Japan vs Malaysia statistics compared

Japan has a population of 124M (ranked 12/197), compared with 35.6M in Malaysia (ranked 44/197). Japan's land area is 140,761 sq mi versus 126,854 sq mi for Malaysia (ranked 61st vs. 65th).

By GDP, Japan ranks 4/197 ($4.03T) and Malaysia ranks 39/197 ($422B). By GDP per capita, Japan ranks 37/197 ($32,476), while Malaysia ranks 81/197 ($11,867).

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Japan and Malaysia economies compared

GDP

Japan

Malaysia

Table

Year	GDP
	Japan	Malaysia
1960	$47,419,238,274	$1,916,229,477
1961	$57,266,758,180	$1,901,856,123
1962	$64,987,857,542	$2,001,489,602
1963	$74,379,284,603	$2,510,110,348
1964	$87,490,590,818	$2,674,423,922
1965	$97,338,107,606	$2,956,337,669
1966	$113,046,784,179	$3,143,517,944
1967	$132,475,614,227	$3,188,924,677
1968	$156,897,496,759	$3,330,371,551
1969	$184,298,841,305	$3,664,552,041
1970	$217,223,652,719	$3,864,145,667
1971	$245,364,056,622	$4,244,395,956
1972	$324,933,841,269	$5,043,347,250
1973	$441,460,582,536	$7,662,902,678
1974	$490,035,789,970	$9,496,204,302
1975	$532,861,438,885	$9,298,800,799
1976	$598,883,902,156	$11,050,234,599
1977	$737,069,290,928	$13,139,488,633
1978	$1,035,611,588,217	$16,358,079,862
1979	$1,077,910,077,676	$21,213,264,962
1980	$1,129,377,244,854	$24,488,224,677
1981	$1,245,221,410,764	$25,004,285,792
1982	$1,158,731,426,906	$26,804,493,635
1983	$1,270,859,919,743	$30,347,442,111
1984	$1,345,824,500,837	$33,942,897,422
1985	$1,427,019,759,717	$31,199,633,353
1986	$2,120,083,812,110	$27,734,111,400
1987	$2,580,748,422,781	$32,181,210,158
1988	$3,125,724,434,401	$35,272,109,220
1989	$3,109,455,047,824	$38,847,965,293
1990	$3,185,904,656,664	$44,024,585,240
1991	$3,648,065,760,649	$49,143,148,094
1992	$3,980,702,922,118	$59,167,550,163
1993	$4,536,940,479,038	$66,894,966,969
1994	$4,998,797,547,741	$74,478,356,958
1995	$5,545,563,663,890	$88,705,342,903
1996	$4,923,391,533,852	$100,855,393,910
1997	$4,492,448,605,639	$100,005,323,302
1998	$4,098,362,709,531	$72,167,498,981
1999	$4,635,982,224,064	$79,148,421,053
2000	$4,968,359,075,957	$93,789,736,842
2001	$4,374,711,694,091	$92,783,947,368
2002	$4,182,846,045,874	$100,845,526,316
2003	$4,519,561,645,254	$110,202,368,421
2004	$4,893,116,005,657	$124,749,473,684
2005	$4,831,467,035,390	$143,534,405,819
2006	$4,601,663,122,650	$162,692,258,307
2007	$4,579,750,920,355	$193,549,569,478
2008	$5,106,679,115,127	$230,811,614,370
2009	$5,289,493,117,994	$202,257,453,037
2010	$5,759,071,769,013	$255,017,638,456
2011	$6,233,147,172,341	$297,951,668,675
2012	$6,272,362,996,105	$314,443,047,642
2013	$5,212,328,181,166	$323,276,235,524
2014	$4,896,994,405,353	$338,066,095,097
2015	$4,444,930,651,964	$301,355,266,965
2016	$5,003,677,627,544	$301,256,033,870
2017	$4,930,837,369,151	$319,109,094,160
2018	$5,040,880,939,325	$358,788,845,713
2019	$5,117,993,853,017	$365,177,721,022
2020	$5,054,068,005,376	$337,456,163,961
2021	$5,039,148,168,861	$373,784,823,673
2022	$4,262,463,317,797	$407,605,841,348
2023	$4,213,167,237,906	$399,705,137,434
2024	$4,026,210,821,147	$421,972,102,254

Japan and Malaysia economies compared

GDP per capita

Japan

Malaysia

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Japan	Malaysia
1960	$509	$240.8
1961	$609	$232.9
1962	$685	$238.8
1963	$776	$291.8
1964	$903	$303
1965	$994	$326
1966	$1,144	$339
1967	$1,326	$335
1968	$1,553	$342
1969	$1,803	$368
1970	$2,101	$380
1971	$2,321	$407
1972	$3,031	$472
1973	$4,061	$701
1974	$4,448	$848
1975	$4,776	$811
1976	$5,310	$940
1977	$6,473	$1,092
1978	$9,012	$1,327
1979	$9,301	$1,680
1980	$9,669	$1,886
1981	$10,583	$1,866
1982	$9,780	$1,938
1983	$10,652	$2,124
1984	$11,207	$2,300
1985	$11,809	$2,046
1986	$17,452	$1,760
1987	$21,142	$1,977
1988	$25,500	$2,100
1989	$25,266	$2,244
1990	$25,801	$2,469
1991	$29,428	$2,679
1992	$31,993	$3,141
1993	$36,345	$3,462
1994	$39,934	$3,758
1995	$44,198	$4,363
1996	$39,150	$4,837
1997	$35,638	$4,679
1998	$32,424	$3,294
1999	$36,610	$3,528
2000	$39,169	$4,084
2001	$34,406	$3,944
2002	$32,821	$4,184
2003	$35,387	$4,465
2004	$38,299	$4,939
2005	$37,813	$5,556
2006	$35,992	$6,158
2007	$35,779	$7,169
2008	$39,876	$8,372
2009	$41,309	$7,191
2010	$44,968	$8,899
2011	$48,760	$10,217
2012	$49,145	$10,601
2013	$40,899	$10,714
2014	$38,475	$11,013
2015	$34,961	$9,649
2016	$39,375	$9,477
2017	$38,834	$9,863
2018	$39,751	$10,902
2019	$40,416	$10,920
2020	$40,029	$9,958
2021	$40,095	$10,903
2022	$34,066	$11,748
2023	$33,836	$11,379
2024	$32,476	$11,867

Japan vs. Malaysia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Japan

Malaysia

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Japan	Malaysia
1950	59.3	48.5
1951	61	49.2
1952	63	50.1
1953	63.3	51.1
1954	64.5	52
1955	65.7	52.8
1956	65.6	53.7
1957	65.4	54.5
1958	67	55.4
1959	67.5	56.3
1960	67.7	57.2
1961	68.4	58
1962	68.7	58.9
1963	69.7	59.7
1964	70.2	60.4
1965	70.3	61.1
1966	71.1	61.7
1967	71.4	62
1968	71.7	62.4
1969	71.9	62.9
1970	72	63.3
1971	72.8	63.8
1972	73.3	64.2
1973	73.4	64.7
1974	73.8	65.2
1975	74.4	65.7
1976	74.8	66.2
1977	75.3	66.7
1978	75.7	67.2
1979	76.2	67.6
1980	76.1	68.1
1981	76.6	68.5
1982	77.1	68.9
1983	77.1	69.2
1984	77.5	69.6
1985	77.8	69.9
1986	78.2	70.1
1987	78.6	70.4
1988	78.5	70.6
1989	79	70.8
1990	79	71
1991	79.3	71.2
1992	79.3	71.5
1993	79.4	71.7
1994	79.8	71.9
1995	79.7	72
1996	80.4	72.1
1997	80.6	72.3
1998	80.6	72.4
1999	80.6	72.4
2000	81.2	72.7
2001	81.5	73.1
2002	81.8	73.5
2003	81.9	73.7
2004	82.1	74
2005	82	74.4
2006	82.4	74.7
2007	82.5	75
2008	82.6	75.2
2009	83	75.3
2010	82.9	75.4
2011	82.7	75.5
2012	83.2	75.6
2013	83.4	75.5
2014	83.6	75.3
2015	83.9	75.3
2016	84.1	75.4
2017	84.2	75.5
2018	84.3	75.7
2019	84.4	75.9
2020	84.7	76.1
2021	84.6	73.9
2022	84.1	75.4
2023	84.7	76.7
2024	84.9	76.8
2025	85	77

Japan and Malaysia population clocks and comparison

Population

Japan

Malaysia

Table

Year	Population
	Japan	Malaysia
1960	93,216,000	7,956,197
1961	94,055,000	8,164,443
1962	94,933,000	8,380,172
1963	95,900,000	8,602,160
1964	96,903,000	8,828,406
1965	97,952,000	9,056,408
1966	98,851,000	9,284,688
1967	99,879,000	9,507,099
1968	101,011,000	9,725,281
1969	102,219,000	9,947,597
1970	103,403,000	10,178,802
1971	105,697,000	10,423,453
1972	107,188,000	10,676,835
1973	108,707,000	10,935,621
1974	110,162,000	11,200,906
1975	111,573,000	11,471,914
1976	112,775,000	11,750,097
1977	113,872,000	12,035,713
1978	114,913,000	12,328,157
1979	115,890,000	12,627,862
1980	116,807,000	12,983,363
1981	117,661,000	13,399,203
1982	118,480,000	13,832,798
1983	119,307,000	14,285,907
1984	120,083,000	14,759,009
1985	120,837,000	15,252,258
1986	121,482,000	15,760,419
1987	122,069,000	16,276,737
1988	122,578,000	16,796,605
1989	123,069,000	17,314,997
1990	123,478,000	17,833,171
1991	123,964,000	18,342,464
1992	124,425,000	18,834,572
1993	124,829,000	19,322,664
1994	125,178,000	19,820,446
1995	125,472,000	20,330,599
1996	125,757,000	20,850,087
1997	126,057,000	21,375,218
1998	126,400,000	21,906,713
1999	126,631,000	22,435,531
2000	126,843,000	22,967,816
2001	127,149,000	23,526,538
2002	127,445,000	24,102,477
2003	127,718,000	24,679,602
2004	127,761,000	25,256,772
2005	127,773,000	25,836,071
2006	127,854,000	26,417,909
2007	128,001,000	26,998,389
2008	128,063,000	27,570,059
2009	128,047,000	28,124,778
2010	128,070,000	28,655,776
2011	127,833,000	29,162,039
2012	127,629,000	29,662,831
2013	127,445,000	30,174,265
2014	127,276,000	30,696,137
2015	127,141,000	31,232,798
2016	127,076,000	31,789,685
2017	126,972,000	32,355,644
2018	126,811,000	32,910,967
2019	126,633,000	33,440,596
2020	126,261,000	33,889,558
2021	125,681,593	34,282,399
2022	125,124,989	34,695,493
2023	124,516,650	35,126,298
2024	123,975,371	35,557,673

Fertility rates in Japan and Malaysia

Fertility rate

Japan

Malaysia

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Japan	Malaysia
1960	2	6.41
1961	1.96	6.37
1962	1.98	6.3
1963	2	6.19
1964	2.05	6.03
1965	2.14	5.84
1966	1.58	5.64
1967	2.23	5.43
1968	2.13	5.29
1969	2.13	5.16
1970	2.13	5.04
1971	2.16	4.92
1972	2.14	4.82
1973	2.14	4.73
1974	2.05	4.62
1975	1.91	4.5
1976	1.85	4.4
1977	1.8	4.28
1978	1.79	4.18
1979	1.77	4.09
1980	1.75	4.04
1981	1.74	4
1982	1.77	3.97
1983	1.8	3.93
1984	1.81	3.89
1985	1.76	3.8
1986	1.72	3.7
1987	1.69	3.57
1988	1.66	3.5
1989	1.57	3.31
1990	1.54	3.3
1991	1.53	3.34
1992	1.5	3.37
1993	1.46	3.36
1994	1.5	3.35
1995	1.42	3.32
1996	1.43	3.3
1997	1.39	3.23
1998	1.38	3.12
1999	1.34	3.07
2000	1.36	2.94
2001	1.33	2.81
2002	1.32	2.66
2003	1.29	2.6
2004	1.29	2.49
2005	1.26	2.39
2006	1.32	2.31
2007	1.34	2.25
2008	1.37	2.26
2009	1.37	2.22
2010	1.39	2.14
2011	1.39	2.15
2012	1.41	2.12
2013	1.43	2.07
2014	1.42	2.06
2015	1.45	2.01
2016	1.44	1.94
2017	1.43	1.89
2018	1.42	1.84
2019	1.36	1.78
2020	1.33	1.68
2021	1.3	1.56
2022	1.26	1.55
2023	1.2	1.55

Japan and Malaysia demographics compared

Median age

Japan

Malaysia

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Japan	Malaysia
1960	25.8	17.5
1961	26.2	17.3
1962	26.5	17.1
1963	26.9	17
1964	27.2	16.9
1965	27.6	16.8
1966	28	16.9
1967	28.4	17
1968	28.6	17.1
1969	28.9	17.3
1970	29.2	17.4
1971	29.6	17.6
1972	29.9	17.9
1973	30.2	18.1
1974	30.4	18.3
1975	30.6	18.6
1976	30.9	18.8
1977	31.5	19
1978	32	19.3
1979	32.4	19.5
1980	32.8	19.7
1981	33.1	19.9
1982	33.7	20.1
1983	34.3	20.4
1984	34.9	20.5
1985	35.4	20.7
1986	35.9	20.9
1987	36.3	21
1988	36.8	21.1
1989	37.2	21.3
1990	37.7	21.5
1991	38.2	21.7
1992	38.7	21.9
1993	39.2	22.1
1994	39.6	22.3
1995	40	22.5
1996	40.3	22.7
1997	40.7	22.9
1998	41	23.1
1999	41.4	23.4
2000	41.8	23.5
2001	42.1	23.6
2002	42.5	23.7
2003	42.8	23.9
2004	43.2	24
2005	43.6	24.2
2006	43.9	24.5
2007	44.2	24.8
2008	44.6	25.1
2009	44.9	25.6
2010	45.2	26
2011	45.5	26.4
2012	45.8	26.8
2013	46.2	27.1
2014	46.6	27.5
2015	47	27.8
2016	47.3	28.1
2017	47.6	28.5
2018	48	28.8
2019	48.3	29.2
2020	48.7	29.6
2021	49.1	30.1
2022	49.5	30.6
2023	50	31.1
2024	50.4	31.5

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