Malaysia vs New Zealand statistics compared

Malaysia has a population of 35.6M (ranked 44/197), compared with 5.34M in New Zealand (ranked 121/197). Malaysia's land area is 126,854 sq mi versus 101,665 sq mi for New Zealand (ranked 65th vs. 74th).

By GDP, Malaysia ranks 39/197 ($422B) and New Zealand ranks 53/197 ($260B). By GDP per capita, Malaysia ranks 81/197 ($11,867), while New Zealand ranks 26/197 ($48,747).

Malaysia and New Zealand: Comparison Charts

Malaysia and New Zealand economies compared

GDP

Malaysia

New Zealand

Table

Year	GDP
	Malaysia	New Zealand
1960	$1,916,229,477	$5,536,098,360
1961	$1,901,856,123	$5,721,994,864
1962	$2,001,489,602	$6,133,158,532
1963	$2,510,110,348	$6,699,741,645
1964	$2,674,423,922	$7,340,766,415
1965	$2,956,337,669	$5,706,251,400
1966	$3,143,517,944	$5,917,437,693
1967	$3,188,924,677	$6,016,017,227
1968	$3,330,371,551	$5,228,045,415
1969	$3,664,552,041	$5,814,357,709
1970	$3,864,145,667	$6,495,605,331
1971	$4,244,395,956	$7,911,136,757
1972	$5,043,347,250	$9,567,331,065
1973	$7,662,902,678	$12,802,281,898
1974	$9,496,204,302	$13,940,981,798
1975	$9,298,800,799	$12,861,983,284
1976	$11,050,234,599	$13,604,832,424
1977	$13,139,488,633	$15,446,825,318
1978	$16,358,079,862	$18,530,518,395
1979	$21,213,264,962	$20,731,243,113
1980	$24,488,224,677	$23,244,547,385
1981	$25,004,285,792	$24,417,617,184
1982	$26,804,493,635	$24,164,603,059
1983	$30,347,442,111	$24,309,279,706
1984	$33,942,897,422	$21,665,975,319
1985	$31,199,633,353	$24,679,795,396
1986	$27,734,111,400	$30,604,668,357
1987	$32,181,210,158	$40,376,354,070
1988	$35,272,109,220	$45,176,811,594
1989	$38,847,965,293	$43,920,222,525
1990	$44,024,585,240	$45,495,129,385
1991	$49,143,148,094	$42,745,329,732
1992	$59,167,550,163	$41,649,829,860
1993	$66,894,966,969	$46,775,620,817
1994	$74,478,356,958	$55,314,732,279
1995	$88,705,342,903	$63,918,703,507
1996	$100,855,393,910	$70,140,835,299
1997	$100,005,323,302	$66,075,143,415
1998	$72,167,498,981	$56,227,169,851
1999	$79,148,421,053	$58,762,260,626
2000	$93,789,736,842	$52,623,281,957
2001	$92,783,947,368	$53,872,425,917
2002	$100,845,526,316	$66,627,729,311
2003	$110,202,368,421	$88,250,885,550
2004	$124,749,473,684	$103,905,210,084
2005	$143,534,405,819	$114,720,129,550
2006	$162,692,258,307	$111,538,810,713
2007	$193,549,569,478	$137,188,946,866
2008	$230,811,614,370	$133,437,126,590
2009	$202,257,453,037	$121,663,439,315
2010	$255,017,638,456	$146,887,902,524
2011	$297,951,668,675	$168,484,908,960
2012	$314,443,047,642	$176,560,711,239
2013	$323,276,235,524	$191,012,364,177
2014	$338,066,095,097	$201,518,402,787
2015	$301,355,266,965	$178,224,167,088
2016	$301,256,033,870	$189,100,085,275
2017	$319,109,094,160	$206,745,969,246
2018	$358,788,845,713	$211,985,631,173
2019	$365,177,721,022	$213,006,341,102
2020	$337,456,163,961	$213,029,554,654
2021	$373,784,823,673	$253,977,931,815
2022	$407,605,841,348	$249,509,991,440
2023	$399,705,137,434	$255,194,972,673
2024	$421,972,102,254	$260,235,932,559

Malaysia and New Zealand economies compared

GDP per capita

Malaysia

New Zealand

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Malaysia	New Zealand
1960	$240.8	$2,334
1961	$232.9	$2,365
1962	$238.8	$2,471
1963	$291.8	$2,646
1964	$303	$2,839
1965	$326	$2,171
1966	$339	$2,211
1967	$335	$2,208
1968	$342	$1,902
1969	$368	$2,097
1970	$380	$2,311
1971	$407	$2,773
1972	$472	$3,295
1973	$701	$4,323
1974	$848	$4,611
1975	$811	$4,172
1976	$940	$4,374
1977	$1,092	$4,951
1978	$1,327	$5,937
1979	$1,680	$6,668
1980	$1,886	$7,467
1981	$1,866	$7,814
1982	$1,938	$7,656
1983	$2,124	$7,598
1984	$2,300	$6,714
1985	$2,046	$7,601
1986	$1,760	$9,428
1987	$1,977	$12,331
1988	$2,100	$13,759
1989	$2,244	$13,312
1990	$2,469	$13,663
1991	$2,679	$12,230
1992	$3,141	$11,793
1993	$3,462	$13,094
1994	$3,758	$15,280
1995	$4,363	$17,400
1996	$4,837	$18,794
1997	$4,679	$17,474
1998	$3,294	$14,738
1999	$3,528	$15,322
2000	$4,084	$13,641
2001	$3,944	$13,883
2002	$4,184	$16,874
2003	$4,465	$21,914
2004	$4,939	$25,420
2005	$5,556	$27,751
2006	$6,158	$26,655
2007	$7,169	$32,480
2008	$8,372	$31,325
2009	$7,191	$28,277
2010	$8,899	$33,762
2011	$10,217	$38,432
2012	$10,601	$40,054
2013	$10,714	$43,000
2014	$11,013	$44,618
2015	$9,649	$38,665
2016	$9,477	$40,114
2017	$9,863	$42,950
2018	$10,902	$43,257
2019	$10,920	$42,779
2020	$9,958	$41,851
2021	$10,903	$49,689
2022	$11,748	$48,760
2023	$11,379	$48,655
2024	$11,867	$48,747

Malaysia vs. New Zealand life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Malaysia

New Zealand

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Malaysia	New Zealand
1950	48.5	69.3
1951	49.2	69.1
1952	50.1	69.4
1953	51.1	70.2
1954	52	70.3
1955	52.8	70.5
1956	53.7	70.7
1957	54.5	70.3
1958	55.4	70.9
1959	56.3	70.8
1960	57.2	71.2
1961	58	70.9
1962	58.9	71.2
1963	59.7	71.3
1964	60.4	71.3
1965	61.1	71.2
1966	61.7	71.1
1967	62	71.4
1968	62.4	71.1
1969	62.9	71.5
1970	63.3	71.2
1971	63.8	71.7
1972	64.2	71.8
1973	64.7	71.7
1974	65.2	71.9
1975	65.7	72.2
1976	66.2	72.4
1977	66.7	72.1
1978	67.2	73
1979	67.6	73.1
1980	68.1	72.9
1981	68.5	73.6
1982	68.9	73.7
1983	69.2	73.8
1984	69.6	74.4
1985	69.9	73.9
1986	70.1	74.1
1987	70.4	74.2
1988	70.6	74.5
1989	70.8	74.9
1990	71	75.4
1991	71.2	76.1
1992	71.5	76.2
1993	71.7	76.5
1994	71.9	76.9
1995	72	76.8
1996	72.1	76.8
1997	72.3	77.3
1998	72.4	78.2
1999	72.4	77.9
2000	72.7	78.7
2001	73.1	78.7
2002	73.5	78.9
2003	73.7	79.1
2004	74	79.4
2005	74.4	80
2006	74.7	80
2007	75	80.1
2008	75.2	80.2
2009	75.3	80.5
2010	75.4	81.1
2011	75.5	80.8
2012	75.6	81.2
2013	75.5	81.6
2014	75.3	81.4
2015	75.3	81.6
2016	75.4	82
2017	75.5	81.6
2018	75.7	81.9
2019	75.9	81.8
2020	76.1	82.7
2021	73.9	82.3
2022	75.4	81
2023	76.7	82.1
2024	76.8	82.2
2025	77	82.4

Malaysia and New Zealand population clocks and comparison

Population

Malaysia

New Zealand

Table

Year	Population
	Malaysia	New Zealand
1960	7,956,197	2,371,800
1961	8,164,443	2,419,700
1962	8,380,172	2,482,000
1963	8,602,160	2,531,800
1964	8,828,406	2,585,400
1965	9,056,408	2,628,400
1966	9,284,688	2,675,900
1967	9,507,099	2,724,100
1968	9,725,281	2,748,100
1969	9,947,597	2,772,800
1970	10,178,802	2,810,700
1971	10,423,453	2,853,000
1972	10,676,835	2,903,900
1973	10,935,621	2,961,300
1974	11,200,906	3,023,700
1975	11,471,914	3,083,100
1976	11,750,097	3,110,500
1977	12,035,713	3,120,200
1978	12,328,157	3,121,200
1979	12,627,862	3,109,000
1980	12,983,363	3,112,900
1981	13,399,203	3,124,900
1982	13,832,798	3,156,100
1983	14,285,907	3,199,300
1984	14,759,009	3,227,100
1985	15,252,258	3,247,100
1986	15,760,419	3,246,300
1987	16,276,737	3,274,400
1988	16,796,605	3,283,400
1989	17,314,997	3,299,200
1990	17,833,171	3,329,800
1991	18,342,464	3,495,100
1992	18,834,572	3,531,700
1993	19,322,664	3,572,200
1994	19,820,446	3,620,000
1995	20,330,599	3,673,400
1996	20,850,087	3,732,000
1997	21,375,218	3,781,300
1998	21,906,713	3,815,000
1999	22,435,531	3,835,100
2000	22,967,816	3,857,700
2001	23,526,538	3,880,500
2002	24,102,477	3,948,500
2003	24,679,602	4,027,200
2004	25,256,772	4,087,500
2005	25,836,071	4,133,900
2006	26,417,909	4,184,600
2007	26,998,389	4,223,800
2008	27,570,059	4,259,800
2009	28,124,778	4,302,600
2010	28,655,776	4,350,700
2011	29,162,039	4,384,000
2012	29,662,831	4,408,100
2013	30,174,265	4,442,100
2014	30,696,137	4,516,500
2015	31,232,798	4,609,400
2016	31,789,685	4,714,100
2017	32,355,644	4,813,600
2018	32,910,967	4,900,600
2019	33,440,596	4,979,200
2020	33,889,558	5,090,200
2021	34,282,399	5,111,300
2022	34,695,493	5,117,100
2023	35,126,298	5,245,000
2024	35,557,673	5,338,500

Fertility rates in Malaysia and New Zealand

Fertility rate

Malaysia

New Zealand

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Malaysia	New Zealand
1960	6.41	4.24
1961	6.37	4.31
1962	6.3	4.19
1963	6.19	4.05
1964	6.03	3.8
1965	5.84	3.54
1966	5.64	3.41
1967	5.43	3.35
1968	5.29	3.34
1969	5.16	3.28
1970	5.04	3.17
1971	4.92	3.18
1972	4.82	3
1973	4.73	2.76
1974	4.62	2.58
1975	4.5	2.37
1976	4.4	2.27
1977	4.28	2.21
1978	4.18	2.07
1979	4.09	2.12
1980	4.04	2.03
1981	4	2.01
1982	3.97	1.95
1983	3.93	1.92
1984	3.89	1.93
1985	3.8	1.93
1986	3.7	1.96
1987	3.57	2.03
1988	3.5	2.1
1989	3.31	2.12
1990	3.3	2.18
1991	3.34	2.09
1992	3.37	2.06
1993	3.36	2.04
1994	3.35	1.98
1995	3.32	1.98
1996	3.3	1.96
1997	3.23	1.96
1998	3.12	1.89
1999	3.07	1.97
2000	2.94	1.98
2001	2.81	1.97
2002	2.66	1.89
2003	2.6	1.93
2004	2.49	1.98
2005	2.39	1.97
2006	2.31	2.01
2007	2.25	2.18
2008	2.26	2.19
2009	2.22	2.13
2010	2.14	2.17
2011	2.15	2.09
2012	2.12	2.1
2013	2.07	2.01
2014	2.06	1.92
2015	2.01	1.99
2016	1.94	1.87
2017	1.89	1.81
2018	1.84	1.71
2019	1.78	1.72
2020	1.68	1.61
2021	1.56	1.64
2022	1.55	1.66
2023	1.55	1.56

Malaysia and New Zealand demographics compared

Median age

Malaysia

New Zealand

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Malaysia	New Zealand
1960	17.5	27.5
1961	17.3	27.1
1962	17.1	26.8
1963	17	26.4
1964	16.9	26.2
1965	16.8	26
1966	16.9	25.9
1967	17	25.8
1968	17.1	25.7
1969	17.3	25.7
1970	17.4	25.6
1971	17.6	25.7
1972	17.9	25.9
1973	18.1	26
1974	18.3	26.2
1975	18.6	26.3
1976	18.8	26.5
1977	19	26.8
1978	19.3	27.1
1979	19.5	27.5
1980	19.7	27.9
1981	19.9	28.2
1982	20.1	28.5
1983	20.4	28.8
1984	20.5	29.1
1985	20.7	29.4
1986	20.9	29.8
1987	21	30.1
1988	21.1	30.4
1989	21.3	30.8
1990	21.5	31.1
1991	21.7	31.4
1992	21.9	31.7
1993	22.1	32
1994	22.3	32.3
1995	22.5	32.6
1996	22.7	32.8
1997	22.9	33.2
1998	23.1	33.6
1999	23.4	34
2000	23.5	34.3
2001	23.6	34.6
2002	23.7	34.8
2003	23.9	35
2004	24	35.2
2005	24.2	35.5
2006	24.5	35.8
2007	24.8	36.1
2008	25.1	36.4
2009	25.6	36.6
2010	26	36.8
2011	26.4	37
2012	26.8	37.2
2013	27.1	37.4
2014	27.5	37.5
2015	27.8	37.4
2016	28.1	37.3
2017	28.5	37.2
2018	28.8	37.3
2019	29.2	37.3
2020	29.6	37.5
2021	30.1	37.8
2022	30.6	38.1
2023	31.1	38.3
2024	31.5	38.6

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