comparison

Population
Fiji

Malaysia
Year Population
Fiji Malaysia
1960 404,887 7,956,197
1961 417,406 8,164,443
1962 430,536 8,380,172
1963 444,276 8,602,160
1964 458,324 8,828,406
1965 472,575 9,056,408
1966 486,487 9,284,688
1967 498,873 9,507,099
1968 510,002 9,725,281
1969 520,797 9,947,597
1970 531,188 10,178,802
1971 541,121 10,423,453
1972 550,499 10,676,835
1973 559,222 10,935,621
1974 567,489 11,200,906
1975 575,906 11,471,914
1976 585,534 11,750,097
1977 597,805 12,035,713
1978 612,091 12,328,157
1979 626,862 12,627,862
1980 641,975 12,983,363
1981 657,471 13,399,203
1982 673,414 13,832,798
1983 689,835 14,285,907
1984 706,716 14,759,009
1985 723,761 15,252,258
1986 739,306 15,760,419
1987 750,540 16,276,737
1988 758,697 16,796,605
1989 766,321 17,314,997
1990 773,316 17,833,171
1991 779,656 18,342,464
1992 785,346 18,834,572
1993 790,369 19,322,664
1994 794,771 19,820,446
1995 798,746 20,330,599
1996 803,789 20,850,087
1997 812,139 21,375,218
1998 822,258 21,906,713
1999 831,828 22,435,531
2000 840,909 22,967,816
2001 849,596 23,526,538
2002 858,049 24,102,477
2003 866,286 24,679,602
2004 874,366 25,256,772
2005 882,379 25,836,071
2006 890,365 26,417,909
2007 897,832 26,998,389
2008 903,399 27,570,059
2009 907,239 28,124,778
2010 910,419 28,655,776
2011 912,989 29,162,039
2012 914,918 29,662,831
2013 916,352 30,174,265
2014 917,585 30,696,137
2015 918,578 31,232,798
2016 919,166 31,789,685
2017 918,759 32,355,644
2018 917,180 32,910,967
2019 914,899 33,440,596
2020 914,963 33,889,558
2021 916,711 34,282,399
2022 919,422 34,695,493
2023 924,145 35,126,298
2024 928,784 35,557,673

Fertility rates in Fiji and Malaysia

Fertility rate
Fiji

Malaysia
Year Fertility rate
Fiji Malaysia
1960 6.36 6.41
1961 6.28 6.37
1962 6.2 6.3
1963 6.09 6.19
1964 5.96 6.03
1965 5.76 5.84
1966 5.55 5.64
1967 5.33 5.43
1968 5.11 5.29
1969 4.91 5.16
1970 4.71 5.04
1971 4.51 4.92
1972 4.32 4.82
1973 4.16 4.73
1974 4.07 4.62
1975 4.1 4.5
1976 4.12 4.4
1977 4.11 4.28
1978 4.1 4.18
1979 4.08 4.09
1980 4.04 4.04
1981 3.99 4
1982 3.94 3.97
1983 3.88 3.93
1984 3.8 3.89
1985 3.66 3.8
1986 3.54 3.7
1987 3.48 3.57
1988 3.43 3.5
1989 3.4 3.31
1990 3.39 3.3
1991 3.37 3.34
1992 3.33 3.37
1993 3.29 3.36
1994 3.26 3.35
1995 3.25 3.32
1996 3.25 3.3
1997 3.19 3.23
1998 3.12 3.12
1999 3.05 3.07
2000 2.99 2.94
2001 2.97 2.81
2002 2.97 2.66
2003 2.96 2.6
2004 2.94 2.49
2005 2.92 2.39
2006 2.91 2.31
2007 2.87 2.25
2008 2.82 2.26
2009 2.76 2.22
2010 2.7 2.14
2011 2.63 2.15
2012 2.61 2.12
2013 2.6 2.07
2014 2.59 2.06
2015 2.57 2.01
2016 2.52 1.94
2017 2.46 1.89
2018 2.42 1.84
2019 2.38 1.78
2020 2.36 1.68
2021 2.33 1.56
2022 2.31 1.55
2023 2.28 1.55

Fiji and Malaysia demographics compared

Median age
Fiji

Malaysia
Year Median age, years
Fiji Malaysia
1960 16.7 17.5
1961 16.7 17.3
1962 16.6 17.1
1963 16.6 17
1964 16.7 16.9
1965 16.7 16.8
1966 16.7 16.9
1967 16.8 17
1968 16.9 17.1
1969 17.1 17.3
1970 17.2 17.4
1971 17.4 17.6
1972 17.6 17.9
1973 17.8 18.1
1974 18.1 18.3
1975 18.3 18.6
1976 18.5 18.8
1977 18.8 19
1978 19 19.3
1979 19.1 19.5
1980 19.3 19.7
1981 19.5 19.9
1982 19.6 20.1
1983 19.8 20.4
1984 20 20.5
1985 20.1 20.7
1986 20.3 20.9
1987 20.5 21
1988 20.6 21.1
1989 20.8 21.3
1990 20.9 21.5
1991 21 21.7
1992 21.1 21.9
1993 21.2 22.1
1994 21.3 22.3
1995 21.5 22.5
1996 21.6 22.7
1997 21.8 22.9
1998 22.1 23.1
1999 22.3 23.4
2000 22.6 23.5
2001 22.8 23.6
2002 23.1 23.7
2003 23.4 23.9
2004 23.6 24
2005 23.9 24.2
2006 24.2 24.5
2007 24.5 24.8
2008 24.8 25.1
2009 25 25.6
2010 25.3 26
2011 25.6 26.4
2012 25.9 26.8
2013 26.1 27.1
2014 26.4 27.5
2015 26.7 27.8
2016 26.9 28.1
2017 27.2 28.5
2018 27.5 28.8
2019 27.8 29.2
2020 28.1 29.6
2021 28.3 30.1
2022 28.5 30.6
2023 28.7 31.1
2024 28.9 31.5

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Fiji Malaysia
GNI, Atlas method
$5.27B
2024
$415B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
30.7%
2025
23.1%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.25%
2023
3.51%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP
1.32%
2023
0.93%
2023
Armed forces personnel
4,000
2020
136,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-4.29%
2025
-3.36%
2025
Unemployment rate
5.36%
2024
3.93%
2022
Services, % of GDP
56.2%
2024
53.6%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
14.1%
2024
37.1%
2024
Economic freedom index
59.1
2025
67.1
2025
Income share by richest 10%
24.2%
2019
30.9%
2021
Income share by poorest 10%
3.5%
2019
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
$1.6B
2024
$116B
2024
Personal remittances received
$430M
2024
$1.61B
2024
International tourist arrivals
168,000
2020
4,333,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
19.2%
2020
1.63%
2020
Banked people share n/a
88.7%
2024

Energy

Fiji Malaysia
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
584 kg
2007
2,867 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$12.2
2007
$12
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
2.21 megatons
2023
283.3 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
2.39 tons
2023
8.07 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2007
96%
2022
Renewable energy use share
28.4%
2022
7.5%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share n/a
2.88%
2022
Net energy imports use share n/a
-0.58%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita n/a
4,986 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
60.1%
2021
17%
2021
Hydroelectric share
50.1%
2021
16.6%
2022
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
99.3%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Fiji Malaysia
% of world population
0.01%
2024
0.44%
2024
Annual migration change
-3,278
2024
+174,770
2024
Urban population
59.2%
2024
79.2%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.71 ft
2025
5.55 ft
2025
Average female height
5.39 ft
2025
5.15 ft
2025
Quality of life index
52.2
2025
62.9
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
58
2025
50
2024
Higher education index
57
2025
76
2025
Homicides per 100K people
2.17
2020
0.72
2021
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
13.5
2019
22.5
2019
Visa free countries
98
2025
170
2025
Adult literacy rate
99.1%
2018
95.8%
2022
English speaking
20.6%
2023
57.3%
2023
People using the Internet
79.3%
2023
98%
2024

Health

Fiji Malaysia
Government health expenditure per capita
$212.9
2023
$458
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$17.7
2023
$173.5
2022
Life expectancy
67.6 years
2025
77 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
11.6%
2023
0.004%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
0.81
2015
2.32
2021
Maternal mortality per 100K births
30
2023
26
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
29.1
2023
8.1
2023
Obesity rate
34.9%
2022
22.4%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
16.6%
2024
21.1%
2024
Air quality index
96
2025
41
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
27.6%
2022
22%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
3.58 liters
2020
0.74 liters
2020

Territory

Fiji Malaysia
% of world land
0.01%
2025
0.22%
2025
Land area per capita
7,595 sq mi
2024
3,568 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
1,203 sq mi
2025
33,093 sq mi
2025
Forest area
4,479 sq mi
2025
73,219 sq mi
2025
Roads length
2,138 mi
2011
173,898 mi
2022

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