Malaysia vs Sri Lanka statistics compared

Malaysia has a population of 35.6M (ranked 44/197), compared with 21.9M in Sri Lanka (ranked 61/197). Malaysia's land area is 126,854 sq mi versus 23,884 sq mi for Sri Lanka (ranked 65th vs. 122nd).

By GDP, Malaysia ranks 39/197 ($422B) and Sri Lanka ranks 71/197 ($99B). By GDP per capita, Malaysia ranks 81/197 ($11,867), while Sri Lanka ranks 125/197 ($4,516).

Malaysia and Sri Lanka: Comparison Charts

Malaysia and Sri Lanka economies compared

GDP

Malaysia

Sri Lanka

Table

Year	GDP
	Malaysia	Sri Lanka
1960	$1,916,229,477	$1,409,873,950
1961	$1,901,856,123	$1,444,327,731
1962	$2,001,489,602	$1,434,156,379
1963	$2,510,110,348	$1,240,672,269
1964	$2,674,423,922	$1,309,747,899
1965	$2,956,337,669	$1,698,319,328
1966	$3,143,517,944	$1,751,470,588
1967	$3,188,924,677	$1,859,465,021
1968	$3,330,371,551	$1,801,344,538
1969	$3,664,552,041	$1,965,546,218
1970	$3,864,145,667	$2,296,470,588
1971	$4,244,395,956	$2,369,308,600
1972	$5,043,347,250	$2,553,936,348
1973	$7,662,902,678	$2,875,625,000
1974	$9,496,204,302	$3,574,586,466
1975	$9,298,800,799	$3,791,298,146
1976	$11,050,234,599	$3,591,319,857
1977	$13,139,488,633	$4,104,509,583
1978	$16,358,079,862	$2,733,183,857
1979	$21,213,264,962	$3,364,611,432
1980	$24,488,224,677	$4,024,621,900
1981	$25,004,285,792	$4,415,844,156
1982	$26,804,493,635	$4,768,765,017
1983	$30,347,442,111	$5,167,913,302
1984	$33,942,897,422	$6,043,474,843
1985	$31,199,633,353	$5,978,460,972
1986	$27,734,111,400	$6,405,210,564
1987	$32,181,210,158	$6,682,167,120
1988	$35,272,109,220	$6,978,371,581
1989	$38,847,965,293	$6,987,267,684
1990	$44,024,585,240	$8,032,551,173
1991	$49,143,148,094	$9,000,362,582
1992	$59,167,550,163	$9,703,011,636
1993	$66,894,966,969	$10,338,679,636
1994	$74,478,356,958	$11,717,604,209
1995	$88,705,342,903	$13,029,697,561
1996	$100,855,393,910	$13,897,738,375
1997	$100,005,323,302	$15,091,913,884
1998	$72,167,498,981	$15,794,972,847
1999	$79,148,421,053	$15,656,327,860
2000	$93,789,736,842	$16,330,814,180
2001	$92,783,947,368	$15,749,753,805
2002	$100,845,526,316	$16,536,535,647
2003	$110,202,368,421	$18,881,765,437
2004	$124,749,473,684	$20,662,525,941
2005	$143,534,405,819	$24,405,791,045
2006	$162,692,258,307	$28,279,802,406
2007	$193,549,569,478	$32,350,238,760
2008	$230,811,614,370	$40,713,826,215
2009	$202,257,453,037	$42,066,224,093
2010	$255,017,638,456	$58,636,161,082
2011	$297,951,668,675	$67,753,284,044
2012	$314,443,047,642	$70,447,216,891
2013	$323,276,235,524	$77,000,578,167
2014	$338,066,095,097	$82,528,535,714
2015	$301,355,266,965	$85,090,301,052
2016	$301,256,033,870	$88,000,211,172
2017	$319,109,094,160	$94,369,350,286
2018	$358,788,845,713	$94,450,015,983
2019	$365,177,721,022	$88,998,706,297
2020	$337,456,163,961	$84,335,574,582
2021	$373,784,823,673	$88,556,698,938
2022	$407,605,841,348	$74,143,020,263
2023	$399,705,137,434	$83,716,142,582
2024	$421,972,102,254	$98,963,185,510

Malaysia and Sri Lanka economies compared

GDP per capita

Malaysia

Sri Lanka

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Malaysia	Sri Lanka
1960	$240.8	$145.9
1961	$232.9	$145.9
1962	$238.8	$141.4
1963	$291.8	$119.4
1964	$303	$122.9
1965	$326	$155.6
1966	$339	$156.6
1967	$335	$162.3
1968	$342	$153.5
1969	$368	$163.6
1970	$380	$186.9
1971	$407	$188.8
1972	$472	$199.4
1973	$701	$220.2
1974	$848	$268.7
1975	$811	$279.8
1976	$940	$260.3
1977	$1,092	$292.1
1978	$1,327	$191
1979	$1,680	$230.8
1980	$1,886	$271.1
1981	$1,866	$292.5
1982	$1,938	$312
1983	$2,124	$336
1984	$2,300	$391
1985	$2,046	$385
1986	$1,760	$407
1987	$1,977	$420
1988	$2,100	$434
1989	$2,244	$430
1990	$2,469	$491
1991	$2,679	$546
1992	$3,141	$580
1993	$3,462	$607
1994	$3,758	$678
1995	$4,363	$742
1996	$4,837	$776
1997	$4,679	$827
1998	$3,294	$849
1999	$3,528	$826
2000	$4,084	$846
2001	$3,944	$804
2002	$4,184	$835
2003	$4,465	$946
2004	$4,939	$1,029
2005	$5,556	$1,207
2006	$6,158	$1,390
2007	$7,169	$1,579
2008	$8,372	$1,974
2009	$7,191	$2,027
2010	$8,899	$2,808
2011	$10,217	$3,225
2012	$10,601	$3,328
2013	$10,714	$3,741
2014	$11,013	$3,972
2015	$9,649	$4,058
2016	$9,477	$4,149
2017	$9,863	$4,399
2018	$10,902	$4,359
2019	$10,920	$4,082
2020	$9,958	$3,848
2021	$10,903	$3,997
2022	$11,748	$3,343
2023	$11,379	$3,799
2024	$11,867	$4,516

Malaysia vs. Sri Lanka life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Malaysia

Sri Lanka

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Malaysia	Sri Lanka
1950	48.5	53.2
1951	49.2	54
1952	50.1	54.9
1953	51.1	55.6
1954	52	56.4
1955	52.8	57.2
1956	53.7	57.9
1957	54.5	58.5
1958	55.4	59.3
1959	56.3	60
1960	57.2	60.6
1961	58	61.2
1962	58.9	61.6
1963	59.7	62
1964	60.4	62.4
1965	61.1	62.8
1966	61.7	63.2
1967	62	63.6
1968	62.4	63.9
1969	62.9	64.1
1970	63.3	64.4
1971	63.8	64.2
1972	64.2	64.6
1973	64.7	64.8
1974	65.2	65
1975	65.7	65.4
1976	66.2	65.8
1977	66.7	66.4
1978	67.2	66.8
1979	67.6	67.5
1980	68.1	68
1981	68.5	68.4
1982	68.9	68.7
1983	69.2	68.7
1984	69.6	68.8
1985	69.9	68.9
1986	70.1	69
1987	70.4	69
1988	70.6	69
1989	70.8	67.3
1990	71	69.2
1991	71.2	69.1
1992	71.5	69.6
1993	71.7	70
1994	71.9	70.2
1995	72	69.7
1996	72.1	69.8
1997	72.3	69.9
1998	72.4	70.1
1999	72.4	70.4
2000	72.7	71.2
2001	73.1	71.8
2002	73.5	72.3
2003	73.7	72.4
2004	74	68
2005	74.4	73.1
2006	74.7	72.8
2007	75	73
2008	75.2	72.6
2009	75.3	70.3
2010	75.4	74.5
2011	75.5	74.7
2012	75.6	75.2
2013	75.5	75.5
2014	75.3	75.8
2015	75.3	76
2016	75.4	76.1
2017	75.5	76.2
2018	75.7	76.5
2019	75.9	76.7
2020	76.1	76.9
2021	73.9	76.3
2022	75.4	77.3
2023	76.7	77.5
2024	76.8	77.7
2025	77	77.9

Malaysia and Sri Lanka population clocks and comparison

Population

Malaysia

Sri Lanka

Table

Year	Population
	Malaysia	Sri Lanka
1960	7,956,197	9,661,389
1961	8,164,443	9,899,372
1962	8,380,172	10,143,754
1963	8,602,160	10,395,040
1964	8,828,406	10,653,397
1965	9,056,408	10,916,965
1966	9,284,688	11,183,928
1967	9,507,099	11,457,328
1968	9,725,281	11,736,088
1969	9,947,597	12,013,858
1970	10,178,802	12,287,110
1971	10,423,453	12,551,910
1972	10,676,835	12,809,205
1973	10,935,621	13,060,916
1974	11,200,906	13,305,693
1975	11,471,914	13,548,984
1976	11,750,097	13,796,770
1977	12,035,713	14,049,371
1978	12,328,157	14,310,128
1979	12,627,862	14,579,614
1980	12,983,363	14,847,974
1981	13,399,203	15,099,414
1982	13,832,798	15,286,567
1983	14,285,907	15,388,794
1984	14,759,009	15,441,860
1985	15,252,258	15,544,154
1986	15,760,419	15,731,256
1987	16,276,737	15,916,576
1988	16,796,605	16,078,621
1989	17,314,997	16,248,557
1990	17,833,171	16,352,458
1991	18,342,464	16,475,354
1992	18,834,572	16,739,284
1993	19,322,664	17,025,918
1994	19,820,446	17,275,773
1995	20,330,599	17,564,068
1996	20,850,087	17,905,018
1997	21,375,218	18,248,200
1998	21,906,713	18,596,003
1999	22,435,531	18,944,731
2000	22,967,816	19,293,054
2001	23,526,538	19,600,362
2002	24,102,477	19,805,752
2003	24,679,602	19,951,521
2004	25,256,772	20,087,605
2005	25,836,071	20,216,524
2006	26,417,909	20,352,411
2007	26,998,389	20,492,545
2008	27,570,059	20,629,378
2009	28,124,778	20,756,435
2010	28,655,776	20,879,089
2011	29,162,039	21,009,048
2012	29,662,831	21,169,458
2013	30,174,265	20,585,000
2014	30,696,137	20,778,000
2015	31,232,798	20,970,000
2016	31,789,685	21,209,000
2017	32,355,644	21,453,000
2018	32,910,967	21,670,000
2019	33,440,596	21,803,000
2020	33,889,558	21,919,000
2021	34,282,399	22,156,000
2022	34,695,493	22,181,000
2023	35,126,298	22,037,000
2024	35,557,673	21,916,000

Fertility rates in Malaysia and Sri Lanka

Fertility rate

Malaysia

Sri Lanka

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Malaysia	Sri Lanka
1960	6.41	5.35
1961	6.37	5.24
1962	6.3	5.18
1963	6.19	5.12
1964	6.03	5.06
1965	5.84	4.93
1966	5.64	4.83
1967	5.43	4.79
1968	5.29	4.66
1969	5.16	4.5
1970	5.04	4.39
1971	4.92	4.27
1972	4.82	4.16
1973	4.73	4
1974	4.62	3.86
1975	4.5	3.82
1976	4.4	3.78
1977	4.28	3.74
1978	4.18	3.81
1979	4.09	3.82
1980	4.04	3.73
1981	4	3.65
1982	3.97	3.32
1983	3.93	3.11
1984	3.89	3.01
1985	3.8	2.9
1986	3.7	2.74
1987	3.57	2.64
1988	3.5	2.57
1989	3.31	2.58
1990	3.3	2.54
1991	3.34	2.51
1992	3.37	2.49
1993	3.36	2.44
1994	3.35	2.4
1995	3.32	2.35
1996	3.3	2.29
1997	3.23	2.22
1998	3.12	2.14
1999	3.07	2.14
2000	2.94	2.21
2001	2.81	2.28
2002	2.66	2.31
2003	2.6	2.3
2004	2.49	2.27
2005	2.39	2.26
2006	2.31	2.29
2007	2.25	2.3
2008	2.26	2.23
2009	2.22	2.18
2010	2.14	2.13
2011	2.15	2.14
2012	2.12	2.17
2013	2.07	2.18
2014	2.06	2.13
2015	2.01	2.09
2016	1.94	2.06
2017	1.89	2.04
2018	1.84	2.03
2019	1.78	2.02
2020	1.68	2.01
2021	1.56	2
2022	1.55	1.98
2023	1.55	1.97

Malaysia and Sri Lanka demographics compared

Median age

Malaysia

Sri Lanka

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Malaysia	Sri Lanka
1960	17.5	19.5
1961	17.3	19.5
1962	17.1	19.5
1963	17	19.5
1964	16.9	19.5
1965	16.8	19.5
1966	16.9	19.6
1967	17	19.7
1968	17.1	19.8
1969	17.3	19.9
1970	17.4	20
1971	17.6	20.1
1972	17.9	20.2
1973	18.1	20.4
1974	18.3	20.6
1975	18.6	20.7
1976	18.8	20.9
1977	19	21
1978	19.3	21.2
1979	19.5	21.3
1980	19.7	21.5
1981	19.9	21.6
1982	20.1	21.7
1983	20.4	21.9
1984	20.5	22
1985	20.7	22.2
1986	20.9	22.5
1987	21	22.8
1988	21.1	23.1
1989	21.3	23.4
1990	21.5	23.6
1991	21.7	23.9
1992	21.9	24.3
1993	22.1	24.6
1994	22.3	24.9
1995	22.5	25.3
1996	22.7	25.8
1997	22.9	26.2
1998	23.1	26.5
1999	23.4	26.9
2000	23.5	27.2
2001	23.6	27.6
2002	23.7	27.9
2003	23.9	28.2
2004	24	28.5
2005	24.2	28.8
2006	24.5	29
2007	24.8	29.3
2008	25.1	29.6
2009	25.6	29.9
2010	26	30.2
2011	26.4	30.5
2012	26.8	30.8
2013	27.1	31.1
2014	27.5	31.4
2015	27.8	31.7
2016	28.1	32
2017	28.5	32.3
2018	28.8	32.5
2019	29.2	32.8
2020	29.6	33.1
2021	30.1	33.3
2022	30.6	33.6
2023	31.1	33.8
2024	31.5	34.1

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