Malaysia vs North Korea statistics compared

Malaysia has a population of 35.6M (ranked 44/197), compared with 26.5M in North Korea (ranked 56/197). Malaysia's land area is 126,854 sq mi versus 46,491 sq mi for North Korea (ranked 65th vs. 97th).

By GDP, Malaysia ranks 39/197 ($422B) and North Korea ranks 106/197 ($34.9B). By GDP per capita, Malaysia ranks 81/197 ($11,867), while North Korea ranks 168/197 ($1,319).

Malaysia and North Korea: Comparison Charts

Malaysia and North Korea economies compared

GDP

Malaysia

North Korea

Table

Year	GDP
	Malaysia	North Korea
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	-
1971	$4,244,395,956	-
1972	$5,043,347,250	-
1973	$7,662,902,678	-
1974	$9,496,204,302	-
1975	$9,298,800,799	-
1976	$11,050,234,599	-
1977	$13,139,488,633	-
1978	$16,358,079,862	-
1979	$21,213,264,962	-
1980	$24,488,224,677	-
1981	$25,004,285,792	-
1982	$26,804,493,635	-
1983	$30,347,442,111	-
1984	$33,942,897,422	-
1985	$31,199,633,353	-
1986	$27,734,111,400	-
1987	$32,181,210,158	-
1988	$35,272,109,220	-
1989	$38,847,965,293	-
1990	$44,024,585,240	-
1991	$49,143,148,094	-
1992	$59,167,550,163	-
1993	$66,894,966,969	-
1994	$74,478,356,958	-
1995	$88,705,342,903	-
1996	$100,855,393,910	-
1997	$100,005,323,302	-
1998	$72,167,498,981	-
1999	$79,148,421,053	-
2000	$93,789,736,842	-
2001	$92,783,947,368	-
2002	$100,845,526,316	-
2003	$110,202,368,421	-
2004	$124,749,473,684	-
2005	$143,534,405,819	-
2006	$162,692,258,307	-
2007	$193,549,569,478	-
2008	$230,811,614,370	-
2009	$202,257,453,037	$23,356,470,000
2010	$255,017,638,456	$25,995,513,000
2011	$297,951,668,675	$29,005,020,000
2012	$314,443,047,642	$29,890,710,000
2013	$323,276,235,524	$30,588,922,000
2014	$338,066,095,097	$30,554,460,000
2015	$301,355,266,965	$30,723,030,000
2016	$301,256,033,870	$28,882,640,000
2017	$319,109,094,160	$29,105,440,000
2018	$358,788,845,713	$28,536,400,000
2019	$365,177,721,022	$28,222,880,000
2020	$337,456,163,961	$27,728,240,000
2021	$373,784,823,673	$32,301,720,000
2022	$407,605,841,348	$28,971,360,000
2023	$399,705,137,434	$32,155,360,000
2024	$421,972,102,254	$34,943,120,000

Malaysia and North Korea economies compared

GDP per capita

Malaysia

North Korea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Malaysia	North Korea
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	-
1971	$407	-
1972	$472	-
1973	$701	-
1974	$848	-
1975	$811	-
1976	$940	-
1977	$1,092	-
1978	$1,327	-
1979	$1,680	-
1980	$1,886	-
1981	$1,866	-
1982	$1,938	-
1983	$2,124	-
1984	$2,300	-
1985	$2,046	-
1986	$1,760	-
1987	$1,977	-
1988	$2,100	-
1989	$2,244	-
1990	$2,469	-
1991	$2,679	-
1992	$3,141	-
1993	$3,462	-
1994	$3,758	-
1995	$4,363	-
1996	$4,837	-
1997	$4,679	-
1998	$3,294	-
1999	$3,528	-
2000	$4,084	-
2001	$3,944	-
2002	$4,184	-
2003	$4,465	-
2004	$4,939	-
2005	$5,556	-
2006	$6,158	-
2007	$7,169	-
2008	$8,372	-
2009	$7,191	$939
2010	$8,899	$1,040
2011	$10,217	$1,156
2012	$10,601	$1,186
2013	$10,714	$1,208
2014	$11,013	$1,201
2015	$9,649	$1,201
2016	$9,477	$1,124
2017	$9,863	$1,127
2018	$10,902	$1,100
2019	$10,920	$1,084
2020	$9,958	$1,061
2021	$10,903	$1,231
2022	$11,748	$1,100
2023	$11,379	$1,217
2024	$11,867	$1,319

Malaysia vs. North Korea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Malaysia

North Korea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Malaysia	North Korea
1950	48.5	14.2
1951	49.2	17.7
1952	50.1	32.8
1953	51.1	40.3
1954	52	50.6
1955	52.8	51.8
1956	53.7	52.8
1957	54.5	53.7
1958	55.4	54.5
1959	56.3	55.2
1960	57.2	55.8
1961	58	56.4
1962	58.9	57
1963	59.7	57.6
1964	60.4	58.2
1965	61.1	58.8
1966	61.7	59.4
1967	62	60.1
1968	62.4	60.8
1969	62.9	61.4
1970	63.3	62
1971	63.8	62.7
1972	64.2	63.3
1973	64.7	63.8
1974	65.2	64.3
1975	65.7	64.8
1976	66.2	65.3
1977	66.7	65.8
1978	67.2	66.3
1979	67.6	66.7
1980	68.1	67.2
1981	68.5	67.7
1982	68.9	68.1
1983	69.2	68.5
1984	69.6	68.9
1985	69.9	69.2
1986	70.1	69.5
1987	70.4	69.8
1988	70.6	70.1
1989	70.8	70.3
1990	71	70.5
1991	71.2	70.7
1992	71.5	71
1993	71.7	70.8
1994	71.9	70.5
1995	72	60.8
1996	72.1	60.8
1997	72.3	60.9
1998	72.4	60.9
1999	72.4	60.9
2000	72.7	60.9
2001	73.1	60.9
2002	73.5	60.9
2003	73.7	69.4
2004	74	69.3
2005	74.4	69.2
2006	74.7	69.1
2007	75	69
2008	75.2	69.3
2009	75.3	69.7
2010	75.4	70.2
2011	75.5	70.8
2012	75.6	71.3
2013	75.5	71.9
2014	75.3	72.5
2015	75.3	72.8
2016	75.4	73
2017	75.5	73
2018	75.7	73
2019	75.9	72.9
2020	76.1	72.8
2021	73.9	73.4
2022	75.4	73.6
2023	76.7	73.6
2024	76.8	73.7
2025	77	73.9

Malaysia and North Korea population clocks and comparison

Population

Malaysia

North Korea

Table

Year	Population
	Malaysia	North Korea
1960	7,956,197	11,722,953
1961	8,164,443	11,990,713
1962	8,380,172	12,262,882
1963	8,602,160	12,567,057
1964	8,828,406	12,889,770
1965	9,056,408	13,219,369
1966	9,284,688	13,569,094
1967	9,507,099	13,958,350
1968	9,725,281	14,365,596
1969	9,947,597	14,767,615
1970	10,178,802	15,172,775
1971	10,423,453	15,572,457
1972	10,676,835	15,975,069
1973	10,935,621	16,350,367
1974	11,200,906	16,673,121
1975	11,471,914	16,971,055
1976	11,750,097	17,243,450
1977	12,035,713	17,492,798
1978	12,328,157	17,735,995
1979	12,627,862	17,983,470
1980	12,983,363	18,236,786
1981	13,399,203	18,501,295
1982	13,832,798	18,776,357
1983	14,285,907	19,054,034
1984	14,759,009	19,335,043
1985	15,252,258	19,620,388
1986	15,760,419	19,910,855
1987	16,276,737	20,205,483
1988	16,796,605	20,503,161
1989	17,314,997	20,804,367
1990	17,833,171	21,112,137
1991	18,342,464	21,428,638
1992	18,834,572	21,750,911
1993	19,322,664	22,073,352
1994	19,820,446	22,393,975
1995	20,330,599	22,669,304
1996	20,850,087	22,895,746
1997	21,375,218	23,110,830
1998	21,906,713	23,311,564
1999	22,435,531	23,497,599
2000	22,967,816	23,665,910
2001	23,526,538	23,815,358
2002	24,102,477	23,943,973
2003	24,679,602	24,090,380
2004	25,256,772	24,254,943
2005	25,836,071	24,396,433
2006	26,417,909	24,524,507
2007	26,998,389	24,646,383
2008	27,570,059	24,764,618
2009	28,124,778	24,878,332
2010	28,655,776	24,987,258
2011	29,162,039	25,097,874
2012	29,662,831	25,211,728
2013	30,174,265	25,329,451
2014	30,696,137	25,451,262
2015	31,232,798	25,575,350
2016	31,789,685	25,698,326
2017	32,355,644	25,817,709
2018	32,910,967	25,931,147
2019	33,440,596	26,037,632
2020	33,889,558	26,136,312
2021	34,282,399	26,232,534
2022	34,695,493	26,328,845
2023	35,126,298	26,418,204
2024	35,557,673	26,498,823

Fertility rates in Malaysia and North Korea

Fertility rate

Malaysia

North Korea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Malaysia	North Korea
1960	6.41	3.57
1961	6.37	3.26
1962	6.3	3.41
1963	6.19	3.63
1964	6.03	3.55
1965	5.84	3.56
1966	5.64	3.71
1967	5.43	4.05
1968	5.29	3.87
1969	5.16	3.86
1970	5.04	3.85
1971	4.92	3.74
1972	4.82	3.89
1973	4.73	3.35
1974	4.62	3.14
1975	4.5	3.05
1976	4.4	2.84
1977	4.28	2.77
1978	4.18	2.79
1979	4.09	2.85
1980	4.04	2.84
1981	4	2.92
1982	3.97	2.85
1983	3.93	2.78
1984	3.89	2.71
1985	3.8	2.65
1986	3.7	2.59
1987	3.57	2.53
1988	3.5	2.47
1989	3.31	2.41
1990	3.3	2.39
1991	3.34	2.35
1992	3.37	2.29
1993	3.36	2.22
1994	3.35	2.18
1995	3.32	2.15
1996	3.3	2.09
1997	3.23	2.03
1998	3.12	1.99
1999	3.07	1.97
2000	2.94	1.94
2001	2.81	1.94
2002	2.66	1.92
2003	2.6	1.91
2004	2.49	1.9
2005	2.39	1.87
2006	2.31	1.94
2007	2.25	1.94
2008	2.26	1.97
2009	2.22	1.91
2010	2.14	1.89
2011	2.15	1.88
2012	2.12	1.88
2013	2.07	1.88
2014	2.06	1.87
2015	2.01	1.86
2016	1.94	1.86
2017	1.89	1.85
2018	1.84	1.83
2019	1.78	1.83
2020	1.68	1.82
2021	1.56	1.81
2022	1.55	1.8
2023	1.55	1.78

Malaysia and North Korea demographics compared

Median age

Malaysia

North Korea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Malaysia	North Korea
1960	17.5	19.9
1961	17.3	20.2
1962	17.1	20.6
1963	17	20.8
1964	16.9	21
1965	16.8	21.2
1966	16.9	21.3
1967	17	21.4
1968	17.1	21.4
1969	17.3	21.4
1970	17.4	21.4
1971	17.6	21.2
1972	17.9	20.9
1973	18.1	20.7
1974	18.3	20.7
1975	18.6	20.9
1976	18.8	21.1
1977	19	21.4
1978	19.3	21.8
1979	19.5	22.2
1980	19.7	22.5
1981	19.9	22.8
1982	20.1	23.1
1983	20.4	23.5
1984	20.5	23.9
1985	20.7	24.2
1986	20.9	24.5
1987	21	24.8
1988	21.1	25.1
1989	21.3	25.6
1990	21.5	26
1991	21.7	26.4
1992	21.9	26.8
1993	22.1	27.2
1994	22.3	27.6
1995	22.5	28
1996	22.7	28.3
1997	22.9	28.8
1998	23.1	29.2
1999	23.4	29.6
2000	23.5	30.1
2001	23.6	30.5
2002	23.7	31
2003	23.9	31.4
2004	24	31.8
2005	24.2	32.1
2006	24.5	32.5
2007	24.8	32.9
2008	25.1	33.3
2009	25.6	33.7
2010	26	34
2011	26.4	34.3
2012	26.8	34.5
2013	27.1	34.7
2014	27.5	35
2015	27.8	35.2
2016	28.1	35.4
2017	28.5	35.7
2018	28.8	35.9
2019	29.2	36.2
2020	29.6	36.4
2021	30.1	36.6
2022	30.6	36.8
2023	31.1	37.1
2024	31.5	37.3

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