Libya vs Malaysia statistics compared

Libya has a population of 7.38M (ranked 105/197), compared with 35.6M in Malaysia (ranked 44/197). Libya's land area is 679,362 sq mi versus 126,854 sq mi for Malaysia (ranked 16th vs. 65th).

By GDP, Libya ranks 96/197 ($46.6B) and Malaysia ranks 39/197 ($422B). By GDP per capita, Libya ranks 110/197 ($6,318), while Malaysia ranks 81/197 ($11,867).

Libya and Malaysia: Comparison Charts

Libya and Malaysia economies compared

GDP

Libya

Malaysia

Table

Year	GDP
	Libya	Malaysia
1960	$401,644,249	$1,916,229,477
1961	$443,905,612	$1,901,856,123
1962	$619,725,785	$2,001,489,602
1963	$892,327,911	$2,510,110,348
1964	$1,341,395,421	$2,674,423,922
1965	$1,804,979,680	$2,956,337,669
1966	$2,312,438,536	$3,143,517,944
1967	$2,726,986,913	$3,188,924,677
1968	$3,850,623,095	$3,330,371,551
1969	$4,380,987,481	$3,664,552,041
1970	$4,601,649,451	$3,864,145,667
1971	$5,260,185,125	$4,244,395,956
1972	$6,299,395,544	$5,043,347,250
1973	$8,625,889,430	$7,662,902,678
1974	$15,112,543,717	$9,496,204,302
1975	$14,710,912,458	$9,298,800,799
1976	$19,096,943,017	$11,050,234,599
1977	$22,428,297,108	$13,139,488,633
1978	$22,136,422,643	$16,358,079,862
1979	$30,536,429,497	$21,213,264,962
1980	$40,953,924,949	$24,488,224,677
1981	$36,374,353,880	$25,004,285,792
1982	$33,760,146,991	$26,804,493,635
1983	$33,200,520,140	$30,347,442,111
1984	$29,476,109,153	$33,942,897,422
1985	$31,530,566,324	$31,199,633,353
1986	$24,180,400,959	$27,734,111,400
1987	$26,697,659,335	$32,181,210,158
1988	$24,308,959,591	$35,272,109,220
1989	$25,156,707,899	$38,847,965,293
1990	$28,904,183,602	$44,024,585,240
1991	$31,991,821,265	$49,143,148,094
1992	$33,887,047,909	$59,167,550,163
1993	$30,660,051,911	$66,894,966,969
1994	$28,610,549,763	$74,478,356,958
1995	$25,541,379,187	$88,705,342,903
1996	$27,884,615,385	$100,855,393,910
1997	$30,700,897,875	$100,005,323,302
1998	$27,251,301,398	$72,167,498,981
1999	$35,975,860,857	$79,148,421,053
2000	$38,270,954,138	$93,789,736,842
2001	$34,112,093,927	$92,783,947,368
2002	$20,481,889,764	$100,845,526,316
2003	$26,265,625,000	$110,202,368,421
2004	$33,122,307,692	$124,749,473,684
2005	$47,334,691,241	$143,534,405,819
2006	$60,094,231,607	$162,692,258,307
2007	$68,032,978,391	$193,549,569,478
2008	$86,710,767,415	$230,811,614,370
2009	$60,808,562,033	$202,257,453,037
2010	$75,380,825,062	$255,017,638,456
2011	$48,169,263,294	$297,951,668,675
2012	$92,540,938,129	$314,443,047,642
2013	$75,351,107,029	$323,276,235,524
2014	$57,372,355,592	$338,066,095,097
2015	$48,717,501,321	$301,355,266,965
2016	$49,912,073,701	$301,256,033,870
2017	$67,157,452,182	$319,109,094,160
2018	$76,686,029,772	$358,788,845,713
2019	$69,254,496,472	$365,177,721,022
2020	$46,854,285,441	$337,456,163,961
2021	$35,217,995,647	$373,784,823,673
2022	$43,246,297,922	$407,605,841,348
2023	$45,096,462,972	$399,705,137,434
2024	$46,636,278,902	$421,972,102,254

Libya and Malaysia economies compared

GDP per capita

Libya

Malaysia

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Libya	Malaysia
1960	$269	$240.8
1961	$285.3	$232.9
1962	$382	$238.8
1963	$528	$291.8
1964	$765	$303
1965	$1,001	$326
1966	$1,251	$339
1967	$1,437	$335
1968	$1,972	$342
1969	$2,175	$368
1970	$2,210	$380
1971	$2,443	$407
1972	$2,830	$472
1973	$3,727	$701
1974	$6,214	$848
1975	$5,721	$811
1976	$7,018	$940
1977	$7,783	$1,092
1978	$7,252	$1,327
1979	$9,443	$1,680
1980	$11,960	$1,886
1981	$10,044	$1,866
1982	$9,064	$1,938
1983	$8,927	$2,124
1984	$7,811	$2,300
1985	$8,087	$2,046
1986	$6,019	$1,760
1987	$6,465	$1,977
1988	$5,736	$2,100
1989	$5,793	$2,244
1990	$6,502	$2,469
1991	$7,040	$2,679
1992	$7,303	$3,141
1993	$6,478	$3,462
1994	$5,933	$3,758
1995	$5,205	$4,363
1996	$5,591	$4,837
1997	$6,062	$4,679
1998	$5,301	$3,294
1999	$6,895	$3,528
2000	$7,214	$4,084
2001	$6,313	$3,944
2002	$3,718	$4,184
2003	$4,674	$4,465
2004	$5,774	$4,939
2005	$8,079	$5,556
2006	$10,049	$6,158
2007	$11,145	$7,169
2008	$13,906	$8,372
2009	$9,551	$7,191
2010	$11,601	$8,899
2011	$7,594	$10,217
2012	$14,976	$10,601
2013	$11,952	$10,714
2014	$8,926	$11,013
2015	$7,458	$9,649
2016	$7,526	$9,477
2017	$9,966	$9,863
2018	$11,197	$10,902
2019	$9,963	$10,920
2020	$6,650	$9,958
2021	$4,936	$10,903
2022	$5,987	$11,748
2023	$6,173	$11,379
2024	$6,318	$11,867

Libya vs. Malaysia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Libya

Malaysia

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Libya	Malaysia
1950	33.1	48.5
1951	33.5	49.2
1952	33.8	50.1
1953	34.2	51.1
1954	34.7	52
1955	35.2	52.8
1956	36	53.7
1957	36.9	54.5
1958	38	55.4
1959	39.3	56.3
1960	40.8	57.2
1961	42.4	58
1962	44.1	58.9
1963	45.6	59.7
1964	47.7	60.4
1965	49.3	61.1
1966	50.9	61.7
1967	52.5	62
1968	53.8	62.4
1969	55.2	62.9
1970	56.4	63.3
1971	57.6	63.8
1972	58.7	64.2
1973	59.7	64.7
1974	60.7	65.2
1975	61.6	65.7
1976	62.4	66.2
1977	63.1	66.7
1978	63.8	67.2
1979	64.3	67.6
1980	64.8	68.1
1981	65.3	68.5
1982	65.8	68.9
1983	66.3	69.2
1984	66.7	69.6
1985	67.3	69.9
1986	67.8	70.1
1987	68.3	70.4
1988	68.6	70.6
1989	69	70.8
1990	69.3	71
1991	69.6	71.2
1992	70	71.5
1993	70.2	71.7
1994	70.5	71.9
1995	70.6	72
1996	70.7	72.1
1997	70.7	72.3
1998	70.7	72.4
1999	70.6	72.4
2000	70.5	72.7
2001	70.7	73.1
2002	70.8	73.5
2003	71	73.7
2004	71.2	74
2005	71.4	74.4
2006	71.6	74.7
2007	71.8	75
2008	71.9	75.2
2009	72.1	75.3
2010	72.2	75.4
2011	69.9	75.5
2012	72.2	75.6
2013	72.3	75.5
2014	71.3	75.3
2015	71.6	75.3
2016	71.8	75.4
2017	72.7	75.5
2018	73.2	75.7
2019	72.9	75.9
2020	72.4	76.1
2021	72.1	73.9
2022	74.5	75.4
2023	69.3	76.7
2024	71.1	76.8
2025	73.2	77

Libya and Malaysia population clocks and comparison

Population

Libya

Malaysia

Table

Year	Population
	Libya	Malaysia
1960	1,492,890	7,956,197
1961	1,555,699	8,164,443
1962	1,621,960	8,380,172
1963	1,690,457	8,602,160
1964	1,753,691	8,828,406
1965	1,804,015	9,056,408
1966	1,849,063	9,284,688
1967	1,898,199	9,507,099
1968	1,952,781	9,725,281
1969	2,014,293	9,947,597
1970	2,082,589	10,178,802
1971	2,153,534	10,423,453
1972	2,226,091	10,676,835
1973	2,314,193	10,935,621
1974	2,432,211	11,200,906
1975	2,571,556	11,471,914
1976	2,721,237	11,750,097
1977	2,881,533	12,035,713
1978	3,052,526	12,328,157
1979	3,233,846	12,627,862
1980	3,424,378	12,983,363
1981	3,621,486	13,399,203
1982	3,724,765	13,832,798
1983	3,718,961	14,285,907
1984	3,773,633	14,759,009
1985	3,898,745	15,252,258
1986	4,017,403	15,760,419
1987	4,129,739	16,276,737
1988	4,237,755	16,796,605
1989	4,342,920	17,314,997
1990	4,445,239	17,833,171
1991	4,544,400	18,342,464
1992	4,640,352	18,834,572
1993	4,733,045	19,322,664
1994	4,822,037	19,820,446
1995	4,906,843	20,330,599
1996	4,987,393	20,850,087
1997	5,064,639	21,375,218
1998	5,140,704	21,906,713
1999	5,218,038	22,435,531
2000	5,305,021	22,967,816
2001	5,403,639	23,526,538
2002	5,508,410	24,102,477
2003	5,619,398	24,679,602
2004	5,736,693	25,256,772
2005	5,858,798	25,836,071
2006	5,980,211	26,417,909
2007	6,104,380	26,998,389
2008	6,235,430	27,570,059
2009	6,366,686	28,124,778
2010	6,497,839	28,655,776
2011	6,343,203	29,162,039
2012	6,179,328	29,662,831
2013	6,304,628	30,174,265
2014	6,427,252	30,696,137
2015	6,531,819	31,232,798
2016	6,632,126	31,789,685
2017	6,738,770	32,355,644
2018	6,849,055	32,910,967
2019	6,951,033	33,440,596
2020	7,045,399	33,889,558
2021	7,135,175	34,282,399
2022	7,223,805	34,695,493
2023	7,305,659	35,126,298
2024	7,381,023	35,557,673

Fertility rates in Libya and Malaysia

Fertility rate

Libya

Malaysia

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Libya	Malaysia
1960	7.51	6.41
1961	7.56	6.37
1962	7.61	6.3
1963	7.69	6.19
1964	7.75	6.03
1965	7.82	5.84
1966	7.89	5.64
1967	7.93	5.43
1968	7.97	5.29
1969	8.01	5.16
1970	8.05	5.04
1971	8.1	4.92
1972	8.07	4.82
1973	8.05	4.73
1974	8.02	4.62
1975	7.98	4.5
1976	7.93	4.4
1977	7.87	4.28
1978	7.79	4.18
1979	7.68	4.09
1980	7.54	4.04
1981	7.37	4
1982	7.16	3.97
1983	6.91	3.93
1984	6.62	3.89
1985	6.33	3.8
1986	6.02	3.7
1987	5.72	3.57
1988	5.41	3.5
1989	5.09	3.31
1990	4.78	3.3
1991	4.46	3.34
1992	4.16	3.37
1993	3.88	3.36
1994	3.65	3.35
1995	3.44	3.32
1996	3.26	3.3
1997	3.13	3.23
1998	3.04	3.12
1999	2.97	3.07
2000	2.91	2.94
2001	2.87	2.81
2002	2.83	2.66
2003	2.8	2.6
2004	2.77	2.49
2005	2.77	2.39
2006	2.7	2.31
2007	2.65	2.25
2008	2.6	2.26
2009	2.56	2.22
2010	2.6	2.14
2011	2.65	2.15
2012	2.68	2.12
2013	2.72	2.07
2014	2.75	2.06
2015	2.71	2.01
2016	2.67	1.94
2017	2.63	1.89
2018	2.58	1.84
2019	2.54	1.78
2020	2.51	1.68
2021	2.46	1.56
2022	2.4	1.55
2023	2.36	1.55

Libya and Malaysia demographics compared

Median age

Libya

Malaysia

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Libya	Malaysia
1960	18.5	17.5
1961	18.2	17.3
1962	17.9	17.1
1963	17.5	17
1964	17.2	16.9
1965	16.7	16.8
1966	15.9	16.9
1967	15.3	17
1968	14.9	17.1
1969	14.7	17.3
1970	14.7	17.4
1971	14.7	17.6
1972	14.7	17.9
1973	14.9	18.1
1974	15.3	18.3
1975	15.5	18.6
1976	15.6	18.8
1977	15.8	19
1978	15.9	19.3
1979	15.9	19.5
1980	16	19.7
1981	16.1	19.9
1982	16.3	20.1
1983	16.5	20.4
1984	16.8	20.5
1985	17.1	20.7
1986	17.3	20.9
1987	17.6	21
1988	17.9	21.1
1989	18.2	21.3
1990	18.6	21.5
1991	18.9	21.7
1992	19.3	21.9
1993	19.7	22.1
1994	20.1	22.3
1995	20.6	22.5
1996	21.1	22.7
1997	21.5	22.9
1998	22	23.1
1999	22.4	23.4
2000	22.7	23.5
2001	22.9	23.6
2002	23.1	23.7
2003	23.2	23.9
2004	23.4	24
2005	23.6	24.2
2006	23.8	24.5
2007	24.2	24.8
2008	24.6	25.1
2009	25	25.6
2010	25.3	26
2011	25.5	26.4
2012	25.7	26.8
2013	25.9	27.1
2014	26.2	27.5
2015	26.4	27.8
2016	26.6	28.1
2017	26.8	28.5
2018	27	28.8
2019	27.2	29.2
2020	27.5	29.6
2021	27.7	30.1
2022	28	30.6
2023	28.2	31.1
2024	28.5	31.5

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