Malaysia vs Sierra Leone statistics compared

Malaysia has a population of 35.6M (ranked 44/197), compared with 8.64M in Sierra Leone (ranked 102/197). Malaysia's land area is 126,854 sq mi versus 27,869 sq mi for Sierra Leone (ranked 65th vs. 116th).

By GDP, Malaysia ranks 39/197 ($422B) and Sierra Leone ranks 157/197 ($7.55B). By GDP per capita, Malaysia ranks 81/197 ($11,867), while Sierra Leone ranks 183/197 ($873).

Malaysia and Sierra Leone: Comparison Charts

Malaysia and Sierra Leone economies compared

GDP

Malaysia

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	GDP
	Malaysia	Sierra Leone
1960	$1,916,229,477	$322,151,961
1961	$1,901,856,123	$327,978,758
1962	$2,001,489,602	$342,872,549
1963	$2,510,110,348	$348,700,980
1964	$2,674,423,922	$372,011,438
1965	$2,956,337,669	$359,523,810
1966	$3,143,517,944	$375,630,252
1967	$3,188,924,677	$348,895,028
1968	$3,330,371,551	$329,991,597
1969	$3,664,552,041	$408,853,541
1970	$3,864,145,667	$434,584,634
1971	$4,244,395,956	$419,495,788
1972	$5,043,347,250	$465,254,682
1973	$7,662,902,678	$575,471,814
1974	$9,496,204,302	$648,940,351
1975	$9,298,800,799	$679,352,876
1976	$11,050,234,599	$594,810,422
1977	$13,139,488,633	$692,079,407
1978	$16,358,079,862	$960,765,043
1979	$21,213,264,962	$1,109,343,425
1980	$24,488,224,677	$1,100,476,190
1981	$25,004,285,792	$1,114,926,661
1982	$26,804,493,635	$1,294,995,964
1983	$30,347,442,111	$995,278,515
1984	$33,942,897,422	$1,087,450,199
1985	$31,199,633,353	$856,890,459
1986	$27,734,111,400	$490,181,457
1987	$32,181,210,158	$660,106,336
1988	$35,272,109,220	$1,055,083,933
1989	$38,847,965,293	$932,974,420
1990	$44,024,585,240	$649,644,098
1991	$49,143,148,094	$779,981,987
1992	$59,167,550,163	$679,940,814
1993	$66,894,966,969	$768,867,883
1994	$74,478,356,958	$911,853,802
1995	$88,705,342,903	$870,740,292
1996	$100,855,393,910	$941,709,423
1997	$100,005,323,302	$850,232,760
1998	$72,167,498,981	$672,368,187
1999	$79,148,421,053	$669,386,624
2000	$93,789,736,842	$635,866,404
2001	$92,783,947,368	$1,681,473,894
2002	$100,845,526,316	$1,933,863,911
2003	$110,202,368,421	$2,142,618,046
2004	$124,749,473,684	$2,237,350,687
2005	$143,534,405,819	$2,545,275,313
2006	$162,692,258,307	$3,263,697,467
2007	$193,549,569,478	$3,632,957,611
2008	$230,811,614,370	$4,157,895,298
2009	$202,257,453,037	$3,953,403,098
2010	$255,017,638,456	$4,262,805,967
2011	$297,951,668,675	$4,861,632,885
2012	$314,443,047,642	$6,141,666,509
2013	$323,276,235,524	$7,502,762,863
2014	$338,066,095,097	$7,686,138,791
2015	$301,355,266,965	$6,788,352,975
2016	$301,256,033,870	$6,084,297,211
2017	$319,109,094,160	$5,749,846,528
2018	$358,788,845,713	$6,390,514,689
2019	$365,177,721,022	$6,526,183,564
2020	$337,456,163,961	$6,693,888,876
2021	$373,784,823,673	$7,173,379,137
2022	$407,605,841,348	$7,124,465,160
2023	$399,705,137,434	$6,411,787,856
2024	$421,972,102,254	$7,547,843,281

Malaysia and Sierra Leone economies compared

GDP per capita

Malaysia

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Malaysia	Sierra Leone
1960	$240.8	$142
1961	$232.9	$142.3
1962	$238.8	$146.4
1963	$291.8	$146.4
1964	$303	$153.4
1965	$326	$145.6
1966	$339	$149.4
1967	$335	$136.2
1968	$342	$126.4
1969	$368	$153.6
1970	$380	$160.2
1971	$407	$151.8
1972	$472	$165.3
1973	$701	$200.7
1974	$848	$222.2
1975	$811	$228.4
1976	$940	$196.4
1977	$1,092	$224.3
1978	$1,327	$305
1979	$1,680	$346
1980	$1,886	$336
1981	$1,866	$334
1982	$1,938	$380
1983	$2,124	$285.9
1984	$2,300	$306
1985	$2,046	$235.5
1986	$1,760	$131.5
1987	$1,977	$172.4
1988	$2,100	$268.2
1989	$2,244	$231.3
1990	$2,469	$154.8
1991	$2,679	$183.7
1992	$3,141	$163.2
1993	$3,462	$185
1994	$3,758	$218.5
1995	$4,363	$208.4
1996	$4,837	$224.3
1997	$4,679	$199.9
1998	$3,294	$156.5
1999	$3,528	$155
2000	$4,084	$143.7
2001	$3,944	$358
2002	$4,184	$389
2003	$4,465	$414
2004	$4,939	$418
2005	$5,556	$463
2006	$6,158	$580
2007	$7,169	$632
2008	$8,372	$705
2009	$7,191	$653
2010	$8,899	$685
2011	$10,217	$761
2012	$10,601	$938
2013	$10,714	$1,117
2014	$11,013	$1,118
2015	$9,649	$965
2016	$9,477	$844
2017	$9,863	$779
2018	$10,902	$846
2019	$10,920	$844
2020	$9,958	$846
2021	$10,903	$886
2022	$11,748	$861
2023	$11,379	$758
2024	$11,867	$873

Malaysia vs. Sierra Leone life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Malaysia

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Malaysia	Sierra Leone
1950	48.5	28.9
1951	49.2	29.3
1952	50.1	29.7
1953	51.1	30.1
1954	52	30.5
1955	52.8	30.9
1956	53.7	31.3
1957	54.5	31.8
1958	55.4	32.1
1959	56.3	32.6
1960	57.2	33.1
1961	58	33.6
1962	58.9	34.2
1963	59.7	34.7
1964	60.4	35.3
1965	61.1	35.9
1966	61.7	36.6
1967	62	37.3
1968	62.4	37.8
1969	62.9	38.2
1970	63.3	38.6
1971	63.8	39.1
1972	64.2	39.5
1973	64.7	40
1974	65.2	40.4
1975	65.7	41
1976	66.2	41.4
1977	66.7	41.8
1978	67.2	42.2
1979	67.6	42.5
1980	68.1	42.8
1981	68.5	43.1
1982	68.9	43.3
1983	69.2	43.5
1984	69.6	43.6
1985	69.9	43.6
1986	70.1	43.5
1987	70.4	43.7
1988	70.6	43.8
1989	70.8	43.7
1990	71	43.7
1991	71.2	43.3
1992	71.5	43.5
1993	71.7	43.4
1994	71.9	42.8
1995	72	42.6
1996	72.1	43.5
1997	72.3	43.6
1998	72.4	42.7
1999	72.4	42
2000	72.7	44.8
2001	73.1	45.4
2002	73.5	46.2
2003	73.7	46.8
2004	74	47.5
2005	74.4	48.3
2006	74.7	49.5
2007	75	50
2008	75.2	50.7
2009	75.3	51.3
2010	75.4	51.9
2011	75.5	52.6
2012	75.6	53.2
2013	75.5	54.1
2014	75.3	54.3
2015	75.3	55.5
2016	75.4	56.9
2017	75.5	57.8
2018	75.7	59.1
2019	75.9	59.6
2020	76.1	59.7
2021	73.9	60.3
2022	75.4	61.3
2023	76.7	61.8
2024	76.8	62
2025	77	62.2

Malaysia and Sierra Leone population clocks and comparison

Population

Malaysia

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	Population
	Malaysia	Sierra Leone
1960	7,956,197	2,268,356
1961	8,164,443	2,304,227
1962	8,380,172	2,342,242
1963	8,602,160	2,382,258
1964	8,828,406	2,424,390
1965	9,056,408	2,468,666
1966	9,284,688	2,514,638
1967	9,507,099	2,562,384
1968	9,725,281	2,611,532
1969	9,947,597	2,661,365
1970	10,178,802	2,712,286
1971	10,423,453	2,763,222
1972	10,676,835	2,814,388
1973	10,935,621	2,866,955
1974	11,200,906	2,920,459
1975	11,471,914	2,974,657
1976	11,750,097	3,028,820
1977	12,035,713	3,085,354
1978	12,328,157	3,145,517
1979	12,627,862	3,207,499
1980	12,983,363	3,272,089
1981	13,399,203	3,338,940
1982	13,832,798	3,408,183
1983	14,285,907	3,481,646
1984	14,759,009	3,558,758
1985	15,252,258	3,638,438
1986	15,760,419	3,728,380
1987	16,276,737	3,829,718
1988	16,796,605	3,934,517
1989	17,314,997	4,034,037
1990	17,833,171	4,196,828
1991	18,342,464	4,246,267
1992	18,834,572	4,166,366
1993	19,322,664	4,157,130
1994	19,820,446	4,173,105
1995	20,330,599	4,179,179
1996	20,850,087	4,199,210
1997	21,375,218	4,253,716
1998	21,906,713	4,295,785
1999	22,435,531	4,318,043
2000	22,967,816	4,423,611
2001	23,526,538	4,692,716
2002	24,102,477	4,971,435
2003	24,679,602	5,177,687
2004	25,256,772	5,355,717
2005	25,836,071	5,501,712
2006	26,417,909	5,624,466
2007	26,998,389	5,749,352
2008	27,570,059	5,894,722
2009	28,124,778	6,055,646
2010	28,655,776	6,222,714
2011	29,162,039	6,387,251
2012	29,662,831	6,551,080
2013	30,174,265	6,714,051
2014	30,696,137	6,876,385
2015	31,232,798	7,037,655
2016	31,789,685	7,205,328
2017	32,355,644	7,379,299
2018	32,910,967	7,554,563
2019	33,440,596	7,731,991
2020	33,889,558	7,912,558
2021	34,282,399	8,094,602
2022	34,695,493	8,276,807
2023	35,126,298	8,460,512
2024	35,557,673	8,642,022

Fertility rates in Malaysia and Sierra Leone

Fertility rate

Malaysia

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Malaysia	Sierra Leone
1960	6.41	6.18
1961	6.37	6.21
1962	6.3	6.22
1963	6.19	6.26
1964	6.03	6.29
1965	5.84	6.31
1966	5.64	6.35
1967	5.43	6.38
1968	5.29	6.39
1969	5.16	6.39
1970	5.04	6.41
1971	4.92	6.43
1972	4.82	6.45
1973	4.73	6.47
1974	4.62	6.53
1975	4.5	6.55
1976	4.4	6.55
1977	4.28	6.57
1978	4.18	6.59
1979	4.09	6.58
1980	4.04	6.56
1981	4	6.55
1982	3.97	6.56
1983	3.93	6.57
1984	3.89	6.59
1985	3.8	6.59
1986	3.7	6.6
1987	3.57	6.61
1988	3.5	6.59
1989	3.31	6.57
1990	3.3	6.57
1991	3.34	6.55
1992	3.37	6.56
1993	3.36	6.57
1994	3.35	6.56
1995	3.32	6.56
1996	3.3	6.55
1997	3.23	6.53
1998	3.12	6.5
1999	3.07	6.42
2000	2.94	6.36
2001	2.81	6.31
2002	2.66	6.23
2003	2.6	6.09
2004	2.49	5.92
2005	2.39	5.81
2006	2.31	5.74
2007	2.25	5.64
2008	2.26	5.56
2009	2.22	5.45
2010	2.14	5.33
2011	2.15	5.21
2012	2.12	5.06
2013	2.07	4.87
2014	2.06	4.7
2015	2.01	4.55
2016	1.94	4.47
2017	1.89	4.39
2018	1.84	4.29
2019	1.78	4.19
2020	1.68	4.08
2021	1.56	3.98
2022	1.55	3.88
2023	1.55	3.79

Malaysia and Sierra Leone demographics compared

Median age

Malaysia

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Malaysia	Sierra Leone
1960	17.5	21.1
1961	17.3	21.1
1962	17.1	21.1
1963	17	21
1964	16.9	21
1965	16.8	20.9
1966	16.9	20.9
1967	17	20.8
1968	17.1	20.7
1969	17.3	20.6
1970	17.4	20.4
1971	17.6	20.2
1972	17.9	20.1
1973	18.1	19.9
1974	18.3	19.8
1975	18.6	19.6
1976	18.8	19.5
1977	19	19.4
1978	19.3	19.3
1979	19.5	19.2
1980	19.7	19.1
1981	19.9	19.1
1982	20.1	19
1983	20.4	18.9
1984	20.5	18.9
1985	20.7	18.8
1986	20.9	18.7
1987	21	18.7
1988	21.1	18.6
1989	21.3	18.6
1990	21.5	18.5
1991	21.7	18.5
1992	21.9	18.4
1993	22.1	18.4
1994	22.3	18.3
1995	22.5	18.2
1996	22.7	18.2
1997	22.9	18.1
1998	23.1	18.1
1999	23.4	18
2000	23.5	18
2001	23.6	18
2002	23.7	17.9
2003	23.9	17.9
2004	24	17.9
2005	24.2	18
2006	24.5	18
2007	24.8	18
2008	25.1	18.1
2009	25.6	18.1
2010	26	18.2
2011	26.4	18.3
2012	26.8	18.4
2013	27.1	18.5
2014	27.5	18.6
2015	27.8	18.7
2016	28.1	18.9
2017	28.5	19.1
2018	28.8	19.2
2019	29.2	19.4
2020	29.6	19.6
2021	30.1	19.8
2022	30.6	20
2023	31.1	20.3
2024	31.5	20.5

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