Malaysia vs Taiwan statistics compared

Malaysia has a population of 35.6M (ranked 44/197), compared with 23.4M in Taiwan (ranked 60/197). Malaysia's land area is 126,854 sq mi versus 13,976 sq mi for Taiwan (ranked 65th vs. 133rd).

By GDP, Malaysia ranks 39/197 ($422B) and Taiwan ranks 22/197 ($797B). By GDP per capita, Malaysia ranks 81/197 ($11,867), while Taiwan ranks 34/197 ($34,041).

Malaysia and Taiwan: Comparison Charts

Malaysia and Taiwan economies compared

GDP

Malaysia

Taiwan

Table

Year	GDP
	Malaysia	Taiwan
1960	$1,916,229,477	-
1961	$1,901,856,123	$1,778,000,000
1962	$2,001,489,602	$1,960,000,000
1963	$2,510,110,348	$2,218,000,000
1964	$2,674,423,922	$2,592,000,000
1965	$2,956,337,669	$2,869,000,000
1966	$3,143,517,944	$3,207,000,000
1967	$3,188,924,677	$3,709,000,000
1968	$3,330,371,551	$4,325,000,000
1969	$3,664,552,041	$5,017,000,000
1970	$3,864,145,667	$5,785,000,000
1971	$4,244,395,956	$6,727,000,000
1972	$5,043,347,250	$8,063,000,000
1973	$7,662,902,678	$10,940,000,000
1974	$9,496,204,302	$14,739,000,000
1975	$9,298,800,799	$15,836,000,000
1976	$11,050,234,599	$18,988,000,000
1977	$13,139,488,633	$22,252,000,000
1978	$16,358,079,862	$27,373,000,000
1979	$21,213,264,962	$33,875,000,000
1980	$24,488,224,677	$42,292,000,000
1981	$25,004,285,792	$49,047,000,000
1982	$26,804,493,635	$49,540,000,000
1983	$30,347,442,111	$54,155,000,000
1984	$33,942,897,422	$61,036,000,000
1985	$31,199,633,353	$63,599,000,000
1986	$27,734,111,400	$78,347,000,000
1987	$32,181,210,158	$104,956,000,000
1988	$35,272,109,220	$126,378,000,000
1989	$38,847,965,293	$152,687,000,000
1990	$44,024,585,240	$166,392,000,000
1991	$49,143,148,094	$187,100,000,000
1992	$59,167,550,163	$222,947,000,000
1993	$66,894,966,969	$234,943,000,000
1994	$74,478,356,958	$256,213,000,000
1995	$88,705,342,903	$279,013,000,000
1996	$100,855,393,910	$292,473,000,000
1997	$100,005,323,302	$303,315,000,000
1998	$72,167,498,981	$279,926,000,000
1999	$79,148,421,053	$303,827,000,000
2000	$93,789,736,842	$330,725,000,000
2001	$92,783,947,368	$299,303,000,000
2002	$100,845,526,316	$307,429,000,000
2003	$110,202,368,421	$317,374,000,000
2004	$124,749,473,684	$346,881,000,000
2005	$143,534,405,819	$374,042,000,000
2006	$162,692,258,307	$386,492,000,000
2007	$193,549,569,478	$406,940,000,000
2008	$230,811,614,370	$415,824,000,000
2009	$202,257,453,037	$390,788,000,000
2010	$255,017,638,456	$444,245,000,000
2011	$297,951,668,675	$483,957,000,000
2012	$314,443,047,642	$495,536,000,000
2013	$323,276,235,524	$512,957,000,000
2014	$338,066,095,097	$535,332,000,000
2015	$301,355,266,965	$534,474,000,000
2016	$301,256,033,870	$543,002,000,000
2017	$319,109,094,160	$591,734,000,000
2018	$358,788,845,713	$610,744,000,000
2019	$365,177,721,022	$613,453,000,000
2020	$337,456,163,961	$676,935,000,000
2021	$373,784,823,673	$777,062,000,000
2022	$407,605,841,348	$765,529,000,000
2023	$399,705,137,434	$757,276,000,000
2024	$421,972,102,254	$796,904,000,000

Malaysia and Taiwan economies compared

GDP per capita

Malaysia

Taiwan

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Malaysia	Taiwan
1960	$240.8	-
1961	$232.9	$161.2
1962	$238.8	$172
1963	$291.8	$188.6
1964	$303	$213.6
1965	$326	$229.3
1966	$339	$249.1
1967	$335	$280.8
1968	$342	$319
1969	$368	$357
1970	$380	$397
1971	$407	$451
1972	$472	$530
1973	$701	$706
1974	$848	$934
1975	$811	$985
1976	$940	$1,158
1977	$1,092	$1,330
1978	$1,327	$1,606
1979	$1,680	$1,950
1980	$1,886	$2,389
1981	$1,866	$2,720
1982	$1,938	$2,699
1983	$2,124	$2,903
1984	$2,300	$3,224
1985	$2,046	$3,314
1986	$1,760	$4,036
1987	$1,977	$5,350
1988	$2,100	$6,370
1989	$2,244	$7,613
1990	$2,469	$8,205
1991	$2,679	$9,125
1992	$3,141	$10,768
1993	$3,462	$11,242
1994	$3,758	$12,150
1995	$4,363	$13,119
1996	$4,837	$13,641
1997	$4,679	$14,020
1998	$3,294	$12,820
1999	$3,528	$13,804
2000	$4,084	$14,908
2001	$3,944	$13,397
2002	$4,184	$13,686
2003	$4,465	$14,066
2004	$4,939	$15,317
2005	$5,556	$16,456
2006	$6,158	$16,934
2007	$7,169	$17,757
2008	$8,372	$18,081
2009	$7,191	$16,933
2010	$8,899	$19,197
2011	$10,217	$20,866
2012	$10,601	$21,295
2013	$10,714	$21,973
2014	$11,013	$22,874
2015	$9,649	$22,780
2016	$9,477	$23,091
2017	$9,863	$25,121
2018	$10,902	$25,901
2019	$10,920	$25,998
2020	$9,958	$28,705
2021	$10,903	$33,111
2022	$11,748	$32,827
2023	$11,379	$32,442
2024	$11,867	$34,041

Malaysia vs. Taiwan life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Malaysia

Taiwan

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Malaysia	Taiwan
1950	48.5	56.6
1951	49.2	57.2
1952	50.1	57.9
1953	51.1	58.6
1954	52	58.9
1955	52.8	59.8
1956	53.7	60.3
1957	54.5	61
1958	55.4	61
1959	56.3	61.6
1960	57.2	62.5
1961	58	63
1962	58.9	63.8
1963	59.7	64.5
1964	60.4	64.9
1965	61.1	65.7
1966	61.7	66.1
1967	62	66.7
1968	62.4	66.8
1969	62.9	67.7
1970	63.3	69
1971	63.8	69.4
1972	64.2	69.6
1973	64.7	69.8
1974	65.2	70.3
1975	65.7	70.9
1976	66.2	71.2
1977	66.7	71.3
1978	67.2	71.7
1979	67.6	71.7
1980	68.1	72
1981	68.5	72
1982	68.9	72.4
1983	69.2	72.4
1984	69.6	73
1985	69.9	73.3
1986	70.1	73.3
1987	70.4	73.6
1988	70.6	73.4
1989	70.8	73.7
1990	71	73.9
1991	71.2	74.3
1992	71.5	74.3
1993	71.7	74.6
1994	71.9	74.7
1995	72	74.6
1996	72.1	74.9
1997	72.3	75.3
1998	72.4	75.5
1999	72.4	75.6
2000	72.7	76.1
2001	73.1	76.5
2002	73.5	76.9
2003	73.7	77
2004	74	77.2
2005	74.4	77.1
2006	74.7	77.8
2007	75	78
2008	75.2	78.3
2009	75.3	78.7
2010	75.4	79
2011	75.5	78.9
2012	75.6	79.2
2013	75.5	79.6
2014	75.3	79.5
2015	75.3	79.9
2016	75.4	79.7
2017	75.5	80.1
2018	75.7	80.4
2019	75.9	80.6
2020	76.1	81.1
2021	73.9	80.8
2022	75.4	80.2
2023	76.7	80.6
2024	76.8	80.7
2025	77	80.9

Malaysia and Taiwan population clocks and comparison

Population

Malaysia

Taiwan

Table

Year	Population
	Malaysia	Taiwan
1960	7,956,197	-
1961	8,164,443	11,030,385
1962	8,380,172	11,392,513
1963	8,602,160	11,762,101
1964	8,828,406	12,137,143
1965	9,056,408	12,511,863
1966	9,284,688	12,874,153
1967	9,507,099	13,210,344
1968	9,725,281	13,548,537
1969	9,947,597	14,068,984
1970	10,178,802	14,582,944
1971	10,423,453	14,913,564
1972	10,676,835	15,220,495
1973	10,935,621	15,505,121
1974	11,200,906	15,784,817
1975	11,471,914	16,075,128
1976	11,750,097	16,401,413
1977	12,035,713	16,730,895
1978	12,328,157	17,042,272
1979	12,627,862	17,372,779
1980	12,983,363	17,704,538
1981	13,399,203	18,029,982
1982	13,832,798	18,354,855
1983	14,285,907	18,653,146
1984	14,759,009	18,929,866
1985	15,252,258	19,191,510
1986	15,760,419	19,411,454
1987	16,276,737	19,617,046
1988	16,796,605	19,839,704
1989	17,314,997	20,055,492
1990	17,833,171	20,278,946
1991	18,342,464	20,503,568
1992	18,834,572	20,704,227
1993	19,322,664	20,899,019
1994	19,820,446	21,086,645
1995	20,330,599	21,267,653
1996	20,850,087	21,441,432
1997	21,375,218	21,634,124
1998	21,906,713	21,835,703
1999	22,435,531	22,010,489
2000	22,967,816	22,184,530
2001	23,526,538	22,341,120
2002	24,102,477	22,463,172
2003	24,679,602	22,562,663
2004	25,256,772	22,646,836
2005	25,836,071	22,729,753
2006	26,417,909	22,823,455
2007	26,998,389	22,917,444
2008	27,570,059	22,997,696
2009	28,124,778	23,078,402
2010	28,655,776	23,140,948
2011	29,162,039	23,193,518
2012	29,662,831	23,270,367
2013	30,174,265	23,344,670
2014	30,696,137	23,403,635
2015	31,232,798	23,462,914
2016	31,789,685	23,515,945
2017	32,355,644	23,555,522
2018	32,910,967	23,580,080
2019	33,440,596	23,596,027
2020	33,889,558	23,582,179
2021	34,282,399	23,468,275
2022	34,695,493	23,319,977
2023	35,126,298	23,342,541
2024	35,557,673	23,410,331

Fertility rates in Malaysia and Taiwan

Fertility rate

Malaysia

Taiwan

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Malaysia	Taiwan
1951	-	7.04
1952	-	-
1953	-	-
1954	-	-
1955	-	-
1956	-	-
1957	-	-
1958	-	-
1959	-	-
1960	6.41	-
1961	6.37	-
1962	6.3	-
1963	6.19	-
1964	6.03	-
1965	5.84	-
1966	5.64	-
1967	5.43	-
1968	5.29	-
1969	5.16	-
1970	5.04	-
1971	4.92	-
1972	4.82	-
1973	4.73	-
1974	4.62	-
1975	4.5	-
1976	4.4	-
1977	4.28	-
1978	4.18	-
1979	4.09	-
1980	4.04	-
1981	4	2.46
1982	3.97	-
1983	3.93	-
1984	3.89	-
1985	3.8	-
1986	3.7	-
1987	3.57	-
1988	3.5	-
1989	3.31	-
1990	3.3	-
1991	3.34	1.72
1992	3.37	-
1993	3.36	-
1994	3.35	-
1995	3.32	-
1996	3.3	-
1997	3.23	-
1998	3.12	-
1999	3.07	-
2000	2.94	-
2001	2.81	1.4
2002	2.66	-
2003	2.6	-
2004	2.49	-
2005	2.39	-
2006	2.31	-
2007	2.25	-
2008	2.26	-
2009	2.22	-
2010	2.14	-
2011	2.15	1.07
2012	2.12	-
2013	2.07	-
2014	2.06	-
2015	2.01	1.18
2016	1.94	1.17
2017	1.89	1.13
2018	1.84	1.06
2019	1.78	1.05
2020	1.68	0.99
2021	1.56	0.98
2022	1.55	0.87
2023	1.55	0.87
2024	-	0.89

Malaysia and Taiwan demographics compared

Median age

Malaysia

Taiwan

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Malaysia	Taiwan
1960	17.5	-
1961	17.3	-
1962	17.1	-
1963	17	-
1964	16.9	-
1965	16.8	-
1966	16.9	-
1967	17	-
1968	17.1	-
1969	17.3	-
1970	17.4	-
1971	17.6	-
1972	17.9	-
1973	18.1	-
1974	18.3	20.8
1975	18.6	21.2
1976	18.8	21.5
1977	19	21.9
1978	19.3	22.3
1979	19.5	22.6
1980	19.7	23
1981	19.9	23.4
1982	20.1	23.8
1983	20.4	24.1
1984	20.5	24.6
1985	20.7	25.1
1986	20.9	25.6
1987	21	26.1
1988	21.1	26.5
1989	21.3	27
1990	21.5	27.5
1991	21.7	28
1992	21.9	28.4
1993	22.1	28.9
1994	22.3	29.4
1995	22.5	29.8
1996	22.7	30.3
1997	22.9	30.7
1998	23.1	31.2
1999	23.4	31.6
2000	23.5	32.1
2001	23.6	32.6
2002	23.7	33.1
2003	23.9	33.6
2004	24	34.1
2005	24.2	34.7
2006	24.5	35.2
2007	24.8	35.8
2008	25.1	36.3
2009	25.6	36.8
2010	26	37.4
2011	26.4	37.9
2012	26.8	38.3
2013	27.1	38.9
2014	27.5	39.3
2015	27.8	39.9
2016	28.1	40.4
2017	28.5	41
2018	28.8	41.5
2019	29.2	42.1
2020	29.6	42.7
2021	30.1	43.3
2022	30.6	43.9
2023	31.1	44.5
2024	31.5	45.1

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