Malaysia vs Qatar statistics compared

Malaysia has a population of 35.6M (ranked 44/197), compared with 2.86M in Qatar (ranked 138/197). Malaysia's land area is 126,854 sq mi versus 4,436 sq mi for Qatar (ranked 65th vs. 158th).

By GDP, Malaysia ranks 39/197 ($422B) and Qatar ranks 56/197 ($218B). By GDP per capita, Malaysia ranks 81/197 ($11,867), while Qatar ranks 11/197 ($76,276).

Malaysia and Qatar: Comparison Charts

Malaysia and Qatar economies compared

GDP

Malaysia

Qatar

Table

Year	GDP
	Malaysia	Qatar
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	$301,791,302
1971	$4,244,395,956	$387,703,106
1972	$5,043,347,250	$510,262,500
1973	$7,662,902,678	$793,885,560
1974	$9,496,204,302	$2,401,403,227
1975	$9,298,800,799	$2,512,773,166
1976	$11,050,234,599	$3,284,273,987
1977	$13,139,488,633	$3,617,564,638
1978	$16,358,079,862	$4,052,000,413
1979	$21,213,264,962	$5,632,962,997
1980	$24,488,224,677	$7,829,165,262
1981	$25,004,285,792	$8,661,263,764
1982	$26,804,493,635	$7,596,703,214
1983	$30,347,442,111	$6,467,582,308
1984	$33,942,897,422	$6,704,395,824
1985	$31,199,633,353	$6,153,296,456
1986	$27,734,111,400	$5,053,021,951
1987	$32,181,210,158	$5,446,428,681
1988	$35,272,109,220	$6,038,187,033
1989	$38,847,965,293	$6,487,912,088
1990	$44,024,585,240	$7,360,439,423
1991	$49,143,148,094	$6,883,516,484
1992	$59,167,550,163	$7,646,153,984
1993	$66,894,966,969	$7,156,593,654
1994	$74,478,356,958	$7,374,450,769
1995	$88,705,342,903	$8,137,911,978
1996	$100,855,393,910	$9,059,340,385
1997	$100,005,323,302	$11,297,802,115
1998	$72,167,498,981	$10,255,495,027
1999	$79,148,421,053	$12,393,131,868
2000	$93,789,736,842	$17,759,890,110
2001	$92,783,947,368	$17,538,461,538
2002	$100,845,526,316	$19,363,736,264
2003	$110,202,368,421	$23,533,791,209
2004	$124,749,473,684	$31,734,065,934
2005	$143,534,405,819	$44,530,494,505
2006	$162,692,258,307	$60,882,142,857
2007	$193,549,569,478	$79,712,087,912
2008	$230,811,614,370	$115,270,054,945
2009	$202,257,453,037	$97,798,351,648
2010	$255,017,638,456	$125,122,306,346
2011	$297,951,668,675	$167,775,268,626
2012	$314,443,047,642	$186,833,502,363
2013	$323,276,235,524	$198,727,642,967
2014	$338,066,095,097	$206,224,598,571
2015	$301,355,266,965	$161,739,955,577
2016	$301,256,033,870	$151,732,181,868
2017	$319,109,094,160	$161,099,122,225
2018	$358,788,845,713	$183,334,953,819
2019	$365,177,721,022	$176,371,267,692
2020	$337,456,163,961	$144,411,363,352
2021	$373,784,823,673	$179,732,009,560
2022	$407,605,841,348	$235,709,325,714
2023	$399,705,137,434	$213,002,809,341
2024	$421,972,102,254	$217,982,967,033

Malaysia and Qatar economies compared

GDP per capita

Malaysia

Qatar

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Malaysia	Qatar
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	$2,594
1971	$407	$2,952
1972	$472	$3,483
1973	$701	$4,905
1974	$848	$13,540
1975	$811	$13,014
1976	$940	$15,710
1977	$1,092	$16,058
1978	$1,327	$16,757
1979	$1,680	$21,777
1980	$1,886	$28,375
1981	$1,866	$29,505
1982	$1,938	$24,385
1983	$2,124	$19,616
1984	$2,300	$19,272
1985	$2,046	$16,815
1986	$1,760	$13,213
1987	$1,977	$13,719
1988	$2,100	$14,682
1989	$2,244	$15,243
1990	$2,469	$16,722
1991	$2,679	$15,133
1992	$3,141	$16,280
1993	$3,462	$14,770
1994	$3,758	$14,765
1995	$4,363	$15,823
1996	$4,837	$17,125
1997	$4,679	$20,523
1998	$3,294	$17,665
1999	$3,528	$20,234
2000	$4,084	$27,535
2001	$3,944	$25,871
2002	$4,184	$27,227
2003	$4,465	$31,602
2004	$4,939	$41,036
2005	$5,556	$53,950
2006	$6,158	$62,582
2007	$7,169	$65,954
2008	$8,372	$80,781
2009	$7,191	$60,786
2010	$8,899	$77,387
2011	$10,217	$103,262
2012	$10,601	$108,470
2013	$10,714	$103,697
2014	$11,013	$95,841
2015	$9,649	$68,985
2016	$9,477	$61,254
2017	$9,863	$63,280
2018	$10,902	$71,040
2019	$10,920	$66,841
2020	$9,958	$51,684
2021	$10,903	$71,752
2022	$11,748	$88,701
2023	$11,379	$80,196
2024	$11,867	$76,276

Malaysia vs. Qatar life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Malaysia

Qatar

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Malaysia	Qatar
1950	48.5	50.8
1951	49.2	51.5
1952	50.1	52.1
1953	51.1	52.8
1954	52	53.5
1955	52.8	54.2
1956	53.7	54.9
1957	54.5	55.6
1958	55.4	56.3
1959	56.3	57
1960	57.2	57.8
1961	58	58.5
1962	58.9	59.2
1963	59.7	60
1964	60.4	60.7
1965	61.1	61.4
1966	61.7	62.2
1967	62	62.9
1968	62.4	63.6
1969	62.9	64.2
1970	63.3	64.9
1971	63.8	65.5
1972	64.2	66.1
1973	64.7	66.6
1974	65.2	67.2
1975	65.7	67.7
1976	66.2	68.2
1977	66.7	68.6
1978	67.2	69.1
1979	67.6	69.5
1980	68.1	69.9
1981	68.5	70.3
1982	68.9	70.7
1983	69.2	71.1
1984	69.6	71.5
1985	69.9	71.8
1986	70.1	72.2
1987	70.4	72.5
1988	70.6	72.8
1989	70.8	73.1
1990	71	73.4
1991	71.2	73.7
1992	71.5	73.9
1993	71.7	74.1
1994	71.9	74.2
1995	72	74.4
1996	72.1	74.6
1997	72.3	74.7
1998	72.4	74.9
1999	72.4	75
2000	72.7	75.3
2001	73.1	75.5
2002	73.5	75.8
2003	73.7	76.1
2004	74	76.5
2005	74.4	76.9
2006	74.7	77.3
2007	75	77.7
2008	75.2	78.3
2009	75.3	78.8
2010	75.4	79.4
2011	75.5	80
2012	75.6	80.5
2013	75.5	81
2014	75.3	81.4
2015	75.3	81.8
2016	75.4	82.1
2017	75.5	82.5
2018	75.7	82.7
2019	75.9	82.9
2020	76.1	80.4
2021	73.9	81.1
2022	75.4	81.9
2023	76.7	82.4
2024	76.8	82.5
2025	77	82.7

Malaysia and Qatar population clocks and comparison

Population

Malaysia

Qatar

Table

Year	Population
	Malaysia	Qatar
1960	7,956,197	36,010
1961	8,164,443	39,680
1962	8,380,172	44,630
1963	8,602,160	50,380
1964	8,828,406	56,867
1965	9,056,408	64,065
1966	9,284,688	72,192
1967	9,507,099	81,439
1968	9,725,281	91,749
1969	9,947,597	103,025
1970	10,178,802	116,350
1971	10,423,453	131,346
1972	10,676,835	146,506
1973	10,935,621	161,841
1974	11,200,906	177,362
1975	11,471,914	193,087
1976	11,750,097	209,052
1977	12,035,713	225,285
1978	12,328,157	241,808
1979	12,627,862	258,670
1980	12,983,363	275,913
1981	13,399,203	293,553
1982	13,832,798	311,537
1983	14,285,907	329,709
1984	14,759,009	347,878
1985	15,252,258	365,940
1986	15,760,419	382,422
1987	16,276,737	397,005
1988	16,796,605	411,264
1989	17,314,997	425,646
1990	17,833,171	440,175
1991	18,342,464	454,853
1992	18,834,572	469,657
1993	19,322,664	484,545
1994	19,820,446	499,459
1995	20,330,599	514,325
1996	20,850,087	529,019
1997	21,375,218	550,500
1998	21,906,713	580,540
1999	22,435,531	612,500
2000	22,967,816	644,989
2001	23,526,538	677,925
2002	24,102,477	711,205
2003	24,679,602	744,682
2004	25,256,772	773,332
2005	25,836,071	825,408
2006	26,417,909	972,831
2007	26,998,389	1,208,595
2008	27,570,059	1,426,938
2009	28,124,778	1,608,903
2010	28,655,776	1,616,832
2011	29,162,039	1,624,761
2012	29,662,831	1,722,438
2013	30,174,265	1,916,426
2014	30,696,137	2,151,745
2015	31,232,798	2,344,557
2016	31,789,685	2,477,113
2017	32,355,644	2,545,820
2018	32,910,967	2,580,734
2019	33,440,596	2,638,657
2020	33,889,558	2,794,148
2021	34,282,399	2,504,910
2022	34,695,493	2,657,333
2023	35,126,298	2,656,032
2024	35,557,673	2,857,822

Fertility rates in Malaysia and Qatar

Fertility rate

Malaysia

Qatar

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Malaysia	Qatar
1960	6.41	6.53
1961	6.37	6.53
1962	6.3	6.53
1963	6.19	6.53
1964	6.03	6.53
1965	5.84	6.53
1966	5.64	6.52
1967	5.43	6.46
1968	5.29	6.39
1969	5.16	6.31
1970	5.04	6.23
1971	4.92	6.15
1972	4.82	6.07
1973	4.73	6.01
1974	4.62	5.94
1975	4.5	5.86
1976	4.4	5.78
1977	4.28	5.69
1978	4.18	5.58
1979	4.09	5.46
1980	4.04	5.33
1981	4	5.2
1982	3.97	5.04
1983	3.93	4.9
1984	3.89	4.76
1985	3.8	4.64
1986	3.7	4.57
1987	3.57	4.54
1988	3.5	4.51
1989	3.31	4.41
1990	3.3	4.23
1991	3.34	3.99
1992	3.37	3.85
1993	3.36	3.77
1994	3.35	3.67
1995	3.32	3.56
1996	3.3	3.44
1997	3.23	3.33
1998	3.12	3.21
1999	3.07	3.12
2000	2.94	3.07
2001	2.81	3.08
2002	2.66	3.01
2003	2.6	2.93
2004	2.49	2.79
2005	2.39	2.64
2006	2.31	2.51
2007	2.25	2.44
2008	2.26	2.37
2009	2.22	2.25
2010	2.14	2.14
2011	2.15	2.07
2012	2.12	2.04
2013	2.07	2.03
2014	2.06	2.03
2015	2.01	1.98
2016	1.94	1.86
2017	1.89	1.83
2018	1.84	1.76
2019	1.78	1.73
2020	1.68	1.68
2021	1.56	1.61
2022	1.55	1.74
2023	1.55	1.73

Malaysia and Qatar demographics compared

Median age

Malaysia

Qatar

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Malaysia	Qatar
1960	17.5	18
1961	17.3	19
1962	17.1	20.1
1963	17	21.1
1964	16.9	21.8
1965	16.8	22.5
1966	16.9	23
1967	17	23.5
1968	17.1	24
1969	17.3	24.4
1970	17.4	23.7
1971	17.6	22.2
1972	17.9	21.3
1973	18.1	20.9
1974	18.3	20.8
1975	18.6	21
1976	18.8	21.3
1977	19	21.8
1978	19.3	22.3
1979	19.5	22.9
1980	19.7	23.5
1981	19.9	24.1
1982	20.1	24.8
1983	20.4	25.6
1984	20.5	26.3
1985	20.7	27
1986	20.9	27.4
1987	21	27.5
1988	21.1	27.5
1989	21.3	27.6
1990	21.5	27.7
1991	21.7	27.9
1992	21.9	28.1
1993	22.1	28.4
1994	22.3	28.7
1995	22.5	29.1
1996	22.7	29.6
1997	22.9	29.9
1998	23.1	29.8
1999	23.4	29.8
2000	23.5	29.9
2001	23.6	30.1
2002	23.7	30.5
2003	23.9	30.9
2004	24	31
2005	24.2	30.9
2006	24.5	30.6
2007	24.8	30.1
2008	25.1	30.1
2009	25.6	30.8
2010	26	31.3
2011	26.4	31.2
2012	26.8	31
2013	27.1	30.9
2014	27.5	31.1
2015	27.8	31.2
2016	28.1	31.4
2017	28.5	31.6
2018	28.8	31.9
2019	29.2	32.3
2020	29.6	32.6
2021	30.1	32.9
2022	30.6	33.4
2023	31.1	34.1
2024	31.5	34.5

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