Malaysia vs Maldives statistics compared

Malaysia has a population of 35.6M (ranked 44/197), compared with 528K in Maldives (ranked 168/197). Malaysia's land area is 126,854 sq mi versus 115.1 sq mi for Maldives (ranked 65th vs. 188th).

By GDP, Malaysia ranks 39/197 ($422B) and Maldives ranks 160/197 ($6.98B). By GDP per capita, Malaysia ranks 81/197 ($11,867), while Maldives ranks 77/197 ($13,216).

Malaysia and Maldives: Comparison Charts

Malaysia and Maldives economies compared

GDP

Malaysia

Maldives

Table

Year	GDP
	Malaysia	Maldives
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	$3,864,145,667	$19,328,038
1971	$4,244,395,956	$21,566,404
1972	$5,043,347,250	$25,177,138
1973	$7,662,902,678	$30,862,042
1974	$9,496,204,302	$39,120,171
1975	$9,298,800,799	$24,540,878
1976	$11,050,234,599	$22,399,467
1977	$13,139,488,633	$20,853,789
1978	$16,358,079,862	$24,369,109
1979	$21,213,264,962	$38,523,364
1980	$24,488,224,677	$42,463,576
1981	$25,004,285,792	$44,781,457
1982	$26,804,493,635	$47,911,340
1983	$30,347,442,111	$57,829,787
1984	$33,942,897,422	$109,503,546
1985	$31,199,633,353	$127,190,758
1986	$27,734,111,400	$141,882,254
1987	$32,181,210,158	$141,223,029
1988	$35,272,109,220	$168,514,513
1989	$38,847,965,293	$189,514,434
1990	$44,024,585,240	$215,043,970
1991	$49,143,148,094	$244,396,762
1992	$59,167,550,163	$284,875,809
1993	$66,894,966,969	$322,417,837
1994	$74,478,356,958	$356,014,932
1995	$88,705,342,903	$398,988,955
1996	$100,855,393,910	$450,382,328
1997	$100,005,323,302	$508,223,602
1998	$72,167,498,981	$540,096,398
1999	$79,148,421,053	$589,239,754
2000	$93,789,736,842	$624,337,145
2001	$92,783,947,368	$870,031,677
2002	$100,845,526,316	$897,031,250
2003	$110,202,368,421	$1,052,121,055
2004	$124,749,473,684	$1,226,829,563
2005	$143,534,405,819	$1,163,362,438
2006	$162,692,258,307	$1,575,200,391
2007	$193,549,569,478	$1,868,383,461
2008	$230,811,614,370	$2,271,646,188
2009	$202,257,453,037	$2,345,294,875
2010	$255,017,638,456	$2,588,176,055
2011	$297,951,668,675	$2,774,350,240
2012	$314,443,047,642	$2,886,163,997
2013	$323,276,235,524	$3,295,009,238
2014	$338,066,095,097	$3,697,353,039
2015	$301,355,266,965	$4,129,505,319
2016	$301,256,033,870	$4,409,942,624
2017	$319,109,094,160	$4,816,426,257
2018	$358,788,845,713	$5,404,344,163
2019	$365,177,721,022	$5,726,094,799
2020	$337,456,163,961	$3,712,604,583
2021	$373,784,823,673	$5,252,457,370
2022	$407,605,841,348	$6,177,118,114
2023	$399,705,137,434	$6,590,894,302
2024	$421,972,102,254	$6,975,146,349

Malaysia and Maldives economies compared

GDP per capita

Malaysia

Maldives

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Malaysia	Maldives
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	$380	$156.9
1971	$407	$169.8
1972	$472	$192.2
1973	$701	$228.7
1974	$848	$281.5
1975	$811	$171.4
1976	$940	$151.8
1977	$1,092	$137.3
1978	$1,327	$156.1
1979	$1,680	$240.2
1980	$1,886	$257.6
1981	$1,866	$264.1
1982	$1,938	$274.8
1983	$2,124	$323
1984	$2,300	$594
1985	$2,046	$669
1986	$1,760	$720
1987	$1,977	$692
1988	$2,100	$799
1989	$2,244	$870
1990	$2,469	$957
1991	$2,679	$1,054
1992	$3,141	$1,194
1993	$3,462	$1,317
1994	$3,758	$1,419
1995	$4,363	$1,555
1996	$4,837	$1,717
1997	$4,679	$1,898
1998	$3,294	$1,980
1999	$3,528	$2,124
2000	$4,084	$2,214
2001	$3,944	$3,034
2002	$4,184	$3,076
2003	$4,465	$3,549
2004	$4,939	$4,070
2005	$5,556	$3,797
2006	$6,158	$5,019
2007	$7,169	$5,758
2008	$8,372	$6,757
2009	$7,191	$6,734
2010	$8,899	$7,174
2011	$10,217	$7,425
2012	$10,601	$7,461
2013	$10,714	$8,236
2014	$11,013	$8,939
2015	$9,649	$9,645
2016	$9,477	$9,948
2017	$9,863	$10,510
2018	$10,902	$11,423
2019	$10,920	$11,740
2020	$9,958	$7,394
2021	$10,903	$10,176
2022	$11,748	$11,786
2023	$11,379	$12,530
2024	$11,867	$13,216

Malaysia vs. Maldives life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Malaysia

Maldives

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Malaysia	Maldives
1950	48.5	36.5
1951	49.2	37.1
1952	50.1	37
1953	51.1	36.9
1954	52	36.9
1955	52.8	37
1956	53.7	37.1
1957	54.5	37.3
1958	55.4	37.6
1959	56.3	37.9
1960	57.2	38.2
1961	58	38.6
1962	58.9	39.1
1963	59.7	39.6
1964	60.4	40.2
1965	61.1	40.8
1966	61.7	41.4
1967	62	42.1
1968	62.4	42.9
1969	62.9	43.7
1970	63.3	44.5
1971	63.8	45.5
1972	64.2	46.4
1973	64.7	47.5
1974	65.2	48.5
1975	65.7	49.6
1976	66.2	50.8
1977	66.7	51.8
1978	67.2	50.4
1979	67.6	53.9
1980	68.1	54.8
1981	68.5	55.7
1982	68.9	56.6
1983	69.2	57.5
1984	69.6	58.3
1985	69.9	59.2
1986	70.1	60
1987	70.4	60.8
1988	70.6	61.6
1989	70.8	62.4
1990	71	63.1
1991	71.2	63.9
1992	71.5	64.7
1993	71.7	65.4
1994	71.9	66.2
1995	72	67
1996	72.1	67.7
1997	72.3	68.5
1998	72.4	69.3
1999	72.4	70.2
2000	72.7	70.9
2001	73.1	71.7
2002	73.5	72.4
2003	73.7	73.3
2004	74	73
2005	74.4	74.8
2006	74.7	75.3
2007	75	75.7
2008	75.2	76
2009	75.3	76.4
2010	75.4	76.8
2011	75.5	77.1
2012	75.6	77.5
2013	75.5	77.8
2014	75.3	78.2
2015	75.3	78.6
2016	75.4	78.9
2017	75.5	79.2
2018	75.7	79.4
2019	75.9	79.7
2020	76.1	78.7
2021	73.9	78.1
2022	75.4	80.8
2023	76.7	81
2024	76.8	81.3
2025	77	81.5

Malaysia and Maldives population clocks and comparison

Population

Malaysia

Maldives

Table

Year	Population
	Malaysia	Maldives
1960	7,956,197	91,189
1961	8,164,443	93,450
1962	8,380,172	95,802
1963	8,602,160	98,222
1964	8,828,406	100,662
1965	9,056,408	104,102
1966	9,284,688	108,507
1967	9,507,099	112,528
1968	9,725,281	116,075
1969	9,947,597	119,564
1970	10,178,802	123,219
1971	10,423,453	127,035
1972	10,676,835	130,968
1973	10,935,621	134,952
1974	11,200,906	138,978
1975	11,471,914	143,158
1976	11,750,097	147,525
1977	12,035,713	151,930
1978	12,328,157	156,159
1979	12,627,862	160,360
1980	12,983,363	164,835
1981	13,399,203	169,532
1982	13,832,798	174,333
1983	14,285,907	179,128
1984	14,759,009	184,198
1985	15,252,258	190,169
1986	15,760,419	196,935
1987	16,276,737	203,944
1988	16,796,605	210,885
1989	17,314,997	217,738
1990	17,833,171	224,762
1991	18,342,464	231,802
1992	18,834,572	238,543
1993	19,322,664	244,884
1994	19,820,446	250,822
1995	20,330,599	256,649
1996	20,850,087	262,347
1997	21,375,218	267,707
1998	21,906,713	272,723
1999	22,435,531	277,412
2000	22,967,816	282,019
2001	23,526,538	286,767
2002	24,102,477	291,616
2003	24,679,602	296,491
2004	25,256,772	301,413
2005	25,836,071	306,429
2006	26,417,909	313,851
2007	26,998,389	324,479
2008	27,570,059	336,170
2009	28,124,778	348,275
2010	28,655,776	360,792
2011	29,162,039	373,674
2012	29,662,831	386,818
2013	30,174,265	400,070
2014	30,696,137	413,617
2015	31,232,798	428,154
2016	31,789,685	443,308
2017	32,355,644	458,287
2018	32,910,967	473,099
2019	33,440,596	487,731
2020	33,889,558	502,118
2021	34,282,399	516,154
2022	34,695,493	524,106
2023	35,126,298	525,994
2024	35,557,673	527,799

Fertility rates in Malaysia and Maldives

Fertility rate

Malaysia

Maldives

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Malaysia	Maldives
1960	6.41	6.71
1961	6.37	6.79
1962	6.3	6.89
1963	6.19	6.94
1964	6.03	7
1965	5.84	7.07
1966	5.64	7.15
1967	5.43	7.23
1968	5.29	7.28
1969	5.16	7.33
1970	5.04	7.39
1971	4.92	7.38
1972	4.82	7.37
1973	4.73	7.4
1974	4.62	7.38
1975	4.5	7.32
1976	4.4	7.29
1977	4.28	7.27
1978	4.18	7.23
1979	4.09	7.23
1980	4.04	7.23
1981	4	7.19
1982	3.97	7.15
1983	3.93	7.09
1984	3.89	7.03
1985	3.8	6.94
1986	3.7	6.85
1987	3.57	6.73
1988	3.5	6.58
1989	3.31	6.39
1990	3.3	6.13
1991	3.34	5.8
1992	3.37	5.44
1993	3.36	5.06
1994	3.35	4.69
1995	3.32	4.29
1996	3.3	3.86
1997	3.23	3.48
1998	3.12	3.17
1999	3.07	2.9
2000	2.94	2.69
2001	2.81	2.53
2002	2.66	2.42
2003	2.6	2.34
2004	2.49	2.26
2005	2.39	2.2
2006	2.31	2.2
2007	2.25	2.29
2008	2.26	2.37
2009	2.22	2.39
2010	2.14	2.35
2011	2.15	2.31
2012	2.12	2.25
2013	2.07	2.17
2014	2.06	2.09
2015	2.01	2
2016	1.94	1.9
2017	1.89	1.8
2018	1.84	1.71
2019	1.78	1.64
2020	1.68	1.61
2021	1.56	1.6
2022	1.55	1.58
2023	1.55	1.58

Malaysia and Maldives demographics compared

Median age

Malaysia

Maldives

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Malaysia	Maldives
1960	17.5	20.6
1961	17.3	20.6
1962	17.1	20.6
1963	17	20.6
1964	16.9	20.5
1965	16.8	19.9
1966	16.9	18.9
1967	17	18.2
1968	17.1	17.8
1969	17.3	17.6
1970	17.4	17.4
1971	17.6	17.3
1972	17.9	17.2
1973	18.1	17.2
1974	18.3	17.2
1975	18.6	17.1
1976	18.8	17
1977	19	17
1978	19.3	17
1979	19.5	16.9
1980	19.7	16.8
1981	19.9	16.8
1982	20.1	16.9
1983	20.4	16.9
1984	20.5	17
1985	20.7	17
1986	20.9	16.9
1987	21	16.7
1988	21.1	16.6
1989	21.3	16.5
1990	21.5	16.4
1991	21.7	16.4
1992	21.9	16.4
1993	22.1	16.5
1994	22.3	16.7
1995	22.5	16.9
1996	22.7	17.3
1997	22.9	17.6
1998	23.1	18
1999	23.4	18.4
2000	23.5	18.9
2001	23.6	19.3
2002	23.7	19.8
2003	23.9	20.3
2004	24	20.9
2005	24.2	21.5
2006	24.5	22.1
2007	24.8	22.7
2008	25.1	23.2
2009	25.6	23.8
2010	26	24.4
2011	26.4	25.1
2012	26.8	25.8
2013	27.1	26.5
2014	27.5	27.1
2015	27.8	27.6
2016	28.1	28
2017	28.5	28.5
2018	28.8	29
2019	29.2	29.5
2020	29.6	30.1
2021	30.1	30.7
2022	30.6	31.4
2023	31.1	32.1
2024	31.5	32.9

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