Malaysia vs Nauru statistics compared

Malaysia has a population of 35.6M (ranked 44/197), compared with 11.9K in Nauru (ranked 195/197). Malaysia's land area is 126,854 sq mi versus 7.72 sq mi for Nauru (ranked 65th vs. 195th).

By GDP, Malaysia ranks 39/197 ($422B) and Nauru ranks 195/197 ($160M). By GDP per capita, Malaysia ranks 81/197 ($11,867), while Nauru ranks 75/197 ($13,422).

Malaysia and Nauru: Comparison Charts

Malaysia and Nauru economies compared

GDP

Malaysia

Nauru

Table

Year	GDP
	Malaysia	Nauru
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	$17,570,366
1971	$4,244,395,956	$19,009,433
1972	$5,043,347,250	$21,734,269
1973	$7,662,902,678	$26,529,817
1974	$9,496,204,302	$35,994,511
1975	$9,298,800,799	$40,106,776
1976	$11,050,234,599	$40,287,427
1977	$13,139,488,633	$40,444,702
1978	$16,358,079,862	$41,754,147
1979	$21,213,264,962	$44,431,330
1980	$24,488,224,677	$46,947,124
1981	$25,004,285,792	$51,689,637
1982	$26,804,493,635	$52,877,742
1983	$30,347,442,111	$48,439,093
1984	$33,942,897,422	$47,363,231
1985	$31,199,633,353	$41,548,741
1986	$27,734,111,400	$39,939,391
1987	$32,181,210,158	$40,118,410
1988	$35,272,109,220	$45,931,134
1989	$38,847,965,293	$53,736,786
1990	$44,024,585,240	$55,572,376
1991	$49,143,148,094	$52,533,789
1992	$59,167,550,163	$51,133,123
1993	$66,894,966,969	$43,542,088
1994	$74,478,356,958	$39,742,511
1995	$88,705,342,903	$39,969,706
1996	$100,855,393,910	$37,458,801
1997	$100,005,323,302	$37,331,507
1998	$72,167,498,981	$29,664,451
1999	$79,148,421,053	$27,328,613
2000	$93,789,736,842	$26,930,980
2001	$92,783,947,368	$22,613,288
2002	$100,845,526,316	$21,017,424
2003	$110,202,368,421	$24,778,160
2004	$124,749,473,684	$30,587,566
2005	$143,534,405,819	$30,282,840
2006	$162,692,258,307	$29,183,627
2007	$193,549,569,478	$23,068,623
2008	$230,811,614,370	$37,184,925
2009	$202,257,453,037	$44,024,970
2010	$255,017,638,456	$47,442,299
2011	$297,951,668,675	$65,444,174
2012	$314,443,047,642	$100,794,925
2013	$323,276,235,524	$94,385,015
2014	$338,066,095,097	$98,752,257
2015	$301,355,266,965	$84,383,389
2016	$301,256,033,870	$97,276,023
2017	$319,109,094,160	$108,862,279
2018	$358,788,845,713	$130,937,590
2019	$365,177,721,022	$124,871,111
2020	$337,456,163,961	$124,530,027
2021	$373,784,823,673	$175,513,985
2022	$407,605,841,348	$152,190,819
2023	$399,705,137,434	$151,455,968
2024	$421,972,102,254	$160,350,640

Malaysia and Nauru economies compared

GDP per capita

Malaysia

Nauru

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Malaysia	Nauru
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	$2,619
1971	$407	$2,811
1972	$472	$3,191
1973	$701	$3,864
1974	$848	$5,199
1975	$811	$5,740
1976	$940	$5,703
1977	$1,092	$5,646
1978	$1,327	$5,721
1979	$1,680	$5,950
1980	$1,886	$6,138
1981	$1,866	$6,594
1982	$1,938	$6,577
1983	$2,124	$5,896
1984	$2,300	$5,654
1985	$2,046	$4,859
1986	$1,760	$4,569
1987	$1,977	$4,485
1988	$2,100	$5,012
1989	$2,244	$5,723
1990	$2,469	$5,776
1991	$2,679	$5,333
1992	$3,141	$5,103
1993	$3,462	$4,310
1994	$3,758	$3,921
1995	$4,363	$3,932
1996	$4,837	$3,679
1997	$4,679	$3,661
1998	$3,294	$2,909
1999	$3,528	$2,683
2000	$4,084	$2,649
2001	$3,944	$2,232
2002	$4,184	$2,085
2003	$4,465	$2,463
2004	$4,939	$3,041
2005	$5,556	$3,014
2006	$6,158	$2,908
2007	$7,169	$2,302
2008	$8,372	$3,715
2009	$7,191	$4,395
2010	$8,899	$4,724
2011	$10,217	$6,481
2012	$10,601	$9,817
2013	$10,714	$8,975
2014	$11,013	$9,193
2015	$9,649	$7,703
2016	$9,477	$8,724
2017	$9,863	$9,613
2018	$10,902	$11,409
2019	$10,920	$10,777
2020	$9,958	$10,696
2021	$10,903	$14,990
2022	$11,748	$12,896
2023	$11,379	$12,754
2024	$11,867	$13,422

Malaysia vs. Nauru life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Malaysia

Nauru

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Malaysia	Nauru
1950	48.5	56.6
1951	49.2	56.8
1952	50.1	57
1953	51.1	57.2
1954	52	57.4
1955	52.8	57.5
1956	53.7	57.6
1957	54.5	57.7
1958	55.4	57.8
1959	56.3	57.9
1960	57.2	57.9
1961	58	58
1962	58.9	58
1963	59.7	58.1
1964	60.4	58.2
1965	61.1	58.3
1966	61.7	58.4
1967	62	58.6
1968	62.4	58.6
1969	62.9	58.4
1970	63.3	58.4
1971	63.8	58.4
1972	64.2	58.4
1973	64.7	58.4
1974	65.2	58.3
1975	65.7	58.3
1976	66.2	58.2
1977	66.7	58.1
1978	67.2	58.3
1979	67.6	58.4
1980	68.1	58.5
1981	68.5	58.6
1982	68.9	58.6
1983	69.2	58.7
1984	69.6	58.7
1985	69.9	58.6
1986	70.1	58.6
1987	70.4	58.6
1988	70.6	58.7
1989	70.8	58.9
1990	71	59.1
1991	71.2	59.3
1992	71.5	59.5
1993	71.7	59.8
1994	71.9	60
1995	72	60.1
1996	72.1	60.1
1997	72.3	60
1998	72.4	59.9
1999	72.4	59.7
2000	72.7	59.6
2001	73.1	59.5
2002	73.5	59.4
2003	73.7	59.4
2004	74	59.3
2005	74.4	59.4
2006	74.7	59.4
2007	75	59.5
2008	75.2	59.7
2009	75.3	59.9
2010	75.4	60.1
2011	75.5	60.3
2012	75.6	60.5
2013	75.5	60.7
2014	75.3	60.8
2015	75.3	60.9
2016	75.4	61
2017	75.5	61.1
2018	75.7	61.2
2019	75.9	61.4
2020	76.1	61.5
2021	73.9	61.3
2022	75.4	61.9
2023	76.7	62.1
2024	76.8	62.3
2025	77	62.4

Malaysia and Nauru population clocks and comparison

Population

Malaysia

Nauru

Table

Year	Population
	Malaysia	Nauru
1960	7,956,197	4,607
1961	8,164,443	4,774
1962	8,380,172	4,979
1963	8,602,160	5,226
1964	8,828,406	5,515
1965	9,056,408	5,832
1966	9,284,688	6,043
1967	9,507,099	6,135
1968	9,725,281	6,328
1969	9,947,597	6,581
1970	10,178,802	6,710
1971	10,423,453	6,762
1972	10,676,835	6,812
1973	10,935,621	6,866
1974	11,200,906	6,923
1975	11,471,914	6,987
1976	11,750,097	7,064
1977	12,035,713	7,163
1978	12,328,157	7,298
1979	12,627,862	7,468
1980	12,983,363	7,649
1981	13,399,203	7,839
1982	13,832,798	8,040
1983	14,285,907	8,216
1984	14,759,009	8,377
1985	15,252,258	8,551
1986	15,760,419	8,742
1987	16,276,737	8,946
1988	16,796,605	9,165
1989	17,314,997	9,390
1990	17,833,171	9,622
1991	18,342,464	9,850
1992	18,834,572	10,021
1993	19,322,664	10,102
1994	19,820,446	10,137
1995	20,330,599	10,165
1996	20,850,087	10,183
1997	21,375,218	10,197
1998	21,906,713	10,198
1999	22,435,531	10,187
2000	22,967,816	10,168
2001	23,526,538	10,130
2002	24,102,477	10,082
2003	24,679,602	10,059
2004	25,256,772	10,060
2005	25,836,071	10,049
2006	26,417,909	10,034
2007	26,998,389	10,020
2008	27,570,059	10,009
2009	28,124,778	10,016
2010	28,655,776	10,043
2011	29,162,039	10,098
2012	29,662,831	10,267
2013	30,174,265	10,517
2014	30,696,137	10,742
2015	31,232,798	10,954
2016	31,789,685	11,150
2017	32,355,644	11,324
2018	32,910,967	11,477
2019	33,440,596	11,587
2020	33,889,558	11,643
2021	34,282,399	11,709
2022	34,695,493	11,801
2023	35,126,298	11,875
2024	35,557,673	11,947

Fertility rates in Malaysia and Nauru

Fertility rate

Malaysia

Nauru

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Malaysia	Nauru
1960	6.41	5.34
1961	6.37	5.38
1962	6.3	5.42
1963	6.19	5.44
1964	6.03	5.47
1965	5.84	5.48
1966	5.64	5.41
1967	5.43	5.29
1968	5.29	5.14
1969	5.16	4.94
1970	5.04	4.74
1971	4.92	4.54
1972	4.82	4.36
1973	4.73	4.19
1974	4.62	4.07
1975	4.5	3.97
1976	4.4	3.9
1977	4.28	3.86
1978	4.18	3.84
1979	4.09	3.85
1980	4.04	3.88
1981	4	3.94
1982	3.97	3.99
1983	3.93	4.06
1984	3.89	4.11
1985	3.8	4.14
1986	3.7	4.15
1987	3.57	4.14
1988	3.5	4.11
1989	3.31	4.07
1990	3.3	4.02
1991	3.34	3.99
1992	3.37	3.95
1993	3.36	3.89
1994	3.35	3.84
1995	3.32	3.81
1996	3.3	3.78
1997	3.23	3.74
1998	3.12	3.68
1999	3.07	3.64
2000	2.94	3.54
2001	2.81	3.46
2002	2.66	3.4
2003	2.6	3.39
2004	2.49	3.38
2005	2.39	3.38
2006	2.31	3.4
2007	2.25	3.5
2008	2.26	3.67
2009	2.22	3.85
2010	2.14	4.02
2011	2.15	4.12
2012	2.12	4.12
2013	2.07	4.1
2014	2.06	4.09
2015	2.01	4.08
2016	1.94	4.03
2017	1.89	3.88
2018	1.84	3.68
2019	1.78	3.53
2020	1.68	3.47
2021	1.56	3.43
2022	1.55	3.38
2023	1.55	3.33

Malaysia and Nauru demographics compared

Median age

Malaysia

Nauru

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Malaysia	Nauru
1960	17.5	23.8
1961	17.3	24
1962	17.1	23.9
1963	17	23.7
1964	16.9	23.4
1965	16.8	23.1
1966	16.9	22.9
1967	17	22.9
1968	17.1	21.2
1969	17.3	18.9
1970	17.4	18.7
1971	17.6	19.1
1972	17.9	19.4
1973	18.1	19.8
1974	18.3	20.4
1975	18.6	21
1976	18.8	21.5
1977	19	22.1
1978	19.3	22.9
1979	19.5	23.6
1980	19.7	24.2
1981	19.9	24.7
1982	20.1	25.1
1983	20.4	25.2
1984	20.5	24.5
1985	20.7	23.7
1986	20.9	22.8
1987	21	22.1
1988	21.1	21.4
1989	21.3	20.8
1990	21.5	20.2
1991	21.7	19.7
1992	21.9	19.4
1993	22.1	19.3
1994	22.3	19.3
1995	22.5	19.3
1996	22.7	19.4
1997	22.9	19.5
1998	23.1	19.6
1999	23.4	19.8
2000	23.5	20.1
2001	23.6	20.4
2002	23.7	20.6
2003	23.9	20.8
2004	24	21
2005	24.2	21.2
2006	24.5	21.3
2007	24.8	21.5
2008	25.1	21.7
2009	25.6	21.8
2010	26	21.8
2011	26.4	21.8
2012	26.8	21.7
2013	27.1	21.6
2014	27.5	21.5
2015	27.8	21.4
2016	28.1	21.5
2017	28.5	21.6
2018	28.8	21.8
2019	29.2	21.9
2020	29.6	21.8
2021	30.1	21.7
2022	30.6	21.6
2023	31.1	21.5
2024	31.5	21.4

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