Kenya vs Malaysia statistics compared

Kenya has a population of 56.4M (ranked 26/197), compared with 35.6M in Malaysia (ranked 44/197). Kenya's land area is 224,278 sq mi versus 126,854 sq mi for Malaysia (ranked 45th vs. 65th).

By GDP, Kenya ranks 64/197 ($120B) and Malaysia ranks 38/197 ($422B). By GDP per capita, Kenya ranks 154/197 ($2,132), while Malaysia ranks 79/197 ($11,874).

Kenya and Malaysia: Comparison Charts

Kenya and Malaysia economies compared

GDP

Kenya

Malaysia

Table

Year	GDP
	Kenya	Malaysia
1960	$791,265,459	$1,916,229,477
1961	$792,959,473	$1,901,856,123
1962	$868,111,401	$2,001,489,602
1963	$926,589,349	$2,510,110,348
1964	$998,759,334	$2,674,423,922
1965	$997,919,321	$2,956,337,669
1966	$1,164,519,674	$3,143,517,944
1967	$1,232,559,507	$3,188,924,677
1968	$1,353,295,459	$3,330,371,551
1969	$1,458,379,417	$3,664,552,041
1970	$1,603,447,359	$3,864,145,667
1971	$1,778,391,289	$4,244,395,956
1972	$2,107,279,157	$5,043,347,250
1973	$2,509,001,324	$7,662,902,678
1974	$2,969,958,812	$9,496,204,302
1975	$3,259,345,083	$9,298,800,799
1976	$3,474,542,392	$11,050,234,599
1977	$4,494,378,764	$13,139,488,633
1978	$5,303,735,111	$16,358,079,862
1979	$6,234,391,113	$21,213,264,962
1980	$7,265,315,820	$24,488,224,677
1981	$6,854,491,706	$25,004,285,792
1982	$6,431,579,357	$26,804,493,635
1983	$5,979,198,314	$30,347,442,111
1984	$6,191,437,070	$33,942,897,422
1985	$6,135,034,214	$31,199,633,353
1986	$7,239,126,568	$27,734,111,400
1987	$7,970,820,369	$32,181,210,158
1988	$8,355,380,879	$35,272,109,220
1989	$8,283,114,514	$38,847,965,293
1990	$8,572,359,038	$44,024,585,240
1991	$8,151,488,783	$49,143,148,094
1992	$8,209,120,763	$59,167,550,163
1993	$5,751,786,643	$66,894,966,969
1994	$7,148,148,564	$74,478,356,958
1995	$9,046,320,255	$88,705,342,903
1996	$12,045,865,396	$100,855,393,910
1997	$13,115,764,358	$100,005,323,302
1998	$14,093,998,844	$72,167,498,981
1999	$12,896,010,459	$79,148,421,053
2000	$12,705,350,098	$93,789,736,842
2001	$12,986,007,426	$92,783,947,368
2002	$13,147,736,899	$100,845,526,316
2003	$14,904,517,650	$110,202,368,421
2004	$16,095,337,094	$124,749,473,684
2005	$18,737,895,513	$143,534,405,819
2006	$25,825,512,284	$162,692,258,307
2007	$31,958,195,182	$193,549,569,478
2008	$35,895,153,328	$230,811,614,370
2009	$42,347,217,913	$202,257,453,037
2010	$45,405,615,064	$255,017,638,456
2011	$46,869,473,151	$297,951,668,675
2012	$56,396,704,672	$314,443,047,642
2013	$61,671,440,408	$323,276,235,524
2014	$68,285,796,514	$338,066,095,097
2015	$70,120,446,897	$301,355,266,965
2016	$74,815,144,164	$301,256,033,870
2017	$82,036,510,877	$319,109,094,160
2018	$92,202,979,985	$358,788,845,713
2019	$100,378,436,207	$365,177,721,022
2020	$100,657,505,751	$337,456,163,961
2021	$109,703,658,905	$373,784,553,030
2022	$114,448,978,153	$407,830,525,990
2023	$107,500,884,685	$399,949,418,753
2024	$120,339,557,906	$422,227,005,429

Kenya and Malaysia economies compared

GDP per capita

Kenya

Malaysia

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Kenya	Malaysia
1960	$102.8	$240.8
1961	$99.3	$232.9
1962	$104.6	$238.8
1963	$107.4	$291.8
1964	$111.3	$303
1965	$106.9	$326
1966	$119.8	$339
1967	$121.9	$335
1968	$128.7	$342
1969	$133.3	$368
1970	$141	$380
1971	$150.9	$407
1972	$172.6	$472
1973	$198.6	$701
1974	$227.2	$848
1975	$241.2	$811
1976	$248.9	$940
1977	$311	$1,092
1978	$355	$1,327
1979	$403	$1,680
1980	$454	$1,886
1981	$413	$1,866
1982	$374	$1,938
1983	$335	$2,124
1984	$334	$2,300
1985	$320	$2,046
1986	$364	$1,760
1987	$387	$1,977
1988	$391	$2,100
1989	$374	$2,244
1990	$374	$2,469
1991	$345	$2,679
1992	$337	$3,141
1993	$229	$3,462
1994	$276.4	$3,758
1995	$340	$4,363
1996	$441	$4,837
1997	$467	$4,679
1998	$488	$3,294
1999	$434	$3,528
2000	$415	$4,084
2001	$411	$3,944
2002	$403	$4,184
2003	$443	$4,465
2004	$464	$4,939
2005	$523	$5,556
2006	$700	$6,158
2007	$840	$7,169
2008	$916	$8,372
2009	$1,048	$7,191
2010	$1,092	$8,899
2011	$1,096	$10,217
2012	$1,285	$10,601
2013	$1,371	$10,714
2014	$1,483	$11,013
2015	$1,489	$9,649
2016	$1,554	$9,477
2017	$1,667	$9,863
2018	$1,836	$10,902
2019	$1,960	$10,920
2020	$1,928	$9,958
2021	$2,061	$10,903
2022	$2,110	$11,755
2023	$1,943	$11,386
2024	$2,132	$11,874

Kenya vs. Malaysia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Kenya

Malaysia

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Kenya	Malaysia
1950	36.9	48.5
1951	38	49.2
1952	38.6	50.1
1953	39.8	51.1
1954	41	52
1955	42.3	52.8
1956	43.5	53.7
1957	45.3	54.5
1958	46.5	55.4
1959	47.5	56.3
1960	48.5	57.2
1961	49.3	58
1962	50.1	58.9
1963	50.8	59.7
1964	51.3	60.4
1965	51.9	61.1
1966	52.4	61.7
1967	52.8	62
1968	53.3	62.4
1969	53.7	62.9
1970	54.1	63.3
1971	54.5	63.8
1972	55	64.2
1973	55.5	64.7
1974	56	65.2
1975	56.6	65.7
1976	57.2	66.2
1977	57.7	66.7
1978	58.2	67.2
1979	58.7	67.6
1980	59.2	68.1
1981	59.6	68.5
1982	59.9	68.9
1983	60.3	69.2
1984	60.6	69.6
1985	60.9	69.9
1986	60.8	70.1
1987	60.7	70.4
1988	60.3	70.6
1989	60	70.8
1990	58.3	71
1991	57.8	71.2
1992	57.1	71.5
1993	56.7	71.7
1994	56.1	71.9
1995	55.9	72
1996	55.6	72.1
1997	55.5	72.3
1998	55.6	72.4
1999	55.9	72.4
2000	56.1	72.7
2001	56.5	73.1
2002	56.8	73.5
2003	57.4	73.7
2004	57.9	74
2005	58.5	74.4
2006	59.1	74.7
2007	59.4	75
2008	60	75.2
2009	60.5	75.3
2010	60.9	75.4
2011	61.3	75.5
2012	61.5	75.6
2013	61.7	75.5
2014	62	75.3
2015	62.3	75.3
2016	62.5	75.4
2017	62.7	75.5
2018	62.8	75.7
2019	62.9	75.9
2020	61.6	76.1
2021	61.2	73.9
2022	63.5	75.4
2023	63.6	76.7
2024	63.8	76.8
2025	64	77
2026	64.2	77.2

Kenya and Malaysia population clocks and comparison

Population

Kenya

Malaysia

Table

Year	Population
	Kenya	Malaysia
1960	7,695,307	7,956,197
1961	7,987,770	8,164,443
1962	8,299,308	8,380,172
1963	8,627,971	8,602,160
1964	8,973,535	8,828,406
1965	9,338,078	9,056,408
1966	9,717,816	9,284,688
1967	10,111,057	9,507,099
1968	10,518,823	9,725,281
1969	10,939,695	9,947,597
1970	11,368,791	10,178,802
1971	11,788,904	10,423,453
1972	12,206,060	10,676,835
1973	12,634,835	10,935,621
1974	13,070,078	11,200,906
1975	13,511,671	11,471,914
1976	13,957,623	11,750,097
1977	14,428,819	12,035,713
1978	14,934,126	12,328,157
1979	15,460,666	12,627,862
1980	16,018,459	12,983,363
1981	16,601,507	13,399,203
1982	17,206,175	13,832,798
1983	17,846,374	14,285,907
1984	18,514,906	14,759,009
1985	19,201,768	15,252,258
1986	19,901,646	15,760,419
1987	20,616,096	16,276,737
1988	21,356,219	16,796,605
1989	22,118,434	17,314,997
1990	22,892,651	17,833,171
1991	23,646,514	18,342,464
1992	24,382,460	18,834,572
1993	25,117,188	19,322,664
1994	25,857,130	19,820,446
1995	26,601,751	20,330,599
1996	27,344,211	20,850,087
1997	28,101,768	21,375,218
1998	28,888,057	21,906,713
1999	29,733,408	22,435,531
2000	30,642,890	22,967,816
2001	31,619,170	23,526,538
2002	32,629,808	24,102,477
2003	33,652,223	24,679,602
2004	34,713,455	25,256,772
2005	35,796,484	25,836,071
2006	36,904,008	26,417,909
2007	38,036,349	26,998,389
2008	39,206,351	27,570,059
2009	40,408,891	28,124,778
2010	41,598,567	28,655,776
2011	42,758,461	29,162,039
2012	43,888,303	29,662,831
2013	44,986,791	30,174,265
2014	46,051,440	30,696,137
2015	47,088,526	31,232,798
2016	48,139,687	31,789,685
2017	49,197,766	32,355,644
2018	50,207,107	32,910,967
2019	51,202,827	33,440,596
2020	52,217,334	33,889,558
2021	53,219,166	34,282,399
2022	54,252,461	34,695,493
2023	55,339,003	35,126,298
2024	56,432,944	35,557,673

Fertility rates in Kenya and Malaysia

Fertility rate

Kenya

Malaysia

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Kenya	Malaysia
1960	7.65	6.41
1961	7.72	6.37
1962	7.77	6.3
1963	7.82	6.19
1964	7.87	6.03
1965	7.92	5.84
1966	7.96	5.64
1967	7.95	5.43
1968	7.95	5.29
1969	7.95	5.16
1970	7.94	5.04
1971	7.92	4.92
1972	7.89	4.82
1973	7.86	4.73
1974	7.82	4.62
1975	7.8	4.5
1976	7.77	4.4
1977	7.73	4.28
1978	7.67	4.18
1979	7.6	4.09
1980	7.53	4.04
1981	7.45	4
1982	7.35	3.97
1983	7.22	3.93
1984	7.08	3.89
1985	6.96	3.8
1986	6.84	3.7
1987	6.69	3.57
1988	6.52	3.5
1989	6.33	3.31
1990	6.14	3.3
1991	5.94	3.34
1992	5.74	3.37
1993	5.57	3.36
1994	5.44	3.35
1995	5.37	3.32
1996	5.31	3.3
1997	5.27	3.23
1998	5.24	3.12
1999	5.18	3.07
2000	5.14	2.94
2001	5.09	2.81
2002	5.03	2.66
2003	4.94	2.6
2004	4.86	2.49
2005	4.8	2.39
2006	4.75	2.31
2007	4.72	2.25
2008	4.66	2.26
2009	4.57	2.22
2010	4.45	2.14
2011	4.28	2.15
2012	4.12	2.12
2013	3.96	2.07
2014	3.84	2.06
2015	3.77	2.01
2016	3.69	1.94
2017	3.61	1.89
2018	3.54	1.84
2019	3.43	1.78
2020	3.36	1.68
2021	3.31	1.56
2022	3.26	1.55
2023	3.21	1.55

Kenya and Malaysia demographics compared

Median age

Kenya

Malaysia

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Kenya	Malaysia
1960	15.7	17.5
1961	15.5	17.3
1962	15.3	17.1
1963	15.2	17
1964	15.1	16.9
1965	14.9	16.8
1966	14.8	16.9
1967	14.6	17
1968	14.5	17.1
1969	14.5	17.3
1970	14.4	17.4
1971	14.4	17.6
1972	14.3	17.9
1973	14.3	18.1
1974	14.3	18.3
1975	14.3	18.6
1976	14.3	18.8
1977	14.3	19
1978	14.3	19.3
1979	14.4	19.5
1980	14.5	19.7
1981	14.5	19.9
1982	14.6	20.1
1983	14.7	20.4
1984	14.8	20.5
1985	14.9	20.7
1986	15	20.9
1987	15	21
1988	15.1	21.1
1989	15.2	21.3
1990	15.3	21.5
1991	15.5	21.7
1992	15.6	21.9
1993	15.7	22.1
1994	15.9	22.3
1995	16	22.5
1996	16.1	22.7
1997	16.2	22.9
1998	16.4	23.1
1999	16.5	23.4
2000	16.7	23.5
2001	16.8	23.6
2002	17	23.7
2003	17.1	23.9
2004	17.3	24
2005	17.4	24.2
2006	17.5	24.5
2007	17.6	24.8
2008	17.7	25.1
2009	17.8	25.6
2010	17.9	26
2011	18.1	26.4
2012	18.2	26.8
2013	18.4	27.1
2014	18.5	27.5
2015	18.7	27.8
2016	18.9	28.1
2017	19.1	28.5
2018	19.3	28.8
2019	19.6	29.2
2020	19.8	29.6
2021	20	30.1
2022	20.3	30.6
2023	20.6	31.1
2024	20.8	31.5

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