Kuwait vs Malaysia statistics compared

Kuwait has a population of 4.97M (ranked 127/197), compared with 35.6M in Malaysia (ranked 44/197). Kuwait's land area is 6,880 sq mi versus 126,854 sq mi for Malaysia (ranked 153rd vs. 65th).

By GDP, Kuwait ranks 59/197 ($160B) and Malaysia ranks 39/197 ($422B). By GDP per capita, Kuwait ranks 38/197 ($32,214), while Malaysia ranks 81/197 ($11,867).

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Kuwait and Malaysia economies compared

GDP

Kuwait

Malaysia

Table

Year	GDP
	Kuwait	Malaysia
1960	-	$1,916,229,477
1961	-	$1,901,856,123
1962	$1,828,107,503	$2,001,489,602
1963	$1,900,895,857	$2,510,110,348
1964	$2,071,668,533	$2,674,423,922
1965	$2,097,199,161	$2,956,337,669
1966	$2,391,199,044	$3,143,517,944
1967	$2,441,599,023	$3,188,924,677
1968	$2,662,798,935	$3,330,371,551
1969	$2,769,198,892	$3,664,552,041
1970	$2,873,638,851	$3,864,145,667
1971	$3,880,392,195	$4,244,395,956
1972	$4,450,537,925	$5,043,347,250
1973	$5,408,804,607	$7,662,902,678
1974	$13,006,948,296	$9,496,204,302
1975	$12,022,811,621	$9,298,800,799
1976	$13,132,252,802	$11,050,234,599
1977	$14,137,406,741	$13,139,488,633
1978	$15,503,557,496	$16,358,079,862
1979	$24,749,063,922	$21,213,264,962
1980	$28,638,868,356	$24,488,224,677
1981	$25,058,020,338	$25,004,285,792
1982	$21,577,153,356	$26,804,493,635
1983	$20,871,081,080	$30,347,442,111
1984	$21,700,082,753	$33,942,897,422
1985	$21,445,970,614	$31,199,633,353
1986	$17,903,989,745	$27,734,111,400
1987	$22,368,704,134	$32,181,210,158
1988	$20,690,322,153	$35,272,109,220
1989	$24,313,855,653	$38,847,965,293
1990	$18,427,777,778	$44,024,585,240
1991	$11,009,993,703	$49,143,148,094
1992	$19,858,555,215	$59,167,550,163
1993	$23,941,391,391	$66,894,966,969
1994	$24,848,483,838	$74,478,356,958
1995	$27,186,980,647	$88,705,342,903
1996	$31,492,373,309	$100,855,393,910
1997	$30,350,190,704	$100,005,323,302
1998	$25,943,705,784	$72,167,498,981
1999	$30,122,365,849	$79,148,421,053
2000	$37,718,743,480	$93,789,736,842
2001	$34,889,559,870	$92,783,947,368
2002	$38,135,788,414	$100,845,526,316
2003	$47,874,582,232	$110,202,368,421
2004	$59,439,090,601	$124,749,473,684
2005	$80,798,630,137	$143,534,405,819
2006	$101,557,330,723	$162,692,258,307
2007	$114,634,043,362	$193,549,569,478
2008	$147,379,737,230	$230,811,614,370
2009	$105,968,691,905	$202,257,453,037
2010	$115,416,245,238	$255,017,638,456
2011	$154,039,231,299	$297,951,668,675
2012	$174,047,662,555	$314,443,047,642
2013	$174,168,116,687	$323,276,235,524
2014	$162,650,450,785	$338,066,095,097
2015	$114,585,555,831	$301,355,266,965
2016	$109,406,674,088	$301,256,033,870
2017	$120,687,539,676	$319,109,094,160
2018	$138,646,316,322	$358,788,845,713
2019	$140,856,394,870	$365,177,721,022
2020	$111,045,470,461	$337,456,163,961
2021	$148,350,671,614	$373,784,823,673
2022	$183,502,046,669	$407,605,841,348
2023	$165,384,407,267	$399,705,137,434
2024	$160,227,273,001	$421,972,102,254

Kuwait and Malaysia economies compared

GDP per capita

Kuwait

Malaysia

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Kuwait	Malaysia
1960	-	$240.8
1961	-	$232.9
1962	$4,748	$238.8
1963	$4,445	$291.8
1964	$4,379	$303
1965	$4,024	$326
1966	$4,176	$339
1967	$3,887	$335
1968	$3,872	$342
1969	$3,695	$368
1970	$3,552	$380
1971	$4,486	$407
1972	$4,836	$472
1973	$5,532	$701
1974	$12,527	$848
1975	$10,882	$811
1976	$11,141	$940
1977	$11,238	$1,092
1978	$11,567	$1,327
1979	$17,386	$1,680
1980	$19,032	$1,886
1981	$15,825	$1,866
1982	$12,979	$1,938
1983	$11,965	$2,124
1984	$11,919	$2,300
1985	$11,322	$2,046
1986	$9,077	$1,760
1987	$10,896	$1,977
1988	$9,692	$2,100
1989	$10,965	$2,244
1990	$10,938	$2,469
1991	$8,147	$2,679
1992	$12,146	$3,141
1993	$14,318	$3,462
1994	$14,930	$3,758
1995	$16,168	$4,363
1996	$18,201	$4,837
1997	$16,977	$4,679
1998	$14,067	$3,294
1999	$15,854	$3,528
2000	$19,296	$4,084
2001	$17,374	$3,944
2002	$18,513	$4,184
2003	$22,691	$4,465
2004	$27,552	$4,939
2005	$36,123	$5,556
2006	$42,947	$6,158
2007	$45,709	$7,169
2008	$55,585	$8,372
2009	$37,907	$7,191
2010	$39,212	$8,899
2011	$49,170	$10,217
2012	$52,155	$10,601
2013	$49,651	$10,714
2014	$44,369	$11,013
2015	$29,882	$9,649
2016	$27,324	$9,477
2017	$29,048	$9,863
2018	$32,068	$10,902
2019	$31,708	$10,920
2020	$25,236	$9,958
2021	$34,019	$10,903
2022	$39,982	$11,748
2023	$34,076	$11,379
2024	$32,214	$11,867

Kuwait vs. Malaysia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Kuwait

Malaysia

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Kuwait	Malaysia
1950	49.7	48.5
1951	50.6	49.2
1952	51.4	50.1
1953	52.3	51.1
1954	53.1	52
1955	54	52.8
1956	54.9	53.7
1957	55.9	54.5
1958	56.9	55.4
1959	57.9	56.3
1960	58.9	57.2
1961	60	58
1962	61	58.9
1963	62	59.7
1964	63	60.4
1965	63.9	61.1
1966	64.9	61.7
1967	65.8	62
1968	66.6	62.4
1969	67.3	62.9
1970	68	63.3
1971	68.5	63.8
1972	68.9	64.2
1973	69.2	64.7
1974	69.4	65.2
1975	69.7	65.7
1976	69.9	66.2
1977	70.2	66.7
1978	70.5	67.2
1979	70.8	67.6
1980	71.1	68.1
1981	71.5	68.5
1982	71.9	68.9
1983	72.4	69.2
1984	72.9	69.6
1985	73.3	69.9
1986	73.8	70.1
1987	74.2	70.4
1988	74.6	70.6
1989	75	70.8
1990	72.9	71
1991	73.3	71.2
1992	75.7	71.5
1993	75.8	71.7
1994	75.7	71.9
1995	75.7	72
1996	75.6	72.1
1997	75.6	72.3
1998	75.6	72.4
1999	75.7	72.4
2000	75.9	72.7
2001	76	73.1
2002	76.2	73.5
2003	76.3	73.7
2004	76.4	74
2005	76.5	74.4
2006	76.6	74.7
2007	76.7	75
2008	76.9	75.2
2009	77.2	75.3
2010	77.5	75.4
2011	77.9	75.5
2012	78.2	75.6
2013	78.6	75.5
2014	78.9	75.3
2015	79.2	75.3
2016	79.5	75.4
2017	79.7	75.5
2018	79.9	75.7
2019	80	75.9
2020	78.2	76.1
2021	77.6	73.9
2022	78.8	75.4
2023	80.4	76.7
2024	80.6	76.8
2025	80.8	77

Kuwait and Malaysia population clocks and comparison

Population

Kuwait

Malaysia

Table

Year	Population
	Kuwait	Malaysia
1960	311,060	7,956,197
1961	345,945	8,164,443
1962	384,995	8,380,172
1963	427,694	8,602,160
1964	473,115	8,828,406
1965	521,174	9,056,408
1966	572,590	9,284,688
1967	628,089	9,507,099
1968	687,716	9,725,281
1969	749,452	9,947,597
1970	809,114	10,178,802
1971	865,076	10,423,453
1972	920,352	10,676,835
1973	977,654	10,935,621
1974	1,038,346	11,200,906
1975	1,104,863	11,471,914
1976	1,178,711	11,750,097
1977	1,258,023	12,035,713
1978	1,340,319	12,328,157
1979	1,423,514	12,627,862
1980	1,504,782	12,983,363
1981	1,583,426	13,399,203
1982	1,662,480	13,832,798
1983	1,744,295	14,285,907
1984	1,820,688	14,759,009
1985	1,894,242	15,252,258
1986	1,972,520	15,760,419
1987	2,052,994	16,276,737
1988	2,134,707	16,796,605
1989	2,217,468	17,314,997
1990	1,684,819	17,833,171
1991	1,351,399	18,342,464
1992	1,634,961	18,834,572
1993	1,672,151	19,322,664
1994	1,664,361	19,820,446
1995	1,681,513	20,330,599
1996	1,730,246	20,850,087
1997	1,787,683	21,375,218
1998	1,844,302	21,906,713
1999	1,900,030	22,435,531
2000	1,954,709	22,967,816
2001	2,008,121	23,526,538
2002	2,059,974	24,102,477
2003	2,109,881	24,679,602
2004	2,157,320	25,256,772
2005	2,236,788	25,836,071
2006	2,364,733	26,417,909
2007	2,507,887	26,998,389
2008	2,651,421	27,570,059
2009	2,795,484	28,124,778
2010	2,943,372	28,655,776
2011	3,132,814	29,162,039
2012	3,337,109	29,662,831
2013	3,507,844	30,174,265
2014	3,665,876	30,696,137
2015	3,834,574	31,232,798
2016	4,004,096	31,789,685
2017	4,154,812	32,355,644
2018	4,323,515	32,910,967
2019	4,442,316	33,440,596
2020	4,400,267	33,889,558
2021	4,360,865	34,282,399
2022	4,589,643	34,695,493
2023	4,853,420	35,126,298
2024	4,973,861	35,557,673

Fertility rates in Kuwait and Malaysia

Fertility rate

Kuwait

Malaysia

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Kuwait	Malaysia
1960	7.22	6.41
1961	7.25	6.37
1962	7.25	6.3
1963	7.28	6.19
1964	7.29	6.03
1965	7.31	5.84
1966	7.34	5.64
1967	7.33	5.43
1968	7.28	5.29
1969	7.18	5.16
1970	7.03	5.04
1971	6.84	4.92
1972	6.64	4.82
1973	6.43	4.73
1974	6.23	4.62
1975	6.06	4.5
1976	5.9	4.4
1977	5.71	4.28
1978	5.52	4.18
1979	5.33	4.09
1980	5.18	4.04
1981	5.02	4
1982	4.85	3.97
1983	4.66	3.93
1984	4.45	3.89
1985	4.22	3.8
1986	4	3.7
1987	3.83	3.57
1988	3.7	3.5
1989	3.59	3.31
1990	3.49	3.3
1991	3.4	3.34
1992	3.35	3.37
1993	3.31	3.36
1994	3.27	3.35
1995	3.25	3.32
1996	3.22	3.3
1997	3.14	3.23
1998	3.04	3.12
1999	2.95	3.07
2000	2.89	2.94
2001	2.84	2.81
2002	2.8	2.66
2003	2.77	2.6
2004	2.76	2.49
2005	2.73	2.39
2006	2.59	2.31
2007	2.41	2.25
2008	2.27	2.26
2009	2.15	2.22
2010	2.04	2.14
2011	1.96	2.15
2012	1.99	2.12
2013	1.97	2.07
2014	2.06	2.06
2015	2.03	2.01
2016	2.06	1.94
2017	2.16	1.89
2018	2.12	1.84
2019	2.08	1.78
2020	2.03	1.68
2021	2.15	1.56
2022	1.55	1.55
2023	1.52	1.55

Kuwait and Malaysia demographics compared

Median age

Kuwait

Malaysia

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Kuwait	Malaysia
1960	22	17.5
1961	21.8	17.3
1962	21.5	17.1
1963	21	17
1964	20.7	16.9
1965	20.4	16.8
1966	20	16.9
1967	19.6	17
1968	19.2	17.1
1969	18.8	17.3
1970	18.5	17.4
1971	18.3	17.6
1972	18.3	17.9
1973	18.3	18.1
1974	18.4	18.3
1975	18.4	18.6
1976	18.7	18.8
1977	19.2	19
1978	19.6	19.3
1979	20.1	19.5
1980	20.5	19.7
1981	20.9	19.9
1982	21.3	20.1
1983	21.7	20.4
1984	22.1	20.5
1985	22.4	20.7
1986	22.7	20.9
1987	22.8	21
1988	23	21.1
1989	23.2	21.3
1990	23.4	21.5
1991	23.6	21.7
1992	23.8	21.9
1993	24.2	22.1
1994	25.1	22.3
1995	25.5	22.5
1996	25.5	22.7
1997	25.5	22.9
1998	25.5	23.1
1999	25.6	23.4
2000	25.9	23.5
2001	26.3	23.6
2002	26.8	23.7
2003	27.3	23.9
2004	27.9	24
2005	28.3	24.2
2006	28.5	24.5
2007	28.6	24.8
2008	28.8	25.1
2009	29.2	25.6
2010	29.6	26
2011	30.5	26.4
2012	31.5	26.8
2013	32.3	27.1
2014	33	27.5
2015	33.8	27.8
2016	34.7	28.1
2017	35.6	28.5
2018	36.4	28.8
2019	37.1	29.2
2020	37.7	29.6
2021	35.8	30.1
2022	34.4	30.6
2023	35.5	31.1
2024	35.8	31.5

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