Malaysia vs Solomon Islands statistics compared

Malaysia has a population of 35.6M (ranked 44/197), compared with 819K in The Solomon Islands (ranked 162/197). Malaysia's land area is 126,854 sq mi versus 10,807 sq mi for The Solomon Islands (ranked 65th vs. 141st).

By GDP, Malaysia ranks 39/197 ($422B) and The Solomon Islands ranks 182/197 ($1.76B). By GDP per capita, Malaysia ranks 81/197 ($11,867), while The Solomon Islands ranks 153/197 ($2,149).

Malaysia and Solomon Islands: Comparison Charts

Malaysia and Solomon Islands economies compared

GDP

Malaysia

Solomon Islands

Table

Year	GDP
	Malaysia	Solomon Islands
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	$25,203,524
1968	$3,330,371,551	$28,084,253
1969	$3,664,552,041	$28,606,411
1970	$3,864,145,667	-
1971	$4,244,395,956	$50,056,883
1972	$5,043,347,250	$40,606,712
1973	$7,662,902,678	$55,272,109
1974	$9,496,204,302	$84,539,332
1975	$9,298,800,799	$74,620,320
1976	$11,050,234,599	$83,100,834
1977	$13,139,488,633	$93,145,283
1978	$16,358,079,862	$111,027,427
1979	$21,213,264,962	$151,276,496
1980	$24,488,224,677	$182,852,107
1981	$25,004,285,792	$193,750,541
1982	$26,804,493,635	$192,902,019
1983	$30,347,442,111	$181,220,399
1984	$33,942,897,422	$181,570,474
1985	$31,199,633,353	$165,524,943
1986	$27,734,111,400	$147,620,048
1987	$32,181,210,158	$155,128,542
1988	$35,272,109,220	$176,494,394
1989	$38,847,965,293	$172,882,411
1990	$44,024,585,240	$214,877,667
1991	$49,143,148,094	$227,540,473
1992	$59,167,550,163	$269,034,596
1993	$66,894,966,969	$300,746,361
1994	$74,478,356,958	$402,837,005
1995	$88,705,342,903	$469,443,202
1996	$100,855,393,910	$510,586,430
1997	$100,005,323,302	$526,554,006
1998	$72,167,498,981	$457,579,840
1999	$79,148,421,053	$488,024,514
2000	$93,789,736,842	$419,842,674
2001	$92,783,947,368	$409,508,553
2002	$100,845,526,316	$346,406,739
2003	$110,202,368,421	$417,668,983
2004	$124,749,473,684	$468,005,319
2005	$143,534,405,819	$552,864,570
2006	$162,692,258,307	$617,258,154
2007	$193,549,569,478	$695,295,348
2008	$230,811,614,370	$776,337,692
2009	$202,257,453,037	$805,557,563
2010	$255,017,638,456	$898,133,685
2011	$297,951,668,675	$1,063,895,361
2012	$314,443,047,642	$1,185,215,418
2013	$323,276,235,524	$1,285,911,586
2014	$338,066,095,097	$1,335,571,421
2015	$301,355,266,965	$1,307,909,888
2016	$301,256,033,870	$1,379,490,304
2017	$319,109,094,160	$1,469,789,119
2018	$358,788,845,713	$1,615,478,393
2019	$365,177,721,022	$1,619,155,017
2020	$337,456,163,961	$1,536,145,814
2021	$373,784,823,673	$1,522,794,913
2022	$407,605,841,348	$1,566,360,686
2023	$399,705,137,434	$1,660,896,531
2024	$421,972,102,254	$1,760,767,447

Malaysia and Solomon Islands economies compared

GDP per capita

Malaysia

Solomon Islands

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Malaysia	Solomon Islands
1960	$240.8	-
1961	$232.9	-
1962	$238.8	-
1963	$291.8	-
1964	$303	-
1965	$326	-
1966	$339	-
1967	$335	$153.5
1968	$342	$166.9
1969	$368	$165.9
1970	$380	$162
1971	$407	$277.1
1972	$472	$219.5
1973	$701	$291.3
1974	$848	$433
1975	$811	$372
1976	$940	$401
1977	$1,092	$434
1978	$1,327	$500
1979	$1,680	$658
1980	$1,886	$768
1981	$1,866	$786
1982	$1,938	$756
1983	$2,124	$686
1984	$2,300	$665
1985	$2,046	$586
1986	$1,760	$506
1987	$1,977	$515
1988	$2,100	$567
1989	$2,244	$538
1990	$2,469	$648
1991	$2,679	$666
1992	$3,141	$764
1993	$3,462	$829
1994	$3,758	$1,078
1995	$4,363	$1,220
1996	$4,837	$1,289
1997	$4,679	$1,292
1998	$3,294	$1,092
1999	$3,528	$1,134
2000	$4,084	$953
2001	$3,944	$912
2002	$4,184	$757
2003	$4,465	$896
2004	$4,939	$986
2005	$5,556	$1,144
2006	$6,158	$1,256
2007	$7,169	$1,390
2008	$8,372	$1,526
2009	$7,191	$1,555
2010	$8,899	$1,685
2011	$10,217	$1,924
2012	$10,601	$2,066
2013	$10,714	$2,161
2014	$11,013	$2,165
2015	$9,649	$2,045
2016	$9,477	$2,083
2017	$9,863	$2,144
2018	$10,902	$2,278
2019	$10,920	$2,224
2020	$9,958	$2,063
2021	$10,903	$1,997
2022	$11,748	$2,005
2023	$11,379	$2,076
2024	$11,867	$2,149

Malaysia vs. Solomon Islands life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Malaysia

Solomon Islands

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Malaysia	Solomon Islands
1950	48.5	41.4
1951	49.2	42
1952	50.1	42.6
1953	51.1	43.2
1954	52	43.7
1955	52.8	44.3
1956	53.7	42.8
1957	54.5	45.7
1958	55.4	46.3
1959	56.3	47
1960	57.2	47.7
1961	58	48.3
1962	58.9	49
1963	59.7	49.8
1964	60.4	50.6
1965	61.1	51.4
1966	61.7	52.3
1967	62	53.1
1968	62.4	54.1
1969	62.9	55.1
1970	63.3	56.1
1971	63.8	57
1972	64.2	57.9
1973	64.7	58.8
1974	65.2	59.6
1975	65.7	58.4
1976	66.2	61.2
1977	66.7	61.5
1978	67.2	62.5
1979	67.6	63.1
1980	68.1	63.7
1981	68.5	64.1
1982	68.9	64.5
1983	69.2	64.8
1984	69.6	65
1985	69.9	65.3
1986	70.1	64.7
1987	70.4	65.7
1988	70.6	65.9
1989	70.8	66.1
1990	71	66.2
1991	71.2	66.4
1992	71.5	66.5
1993	71.7	66.6
1994	71.9	66.7
1995	72	66.7
1996	72.1	66.7
1997	72.3	66.8
1998	72.4	66.9
1999	72.4	67
2000	72.7	67.1
2001	73.1	67.2
2002	73.5	67.4
2003	73.7	67.5
2004	74	67.6
2005	74.4	67.8
2006	74.7	68
2007	75	67.8
2008	75.2	68.3
2009	75.3	68.4
2010	75.4	68.7
2011	75.5	68.8
2012	75.6	69
2013	75.5	69
2014	75.3	69
2015	75.3	69.3
2016	75.4	69.5
2017	75.5	69.7
2018	75.7	69.8
2019	75.9	70
2020	76.1	69.3
2021	73.9	68.9
2022	75.4	70.4
2023	76.7	70.5
2024	76.8	70.7
2025	77	70.8

Malaysia and Solomon Islands population clocks and comparison

Population

Malaysia

Solomon Islands

Table

Year	Population
	Malaysia	Solomon Islands
1960	7,956,197	139,688
1961	8,164,443	142,912
1962	8,380,172	146,201
1963	8,602,160	149,589
1964	8,828,406	153,085
1965	9,056,408	156,686
1966	9,284,688	160,393
1967	9,507,099	164,245
1968	9,725,281	168,282
1969	9,947,597	172,476
1970	10,178,802	176,579
1971	10,423,453	180,637
1972	10,676,835	184,994
1973	10,935,621	189,774
1974	11,200,906	195,041
1975	11,471,914	200,744
1976	11,750,097	207,194
1977	12,035,713	214,418
1978	12,328,157	222,029
1979	12,627,862	229,953
1980	12,983,363	238,135
1981	13,399,203	246,555
1982	13,832,798	255,200
1983	14,285,907	264,068
1984	14,759,009	273,163
1985	15,252,258	282,455
1986	15,760,419	291,842
1987	16,276,737	301,414
1988	16,796,605	311,265
1989	17,314,997	321,282
1990	17,833,171	331,435
1991	18,342,464	341,738
1992	18,834,572	352,205
1993	19,322,664	362,839
1994	19,820,446	373,675
1995	20,330,599	384,733
1996	20,850,087	396,009
1997	21,375,218	407,474
1998	21,906,713	419,071
1999	22,435,531	430,500
2000	22,967,816	440,469
2001	23,526,538	449,125
2002	24,102,477	457,671
2003	24,679,602	466,154
2004	25,256,772	474,611
2005	25,836,071	483,080
2006	26,417,909	491,594
2007	26,998,389	500,156
2008	27,570,059	508,790
2009	28,124,778	518,141
2010	28,655,776	532,968
2011	29,162,039	552,945
2012	29,662,831	573,606
2013	30,174,265	594,945
2014	30,696,137	616,908
2015	31,232,798	639,415
2016	31,789,685	662,379
2017	32,355,644	685,672
2018	32,910,967	709,101
2019	33,440,596	728,147
2020	33,889,558	744,498
2021	34,282,399	762,591
2022	34,695,493	781,066
2023	35,126,298	800,005
2024	35,557,673	819,198

Fertility rates in Malaysia and Solomon Islands

Fertility rate

Malaysia

Solomon Islands

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Malaysia	Solomon Islands
1960	6.41	7.07
1961	6.37	7.05
1962	6.3	7.04
1963	6.19	7.03
1964	6.03	7.05
1965	5.84	7.02
1966	5.64	7
1967	5.43	6.97
1968	5.29	6.95
1969	5.16	6.97
1970	5.04	6.98
1971	4.92	6.99
1972	4.82	6.99
1973	4.73	7
1974	4.62	7.01
1975	4.5	6.99
1976	4.4	6.95
1977	4.28	6.92
1978	4.18	6.87
1979	4.09	6.82
1980	4.04	6.77
1981	4	6.71
1982	3.97	6.64
1983	3.93	6.57
1984	3.89	6.49
1985	3.8	6.38
1986	3.7	6.26
1987	3.57	6.12
1988	3.5	5.99
1989	3.31	5.87
1990	3.3	5.74
1991	3.34	5.62
1992	3.37	5.51
1993	3.36	5.45
1994	3.35	5.4
1995	3.32	5.34
1996	3.3	5.22
1997	3.23	5.09
1998	3.12	4.98
1999	3.07	4.86
2000	2.94	4.76
2001	2.81	4.67
2002	2.66	4.6
2003	2.6	4.54
2004	2.49	4.47
2005	2.39	4.41
2006	2.31	4.39
2007	2.25	4.37
2008	2.26	4.36
2009	2.22	4.35
2010	2.14	4.34
2011	2.15	4.34
2012	2.12	4.33
2013	2.07	4.33
2014	2.06	4.36
2015	2.01	4.29
2016	1.94	4.2
2017	1.89	4.06
2018	1.84	3.93
2019	1.78	3.8
2020	1.68	3.75
2021	1.56	3.69
2022	1.55	3.62
2023	1.55	3.56

Malaysia and Solomon Islands demographics compared

Median age

Malaysia

Solomon Islands

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Malaysia	Solomon Islands
1960	17.5	16.8
1961	17.3	16.9
1962	17.1	16.9
1963	17	17
1964	16.9	17
1965	16.8	17
1966	16.9	17
1967	17	16.9
1968	17.1	16.8
1969	17.3	16.8
1970	17.4	16.7
1971	17.6	16.6
1972	17.9	16.6
1973	18.1	16.4
1974	18.3	16.3
1975	18.6	16.1
1976	18.8	15.9
1977	19	15.9
1978	19.3	15.8
1979	19.5	15.8
1980	19.7	15.8
1981	19.9	15.9
1982	20.1	15.9
1983	20.4	16
1984	20.5	16.1
1985	20.7	16.2
1986	20.9	16.3
1987	21	16.4
1988	21.1	16.5
1989	21.3	16.7
1990	21.5	16.8
1991	21.7	17
1992	21.9	17.1
1993	22.1	17.2
1994	22.3	17.4
1995	22.5	17.5
1996	22.7	17.7
1997	22.9	17.8
1998	23.1	17.9
1999	23.4	18.1
2000	23.5	18.3
2001	23.6	18.4
2002	23.7	18.6
2003	23.9	18.8
2004	24	19
2005	24.2	19.1
2006	24.5	19.2
2007	24.8	19.4
2008	25.1	19.4
2009	25.6	19.5
2010	26	19.6
2011	26.4	19.6
2012	26.8	19.7
2013	27.1	19.7
2014	27.5	19.8
2015	27.8	19.9
2016	28.1	20
2017	28.5	20.2
2018	28.8	20.4
2019	29.2	20.5
2020	29.6	20.7
2021	30.1	20.9
2022	30.6	21.1
2023	31.1	21.3
2024	31.5	21.5

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