Malaysia vs South Africa statistics compared

Malaysia has a population of 35.6M (ranked 44/197), compared with 64M in South Africa (ranked 24/197). Malaysia's land area is 126,854 sq mi versus 468,377 sq mi for South Africa (ranked 65th vs. 24th).

By GDP, Malaysia ranks 39/197 ($422B) and South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B). By GDP per capita, Malaysia ranks 81/197 ($11,867), while South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253).

Malaysia and South Africa: Comparison Charts

Malaysia and South Africa economies compared

GDP

Malaysia

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP
	Malaysia	South Africa
1960	$1,916,229,477	$8,748,596,501
1961	$1,901,856,123	$9,225,996,310
1962	$2,001,489,602	$9,813,996,074
1963	$2,510,110,348	$10,854,195,658
1964	$2,674,423,922	$11,955,995,218
1965	$2,956,337,669	$13,068,994,772
1966	$3,143,517,944	$14,211,394,315
1967	$3,188,924,677	$15,821,393,671
1968	$3,330,371,551	$17,124,793,150
1969	$3,664,552,041	$19,256,992,297
1970	$3,864,145,667	$21,218,391,513
1971	$4,244,395,956	$23,411,076,638
1972	$5,043,347,250	$24,515,919,217
1973	$7,662,902,678	$33,262,772,008
1974	$9,496,204,302	$41,389,186,095
1975	$9,298,800,799	$42,906,905,672
1976	$11,050,234,599	$41,150,460,288
1977	$13,139,488,633	$45,328,411,332
1978	$16,358,079,862	$51,607,412,902
1979	$21,213,264,962	$63,038,658,089
1980	$24,488,224,677	$89,411,864,402
1981	$25,004,285,792	$93,141,472,164
1982	$26,804,493,635	$85,904,057,409
1983	$30,347,442,111	$96,204,110,942
1984	$33,942,897,422	$84,870,163,366
1985	$31,199,633,353	$64,459,376,087
1986	$27,734,111,400	$73,354,771,399
1987	$32,181,210,158	$96,535,763,418
1988	$35,272,109,220	$103,976,831,871
1989	$38,847,965,293	$108,055,624,082
1990	$44,024,585,240	$126,048,140,142
1991	$49,143,148,094	$135,203,698,238
1992	$59,167,550,163	$146,956,150,987
1993	$66,894,966,969	$147,194,747,566
1994	$74,478,356,958	$153,512,712,382
1995	$88,705,342,903	$171,735,933,897
1996	$100,855,393,910	$163,234,925,381
1997	$100,005,323,302	$168,978,057,328
1998	$72,167,498,981	$152,982,984,557
1999	$79,148,421,053	$151,516,957,079
2000	$93,789,736,842	$151,752,757,215
2001	$92,783,947,368	$135,429,905,923
2002	$100,845,526,316	$129,087,556,612
2003	$110,202,368,421	$197,018,965,309
2004	$124,749,473,684	$255,806,908,595
2005	$143,534,405,819	$288,867,217,197
2006	$162,692,258,307	$303,858,675,364
2007	$193,549,569,478	$333,077,117,254
2008	$230,811,614,370	$316,131,258,616
2009	$202,257,453,037	$329,754,060,647
2010	$255,017,638,456	$417,363,822,802
2011	$297,951,668,675	$458,199,494,831
2012	$314,443,047,642	$434,400,545,086
2013	$323,276,235,524	$400,886,013,596
2014	$338,066,095,097	$381,198,869,776
2015	$301,355,266,965	$346,709,790,459
2016	$301,256,033,870	$323,585,509,674
2017	$319,109,094,160	$381,448,814,653
2018	$358,788,845,713	$405,260,723,893
2019	$365,177,721,022	$389,330,032,224
2020	$337,456,163,961	$337,974,655,408
2021	$373,784,823,673	$420,886,877,629
2022	$407,605,841,348	$406,920,004,594
2023	$399,705,137,434	$380,699,271,816
2024	$421,972,102,254	$400,260,724,226

Malaysia and South Africa economies compared

GDP per capita

Malaysia

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Malaysia	South Africa
1960	$240.8	$532
1961	$232.9	$546
1962	$238.8	$563
1963	$291.8	$605
1964	$303	$646
1965	$326	$685
1966	$339	$722
1967	$335	$779
1968	$342	$817
1969	$368	$891
1970	$380	$952
1971	$407	$1,020
1972	$472	$1,038
1973	$701	$1,369
1974	$848	$1,656
1975	$811	$1,670
1976	$940	$1,559
1977	$1,092	$1,671
1978	$1,327	$1,852
1979	$1,680	$2,202
1980	$1,886	$3,029
1981	$1,866	$3,050
1982	$1,938	$2,717
1983	$2,124	$2,938
1984	$2,300	$2,504
1985	$2,046	$1,839
1986	$1,760	$2,027
1987	$1,977	$2,586
1988	$2,100	$2,702
1989	$2,244	$2,727
1990	$2,469	$3,093
1991	$2,679	$3,243
1992	$3,141	$3,462
1993	$3,462	$3,400
1994	$3,758	$3,489
1995	$4,363	$3,856
1996	$4,837	$3,618
1997	$4,679	$3,700
1998	$3,294	$3,310
1999	$3,528	$3,242
2000	$4,084	$3,218
2001	$3,944	$2,847
2002	$4,184	$2,688
2003	$4,465	$4,062
2004	$4,939	$5,221
2005	$5,556	$5,837
2006	$6,158	$6,077
2007	$7,169	$6,592
2008	$8,372	$6,185
2009	$7,191	$6,375
2010	$8,899	$7,973
2011	$10,217	$8,646
2012	$10,601	$8,077
2013	$10,714	$7,332
2014	$11,013	$6,857
2015	$9,649	$6,112
2016	$9,477	$5,651
2017	$9,863	$6,618
2018	$10,902	$6,914
2019	$10,920	$6,534
2020	$9,958	$5,581
2021	$10,903	$6,843
2022	$11,748	$6,523
2023	$11,379	$6,023
2024	$11,867	$6,253

Malaysia vs. South Africa life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Malaysia

South Africa

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Malaysia	South Africa
1950	48.5	43.1
1951	49.2	44.1
1952	50.1	45
1953	51.1	46.1
1954	52	47.1
1955	52.8	48.2
1956	53.7	49.2
1957	54.5	50.2
1958	55.4	51.1
1959	56.3	51.9
1960	57.2	52.6
1961	58	53.1
1962	58.9	53.6
1963	59.7	53.9
1964	60.4	54.2
1965	61.1	54.4
1966	61.7	54.7
1967	62	55
1968	62.4	55.2
1969	62.9	55.4
1970	63.3	55.7
1971	63.8	56
1972	64.2	56.4
1973	64.7	56.7
1974	65.2	57.1
1975	65.7	57.6
1976	66.2	58
1977	66.7	58.5
1978	67.2	59
1979	67.6	59.5
1980	68.1	60
1981	68.5	60.4
1982	68.9	60.9
1983	69.2	61.4
1984	69.6	61.8
1985	69.9	62.2
1986	70.1	62.4
1987	70.4	62.7
1988	70.6	62.9
1989	70.8	63
1990	71	62.9
1991	71.2	63
1992	71.5	62.8
1993	71.7	62.6
1994	71.9	62.1
1995	72	61.6
1996	72.1	61.1
1997	72.3	60.5
1998	72.4	59.9
1999	72.4	59.2
2000	72.7	58.4
2001	73.1	57.2
2002	73.5	55.6
2003	73.7	54.2
2004	74	54
2005	74.4	53.9
2006	74.7	54.2
2007	75	54.9
2008	75.2	56
2009	75.3	57.4
2010	75.4	58.9
2011	75.5	60.6
2012	75.6	61.7
2013	75.5	62.4
2014	75.3	63.2
2015	75.3	64.1
2016	75.4	64.7
2017	75.5	65.4
2018	75.7	65.7
2019	75.9	66.1
2020	76.1	65.2
2021	73.9	62
2022	75.4	65.5
2023	76.7	66.1
2024	76.8	66.3
2025	77	66.5

Malaysia and South Africa population clocks and comparison

Population

Malaysia

South Africa

Table

Year	Population
	Malaysia	South Africa
1960	7,956,197	16,440,172
1961	8,164,443	16,908,035
1962	8,380,172	17,418,522
1963	8,602,160	17,954,564
1964	8,828,406	18,511,361
1965	9,056,408	19,089,380
1966	9,284,688	19,690,087
1967	9,507,099	20,314,066
1968	9,725,281	20,957,287
1969	9,947,597	21,614,676
1970	10,178,802	22,279,984
1971	10,423,453	22,942,143
1972	10,676,835	23,609,456
1973	10,935,621	24,294,263
1974	11,200,906	24,989,108
1975	11,471,914	25,690,940
1976	11,750,097	26,395,450
1977	12,035,713	27,118,952
1978	12,328,157	27,869,507
1979	12,627,862	28,634,162
1980	12,983,363	29,518,857
1981	13,399,203	30,541,044
1982	13,832,798	31,615,339
1983	14,285,907	32,739,304
1984	14,759,009	33,892,788
1985	15,252,258	35,042,093
1986	15,760,419	36,180,515
1987	16,276,737	37,326,190
1988	16,796,605	38,480,649
1989	17,314,997	39,628,575
1990	17,833,171	40,746,268
1991	18,342,464	41,687,898
1992	18,834,572	42,443,509
1993	19,322,664	43,297,156
1994	19,820,446	44,004,139
1995	20,330,599	44,541,554
1996	20,850,087	45,123,018
1997	21,375,218	45,666,838
1998	21,906,713	46,223,880
1999	22,435,531	46,730,335
2000	22,967,816	47,159,719
2001	23,526,538	47,566,800
2002	24,102,477	48,019,415
2003	24,679,602	48,500,348
2004	25,256,772	48,991,421
2005	25,836,071	49,490,033
2006	26,417,909	49,998,277
2007	26,998,389	50,528,584
2008	27,570,059	51,114,599
2009	28,124,778	51,728,516
2010	28,655,776	52,344,051
2011	29,162,039	52,995,205
2012	29,662,831	53,782,567
2013	30,174,265	54,678,791
2014	30,696,137	55,594,838
2015	31,232,798	56,723,537
2016	31,789,685	57,259,551
2017	32,355,644	57,635,162
2018	32,910,967	58,613,001
2019	33,440,596	59,587,885
2020	33,889,558	60,562,381
2021	34,282,399	61,502,603
2022	34,695,493	62,378,410
2023	35,126,298	63,212,384
2024	35,557,673	64,007,187

Fertility rates in Malaysia and South Africa

Fertility rate

Malaysia

South Africa

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Malaysia	South Africa
1960	6.41	6.11
1961	6.37	6.08
1962	6.3	6.05
1963	6.19	6.01
1964	6.03	5.96
1965	5.84	5.89
1966	5.64	5.91
1967	5.43	5.85
1968	5.29	5.78
1969	5.16	5.72
1970	5.04	5.63
1971	4.92	5.57
1972	4.82	5.49
1973	4.73	5.41
1974	4.62	5.3
1975	4.5	5.19
1976	4.4	5.07
1977	4.28	4.94
1978	4.18	4.85
1979	4.09	4.82
1980	4.04	4.78
1981	4	4.71
1982	3.97	4.7
1983	3.93	4.63
1984	3.89	4.57
1985	3.8	4.5
1986	3.7	4.41
1987	3.57	4.35
1988	3.5	4.18
1989	3.31	3.98
1990	3.3	3.72
1991	3.34	3.62
1992	3.37	3.48
1993	3.36	3.37
1994	3.35	3.26
1995	3.32	3.17
1996	3.3	2.99
1997	3.23	2.73
1998	3.12	2.63
1999	3.07	2.56
2000	2.94	2.41
2001	2.81	2.37
2002	2.66	2.32
2003	2.6	2.36
2004	2.49	2.44
2005	2.39	2.51
2006	2.31	2.55
2007	2.25	2.55
2008	2.26	2.68
2009	2.22	2.5
2010	2.14	2.44
2011	2.15	2.44
2012	2.12	2.45
2013	2.07	2.43
2014	2.06	2.42
2015	2.01	2.36
2016	1.94	2.26
2017	1.89	2.28
2018	1.84	2.27
2019	1.78	2.26
2020	1.68	2.26
2021	1.56	2.25
2022	1.55	2.23
2023	1.55	2.22

Malaysia and South Africa demographics compared

Median age

Malaysia

South Africa

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Malaysia	South Africa
1960	17.5	19
1961	17.3	19
1962	17.1	18.9
1963	17	18.9
1964	16.9	18.9
1965	16.8	18.8
1966	16.9	18.8
1967	17	18.8
1968	17.1	18.8
1969	17.3	18.8
1970	17.4	18.8
1971	17.6	18.8
1972	17.9	18.8
1973	18.1	18.8
1974	18.3	18.9
1975	18.6	18.9
1976	18.8	19
1977	19	19.1
1978	19.3	19.2
1979	19.5	19.3
1980	19.7	19.4
1981	19.9	19.6
1982	20.1	19.8
1983	20.4	20
1984	20.5	20.2
1985	20.7	20.4
1986	20.9	20.5
1987	21	20.7
1988	21.1	20.9
1989	21.3	21.1
1990	21.5	21.3
1991	21.7	21.5
1992	21.9	21.5
1993	22.1	21.9
1994	22.3	22
1995	22.5	21.5
1996	22.7	21.2
1997	22.9	21.2
1998	23.1	21.4
1999	23.4	21.6
2000	23.5	21.9
2001	23.6	22.2
2002	23.7	22.4
2003	23.9	22.8
2004	24	23.1
2005	24.2	23.3
2006	24.5	23.5
2007	24.8	23.8
2008	25.1	24
2009	25.6	24.3
2010	26	24.6
2011	26.4	25
2012	26.8	25.3
2013	27.1	25.7
2014	27.5	26
2015	27.8	26.4
2016	28.1	26.7
2017	28.5	27
2018	28.8	27.5
2019	29.2	27.9
2020	29.6	28.3
2021	30.1	28.6
2022	30.6	28.9
2023	31.1	29.2
2024	31.5	29.5

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