Kiribati vs Malaysia statistics compared

Kiribati has a population of 135K (ranked 180/197), compared with 35.6M in Malaysia (ranked 44/197). Kiribati's land area is 313 sq mi versus 126,854 sq mi for Malaysia (ranked 173rd vs. 65th).

By GDP, Kiribati ranks 192/197 ($308M) and Malaysia ranks 39/197 ($422B). By GDP per capita, Kiribati ranks 151/197 ($2,289), while Malaysia ranks 81/197 ($11,867).

Kiribati and Malaysia: Comparison Charts

Kiribati and Malaysia economies compared

GDP

Kiribati

Malaysia

Table

Year	GDP
	Kiribati	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	$11,560,877	$3,864,145,667
1971	$12,356,134	$4,244,395,956
1972	$15,314,346	$5,043,347,250
1973	$25,645,040	$7,662,902,678
1974	$69,256,489	$9,496,204,302
1975	$44,547,454	$9,298,800,799
1976	$33,246,817	$11,050,234,599
1977	$31,335,459	$13,139,488,633
1978	$36,563,965	$16,358,079,862
1979	$34,466,197	$21,213,264,962
1980	$33,157,723	$24,488,224,677
1981	$35,267,489	$25,004,285,792
1982	$32,742,713	$26,804,493,635
1983	$31,000,546	$30,347,442,111
1984	$34,394,167	$33,942,897,422
1985	$26,126,615	$31,199,633,353
1986	$25,993,009	$27,734,111,400
1987	$29,554,413	$32,181,210,158
1988	$38,278,810	$35,272,109,220
1989	$37,645,319	$38,847,965,293
1990	$36,534,295	$44,024,585,240
1991	$41,247,792	$49,143,148,094
1992	$61,491,369	$59,167,550,163
1993	$58,953,596	$66,894,966,969
1994	$67,055,334	$74,478,356,958
1995	$68,596,395	$88,705,342,903
1996	$81,456,854	$100,855,393,910
1997	$80,205,807	$100,005,323,302
1998	$74,905,706	$72,167,498,981
1999	$77,323,978	$79,148,421,053
2000	$74,910,527	$93,789,736,842
2001	$64,935,850	$92,783,947,368
2002	$74,743,869	$100,845,526,316
2003	$96,105,619	$110,202,368,421
2004	$104,085,892	$124,749,473,684
2005	$113,895,437	$143,534,405,819
2006	$112,338,353	$162,692,258,307
2007	$138,054,946	$193,549,569,478
2008	$147,017,895	$230,811,614,370
2009	$140,177,384	$202,257,453,037
2010	$165,458,433	$255,017,638,456
2011	$195,970,140	$297,951,668,675
2012	$207,001,546	$314,443,047,642
2013	$201,730,861	$323,276,235,524
2014	$200,287,282	$338,066,095,097
2015	$191,559,399	$301,355,266,965
2016	$206,467,819	$301,256,033,870
2017	$222,875,736	$319,109,094,160
2018	$233,514,717	$358,788,845,713
2019	$216,985,388	$365,177,721,022
2020	$220,897,999	$337,456,163,961
2021	$285,259,894	$373,784,823,673
2022	$270,040,457	$407,605,841,348
2023	$288,610,732	$399,705,137,434
2024	$307,862,547	$421,972,102,254

Kiribati and Malaysia economies compared

GDP per capita

Kiribati

Malaysia

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Kiribati	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	$201	$380
1971	$210.7	$407
1972	$256.2	$472
1973	$422	$701
1974	$1,131	$848
1975	$730	$811
1976	$548	$940
1977	$520	$1,092
1978	$611	$1,327
1979	$573	$1,680
1980	$542	$1,886
1981	$568	$1,866
1982	$519	$1,938
1983	$483	$2,124
1984	$527	$2,300
1985	$393	$2,046
1986	$382	$1,760
1987	$424	$1,977
1988	$536	$2,100
1989	$515	$2,244
1990	$488	$2,469
1991	$540	$2,679
1992	$792	$3,141
1993	$748	$3,462
1994	$838	$3,758
1995	$844	$4,363
1996	$986	$4,837
1997	$953	$4,679
1998	$874	$3,294
1999	$887	$3,528
2000	$845	$4,084
2001	$719	$3,944
2002	$810	$4,184
2003	$1,021	$4,465
2004	$1,083	$4,939
2005	$1,162	$5,556
2006	$1,123	$6,158
2007	$1,353	$7,169
2008	$1,411	$8,372
2009	$1,317	$7,191
2010	$1,522	$8,899
2011	$1,771	$10,217
2012	$1,844	$10,601
2013	$1,772	$10,714
2014	$1,737	$11,013
2015	$1,640	$9,649
2016	$1,743	$9,477
2017	$1,853	$9,863
2018	$1,913	$10,902
2019	$1,751	$10,920
2020	$1,752	$9,958
2021	$2,222	$10,903
2022	$2,070	$11,748
2023	$2,178	$11,379
2024	$2,289	$11,867

Kiribati vs. Malaysia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Kiribati

Malaysia

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Kiribati	Malaysia
1950	45.7	48.5
1951	45.8	49.2
1952	45.9	50.1
1953	46	51.1
1954	46.1	52
1955	46.3	52.8
1956	46.5	53.7
1957	46.8	54.5
1958	47.1	55.4
1959	47.5	56.3
1960	48	57.2
1961	48.5	58
1962	49	58.9
1963	49.7	59.7
1964	50.4	60.4
1965	51	61.1
1966	51.7	61.7
1967	52.5	62
1968	53.1	62.4
1969	53.8	62.9
1970	54.4	63.3
1971	54.9	63.8
1972	55.3	64.2
1973	55.8	64.7
1974	56.1	65.2
1975	56.4	65.7
1976	56.6	66.2
1977	56.1	66.7
1978	56.9	67.2
1979	57.1	67.6
1980	57.3	68.1
1981	57.5	68.5
1982	57.8	68.9
1983	58.1	69.2
1984	58.4	69.6
1985	58.7	69.9
1986	59.1	70.1
1987	59.6	70.4
1988	60.1	70.6
1989	60.5	70.8
1990	61	71
1991	61.5	71.2
1992	62	71.5
1993	62.4	71.7
1994	62.8	71.9
1995	63.1	72
1996	63.5	72.1
1997	63.8	72.3
1998	64.1	72.4
1999	64.4	72.4
2000	64.7	72.7
2001	64.9	73.1
2002	65.1	73.5
2003	65.3	73.7
2004	65.4	74
2005	65.5	74.4
2006	65.6	74.7
2007	65.7	75
2008	65.7	75.2
2009	65.8	75.3
2010	65.9	75.4
2011	65.9	75.5
2012	65.9	75.6
2013	65.9	75.5
2014	65.9	75.3
2015	65.8	75.3
2016	65.8	75.4
2017	65.8	75.5
2018	65.8	75.7
2019	65.9	75.9
2020	65.2	76.1
2021	64.1	73.9
2022	66.3	75.4
2023	66.5	76.7
2024	66.6	76.8
2025	66.7	77

Kiribati and Malaysia population clocks and comparison

Population

Kiribati

Malaysia

Table

Year	Population
	Kiribati	Malaysia
1960	47,157	7,956,197
1961	48,323	8,164,443
1962	49,538	8,380,172
1963	50,791	8,602,160
1964	52,088	8,828,406
1965	53,439	9,056,408
1966	54,425	9,284,688
1967	54,996	9,507,099
1968	55,529	9,725,281
1969	56,360	9,947,597
1970	57,510	10,178,802
1971	58,652	10,423,453
1972	59,778	10,676,835
1973	60,824	10,935,621
1974	61,219	11,200,906
1975	60,987	11,471,914
1976	60,661	11,750,097
1977	60,267	12,035,713
1978	59,864	12,328,157
1979	60,172	12,627,862
1980	61,148	12,983,363
1981	62,121	13,399,203
1982	63,134	13,832,798
1983	64,169	14,285,907
1984	65,228	14,759,009
1985	66,496	15,252,258
1986	68,059	15,760,419
1987	69,733	16,276,737
1988	71,427	16,796,605
1989	73,147	17,314,997
1990	74,855	17,833,171
1991	76,367	18,342,464
1992	77,641	18,834,572
1993	78,841	19,322,664
1994	80,021	19,820,446
1995	81,234	20,330,599
1996	82,623	20,850,087
1997	84,147	21,375,218
1998	85,657	21,906,713
1999	87,126	22,435,531
2000	88,613	22,967,816
2001	90,335	23,526,538
2002	92,264	24,102,477
2003	94,175	24,679,602
2004	96,085	25,256,772
2005	98,035	25,836,071
2006	100,017	26,417,909
2007	102,068	26,998,389
2008	104,222	27,570,059
2009	106,467	28,124,778
2010	108,704	28,655,776
2011	110,647	29,162,039
2012	112,284	29,662,831
2013	113,838	30,174,265
2014	115,326	30,696,137
2015	116,815	31,232,798
2016	118,478	31,789,685
2017	120,275	32,355,644
2018	122,084	32,910,967
2019	123,921	33,440,596
2020	126,099	33,889,558
2021	128,377	34,282,399
2022	130,469	34,695,493
2023	132,530	35,126,298
2024	134,518	35,557,673

Fertility rates in Kiribati and Malaysia

Fertility rate

Kiribati

Malaysia

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Kiribati	Malaysia
1960	6.44	6.41
1961	6.48	6.37
1962	6.42	6.3
1963	6.35	6.19
1964	6.29	6.03
1965	6.26	5.84
1966	6.23	5.64
1967	6.11	5.43
1968	5.98	5.29
1969	5.85	5.16
1970	5.71	5.04
1971	5.55	4.92
1972	5.37	4.82
1973	5.2	4.73
1974	5.09	4.62
1975	5.02	4.5
1976	4.96	4.4
1977	4.96	4.28
1978	4.97	4.18
1979	4.97	4.09
1980	4.96	4.04
1981	4.96	4
1982	4.95	3.97
1983	4.91	3.93
1984	4.91	3.89
1985	4.91	3.8
1986	4.87	3.7
1987	4.81	3.57
1988	4.73	3.5
1989	4.69	3.31
1990	4.67	3.3
1991	4.64	3.34
1992	4.57	3.37
1993	4.49	3.36
1994	4.44	3.35
1995	4.42	3.32
1996	4.43	3.3
1997	4.37	3.23
1998	4.29	3.12
1999	4.18	3.07
2000	4.07	2.94
2001	3.96	2.81
2002	3.81	2.66
2003	3.7	2.6
2004	3.73	2.49
2005	3.76	2.39
2006	3.82	2.31
2007	3.87	2.25
2008	3.9	2.26
2009	3.91	2.22
2010	3.9	2.14
2011	3.88	2.15
2012	3.77	2.12
2013	3.64	2.07
2014	3.52	2.06
2015	3.44	2.01
2016	3.38	1.94
2017	3.34	1.89
2018	3.32	1.84
2019	3.29	1.78
2020	3.25	1.68
2021	3.22	1.56
2022	3.18	1.55
2023	3.15	1.55

Kiribati and Malaysia demographics compared

Median age

Kiribati

Malaysia

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Kiribati	Malaysia
1960	18.8	17.5
1961	18.5	17.3
1962	18.3	17.1
1963	18.2	17
1964	18.1	16.9
1965	18	16.8
1966	17.9	16.9
1967	17.7	17
1968	17.6	17.1
1969	17.5	17.3
1970	17.5	17.4
1971	17.6	17.6
1972	17.6	17.9
1973	17.7	18.1
1974	17.8	18.3
1975	18	18.6
1976	18.1	18.8
1977	18.2	19
1978	18.3	19.3
1979	18.4	19.5
1980	18.7	19.7
1981	18.9	19.9
1982	19	20.1
1983	19.2	20.4
1984	19.4	20.5
1985	19.6	20.7
1986	19.8	20.9
1987	19.9	21
1988	20.1	21.1
1989	20.2	21.3
1990	20.2	21.5
1991	20.2	21.7
1992	20.1	21.9
1993	20	22.1
1994	19.8	22.3
1995	19.7	22.5
1996	19.6	22.7
1997	19.6	22.9
1998	19.6	23.1
1999	19.6	23.4
2000	19.7	23.5
2001	19.8	23.6
2002	19.9	23.7
2003	20.1	23.9
2004	20.3	24
2005	20.5	24.2
2006	20.7	24.5
2007	20.9	24.8
2008	21	25.1
2009	21.2	25.6
2010	21.3	26
2011	21.5	26.4
2012	21.7	26.8
2013	21.9	27.1
2014	22.1	27.5
2015	22.3	27.8
2016	22.5	28.1
2017	22.7	28.5
2018	22.9	28.8
2019	23	29.2
2020	23.2	29.6
2021	23.3	30.1
2022	23.5	30.6
2023	23.6	31.1
2024	23.8	31.5

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