Ireland vs Malaysia statistics compared

Ireland has a population of 5.38M (ranked 120/197), compared with 35.6M in Malaysia (ranked 44/197). Ireland's land area is 26,599 sq mi versus 126,854 sq mi for Malaysia (ranked 119th vs. 65th).

By GDP, Ireland ranks 26/197 ($577B) and Malaysia ranks 39/197 ($422B). By GDP per capita, Ireland ranks 4/197 ($107,316), while Malaysia ranks 81/197 ($11,867).

Ireland and Malaysia: Comparison Charts

Ireland and Malaysia economies compared

GDP

Ireland

Malaysia

Table

Year	GDP
	Ireland	Malaysia
1960	$1,998,550,222	$1,916,229,477
1961	$2,151,772,980	$1,901,856,123
1962	$2,329,372,972	$2,001,489,602
1963	$2,505,073,358	$2,510,110,348
1964	$2,851,091,646	$2,674,423,922
1965	$3,035,655,794	$2,956,337,669
1966	$3,198,820,904	$3,143,517,944
1967	$3,445,739,915	$3,188,924,677
1968	$3,378,701,147	$3,330,371,551
1969	$3,902,721,632	$3,664,552,041
1970	$4,395,995,086	$3,864,145,667
1971	$5,098,250,287	$4,244,395,956
1972	$6,318,060,582	$5,043,347,250
1973	$7,481,173,066	$7,662,902,678
1974	$7,896,860,615	$9,496,204,302
1975	$9,483,808,362	$9,298,800,799
1976	$9,453,756,015	$11,050,234,599
1977	$11,248,340,431	$13,139,488,633
1978	$14,647,996,074	$16,358,079,862
1979	$18,319,334,300	$21,213,264,962
1980	$21,747,855,640	$24,488,224,677
1981	$20,670,190,138	$25,004,285,792
1982	$21,474,754,080	$26,804,493,635
1983	$20,766,047,764	$30,347,442,111
1984	$20,106,648,455	$33,942,897,422
1985	$21,270,013,326	$31,199,633,353
1986	$28,714,571,852	$27,734,111,400
1987	$33,920,518,493	$32,181,210,158
1988	$37,772,897,421	$35,272,109,220
1989	$39,238,392,678	$38,847,965,293
1990	$49,305,632,408	$44,024,585,240
1991	$49,787,502,852	$49,143,148,094
1992	$55,918,538,121	$59,167,550,163
1993	$52,417,477,614	$66,894,966,969
1994	$57,097,656,066	$74,478,356,958
1995	$69,139,823,232	$88,705,342,903
1996	$75,790,785,030	$100,855,393,910
1997	$82,856,648,758	$100,005,323,302
1998	$90,199,410,116	$72,167,498,981
1999	$98,893,958,263	$79,148,421,053
2000	$100,207,610,430	$93,789,736,842
2001	$109,346,669,230	$92,783,947,368
2002	$128,596,035,288	$100,845,526,316
2003	$164,670,771,260	$110,202,368,421
2004	$194,372,115,041	$124,749,473,684
2005	$211,876,989,656	$143,534,405,819
2006	$232,180,617,162	$162,692,258,307
2007	$270,079,279,420	$193,549,569,478
2008	$275,447,471,451	$230,811,614,370
2009	$236,443,117,248	$202,257,453,037
2010	$221,985,621,538	$255,017,638,456
2011	$241,337,364,610	$297,951,668,675
2012	$227,270,922,957	$314,443,047,642
2013	$243,301,556,085	$323,276,235,524
2014	$266,787,238,499	$338,066,095,097
2015	$302,391,428,540	$301,355,266,965
2016	$305,733,136,181	$301,256,033,870
2017	$348,532,394,024	$319,109,094,160
2018	$395,461,216,460	$358,788,845,713
2019	$407,124,824,065	$365,177,721,022
2020	$436,555,518,400	$337,456,163,961
2021	$531,306,516,908	$373,784,823,673
2022	$548,570,250,342	$407,605,841,348
2023	$551,394,889,340	$399,705,137,434
2024	$577,389,475,010	$421,972,102,254

Ireland and Malaysia economies compared

GDP per capita

Ireland

Malaysia

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Ireland	Malaysia
1960	$707	$240.8
1961	$762	$232.9
1962	$821	$238.8
1963	$878	$291.8
1964	$995	$303
1965	$1,055	$326
1966	$1,107	$339
1967	$1,187	$335
1968	$1,159	$342
1969	$1,331	$368
1970	$1,487	$380
1971	$1,704	$407
1972	$2,080	$472
1973	$2,424	$701
1974	$2,517	$848
1975	$2,973	$811
1976	$2,920	$940
1977	$3,427	$1,092
1978	$4,400	$1,327
1979	$5,430	$1,680
1980	$6,372	$1,886
1981	$5,986	$1,866
1982	$6,161	$1,938
1983	$5,915	$2,124
1984	$5,692	$2,300
1985	$6,012	$2,046
1986	$8,112	$1,760
1987	$9,582	$1,977
1988	$10,716	$2,100
1989	$11,176	$2,244
1990	$14,031	$2,469
1991	$14,087	$2,679
1992	$15,714	$3,141
1993	$14,657	$3,462
1994	$15,903	$3,758
1995	$19,158	$4,363
1996	$20,836	$4,837
1997	$22,551	$4,679
1998	$24,295	$3,294
1999	$26,338	$3,528
2000	$26,335	$4,084
2001	$28,282	$3,944
2002	$32,705	$4,184
2003	$41,204	$4,465
2004	$47,754	$4,939
2005	$50,933	$5,556
2006	$54,329	$6,158
2007	$61,396	$7,169
2008	$61,353	$8,372
2009	$52,133	$7,191
2010	$48,679	$8,899
2011	$52,693	$10,217
2012	$49,412	$10,601
2013	$52,619	$10,714
2014	$57,278	$11,013
2015	$64,312	$9,649
2016	$64,193	$9,477
2017	$72,198	$9,863
2018	$80,739	$10,902
2019	$81,810	$10,920
2020	$86,623	$9,958
2021	$103,962	$10,903
2022	$105,235	$11,748
2023	$103,888	$11,379
2024	$107,316	$11,867

Ireland vs. Malaysia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Ireland

Malaysia

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Ireland	Malaysia
1950	65.6	48.5
1951	64.8	49.2
1952	67.2	50.1
1953	67.9	51.1
1954	68	52
1955	68	52.8
1956	69	53.7
1957	69	54.5
1958	69.3	55.4
1959	69.4	56.3
1960	70.2	57.2
1961	69.6	58
1962	69.9	58.9
1963	70.2	59.7
1964	70.4	60.4
1965	70.6	61.1
1966	70.2	61.7
1967	71.2	62
1968	70.9	62.4
1969	70.8	62.9
1970	70.8	63.3
1971	71.6	63.8
1972	71	64.2
1973	71.2	64.7
1974	71.1	65.2
1975	71.7	65.7
1976	71.8	66.2
1977	71.9	66.7
1978	71.9	67.2
1979	72.2	67.6
1980	72.5	68.1
1981	72.9	68.5
1982	73.2	68.9
1983	73.2	69.2
1984	73.6	69.6
1985	73.6	69.9
1986	73.6	70.1
1987	74.4	70.4
1988	74.4	70.6
1989	74.5	70.8
1990	74.8	71
1991	75	71.2
1992	75.4	71.5
1993	75.3	71.7
1994	75.8	71.9
1995	75.5	72
1996	75.8	72.1
1997	76	72.3
1998	76.2	72.4
1999	76.1	72.4
2000	76.5	72.7
2001	77.1	73.1
2002	77.6	73.5
2003	78.1	73.7
2004	78.5	74
2005	78.9	74.4
2006	79.2	74.7
2007	79.6	75
2008	79.8	75.2
2009	80.1	75.3
2010	80.6	75.4
2011	80.7	75.5
2012	80.9	75.6
2013	81.1	75.5
2014	81.4	75.3
2015	81.5	75.3
2016	81.7	75.4
2017	82.1	75.5
2018	82.1	75.7
2019	82.4	75.9
2020	82.4	76.1
2021	81.9	73.9
2022	82.1	75.4
2023	82.4	76.7
2024	82.6	76.8
2025	82.7	77

Ireland and Malaysia population clocks and comparison

Population

Ireland

Malaysia

Table

Year	Population
	Ireland	Malaysia
1960	2,828,600	7,956,197
1961	2,824,400	8,164,443
1962	2,836,050	8,380,172
1963	2,852,650	8,602,160
1964	2,866,550	8,828,406
1965	2,877,300	9,056,408
1966	2,888,800	9,284,688
1967	2,902,450	9,507,099
1968	2,915,550	9,725,281
1969	2,932,650	9,947,597
1970	2,957,250	10,178,802
1971	2,992,050	10,423,453
1972	3,036,850	10,676,835
1973	3,085,950	10,935,621
1974	3,137,500	11,200,906
1975	3,189,550	11,471,914
1976	3,238,050	11,750,097
1977	3,282,200	12,035,713
1978	3,329,100	12,328,157
1979	3,373,750	12,627,862
1980	3,412,800	12,983,363
1981	3,453,000	13,399,203
1982	3,485,800	13,832,798
1983	3,510,600	14,285,907
1984	3,532,423	14,759,009
1985	3,538,082	15,252,258
1986	3,539,690	15,760,419
1987	3,540,057	16,276,737
1988	3,524,949	16,796,605
1989	3,511,009	17,314,997
1990	3,513,974	17,833,171
1991	3,534,235	18,342,464
1992	3,558,430	18,834,572
1993	3,576,261	19,322,664
1994	3,590,386	19,820,446
1995	3,608,841	20,330,599
1996	3,637,510	20,850,087
1997	3,674,171	21,375,218
1998	3,712,696	21,906,713
1999	3,754,786	22,435,531
2000	3,805,174	22,967,816
2001	3,866,243	23,526,538
2002	3,931,947	24,102,477
2003	3,996,521	24,679,602
2004	4,070,262	25,256,772
2005	4,159,914	25,836,071
2006	4,273,591	26,417,909
2007	4,398,942	26,998,389
2008	4,489,544	27,570,059
2009	4,535,375	28,124,778
2010	4,560,155	28,655,776
2011	4,580,084	29,162,039
2012	4,599,533	29,662,831
2013	4,623,816	30,174,265
2014	4,657,740	30,696,137
2015	4,701,957	31,232,798
2016	4,762,722	31,789,685
2017	4,827,445	32,355,644
2018	4,898,022	32,910,967
2019	4,976,456	33,440,596
2020	5,039,747	33,889,558
2021	5,110,585	34,282,399
2022	5,212,836	34,695,493
2023	5,307,600	35,126,298
2024	5,380,257	35,557,673

Fertility rates in Ireland and Malaysia

Fertility rate

Ireland

Malaysia

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Ireland	Malaysia
1960	3.78	6.41
1961	3.78	6.37
1962	3.92	6.3
1963	4.01	6.19
1964	4.07	6.03
1965	4.04	5.84
1966	3.94	5.64
1967	3.84	5.43
1968	3.77	5.29
1969	3.83	5.16
1970	3.85	5.04
1971	3.93	4.92
1972	3.84	4.82
1973	3.71	4.73
1974	3.59	4.62
1975	3.37	4.5
1976	3.29	4.4
1977	3.24	4.28
1978	3.21	4.18
1979	3.21	4.09
1980	3.21	4.04
1981	3.05	4
1982	2.94	3.97
1983	2.74	3.93
1984	2.58	3.89
1985	2.48	3.8
1986	2.44	3.7
1987	2.32	3.57
1988	2.17	3.5
1989	2.08	3.31
1990	2.11	3.3
1991	2.08	3.34
1992	1.99	3.37
1993	1.9	3.36
1994	1.85	3.35
1995	1.84	3.32
1996	1.88	3.3
1997	1.93	3.23
1998	1.94	3.12
1999	1.9	3.07
2000	1.89	2.94
2001	1.94	2.81
2002	1.97	2.66
2003	1.96	2.6
2004	1.93	2.49
2005	1.86	2.39
2006	1.91	2.31
2007	2.01	2.25
2008	2.06	2.26
2009	2.06	2.22
2010	2.05	2.14
2011	2.03	2.15
2012	1.98	2.12
2013	1.93	2.07
2014	1.89	2.06
2015	1.85	2.01
2016	1.81	1.94
2017	1.77	1.89
2018	1.75	1.84
2019	1.71	1.78
2020	1.63	1.68
2021	1.78	1.56
2022	1.54	1.55
2023	1.5	1.55

Ireland and Malaysia demographics compared

Median age

Ireland

Malaysia

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Ireland	Malaysia
1960	30.1	17.5
1961	29.8	17.3
1962	29.5	17.1
1963	29.2	17
1964	28.9	16.9
1965	28.6	16.8
1966	28.2	16.9
1967	28	17
1968	27.8	17.1
1969	27.6	17.3
1970	27.4	17.4
1971	27.1	17.6
1972	26.9	17.9
1973	26.7	18.1
1974	26.5	18.3
1975	26.5	18.6
1976	26.4	18.8
1977	26.5	19
1978	26.5	19.3
1979	26.5	19.5
1980	26.5	19.7
1981	26.6	19.9
1982	26.7	20.1
1983	26.9	20.4
1984	27.1	20.5
1985	27.3	20.7
1986	27.6	20.9
1987	27.9	21
1988	28.4	21.1
1989	28.8	21.3
1990	29.2	21.5
1991	29.6	21.7
1992	29.9	21.9
1993	30.2	22.1
1994	30.6	22.3
1995	30.9	22.5
1996	31.3	22.7
1997	31.6	22.9
1998	31.9	23.1
1999	32.2	23.4
2000	32.5	23.5
2001	32.7	23.6
2002	33	23.7
2003	33.2	23.9
2004	33.4	24
2005	33.4	24.2
2006	33.4	24.5
2007	33.4	24.8
2008	33.5	25.1
2009	33.9	25.6
2010	34.3	26
2011	34.8	26.4
2012	35.2	26.8
2013	35.6	27.1
2014	36	27.5
2015	36.4	27.8
2016	36.8	28.1
2017	37.1	28.5
2018	37.4	28.8
2019	37.8	29.2
2020	38.2	29.6
2021	38.6	30.1
2022	38.9	30.6
2023	39.4	31.1
2024	39.7	31.5

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