Malaysia vs Samoa statistics compared

Malaysia has a population of 35.6M (ranked 44/197), compared with 218K in Samoa (ranked 177/197). Malaysia's land area is 126,854 sq mi versus 1,073 sq mi for Samoa (ranked 65th vs. 168th).

By GDP, Malaysia ranks 39/197 ($422B) and Samoa ranks 187/197 ($1.07B). By GDP per capita, Malaysia ranks 81/197 ($11,867), while Samoa ranks 120/197 ($4,899).

Malaysia and Samoa: Comparison Charts

Malaysia and Samoa economies compared

GDP

Malaysia

Samoa

Table

Year	GDP
	Malaysia	Samoa
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	$45,208,338
1971	$4,244,395,956	$53,719,569
1972	$5,043,347,250	$62,566,116
1973	$7,662,902,678	$82,452,985
1974	$9,496,204,302	$93,549,611
1975	$9,298,800,799	$93,489,283
1976	$11,050,234,599	$85,003,078
1977	$13,139,488,633	$98,295,671
1978	$16,358,079,862	$108,223,444
1979	$21,213,264,962	$122,257,393
1980	$24,488,224,677	$125,747,038
1981	$25,004,285,792	$118,190,655
1982	$26,804,493,635	$121,221,652
1983	$30,347,442,111	$111,862,824
1984	$33,942,897,422	$109,200,934
1985	$31,199,633,353	$95,572,173
1986	$27,734,111,400	$100,947,849
1987	$32,181,210,158	$111,713,922
1988	$35,272,109,220	$133,016,065
1989	$38,847,965,293	$122,888,610
1990	$44,024,585,240	$125,766,270
1991	$49,143,148,094	$125,597,205
1992	$59,167,550,163	$132,303,041
1993	$66,894,966,969	$133,122,897
1994	$74,478,356,958	$221,098,107
1995	$88,705,342,903	$224,865,731
1996	$100,855,393,910	$249,907,869
1997	$100,005,323,302	$285,475,592
1998	$72,167,498,981	$269,485,244
1999	$79,148,421,053	$255,408,060
2000	$93,789,736,842	$258,856,140
2001	$92,783,947,368	$266,299,591
2002	$100,845,526,316	$281,790,134
2003	$110,202,368,421	$333,426,188
2004	$124,749,473,684	$407,747,565
2005	$143,534,405,819	$476,801,793
2006	$162,692,258,307	$499,923,758
2007	$193,549,569,478	$573,548,460
2008	$230,811,614,370	$641,346,192
2009	$202,257,453,037	$628,006,115
2010	$255,017,638,456	$680,260,907
2011	$297,951,668,675	$744,097,050
2012	$314,443,047,642	$773,141,661
2013	$323,276,235,524	$797,736,334
2014	$338,066,095,097	$796,683,520
2015	$301,355,266,965	$824,150,499
2016	$301,256,033,870	$843,924,797
2017	$319,109,094,160	$884,844,384
2018	$358,788,845,713	$878,448,433
2019	$365,177,721,022	$912,950,466
2020	$337,456,163,961	$868,898,358
2021	$373,784,823,673	$843,923,639
2022	$407,605,841,348	$832,945,206
2023	$399,705,137,434	$938,189,444
2024	$421,972,102,254	$1,068,025,244

Malaysia and Samoa economies compared

GDP per capita

Malaysia

Samoa

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Malaysia	Samoa
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	$322
1971	$407	$377
1972	$472	$433
1973	$701	$563
1974	$848	$626
1975	$811	$610
1976	$940	$541
1977	$1,092	$615
1978	$1,327	$671
1979	$1,680	$751
1980	$1,886	$765
1981	$1,866	$713
1982	$1,938	$728
1983	$2,124	$671
1984	$2,300	$655
1985	$2,046	$573
1986	$1,760	$604
1987	$1,977	$666
1988	$2,100	$790
1989	$2,244	$728
1990	$2,469	$744
1991	$2,679	$742
1992	$3,141	$777
1993	$3,462	$775
1994	$3,758	$1,277
1995	$4,363	$1,288
1996	$4,837	$1,419
1997	$4,679	$1,608
1998	$3,294	$1,506
1999	$3,528	$1,417
2000	$4,084	$1,425
2001	$3,944	$1,454
2002	$4,184	$1,528
2003	$4,465	$1,798
2004	$4,939	$2,189
2005	$5,556	$2,550
2006	$6,158	$2,663
2007	$7,169	$3,039
2008	$8,372	$3,374
2009	$7,191	$3,279
2010	$8,899	$3,524
2011	$10,217	$3,822
2012	$10,601	$3,935
2013	$10,714	$4,024
2014	$11,013	$3,983
2015	$9,649	$4,084
2016	$9,477	$4,147
2017	$9,863	$4,308
2018	$10,902	$4,232
2019	$10,920	$4,352
2020	$9,958	$4,100
2021	$10,903	$3,948
2022	$11,748	$3,869
2023	$11,379	$4,330
2024	$11,867	$4,899

Malaysia vs. Samoa life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Malaysia

Samoa

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Malaysia	Samoa
1950	48.5	49.2
1951	49.2	49.8
1952	50.1	50.4
1953	51.1	51
1954	52	51.6
1955	52.8	52.2
1956	53.7	52.8
1957	54.5	53.4
1958	55.4	54
1959	56.3	54.6
1960	57.2	55.2
1961	58	55.7
1962	58.9	56.3
1963	59.7	56.9
1964	60.4	54
1965	61.1	57.9
1966	61.7	58.2
1967	62	58.9
1968	62.4	59.4
1969	62.9	59.9
1970	63.3	60.4
1971	63.8	60.9
1972	64.2	61.4
1973	64.7	61.9
1974	65.2	62.3
1975	65.7	62.8
1976	66.2	63.3
1977	66.7	63.7
1978	67.2	64.1
1979	67.6	64.5
1980	68.1	65
1981	68.5	65.3
1982	68.9	65.6
1983	69.2	66
1984	69.6	66.3
1985	69.9	66.6
1986	70.1	66.8
1987	70.4	67
1988	70.6	67.3
1989	70.8	67.6
1990	71	67.8
1991	71.2	68
1992	71.5	68.5
1993	71.7	68.8
1994	71.9	69.2
1995	72	69.5
1996	72.1	69.8
1997	72.3	70
1998	72.4	70.3
1999	72.4	70.6
2000	72.7	70.8
2001	73.1	71
2002	73.5	71.2
2003	73.7	71.4
2004	74	71.5
2005	74.4	71.5
2006	74.7	71.6
2007	75	71.6
2008	75.2	71.5
2009	75.3	69.5
2010	75.4	71.5
2011	75.5	71.4
2012	75.6	71.2
2013	75.5	71.2
2014	75.3	71.1
2015	75.3	71.1
2016	75.4	71
2017	75.5	71
2018	75.7	71.1
2019	75.9	70.3
2020	76.1	70.7
2021	73.9	71.1
2022	75.4	71.6
2023	76.7	71.7
2024	76.8	71.8
2025	77	71.9

Malaysia and Samoa population clocks and comparison

Population

Malaysia

Samoa

Table

Year	Population
	Malaysia	Samoa
1960	7,956,197	112,490
1961	8,164,443	115,496
1962	8,380,172	118,597
1963	8,602,160	121,764
1964	8,828,406	124,894
1965	9,056,408	127,978
1966	9,284,688	131,073
1967	9,507,099	133,764
1968	9,725,281	136,020
1969	9,947,597	138,233
1970	10,178,802	140,400
1971	10,423,453	142,503
1972	10,676,835	144,538
1973	10,935,621	146,516
1974	11,200,906	149,431
1975	11,471,914	153,344
1976	11,750,097	157,113
1977	12,035,713	159,753
1978	12,328,157	161,375
1979	12,627,862	162,882
1980	12,983,363	164,322
1981	13,399,203	165,678
1982	13,832,798	166,484
1983	14,285,907	166,714
1984	14,759,009	166,796
1985	15,252,258	166,849
1986	15,760,419	167,061
1987	16,276,737	167,661
1988	16,796,605	168,346
1989	17,314,997	168,768
1990	17,833,171	169,042
1991	18,342,464	169,368
1992	18,834,572	170,331
1993	19,322,664	171,774
1994	19,820,446	173,159
1995	20,330,599	174,571
1996	20,850,087	176,071
1997	21,375,218	177,547
1998	21,906,713	178,905
1999	22,435,531	180,275
2000	22,967,816	181,685
2001	23,526,538	183,166
2002	24,102,477	184,471
2003	24,679,602	185,430
2004	25,256,772	186,249
2005	25,836,071	186,978
2006	26,417,909	187,709
2007	26,998,389	188,753
2008	27,570,059	190,107
2009	28,124,778	191,513
2010	28,655,776	193,023
2011	29,162,039	194,713
2012	29,662,831	196,498
2013	30,174,265	198,268
2014	30,696,137	200,037
2015	31,232,798	201,782
2016	31,789,685	203,499
2017	32,355,644	205,415
2018	32,910,967	207,582
2019	33,440,596	209,780
2020	33,889,558	211,944
2021	34,282,399	213,779
2022	34,695,493	215,261
2023	35,126,298	216,663
2024	35,557,673	218,019

Fertility rates in Malaysia and Samoa

Fertility rate

Malaysia

Samoa

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Malaysia	Samoa
1960	6.41	7.78
1961	6.37	7.77
1962	6.3	7.76
1963	6.19	7.73
1964	6.03	7.7
1965	5.84	7.65
1966	5.64	7.6
1967	5.43	7.55
1968	5.29	7.5
1969	5.16	7.43
1970	5.04	7.34
1971	4.92	7.22
1972	4.82	7.07
1973	4.73	6.91
1974	4.62	6.75
1975	4.5	6.61
1976	4.4	6.47
1977	4.28	6.31
1978	4.18	6.15
1979	4.09	5.99
1980	4.04	5.86
1981	4	5.75
1982	3.97	5.68
1983	3.93	5.62
1984	3.89	5.55
1985	3.8	5.49
1986	3.7	5.42
1987	3.57	5.32
1988	3.5	5.21
1989	3.31	5.11
1990	3.3	5.01
1991	3.34	4.91
1992	3.37	4.87
1993	3.36	4.83
1994	3.35	4.79
1995	3.32	4.77
1996	3.3	4.74
1997	3.23	4.7
1998	3.12	4.64
1999	3.07	4.57
2000	2.94	4.52
2001	2.81	4.48
2002	2.66	4.44
2003	2.6	4.39
2004	2.49	4.34
2005	2.39	4.32
2006	2.31	4.32
2007	2.25	4.36
2008	2.26	4.42
2009	2.22	4.47
2010	2.14	4.52
2011	2.15	4.56
2012	2.12	4.55
2013	2.07	4.49
2014	2.06	4.42
2015	2.01	4.34
2016	1.94	4.26
2017	1.89	4.2
2018	1.84	4.14
2019	1.78	4.06
2020	1.68	4
2021	1.56	3.94
2022	1.55	3.88
2023	1.55	3.83

Malaysia and Samoa demographics compared

Median age

Malaysia

Samoa

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Malaysia	Samoa
1960	17.5	15
1961	17.3	14.9
1962	17.1	14.8
1963	17	14.6
1964	16.9	14.6
1965	16.8	14.5
1966	16.9	14.5
1967	17	14.5
1968	17.1	14.5
1969	17.3	14.5
1970	17.4	14.6
1971	17.6	14.7
1972	17.9	14.8
1973	18.1	14.9
1974	18.3	15
1975	18.6	15.3
1976	18.8	15.5
1977	19	15.8
1978	19.3	16
1979	19.5	16.2
1980	19.7	16.4
1981	19.9	16.6
1982	20.1	16.8
1983	20.4	17.1
1984	20.5	17.4
1985	20.7	17.6
1986	20.9	17.8
1987	21	18
1988	21.1	18.2
1989	21.3	18.3
1990	21.5	18.4
1991	21.7	18.5
1992	21.9	18.7
1993	22.1	19
1994	22.3	19.3
1995	22.5	19.6
1996	22.7	19.7
1997	22.9	19.8
1998	23.1	19.9
1999	23.4	19.9
2000	23.5	19.8
2001	23.6	19.7
2002	23.7	19.7
2003	23.9	19.9
2004	24	20.1
2005	24.2	20.3
2006	24.5	20.4
2007	24.8	20.6
2008	25.1	20.7
2009	25.6	20.8
2010	26	20.8
2011	26.4	20.8
2012	26.8	20.8
2013	27.1	21
2014	27.5	21.1
2015	27.8	21.2
2016	28.1	21.3
2017	28.5	21.4
2018	28.8	21.4
2019	29.2	21.5
2020	29.6	21.4
2021	30.1	21.4
2022	30.6	21.1
2023	31.1	21
2024	31.5	20.9

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