Malaysia vs Nigeria statistics compared

Malaysia has a population of 35.6M (ranked 44/197), compared with 233M in Nigeria (ranked 6/197). Malaysia's land area is 126,854 sq mi versus 351,650 sq mi for Nigeria (ranked 65th vs. 30th).

By GDP, Malaysia ranks 38/197 ($422B) and Nigeria ranks 54/197 ($252B). By GDP per capita, Malaysia ranks 79/197 ($11,874), while Nigeria ranks 174/197 ($1,084).

Malaysia and Nigeria: Comparison Charts

Malaysia and Nigeria economies compared

GDP

Malaysia

Nigeria

Table

Year	GDP
	Malaysia	Nigeria
1960	$1,916,229,477	$4,196,174,502
1961	$1,901,856,123	$4,467,287,893
1962	$2,001,489,602	$4,909,399,176
1963	$2,510,110,348	$5,165,590,254
1964	$2,674,423,922	$5,552,931,319
1965	$2,956,337,669	$5,874,537,650
1966	$3,143,517,944	$6,366,917,453
1967	$3,188,924,677	$5,203,237,919
1968	$3,330,371,551	$5,200,997,920
1969	$3,664,552,041	$6,634,317,346
1970	$3,864,145,667	$12,546,094,982
1971	$4,244,395,956	$9,181,769,912
1972	$5,043,347,250	$12,274,416,018
1973	$7,662,902,678	$15,162,871,287
1974	$9,496,204,302	$24,846,641,318
1975	$9,298,800,799	$27,778,934,625
1976	$11,050,234,599	$36,308,883,249
1977	$13,139,488,633	$36,035,407,725
1978	$16,358,079,862	$36,527,862,209
1979	$21,213,264,962	$47,259,911,894
1980	$24,488,224,677	$64,201,788,123
1981	$25,004,285,792	$164,475,209,516
1982	$26,804,493,635	$142,769,363,314
1983	$30,347,442,111	$97,094,911,792
1984	$33,942,897,422	$73,484,359,521
1985	$31,199,633,353	$73,745,821,158
1986	$27,734,111,400	$54,805,852,581
1987	$32,181,210,158	$52,676,041,931
1988	$35,272,109,220	$49,648,470,440
1989	$38,847,965,293	$44,003,061,108
1990	$44,024,585,240	$54,035,795,388
1991	$49,143,148,094	$59,526,833,412
1992	$59,167,550,163	$52,058,181,854
1993	$66,894,966,969	$56,721,051,402
1994	$74,478,356,958	$80,399,613,064
1995	$88,705,342,903	$140,919,776,986
1996	$100,855,393,910	$185,730,236,700
1997	$100,005,323,302	$200,850,397,618
1998	$72,167,498,981	$218,416,200,673
1999	$79,148,421,053	$59,145,077,039
2000	$93,789,736,842	$69,171,451,627
2001	$92,783,947,368	$73,557,840,064
2002	$100,845,526,316	$95,054,059,303
2003	$110,202,368,421	$104,738,954,264
2004	$124,749,473,684	$135,764,731,646
2005	$143,534,405,819	$175,670,569,969
2006	$162,692,258,307	$238,454,997,161
2007	$193,549,569,478	$278,260,846,800
2008	$230,811,614,370	$339,476,276,258
2009	$202,257,453,037	$295,008,835,381
2010	$255,017,638,456	$366,990,417,129
2011	$297,951,668,675	$414,466,676,831
2012	$314,443,047,642	$463,971,018,239
2013	$323,276,235,524	$520,117,180,314
2014	$338,066,095,097	$574,183,763,412
2015	$301,355,266,965	$493,026,682,801
2016	$301,256,033,870	$404,649,125,252
2017	$319,109,094,160	$375,745,731,053
2018	$358,788,845,713	$421,739,251,509
2019	$365,177,721,022	$668,219,992,691
2020	$337,456,163,961	$598,586,817,819
2021	$373,784,553,030	$609,147,716,973
2022	$407,830,525,990	$646,950,257,578
2023	$399,949,418,753	$487,387,801,881
2024	$422,227,005,429	$252,261,880,141

Malaysia and Nigeria economies compared

GDP per capita

Malaysia

Nigeria

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Malaysia	Nigeria
1960	$240.8	$93.1
1961	$232.9	$97.1
1962	$238.8	$104.5
1963	$291.8	$107.7
1964	$303	$113.3
1965	$326	$117.3
1966	$339	$124.4
1967	$335	$99.5
1968	$342	$97.3
1969	$368	$121.4
1970	$380	$224.5
1971	$407	$160.5
1972	$472	$209.5
1973	$701	$252.4
1974	$848	$403
1975	$811	$438
1976	$940	$556
1977	$1,092	$536
1978	$1,327	$527
1979	$1,680	$661
1980	$1,886	$870
1981	$1,866	$2,162
1982	$1,938	$1,822
1983	$2,124	$1,207
1984	$2,300	$890
1985	$2,046	$869
1986	$1,760	$628
1987	$1,977	$588
1988	$2,100	$540
1989	$2,244	$465
1990	$2,469	$556
1991	$2,679	$597
1992	$3,141	$509
1993	$3,462	$540
1994	$3,758	$745
1995	$4,363	$1,272
1996	$4,837	$1,633
1997	$4,679	$1,720
1998	$3,294	$1,822
1999	$3,528	$481
2000	$4,084	$547
2001	$3,944	$566
2002	$4,184	$712
2003	$4,465	$763
2004	$4,939	$962
2005	$5,556	$1,211
2006	$6,158	$1,600
2007	$7,169	$1,816
2008	$8,372	$2,154
2009	$7,191	$1,820
2010	$8,899	$2,202
2011	$10,217	$2,418
2012	$10,601	$2,633
2013	$10,714	$2,873
2014	$11,013	$3,089
2015	$9,649	$2,586
2016	$9,477	$2,070
2017	$9,863	$1,876
2018	$10,902	$2,058
2019	$10,920	$3,190
2020	$9,958	$2,797
2021	$10,903	$2,787
2022	$11,755	$2,899
2023	$11,386	$2,139
2024	$11,874	$1,084

Malaysia vs. Nigeria life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Malaysia

Nigeria

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Malaysia	Nigeria
1950	48.5	35.5
1951	49.2	35.7
1952	50.1	35.9
1953	51.1	36
1954	52	36.2
1955	52.8	36.3
1956	53.7	36.5
1957	54.5	36.6
1958	55.4	36.8
1959	56.3	37
1960	57.2	37.2
1961	58	37.4
1962	58.9	37.6
1963	59.7	37.8
1964	60.4	38
1965	61.1	38.2
1966	61.7	38.4
1967	62	37.5
1968	62.4	38.6
1969	62.9	38.9
1970	63.3	40
1971	63.8	40.6
1972	64.2	41.3
1973	64.7	41.8
1974	65.2	42.5
1975	65.7	43.1
1976	66.2	44.2
1977	66.7	44.8
1978	67.2	45.3
1979	67.6	45.7
1980	68.1	46
1981	68.5	46.3
1982	68.9	46.4
1983	69.2	46.4
1984	69.6	46.3
1985	69.9	46.2
1986	70.1	46
1987	70.4	45.9
1988	70.6	45.8
1989	70.8	45.8
1990	71	45.7
1991	71.2	45.5
1992	71.5	45.6
1993	71.7	45.8
1994	71.9	45.7
1995	72	45.9
1996	72.1	45.8
1997	72.3	46
1998	72.4	46.1
1999	72.4	46.6
2000	72.7	47.1
2001	73.1	47.5
2002	73.5	48
2003	73.7	48.6
2004	74	49.1
2005	74.4	49.5
2006	74.7	49.9
2007	75	50.4
2008	75.2	50.7
2009	75.3	51.1
2010	75.4	51.3
2011	75.5	51.5
2012	75.6	51.7
2013	75.5	51.8
2014	75.3	51.9
2015	75.3	51.9
2016	75.4	52.2
2017	75.5	52.4
2018	75.7	52.7
2019	75.9	53
2020	76.1	53.1
2021	73.9	53.5
2022	75.4	54.1
2023	76.7	54.5
2024	76.8	54.6
2025	77	54.8
2026	77.2	55

Malaysia and Nigeria population clocks and comparison

Population

Malaysia

Nigeria

Table

Year	Population
	Malaysia	Nigeria
1960	7,956,197	45,053,782
1961	8,164,443	45,989,310
1962	8,380,172	46,965,292
1963	8,602,160	47,973,575
1964	8,828,406	49,012,016
1965	9,056,408	50,086,764
1966	9,284,688	51,188,234
1967	9,507,099	52,293,065
1968	9,725,281	53,432,783
1969	9,947,597	54,631,914
1970	10,178,802	55,893,838
1971	10,423,453	57,214,684
1972	10,676,835	58,601,748
1973	10,935,621	60,082,139
1974	11,200,906	61,679,144
1975	11,471,914	63,410,815
1976	11,750,097	65,258,009
1977	12,035,713	67,234,590
1978	12,328,157	69,326,532
1979	12,627,862	71,498,242
1980	12,983,363	73,764,641
1981	13,399,203	76,068,103
1982	13,832,798	78,378,701
1983	14,285,907	80,438,260
1984	14,759,009	82,526,443
1985	15,252,258	84,897,973
1986	15,760,419	87,235,953
1987	16,276,737	89,591,716
1988	16,796,605	92,020,090
1989	17,314,997	94,531,014
1990	17,833,171	97,120,925
1991	18,342,464	99,720,162
1992	18,834,572	102,372,770
1993	19,322,664	105,122,069
1994	19,820,446	107,935,714
1995	20,330,599	110,819,428
1996	20,850,087	113,754,779
1997	21,375,218	116,754,792
1998	21,906,713	119,846,254
1999	22,435,531	123,047,320
2000	22,967,816	126,382,494
2001	23,526,538	129,862,595
2002	24,102,477	133,471,989
2003	24,679,602	137,202,644
2004	25,256,772	141,057,045
2005	25,836,071	145,017,253
2006	26,417,909	149,077,334
2007	26,998,389	153,267,261
2008	27,570,059	157,595,014
2009	28,124,778	162,049,464
2010	28,655,776	166,642,886
2011	29,162,039	171,379,598
2012	29,662,831	176,200,625
2013	30,174,265	181,049,443
2014	30,696,137	185,896,915
2015	31,232,798	190,671,878
2016	31,789,685	195,443,700
2017	32,355,644	200,254,579
2018	32,910,967	204,938,755
2019	33,440,596	209,485,641
2020	33,889,558	213,996,181
2021	34,282,399	218,529,286
2022	34,695,493	223,150,896
2023	35,126,298	227,882,945
2024	35,557,673	232,679,478

Fertility rates in Malaysia and Nigeria

Fertility rate

Malaysia

Nigeria

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Malaysia	Nigeria
1960	6.41	6.36
1961	6.37	6.35
1962	6.3	6.36
1963	6.19	6.35
1964	6.03	6.36
1965	5.84	6.37
1966	5.64	6.39
1967	5.43	6.4
1968	5.29	6.42
1969	5.16	6.44
1970	5.04	6.47
1971	4.92	6.53
1972	4.82	6.58
1973	4.73	6.63
1974	4.62	6.7
1975	4.5	6.77
1976	4.4	6.81
1977	4.28	6.86
1978	4.18	6.92
1979	4.09	6.89
1980	4.04	6.85
1981	4	6.82
1982	3.97	6.8
1983	3.93	6.78
1984	3.89	6.7
1985	3.8	6.62
1986	3.7	6.56
1987	3.57	6.5
1988	3.5	6.5
1989	3.31	6.49
1990	3.3	6.46
1991	3.34	6.43
1992	3.37	6.39
1993	3.36	6.35
1994	3.35	6.32
1995	3.32	6.27
1996	3.3	6.22
1997	3.23	6.14
1998	3.12	6.07
1999	3.07	6.08
2000	2.94	6.12
2001	2.81	6.13
2002	2.66	6.12
2003	2.6	6.1
2004	2.49	6.09
2005	2.39	6.06
2006	2.31	6.05
2007	2.25	6.03
2008	2.26	6.02
2009	2.22	5.99
2010	2.14	5.95
2011	2.15	5.89
2012	2.12	5.8
2013	2.07	5.69
2014	2.06	5.62
2015	2.01	5.5
2016	1.94	5.34
2017	1.89	5.18
2018	1.84	5.02
2019	1.78	4.86
2020	1.68	4.7
2021	1.56	4.64
2022	1.55	4.55
2023	1.55	4.48

Malaysia and Nigeria demographics compared

Median age

Malaysia

Nigeria

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Malaysia	Nigeria
1960	17.5	19.3
1961	17.3	19.3
1962	17.1	19.3
1963	17	19.3
1964	16.9	19.3
1965	16.8	19.3
1966	16.9	19.3
1967	17	19.2
1968	17.1	19.2
1969	17.3	19.1
1970	17.4	18.9
1971	17.6	18.8
1972	17.9	18.7
1973	18.1	18.6
1974	18.3	18.5
1975	18.6	18.4
1976	18.8	18.3
1977	19	18.2
1978	19.3	18
1979	19.5	17.9
1980	19.7	17.8
1981	19.9	17.7
1982	20.1	17.6
1983	20.4	17.5
1984	20.5	17.4
1985	20.7	17.3
1986	20.9	17.3
1987	21	17.3
1988	21.1	17.3
1989	21.3	17.3
1990	21.5	17.3
1991	21.7	17.3
1992	21.9	17.4
1993	22.1	17.4
1994	22.3	17.5
1995	22.5	17.6
1996	22.7	17.6
1997	22.9	17.7
1998	23.1	17.8
1999	23.4	17.9
2000	23.5	17.9
2001	23.6	17.9
2002	23.7	17.9
2003	23.9	17.9
2004	24	17.9
2005	24.2	17.9
2006	24.5	17.9
2007	24.8	17.9
2008	25.1	17.8
2009	25.6	17.8
2010	26	17.8
2011	26.4	17.7
2012	26.8	17.7
2013	27.1	17.7
2014	27.5	17.7
2015	27.8	17.8
2016	28.1	17.8
2017	28.5	17.9
2018	28.8	18
2019	29.2	18.2
2020	29.6	18.3
2021	30.1	18.5
2022	30.6	18.7
2023	31.1	18.8
2024	31.5	19

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