Malaysia vs Netherlands statistics compared

Malaysia has a population of 35.6M (ranked 44/197), compared with 18M in The Netherlands (ranked 72/197). Malaysia's land area is 126,854 sq mi versus 13,000 sq mi for The Netherlands (ranked 65th vs. 134th).

By GDP, Malaysia ranks 39/197 ($422B) and The Netherlands ranks 19/197 ($1.23T). By GDP per capita, Malaysia ranks 81/197 ($11,867), while The Netherlands ranks 13/197 ($68,219).

Malaysia and Netherlands: Comparison Charts

Malaysia and Netherlands economies compared

GDP

Malaysia

Netherlands

Table

Year	GDP
	Malaysia	Netherlands
1960	$1,916,229,477	$13,282,979,015
1961	$1,901,856,123	$14,599,836,396
1962	$2,001,489,602	$15,847,582,341
1963	$2,510,110,348	$17,193,744,109
1964	$2,674,423,922	$20,232,048,553
1965	$2,956,337,669	$22,721,869,808
1966	$3,143,517,944	$24,741,480,717
1967	$3,188,924,677	$27,143,828,099
1968	$3,330,371,551	$30,097,635,751
1969	$3,664,552,041	$34,086,038,090
1970	$3,864,145,667	$38,220,884,519
1971	$4,244,395,956	$44,644,730,576
1972	$5,043,347,250	$54,787,070,173
1973	$7,662,902,678	$71,946,639,603
1974	$9,496,204,302	$87,371,810,804
1975	$9,298,800,799	$100,397,061,694
1976	$11,050,234,599	$109,329,386,564
1977	$13,139,488,633	$127,203,923,857
1978	$16,358,079,862	$156,089,077,205
1979	$21,213,264,962	$179,933,827,310
1980	$24,488,224,677	$195,439,301,707
1981	$25,004,285,792	$164,375,775,854
1982	$26,804,493,635	$158,712,765,536
1983	$30,347,442,111	$153,671,294,109
1984	$33,942,897,422	$144,124,462,912
1985	$31,199,633,353	$144,057,523,222
1986	$27,734,111,400	$201,157,708,221
1987	$32,181,210,158	$245,406,949,521
1988	$35,272,109,220	$262,295,966,105
1989	$38,847,965,293	$258,716,904,292
1990	$44,024,585,240	$318,799,003,994
1991	$49,143,148,094	$327,982,316,124
1992	$59,167,550,163	$363,497,050,125
1993	$66,894,966,969	$354,070,495,966
1994	$74,478,356,958	$379,688,232,232
1995	$88,705,342,903	$452,967,334,614
1996	$100,855,393,910	$451,372,549,020
1997	$100,005,323,302	$417,506,211,882
1998	$72,167,498,981	$438,612,530,549
1999	$79,148,421,053	$447,778,514,140
2000	$93,789,736,842	$417,649,282,154
2001	$92,783,947,368	$432,536,219,669
2002	$100,845,526,316	$475,529,972,123
2003	$110,202,368,421	$582,435,617,082
2004	$124,749,473,684	$661,224,886,143
2005	$143,534,405,819	$688,133,699,636
2006	$162,692,258,307	$737,593,995,289
2007	$193,549,569,478	$853,499,460,873
2008	$230,811,614,370	$957,901,566,041
2009	$202,257,453,037	$878,954,223,140
2010	$255,017,638,456	$852,464,982,433
2011	$297,951,668,675	$913,140,741,333
2012	$314,443,047,642	$845,689,017,066
2013	$323,276,235,524	$883,951,539,007
2014	$338,066,095,097	$901,556,501,756
2015	$301,355,266,965	$775,743,675,303
2016	$301,256,033,870	$797,163,949,290
2017	$319,109,094,160	$848,233,537,846
2018	$358,788,845,713	$929,733,599,797
2019	$365,177,721,022	$928,903,005,576
2020	$337,456,163,961	$932,560,861,701
2021	$373,784,823,673	$1,054,472,123,450
2022	$407,605,841,348	$1,046,540,797,549
2023	$399,705,137,434	$1,154,361,305,398
2024	$421,972,102,254	$1,227,543,925,316

Malaysia and Netherlands economies compared

GDP per capita

Malaysia

Netherlands

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Malaysia	Netherlands
1960	$240.8	$1,156
1961	$232.9	$1,254
1962	$238.8	$1,342
1963	$291.8	$1,437
1964	$303	$1,668
1965	$326	$1,848
1966	$339	$1,986
1967	$335	$2,155
1968	$342	$2,364
1969	$368	$2,647
1970	$380	$2,931
1971	$407	$3,384
1972	$472	$4,110
1973	$701	$5,353
1974	$848	$6,450
1975	$811	$7,346
1976	$940	$7,937
1977	$1,092	$9,180
1978	$1,327	$11,196
1979	$1,680	$12,817
1980	$1,886	$13,812
1981	$1,866	$11,537
1982	$1,938	$11,089
1983	$2,124	$10,696
1984	$2,300	$9,992
1985	$2,046	$9,941
1986	$1,760	$13,804
1987	$1,977	$16,734
1988	$2,100	$17,771
1989	$2,244	$17,423
1990	$2,469	$21,322
1991	$2,679	$21,764
1992	$3,141	$23,939
1993	$3,462	$23,156
1994	$3,758	$24,683
1995	$4,363	$29,301
1996	$4,837	$29,064
1997	$4,679	$26,745
1998	$3,294	$27,924
1999	$3,528	$28,319
2000	$4,084	$26,225
2001	$3,944	$26,956
2002	$4,184	$29,447
2003	$4,465	$35,897
2004	$4,939	$40,611
2005	$5,556	$42,165
2006	$6,158	$45,124
2007	$7,169	$52,101
2008	$8,372	$58,247
2009	$7,191	$53,172
2010	$8,899	$51,306
2011	$10,217	$54,702
2012	$10,601	$50,474
2013	$10,714	$52,602
2014	$11,013	$53,457
2015	$9,649	$45,794
2016	$9,477	$46,809
2017	$9,863	$49,514
2018	$10,902	$53,955
2019	$10,920	$53,555
2020	$9,958	$53,468
2021	$10,903	$60,142
2022	$11,748	$59,123
2023	$11,379	$64,572
2024	$11,867	$68,219

Malaysia vs. Netherlands life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Malaysia

Netherlands

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Malaysia	Netherlands
1950	48.5	71.4
1951	49.2	71.5
1952	50.1	72.1
1953	51.1	71.7
1954	52	72.4
1955	52.8	72.5
1956	53.7	72.5
1957	54.5	73
1958	55.4	73.1
1959	56.3	73.2
1960	57.2	73.4
1961	58	73.6
1962	58.9	73.2
1963	59.7	73.4
1964	60.4	73.7
1965	61.1	73.6
1966	61.7	73.6
1967	62	73.8
1968	62.4	73.6
1969	62.9	73.6
1970	63.3	73.6
1971	63.8	73.9
1972	64.2	73.8
1973	64.7	74.2
1974	65.2	74.6
1975	65.7	74.6
1976	66.2	74.7
1977	66.7	75.3
1978	67.2	75.2
1979	67.6	75.6
1980	68.1	75.8
1981	68.5	76
1982	68.9	76.1
1983	69.2	76.3
1984	69.6	76.3
1985	69.9	76.4
1986	70.1	76.4
1987	70.4	76.8
1988	70.6	77
1989	70.8	76.8
1990	71	77
1991	71.2	77.2
1992	71.5	77.4
1993	71.7	77
1994	71.9	77.5
1995	72	77.6
1996	72.1	77.6
1997	72.3	77.9
1998	72.4	78
1999	72.4	78
2000	72.7	78.1
2001	73.1	78.3
2002	73.5	78.4
2003	73.7	78.7
2004	74	79.2
2005	74.4	79.5
2006	74.7	79.8
2007	75	80.3
2008	75.2	80.4
2009	75.3	80.7
2010	75.4	80.8
2011	75.5	81.1
2012	75.6	81.1
2013	75.5	81.3
2014	75.3	81.7
2015	75.3	81.5
2016	75.4	81.6
2017	75.5	81.7
2018	75.7	81.8
2019	75.9	82.1
2020	76.1	81.4
2021	73.9	81.4
2022	75.4	81.9
2023	76.7	82.2
2024	76.8	82.3
2025	77	82.4

Malaysia and Netherlands population clocks and comparison

Population

Malaysia

Netherlands

Table

Year	Population
	Malaysia	Netherlands
1960	7,956,197	11,486,631
1961	8,164,443	11,638,712
1962	8,380,172	11,805,689
1963	8,602,160	11,965,966
1964	8,828,406	12,127,120
1965	9,056,408	12,294,732
1966	9,284,688	12,456,251
1967	9,507,099	12,598,201
1968	9,725,281	12,729,721
1969	9,947,597	12,877,984
1970	10,178,802	13,038,526
1971	10,423,453	13,194,497
1972	10,676,835	13,328,593
1973	10,935,621	13,439,322
1974	11,200,906	13,545,056
1975	11,471,914	13,666,335
1976	11,750,097	13,774,037
1977	12,035,713	13,856,185
1978	12,328,157	13,941,700
1979	12,627,862	14,038,270
1980	12,983,363	14,149,800
1981	13,399,203	14,247,208
1982	13,832,798	14,312,690
1983	14,285,907	14,367,070
1984	14,759,009	14,424,211
1985	15,252,258	14,491,632
1986	15,760,419	14,572,278
1987	16,276,737	14,665,037
1988	16,796,605	14,760,094
1989	17,314,997	14,848,907
1990	17,833,171	14,951,510
1991	18,342,464	15,069,798
1992	18,834,572	15,184,166
1993	19,322,664	15,290,368
1994	19,820,446	15,382,838
1995	20,330,599	15,459,006
1996	20,850,087	15,530,498
1997	21,375,218	15,610,650
1998	21,906,713	15,707,209
1999	22,435,531	15,812,088
2000	22,967,816	15,925,513
2001	23,526,538	16,046,180
2002	24,102,477	16,148,929
2003	24,679,602	16,225,302
2004	25,256,772	16,281,779
2005	25,836,071	16,319,868
2006	26,417,909	16,346,101
2007	26,998,389	16,381,696
2008	27,570,059	16,445,593
2009	28,124,778	16,530,388
2010	28,655,776	16,615,394
2011	29,162,039	16,693,074
2012	29,662,831	16,754,962
2013	30,174,265	16,804,432
2014	30,696,137	16,865,008
2015	31,232,798	16,939,923
2016	31,789,685	17,030,314
2017	32,355,644	17,131,296
2018	32,910,967	17,231,624
2019	33,440,596	17,344,874
2020	33,889,558	17,441,500
2021	34,282,399	17,533,044
2022	34,695,493	17,700,982
2023	35,126,298	17,877,117
2024	35,557,673	17,994,237

Fertility rates in Malaysia and Netherlands

Fertility rate

Malaysia

Netherlands

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Malaysia	Netherlands
1960	6.41	3.12
1961	6.37	3.22
1962	6.3	3.18
1963	6.19	3.19
1964	6.03	3.17
1965	5.84	3.04
1966	5.64	2.9
1967	5.43	2.81
1968	5.29	2.72
1969	5.16	2.75
1970	5.04	2.57
1971	4.92	2.36
1972	4.82	2.15
1973	4.73	1.9
1974	4.62	1.77
1975	4.5	1.66
1976	4.4	1.63
1977	4.28	1.58
1978	4.18	1.58
1979	4.09	1.56
1980	4.04	1.6
1981	4	1.56
1982	3.97	1.5
1983	3.93	1.47
1984	3.89	1.49
1985	3.8	1.51
1986	3.7	1.55
1987	3.57	1.56
1988	3.5	1.55
1989	3.31	1.55
1990	3.3	1.62
1991	3.34	1.61
1992	3.37	1.59
1993	3.36	1.57
1994	3.35	1.57
1995	3.32	1.53
1996	3.3	1.53
1997	3.23	1.56
1998	3.12	1.63
1999	3.07	1.65
2000	2.94	1.72
2001	2.81	1.71
2002	2.66	1.73
2003	2.6	1.75
2004	2.49	1.72
2005	2.39	1.71
2006	2.31	1.72
2007	2.25	1.72
2008	2.26	1.77
2009	2.22	1.79
2010	2.14	1.79
2011	2.15	1.76
2012	2.12	1.72
2013	2.07	1.68
2014	2.06	1.71
2015	2.01	1.66
2016	1.94	1.66
2017	1.89	1.62
2018	1.84	1.59
2019	1.78	1.57
2020	1.68	1.54
2021	1.56	1.62
2022	1.55	1.49
2023	1.55	1.43

Malaysia and Netherlands demographics compared

Median age

Malaysia

Netherlands

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Malaysia	Netherlands
1960	17.5	28.8
1961	17.3	28.8
1962	17.1	28.7
1963	17	28.7
1964	16.9	28.6
1965	16.8	28.6
1966	16.9	28.6
1967	17	28.5
1968	17.1	28.6
1969	17.3	28.6
1970	17.4	28.6
1971	17.6	28.7
1972	17.9	28.9
1973	18.1	29
1974	18.3	29.3
1975	18.6	29.4
1976	18.8	29.8
1977	19	30.3
1978	19.3	30.7
1979	19.5	31
1980	19.7	31.3
1981	19.9	31.6
1982	20.1	31.9
1983	20.4	32.3
1984	20.5	32.6
1985	20.7	32.9
1986	20.9	33.2
1987	21	33.5
1988	21.1	33.8
1989	21.3	34.1
1990	21.5	34.3
1991	21.7	34.6
1992	21.9	34.8
1993	22.1	35.1
1994	22.3	35.4
1995	22.5	35.7
1996	22.7	36.1
1997	22.9	36.4
1998	23.1	36.7
1999	23.4	37
2000	23.5	37.3
2001	23.6	37.5
2002	23.7	37.8
2003	23.9	38.1
2004	24	38.5
2005	24.2	38.9
2006	24.5	39.3
2007	24.8	39.7
2008	25.1	40
2009	25.6	40.3
2010	26	40.7
2011	26.4	41
2012	26.8	41.3
2013	27.1	41.6
2014	27.5	41.8
2015	27.8	42
2016	28.1	42.2
2017	28.5	42.3
2018	28.8	42.4
2019	29.2	42.5
2020	29.6	42.5
2021	30.1	42.6
2022	30.6	42.5
2023	31.1	42.4
2024	31.5	42.4

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