Malaysia vs Somalia statistics compared

Malaysia has a population of 35.6M (ranked 44/197), compared with 19M in Somalia (ranked 68/197). Malaysia's land area is 126,854 sq mi versus 242,217 sq mi for Somalia (ranked 65th vs. 42nd).

By GDP, Malaysia ranks 39/197 ($422B) and Somalia ranks 149/197 ($12.1B). By GDP per capita, Malaysia ranks 81/197 ($11,867), while Somalia ranks 191/197 ($637).

Malaysia and Somalia: Comparison Charts

Malaysia and Somalia economies compared

GDP

Malaysia

Somalia

Table

Year	GDP
	Malaysia	Somalia
1960	$1,916,229,477	$180,459,937
1961	$1,901,856,123	$191,659,914
1962	$2,001,489,602	$203,531,928
1963	$2,510,110,348	$216,145,936
1964	$2,674,423,922	$229,529,913
1965	$2,956,337,669	$243,725,898
1966	$3,143,517,944	$257,375,897
1967	$3,188,924,677	$271,781,887
1968	$3,330,371,551	$286,719,885
1969	$3,664,552,041	$306,357,285
1970	$3,864,145,667	$347,985,394
1971	$4,244,395,956	$347,039,446
1972	$5,043,347,250	$447,883,941
1973	$7,662,902,678	$483,699,611
1974	$9,496,204,302	$572,504,036
1975	$9,298,800,799	$757,015,879
1976	$11,050,234,599	$871,344,245
1977	$13,139,488,633	$498,550,725
1978	$16,358,079,862	$564,571,823
1979	$21,213,264,962	$589,566,929
1980	$24,488,224,677	$602,515,548
1981	$25,004,285,792	$699,302,473
1982	$26,804,493,635	$774,578,932
1983	$30,347,442,111	$735,408,642
1984	$33,942,897,422	$787,434,542
1985	$31,199,633,353	$875,702,247
1986	$27,734,111,400	$916,590,786
1987	$32,181,210,158	$1,018,972,664
1988	$35,272,109,220	$1,051,596,967
1989	$38,847,965,293	$1,181,360,844
1990	$44,024,585,240	$1,031,282,081
1991	$49,143,148,094	$717,974,930
1992	$59,167,550,163	$709,297,579
1993	$66,894,966,969	$1,260,132,956
1994	$74,478,356,958	$1,481,205,098
1995	$88,705,342,903	$1,534,756,135
1996	$100,855,393,910	$1,792,234,297
1997	$100,005,323,302	$2,191,749,014
1998	$72,167,498,981	$2,962,047,564
1999	$79,148,421,053	$3,045,751,528
2000	$93,789,736,842	$3,412,797,450
2001	$92,783,947,368	$2,252,847,465
2002	$100,845,526,316	$2,192,684,135
2003	$110,202,368,421	$2,836,724,352
2004	$124,749,473,684	$3,859,592,813
2005	$143,534,405,819	$4,683,246,454
2006	$162,692,258,307	$5,026,743,282
2007	$193,549,569,478	$5,430,713,729
2008	$230,811,614,370	$5,913,620,293
2009	$202,257,453,037	$2,948,594,552
2010	$255,017,638,456	$2,687,807,004
2011	$297,951,668,675	$2,906,000,097
2012	$314,443,047,642	$4,364,670,160
2013	$323,276,235,524	$5,062,881,600
2014	$338,066,095,097	$5,728,399,720
2015	$301,355,266,965	$6,152,149,100
2016	$301,256,033,870	$6,613,743,070
2017	$319,109,094,160	$7,621,501,710
2018	$358,788,845,713	$7,873,440,830
2019	$365,177,721,022	$8,655,023,960
2020	$337,456,163,961	$8,628,393,720
2021	$373,784,823,673	$9,483,997,390
2022	$407,605,841,348	$10,202,767,270
2023	$399,705,137,434	$10,968,517,090
2024	$421,972,102,254	$12,108,515,110

Malaysia and Somalia economies compared

GDP per capita

Malaysia

Somalia

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Malaysia	Somalia
1960	$240.8	$62.7
1961	$232.9	$64.9
1962	$238.8	$67.2
1963	$291.8	$69.5
1964	$303	$71.9
1965	$326	$74.4
1966	$339	$76.5
1967	$335	$78.7
1968	$342	$80.8
1969	$368	$84.1
1970	$380	$93.1
1971	$407	$90.4
1972	$472	$113.7
1973	$701	$119.6
1974	$848	$137.9
1975	$811	$177.8
1976	$940	$199.6
1977	$1,092	$111.2
1978	$1,327	$117.3
1979	$1,680	$108.2
1980	$1,886	$101.5
1981	$1,866	$116.9
1982	$1,938	$129
1983	$2,124	$118.6
1984	$2,300	$122.5
1985	$2,046	$130.8
1986	$1,760	$131.4
1987	$1,977	$141
1988	$2,100	$145.3
1989	$2,244	$166
1990	$2,469	$145.6
1991	$2,679	$105.4
1992	$3,141	$109.2
1993	$3,462	$188.6
1994	$3,758	$210.8
1995	$4,363	$210.7
1996	$4,837	$237.2
1997	$4,679	$280.1
1998	$3,294	$363
1999	$3,528	$359
2000	$4,084	$386
2001	$3,944	$244.9
2002	$4,184	$229.6
2003	$4,465	$286.3
2004	$4,939	$375
2005	$5,556	$440
2006	$6,158	$458
2007	$7,169	$480
2008	$8,372	$507
2009	$7,191	$246.5
2010	$8,899	$219.2
2011	$10,217	$235.3
2012	$10,601	$350
2013	$10,714	$393
2014	$11,013	$429
2015	$9,649	$446
2016	$9,477	$461
2017	$9,863	$511
2018	$10,902	$510
2019	$10,920	$540
2020	$9,958	$518
2021	$10,903	$549
2022	$11,748	$573
2023	$11,379	$597
2024	$11,867	$637

Malaysia vs. Somalia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Malaysia

Somalia

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Malaysia	Somalia
1950	48.5	41.5
1951	49.2	41.7
1952	50.1	41.9
1953	51.1	42.1
1954	52	42.3
1955	52.8	42.5
1956	53.7	42.7
1957	54.5	42.9
1958	55.4	43.1
1959	56.3	43.3
1960	57.2	43.5
1961	58	43.7
1962	58.9	44
1963	59.7	44.2
1964	60.4	44.4
1965	61.1	44.6
1966	61.7	44.8
1967	62	45.1
1968	62.4	45.3
1969	62.9	45.5
1970	63.3	45.6
1971	63.8	45.8
1972	64.2	46
1973	64.7	46.2
1974	65.2	44.3
1975	65.7	44.5
1976	66.2	44.7
1977	66.7	47
1978	67.2	47
1979	67.6	47.4
1980	68.1	47.6
1981	68.5	47.8
1982	68.9	48
1983	69.2	48.2
1984	69.6	48.4
1985	69.9	48.3
1986	70.1	48.4
1987	70.4	49
1988	70.6	43.9
1989	70.8	46.6
1990	71	46.9
1991	71.2	25.4
1992	71.5	25
1993	71.7	50.6
1994	71.9	50.3
1995	72	50.6
1996	72.1	50.5
1997	72.3	50.3
1998	72.4	50.8
1999	72.4	50.6
2000	72.7	50.7
2001	73.1	50.8
2002	73.5	50.8
2003	73.7	50.7
2004	74	50.7
2005	74.4	50.9
2006	74.7	50.9
2007	75	50.9
2008	75.2	51.5
2009	75.3	52.1
2010	75.4	48.9
2011	75.5	32.5
2012	75.6	49.1
2013	75.5	54
2014	75.3	54.4
2015	75.3	55.1
2016	75.4	55.3
2017	75.5	52.2
2018	75.7	54.8
2019	75.9	57.2
2020	76.1	57.1
2021	73.9	55.7
2022	75.4	53.9
2023	76.7	58.8
2024	76.8	59
2025	77	59.1

Malaysia and Somalia population clocks and comparison

Population

Malaysia

Somalia

Table

Year	Population
	Malaysia	Somalia
1960	7,956,197	2,876,331
1961	8,164,443	2,952,054
1962	8,380,172	3,030,091
1963	8,602,160	3,110,361
1964	8,828,406	3,192,796
1965	9,056,408	3,277,874
1966	9,284,688	3,365,106
1967	9,507,099	3,454,537
1968	9,725,281	3,546,590
1969	9,947,597	3,641,015
1970	10,178,802	3,738,448
1971	10,423,453	3,837,691
1972	10,676,835	3,939,436
1973	10,935,621	4,045,592
1974	11,200,906	4,151,842
1975	11,471,914	4,257,535
1976	11,750,097	4,365,812
1977	12,035,713	4,484,050
1978	12,328,157	4,814,892
1979	12,627,862	5,449,117
1980	12,983,363	5,936,154
1981	13,399,203	5,982,849
1982	13,832,798	6,003,840
1983	14,285,907	6,198,430
1984	14,759,009	6,428,389
1985	15,252,258	6,693,289
1986	15,760,419	6,974,788
1987	16,276,737	7,228,302
1988	16,796,605	7,235,360
1989	17,314,997	7,114,817
1990	17,833,171	7,082,811
1991	18,342,464	6,813,760
1992	18,834,572	6,495,107
1993	19,322,664	6,681,399
1994	19,820,446	7,026,797
1995	20,330,599	7,285,007
1996	20,850,087	7,554,474
1997	21,375,218	7,824,525
1998	21,906,713	8,155,417
1999	22,435,531	8,492,059
2000	22,967,816	8,838,713
2001	23,526,538	9,198,493
2002	24,102,477	9,550,063
2003	24,679,602	9,909,157
2004	25,256,772	10,280,998
2005	25,836,071	10,644,228
2006	26,417,909	10,975,502
2007	26,998,389	11,322,582
2008	27,570,059	11,663,084
2009	28,124,778	11,961,201
2010	28,655,776	12,261,756
2011	29,162,039	12,348,830
2012	29,662,831	12,461,160
2013	30,174,265	12,869,594
2014	30,696,137	13,339,491
2015	31,232,798	13,806,963
2016	31,789,685	14,348,740
2017	32,355,644	14,916,629
2018	32,910,967	15,452,487
2019	33,440,596	16,030,971
2020	33,889,558	16,651,191
2021	34,282,399	17,271,431
2022	34,695,493	17,801,897
2023	35,126,298	18,358,615
2024	35,557,673	19,009,151

Fertility rates in Malaysia and Somalia

Fertility rate

Malaysia

Somalia

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Malaysia	Somalia
1960	6.41	7.25
1961	6.37	7.25
1962	6.3	7.26
1963	6.19	7.26
1964	6.03	7.26
1965	5.84	7.26
1966	5.64	7.26
1967	5.43	7.25
1968	5.29	7.23
1969	5.16	7.21
1970	5.04	7.18
1971	4.92	7.15
1972	4.82	7.12
1973	4.73	7.09
1974	4.62	7.06
1975	4.5	7.03
1976	4.4	7.02
1977	4.28	7
1978	4.18	7.13
1979	4.09	7.16
1980	4.04	7.18
1981	4	7.23
1982	3.97	7.25
1983	3.93	7.28
1984	3.89	7.3
1985	3.8	7.33
1986	3.7	7.35
1987	3.57	7.37
1988	3.5	7.4
1989	3.31	7.42
1990	3.3	7.44
1991	3.34	7.47
1992	3.37	7.5
1993	3.36	7.53
1994	3.35	7.54
1995	3.32	7.58
1996	3.3	7.62
1997	3.23	7.66
1998	3.12	7.66
1999	3.07	7.66
2000	2.94	7.65
2001	2.81	7.64
2002	2.66	7.63
2003	2.6	7.6
2004	2.49	7.57
2005	2.39	7.53
2006	2.31	7.49
2007	2.25	7.46
2008	2.26	7.42
2009	2.22	7.38
2010	2.14	7.32
2011	2.15	7.27
2012	2.12	7.21
2013	2.07	7.14
2014	2.06	7.06
2015	2.01	6.98
2016	1.94	6.88
2017	1.89	6.77
2018	1.84	6.66
2019	1.78	6.56
2020	1.68	6.45
2021	1.56	6.35
2022	1.55	6.26
2023	1.55	6.13

Malaysia and Somalia demographics compared

Median age

Malaysia

Somalia

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Malaysia	Somalia
1960	17.5	18.1
1961	17.3	17.9
1962	17.1	17.8
1963	17	17.7
1964	16.9	17.6
1965	16.8	17.5
1966	16.9	17.5
1967	17	17.5
1968	17.1	17.5
1969	17.3	17.5
1970	17.4	17.5
1971	17.6	17.6
1972	17.9	17.6
1973	18.1	17.6
1974	18.3	17.7
1975	18.6	17.7
1976	18.8	17.7
1977	19	17.7
1978	19.3	17.7
1979	19.5	17.6
1980	19.7	17.6
1981	19.9	17.5
1982	20.1	17.4
1983	20.4	17.4
1984	20.5	17.3
1985	20.7	17.2
1986	20.9	17.1
1987	21	17
1988	21.1	16.8
1989	21.3	16.7
1990	21.5	16.5
1991	21.7	16.5
1992	21.9	16.7
1993	22.1	16.8
1994	22.3	16.7
1995	22.5	16.6
1996	22.7	16.5
1997	22.9	16.4
1998	23.1	16.4
1999	23.4	16.3
2000	23.5	16.3
2001	23.6	16.2
2002	23.7	16.2
2003	23.9	16.1
2004	24	16
2005	24.2	15.9
2006	24.5	15.7
2007	24.8	15.6
2008	25.1	15.6
2009	25.6	15.6
2010	26	15.7
2011	26.4	15.8
2012	26.8	16
2013	27.1	16
2014	27.5	16
2015	27.8	16.1
2016	28.1	16.1
2017	28.5	16.2
2018	28.8	16.2
2019	29.2	16.3
2020	29.6	16.3
2021	30.1	16.4
2022	30.6	16.5
2023	31.1	16.5
2024	31.5	16.6

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