Malaysia vs Syria statistics compared

Malaysia has a population of 35.6M (ranked 44/197), compared with 24.7M in Syria (ranked 57/197). Malaysia's land area is 126,854 sq mi versus 70,900 sq mi for Syria (ranked 65th vs. 87th).

By GDP, Malaysia ranks 39/197 ($422B) and Syria ranks 129/197 ($20B). By GDP per capita, Malaysia ranks 81/197 ($11,867), while Syria ranks 184/197 ($847).

Malaysia and Syria: Comparison Charts

Malaysia and Syria economies compared

GDP

Malaysia

Syria

Table

Year	GDP
	Malaysia	Syria
1960	$1,916,229,477	$857,704,413
1961	$1,901,856,123	$945,244,972
1962	$2,001,489,602	$1,110,565,881
1963	$2,510,110,348	$1,200,447,408
1964	$2,674,423,922	$1,339,494,267
1965	$2,956,337,669	$1,472,036,540
1966	$3,143,517,944	$1,342,287,553
1967	$3,188,924,677	$1,580,229,799
1968	$3,330,371,551	$1,753,746,430
1969	$3,664,552,041	$2,245,011,515
1970	$3,864,145,667	$2,140,384,010
1971	$4,244,395,956	$2,589,851,325
1972	$5,043,347,250	$3,059,681,698
1973	$7,662,902,678	$3,239,487,516
1974	$9,496,204,302	$5,159,557,148
1975	$9,298,800,799	$6,826,980,444
1976	$11,050,234,599	$7,633,528,867
1977	$13,139,488,633	$7,696,011,396
1978	$16,358,079,862	$9,275,200,458
1979	$21,213,264,962	$9,929,681,529
1980	$24,488,224,677	$13,062,420,382
1981	$25,004,285,792	$15,518,201,335
1982	$26,804,493,635	$16,298,929,011
1983	$30,347,442,111	$17,589,277,143
1984	$33,942,897,422	$17,503,078,174
1985	$31,199,633,353	$16,403,539,893
1986	$27,734,111,400	$13,293,205,278
1987	$32,181,210,158	$11,356,215,543
1988	$35,272,109,220	$10,577,041,645
1989	$38,847,965,293	$9,853,395,762
1990	$44,024,585,240	$12,308,624,418
1991	$49,143,148,094	$12,981,833,333
1992	$59,167,550,163	$13,253,565,861
1993	$66,894,966,969	$13,695,962,055
1994	$74,478,356,958	$10,122,020,000
1995	$88,705,342,903	$11,396,706,587
1996	$100,855,393,910	$13,789,560,878
1997	$100,005,323,302	$14,505,233,463
1998	$72,167,498,981	$15,200,846,154
1999	$79,148,421,053	$15,873,875,969
2000	$93,789,736,842	$18,937,052,543
2001	$92,783,947,368	$20,237,024,725
2002	$100,845,526,316	$20,669,357,462
2003	$110,202,368,421	$21,828,144,686
2004	$124,749,473,684	$25,086,950,495
2005	$143,534,405,819	$28,858,965,517
2006	$162,692,258,307	$33,751,788,856
2007	$193,549,569,478	$40,465,318,382
2008	$230,811,614,370	$52,557,913,569
2009	$202,257,453,037	$54,111,735,629
2010	$255,017,638,456	$61,390,830,875
2011	$297,951,668,675	$67,539,428,159
2012	$314,443,047,642	$43,190,318,033
2013	$323,276,235,524	$21,361,254,635
2014	$338,066,095,097	$21,502,061,466
2015	$301,355,266,965	$16,466,863,117
2016	$301,256,033,870	$12,597,854,877
2017	$319,109,094,160	$16,369,843,352
2018	$358,788,845,713	$21,497,782,868
2019	$365,177,721,022	$22,583,045,060
2020	$337,456,163,961	$12,047,752,036
2021	$373,784,823,673	$14,353,205,678
2022	$407,605,841,348	$23,622,827,080
2023	$399,705,137,434	$19,993,439,950
2024	$421,972,102,254	-

Malaysia and Syria economies compared

GDP per capita

Malaysia

Syria

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Malaysia	Syria
1960	$240.8	$183.5
1961	$232.9	$196.3
1962	$238.8	$223.9
1963	$291.8	$234.9
1964	$303	$254.2
1965	$326	$270.8
1966	$339	$239.3
1967	$335	$272.9
1968	$342	$293.3
1969	$368	$364
1970	$380	$335
1971	$407	$393
1972	$472	$448
1973	$701	$459
1974	$848	$707
1975	$811	$904
1976	$940	$976
1977	$1,092	$951
1978	$1,327	$1,108
1979	$1,680	$1,146
1980	$1,886	$1,458
1981	$1,866	$1,676
1982	$1,938	$1,703
1983	$2,124	$1,776
1984	$2,300	$1,706
1985	$2,046	$1,544
1986	$1,760	$1,208
1987	$1,977	$997
1988	$2,100	$898
1989	$2,244	$809
1990	$2,469	$978
1991	$2,679	$1,000
1992	$3,141	$990
1993	$3,462	$993
1994	$3,758	$712
1995	$4,363	$780
1996	$4,837	$918
1997	$4,679	$941
1998	$3,294	$961
1999	$3,528	$978
2000	$4,084	$1,138
2001	$3,944	$1,187
2002	$4,184	$1,183
2003	$4,465	$1,220
2004	$4,939	$1,368
2005	$5,556	$1,534
2006	$6,158	$1,719
2007	$7,169	$1,938
2008	$8,372	$2,429
2009	$7,191	$2,462
2010	$8,899	$2,731
2011	$10,217	$2,952
2012	$10,601	$1,898
2013	$10,714	$986
2014	$11,013	$1,061
2015	$9,649	$848
2016	$9,477	$656
2017	$9,863	$852
2018	$10,902	$1,098
2019	$10,920	$1,110
2020	$9,958	$572
2021	$10,903	$664
2022	$11,748	$1,052
2023	$11,379	$847
2024	$11,867	-

Malaysia vs. Syria life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Malaysia

Syria

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Malaysia	Syria
1950	48.5	42.5
1951	49.2	43.4
1952	50.1	44.3
1953	51.1	45.3
1954	52	46.4
1955	52.8	47.4
1956	53.7	48.5
1957	54.5	49.6
1958	55.4	50.7
1959	56.3	51.7
1960	57.2	52.7
1961	58	53.7
1962	58.9	54.6
1963	59.7	55.4
1964	60.4	56.2
1965	61.1	56.9
1966	61.7	57.6
1967	62	58
1968	62.4	59.1
1969	62.9	59.8
1970	63.3	60.6
1971	63.8	61.3
1972	64.2	62
1973	64.7	60.8
1974	65.2	63.4
1975	65.7	64.2
1976	66.2	64.8
1977	66.7	65.4
1978	67.2	65.9
1979	67.6	66.2
1980	68.1	66.5
1981	68.5	64.6
1982	68.9	60.8
1983	69.2	67.4
1984	69.6	67.7
1985	69.9	68
1986	70.1	68.4
1987	70.4	68.8
1988	70.6	69.2
1989	70.8	69.5
1990	71	69.8
1991	71.2	70.1
1992	71.5	70.2
1993	71.7	70.3
1994	71.9	70.3
1995	72	70.2
1996	72.1	70.2
1997	72.3	70.2
1998	72.4	70.2
1999	72.4	70.5
2000	72.7	70.9
2001	73.1	71.3
2002	73.5	71.7
2003	73.7	72.2
2004	74	72.5
2005	74.4	72.8
2006	74.7	73
2007	75	73.3
2008	75.2	73.4
2009	75.3	73.5
2010	75.4	73.5
2011	75.5	72.3
2012	75.6	66.2
2013	75.5	65.1
2014	75.3	65.5
2015	75.3	63.3
2016	75.4	65.2
2017	75.5	65.7
2018	75.7	67.4
2019	75.9	71
2020	76.1	71.9
2021	73.9	72.4
2022	75.4	72.8
2023	76.7	72.1
2024	76.8	72.6
2025	77	73

Malaysia and Syria population clocks and comparison

Population

Malaysia

Syria

Table

Year	Population
	Malaysia	Syria
1960	7,956,197	4,673,500
1961	8,164,443	4,815,466
1962	8,380,172	4,959,340
1963	8,602,160	5,110,467
1964	8,828,406	5,269,087
1965	9,056,408	5,435,267
1966	9,284,688	5,609,047
1967	9,507,099	5,790,198
1968	9,725,281	5,978,742
1969	9,947,597	6,175,166
1970	10,178,802	6,380,609
1971	10,423,453	6,598,094
1972	10,676,835	6,826,024
1973	10,935,621	7,060,321
1974	11,200,906	7,302,160
1975	11,471,914	7,554,364
1976	11,750,097	7,817,320
1977	12,035,713	8,090,501
1978	12,328,157	8,372,759
1979	12,627,862	8,661,909
1980	12,983,363	8,957,663
1981	13,399,203	9,260,189
1982	13,832,798	9,572,511
1983	14,285,907	9,904,809
1984	14,759,009	10,258,398
1985	15,252,258	10,625,672
1986	15,760,419	11,002,844
1987	16,276,737	11,388,923
1988	16,796,605	11,782,264
1989	17,314,997	12,179,060
1990	17,833,171	12,579,208
1991	18,342,464	12,980,821
1992	18,834,572	13,385,571
1993	19,322,664	13,795,686
1994	19,820,446	14,208,583
1995	20,330,599	14,616,801
1996	20,850,087	15,018,104
1997	21,375,218	15,417,542
1998	21,906,713	15,820,413
1999	22,435,531	16,228,061
2000	22,967,816	16,637,888
2001	23,526,538	17,051,338
2002	24,102,477	17,468,332
2003	24,679,602	17,889,296
2004	25,256,772	18,336,875
2005	25,836,071	18,814,091
2006	26,417,909	19,637,022
2007	26,998,389	20,884,125
2008	27,570,059	21,636,564
2009	28,124,778	21,976,969
2010	28,655,776	22,482,421
2011	29,162,039	22,878,098
2012	29,662,831	22,759,763
2013	30,174,265	21,666,917
2014	30,696,137	20,273,659
2015	31,232,798	19,424,618
2016	31,789,685	19,193,834
2017	32,355,644	19,224,668
2018	32,910,967	19,577,845
2019	33,440,596	20,353,534
2020	33,889,558	21,049,429
2021	34,282,399	21,628,839
2022	34,695,493	22,462,173
2023	35,126,298	23,594,623
2024	35,557,673	24,672,760

Fertility rates in Malaysia and Syria

Fertility rate

Malaysia

Syria

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Malaysia	Syria
1960	6.41	7.51
1961	6.37	7.5
1962	6.3	7.51
1963	6.19	7.51
1964	6.03	7.53
1965	5.84	7.53
1966	5.64	7.55
1967	5.43	7.56
1968	5.29	7.57
1969	5.16	7.59
1970	5.04	7.62
1971	4.92	7.6
1972	4.82	7.57
1973	4.73	7.55
1974	4.62	7.52
1975	4.5	7.49
1976	4.4	7.45
1977	4.28	7.42
1978	4.18	7.35
1979	4.09	7.25
1980	4.04	7.12
1981	4	6.97
1982	3.97	6.81
1983	3.93	6.69
1984	3.89	6.59
1985	3.8	6.48
1986	3.7	6.37
1987	3.57	6.2
1988	3.5	6
1989	3.31	5.78
1990	3.3	5.56
1991	3.34	5.34
1992	3.37	5.14
1993	3.36	4.99
1994	3.35	4.86
1995	3.32	4.7
1996	3.3	4.54
1997	3.23	4.37
1998	3.12	4.25
1999	3.07	4.14
2000	2.94	4.07
2001	2.81	3.98
2002	2.66	3.87
2003	2.6	3.76
2004	2.49	3.68
2005	2.39	3.61
2006	2.31	3.56
2007	2.25	3.54
2008	2.26	3.48
2009	2.22	3.42
2010	2.14	3.36
2011	2.15	3.29
2012	2.12	3.22
2013	2.07	3.17
2014	2.06	3.12
2015	2.01	3.07
2016	1.94	3.01
2017	1.89	2.97
2018	1.84	2.93
2019	1.78	2.88
2020	1.68	2.84
2021	1.56	2.8
2022	1.55	2.75
2023	1.55	2.71

Malaysia and Syria demographics compared

Median age

Malaysia

Syria

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Malaysia	Syria
1960	17.5	17.6
1961	17.3	17.3
1962	17.1	17.1
1963	17	16.9
1964	16.9	16.7
1965	16.8	16.5
1966	16.9	16.4
1967	17	16.2
1968	17.1	16.1
1969	17.3	16
1970	17.4	15.9
1971	17.6	15.8
1972	17.9	15.8
1973	18.1	15.7
1974	18.3	15.7
1975	18.6	15.7
1976	18.8	15.6
1977	19	15.6
1978	19.3	15.6
1979	19.5	15.6
1980	19.7	15.6
1981	19.9	15.6
1982	20.1	15.7
1983	20.4	15.8
1984	20.5	15.8
1985	20.7	15.9
1986	20.9	16
1987	21	16.1
1988	21.1	16.2
1989	21.3	16.4
1990	21.5	16.5
1991	21.7	16.7
1992	21.9	16.9
1993	22.1	17.1
1994	22.3	17.3
1995	22.5	17.5
1996	22.7	17.7
1997	22.9	17.9
1998	23.1	18.1
1999	23.4	18.3
2000	23.5	18.5
2001	23.6	18.8
2002	23.7	19
2003	23.9	19.2
2004	24	19.5
2005	24.2	19.7
2006	24.5	20.3
2007	24.8	21
2008	25.1	21.3
2009	25.6	21.5
2010	26	21.7
2011	26.4	21.9
2012	26.8	21.8
2013	27.1	21.2
2014	27.5	20.1
2015	27.8	19.5
2016	28.1	19.5
2017	28.5	19.6
2018	28.8	20.1
2019	29.2	20.9
2020	29.6	21.6
2021	30.1	22.2
2022	30.6	22.7
2023	31.1	23.3
2024	31.5	23.9

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