Malaysia vs Thailand statistics compared

Malaysia has a population of 35.6M (ranked 44/197), compared with 71.7M in Thailand (ranked 20/197). Malaysia's land area is 126,854 sq mi versus 197,256 sq mi for Thailand (ranked 65th vs. 50th).

By GDP, Malaysia ranks 39/197 ($422B) and Thailand ranks 30/197 ($526B). By GDP per capita, Malaysia ranks 81/197 ($11,867), while Thailand ranks 102/197 ($7,345).

Malaysia and Thailand: Comparison Charts

Malaysia and Thailand economies compared

GDP

Malaysia

Thailand

Table

Year	GDP
	Malaysia	Thailand
1960	$1,916,229,477	$2,760,750,861
1961	$1,901,856,123	$3,034,037,811
1962	$2,001,489,602	$3,308,912,797
1963	$2,510,110,348	$3,540,403,457
1964	$2,674,423,922	$3,889,129,942
1965	$2,956,337,669	$4,388,937,649
1966	$3,143,517,944	$5,279,230,817
1967	$3,188,924,677	$5,638,461,442
1968	$3,330,371,551	$6,081,009,428
1969	$3,664,552,041	$6,695,336,567
1970	$3,864,145,667	$7,086,538,438
1971	$4,244,395,956	$7,375,000,024
1972	$5,043,347,250	$8,177,873,151
1973	$7,662,902,678	$10,838,587,358
1974	$9,496,204,302	$13,702,998,512
1975	$9,298,800,799	$14,882,770,594
1976	$11,050,234,599	$16,985,208,648
1977	$13,139,488,633	$19,779,312,261
1978	$16,358,079,862	$24,006,566,637
1979	$21,213,264,962	$27,371,650,825
1980	$24,488,224,677	$32,353,514,989
1981	$25,004,285,792	$34,846,039,194
1982	$26,804,493,635	$36,589,772,404
1983	$30,347,442,111	$40,042,798,388
1984	$33,942,897,422	$41,797,647,776
1985	$31,199,633,353	$38,900,711,333
1986	$27,734,111,400	$43,096,773,981
1987	$32,181,210,158	$50,535,446,555
1988	$35,272,109,220	$61,667,253,471
1989	$38,847,965,293	$72,250,748,100
1990	$44,024,585,240	$85,343,190,719
1991	$49,143,148,094	$98,234,714,971
1992	$59,167,550,163	$111,452,746,518
1993	$66,894,966,969	$128,889,262,951
1994	$74,478,356,958	$146,683,778,959
1995	$88,705,342,903	$169,278,916,593
1996	$100,855,393,910	$183,035,237,429
1997	$100,005,323,302	$150,180,456,566
1998	$72,167,498,981	$113,675,596,788
1999	$79,148,421,053	$126,669,211,779
2000	$93,789,736,842	$126,392,224,254
2001	$92,783,947,368	$120,296,476,180
2002	$100,845,526,316	$134,300,904,400
2003	$110,202,368,421	$152,280,615,246
2004	$124,749,473,684	$172,895,685,155
2005	$143,534,405,819	$189,318,408,469
2006	$162,692,258,307	$221,758,296,022
2007	$193,549,569,478	$262,942,621,455
2008	$230,811,614,370	$291,382,982,431
2009	$202,257,453,037	$281,710,630,187
2010	$255,017,638,456	$341,104,766,329
2011	$297,951,668,675	$370,818,739,624
2012	$314,443,047,642	$397,558,325,279
2013	$323,276,235,524	$420,333,654,593
2014	$338,066,095,097	$407,339,040,198
2015	$301,355,266,965	$401,296,238,228
2016	$301,256,033,870	$413,366,349,748
2017	$319,109,094,160	$456,356,813,537
2018	$358,788,845,713	$506,754,208,404
2019	$365,177,721,022	$543,976,691,794
2020	$337,456,163,961	$500,461,898,480
2021	$373,784,823,673	$506,194,668,790
2022	$407,605,841,348	$495,644,697,588
2023	$399,705,137,434	$515,906,283,941
2024	$421,972,102,254	$526,411,265,428

Malaysia and Thailand economies compared

GDP per capita

Malaysia

Thailand

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Malaysia	Thailand
1960	$240.8	$102.8
1961	$232.9	$109.7
1962	$238.8	$116.2
1963	$291.8	$120.7
1964	$303	$128.6
1965	$326	$140.9
1966	$339	$164.5
1967	$335	$170.7
1968	$342	$178.8
1969	$368	$191.4
1970	$380	$197.1
1971	$407	$199.7
1972	$472	$215.6
1973	$701	$278.3
1974	$848	$343
1975	$811	$364
1976	$940	$405
1977	$1,092	$462
1978	$1,327	$548
1979	$1,680	$612
1980	$1,886	$709
1981	$1,866	$748
1982	$1,938	$770
1983	$2,124	$827
1984	$2,300	$847
1985	$2,046	$774
1986	$1,760	$842
1987	$1,977	$970
1988	$2,100	$1,164
1989	$2,244	$1,342
1990	$2,469	$1,559
1991	$2,679	$1,766
1992	$3,141	$1,972
1993	$3,462	$2,245
1994	$3,758	$2,518
1995	$4,363	$2,864
1996	$4,837	$3,055
1997	$4,679	$2,473
1998	$3,294	$1,848
1999	$3,528	$2,033
2000	$4,084	$2,006
2001	$3,944	$1,890
2002	$4,184	$2,090
2003	$4,465	$2,348
2004	$4,939	$2,642
2005	$5,556	$2,868
2006	$6,158	$3,331
2007	$7,169	$3,919
2008	$8,372	$4,309
2009	$7,191	$4,135
2010	$8,899	$4,974
2011	$10,217	$5,374
2012	$10,601	$5,726
2013	$10,714	$6,018
2014	$11,013	$5,801
2015	$9,649	$5,689
2016	$9,477	$5,834
2017	$9,863	$6,413
2018	$10,902	$7,100
2019	$10,920	$7,606
2020	$9,958	$6,986
2021	$10,903	$7,057
2022	$11,748	$6,909
2023	$11,379	$7,195
2024	$11,867	$7,345

Malaysia vs. Thailand life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Malaysia

Thailand

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Malaysia	Thailand
1950	48.5	45.2
1951	49.2	45.9
1952	50.1	46.5
1953	51.1	47.1
1954	52	47.6
1955	52.8	48.1
1956	53.7	48.6
1957	54.5	49.1
1958	55.4	49.5
1959	56.3	50.1
1960	57.2	50.6
1961	58	51.1
1962	58.9	51.4
1963	59.7	52
1964	60.4	52.5
1965	61.1	53.1
1966	61.7	53.7
1967	62	54.3
1968	62.4	55
1969	62.9	55.7
1970	63.3	56.5
1971	63.8	57.1
1972	64.2	57.7
1973	64.7	58.3
1974	65.2	59
1975	65.7	59.7
1976	66.2	60.4
1977	66.7	60.9
1978	67.2	61.3
1979	67.6	61.7
1980	68.1	62.2
1981	68.5	62.9
1982	68.9	63.6
1983	69.2	64.5
1984	69.6	65.5
1985	69.9	66.5
1986	70.1	67.3
1987	70.4	67.8
1988	70.6	68.2
1989	70.8	68.6
1990	71	68.9
1991	71.2	69.1
1992	71.5	69.4
1993	71.7	69.6
1994	71.9	69.7
1995	72	69.8
1996	72.1	69.9
1997	72.3	70.4
1998	72.4	70.7
1999	72.4	71
2000	72.7	71.2
2001	73.1	71.5
2002	73.5	71.8
2003	73.7	72.1
2004	74	72.1
2005	74.4	72.9
2006	74.7	73.3
2007	75	73.8
2008	75.2	74.2
2009	75.3	74.7
2010	75.4	75
2011	75.5	75.3
2012	75.6	75.6
2013	75.5	76
2014	75.3	76.3
2015	75.3	76.6
2016	75.4	76.8
2017	75.5	77
2018	75.7	77.2
2019	75.9	77.2
2020	76.1	77.3
2021	73.9	77.6
2022	75.4	75.3
2023	76.7	76.4
2024	76.8	76.6
2025	77	76.8

Malaysia and Thailand population clocks and comparison

Population

Malaysia

Thailand

Table

Year	Population
	Malaysia	Thailand
1960	7,956,197	26,851,747
1961	8,164,443	27,650,334
1962	8,380,172	28,481,040
1963	8,602,160	29,342,322
1964	8,828,406	30,232,141
1965	9,056,408	31,149,337
1966	9,284,688	32,086,071
1967	9,507,099	33,037,801
1968	9,725,281	34,002,560
1969	9,947,597	34,973,782
1970	10,178,802	35,954,408
1971	10,423,453	36,937,387
1972	10,676,835	37,933,929
1973	10,935,621	38,947,787
1974	11,200,906	39,952,891
1975	11,471,914	40,940,005
1976	11,750,097	41,896,504
1977	12,035,713	42,843,974
1978	12,328,157	43,788,976
1979	12,627,862	44,718,434
1980	12,983,363	45,650,022
1981	13,399,203	46,575,855
1982	13,832,798	47,494,577
1983	14,285,907	48,423,309
1984	14,759,009	49,351,708
1985	15,252,258	50,270,753
1986	15,760,419	51,177,834
1987	16,276,737	52,074,105
1988	16,796,605	52,969,595
1989	17,314,997	53,848,956
1990	17,833,171	54,738,329
1991	18,342,464	55,637,434
1992	18,834,572	56,528,834
1993	19,322,664	57,408,198
1994	19,820,446	58,260,854
1995	20,330,599	59,098,232
1996	20,850,087	59,920,064
1997	21,375,218	60,724,584
1998	21,906,713	61,522,630
1999	22,435,531	62,299,043
2000	22,967,816	63,007,815
2001	23,526,538	63,651,141
2002	24,102,477	64,266,437
2003	24,679,602	64,868,166
2004	25,256,772	65,452,047
2005	25,836,071	66,017,420
2006	26,417,909	66,567,687
2007	26,998,389	67,102,394
2008	27,570,059	67,619,830
2009	28,124,778	68,121,080
2010	28,655,776	68,579,447
2011	29,162,039	69,007,208
2012	29,662,831	69,436,098
2013	30,174,265	69,845,114
2014	30,696,137	70,216,367
2015	31,232,798	70,540,795
2016	31,789,685	70,859,841
2017	32,355,644	71,160,187
2018	32,910,967	71,376,079
2019	33,440,596	71,522,271
2020	33,889,558	71,641,484
2021	34,282,399	71,727,332
2022	34,695,493	71,735,329
2023	35,126,298	71,702,435
2024	35,557,673	71,668,011

Fertility rates in Malaysia and Thailand

Fertility rate

Malaysia

Thailand

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Malaysia	Thailand
1960	6.41	6.33
1961	6.37	6.32
1962	6.3	6.33
1963	6.19	6.34
1964	6.03	6.31
1965	5.84	6.26
1966	5.64	6.18
1967	5.43	6.08
1968	5.29	5.93
1969	5.16	5.7
1970	5.04	5.45
1971	4.92	5.25
1972	4.82	5.08
1973	4.73	4.85
1974	4.62	4.6
1975	4.5	4.36
1976	4.4	4.12
1977	4.28	3.87
1978	4.18	3.62
1979	4.09	3.45
1980	4.04	3.29
1981	4	3.13
1982	3.97	2.94
1983	3.93	2.76
1984	3.89	2.58
1985	3.8	2.45
1986	3.7	2.36
1987	3.57	2.26
1988	3.5	2.17
1989	3.31	2.14
1990	3.3	2.07
1991	3.34	2.04
1992	3.37	2.01
1993	3.36	1.97
1994	3.35	1.93
1995	3.32	1.89
1996	3.3	1.87
1997	3.23	1.85
1998	3.12	1.82
1999	3.07	1.77
2000	2.94	1.73
2001	2.81	1.71
2002	2.66	1.69
2003	2.6	1.67
2004	2.49	1.67
2005	2.39	1.64
2006	2.31	1.63
2007	2.25	1.62
2008	2.26	1.59
2009	2.22	1.57
2010	2.14	1.56
2011	2.15	1.57
2012	2.12	1.56
2013	2.07	1.53
2014	2.06	1.48
2015	2.01	1.45
2016	1.94	1.4
2017	1.89	1.36
2018	1.84	1.32
2019	1.78	1.29
2020	1.68	1.26
2021	1.56	1.23
2022	1.55	1.22
2023	1.55	1.21

Malaysia and Thailand demographics compared

Median age

Malaysia

Thailand

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Malaysia	Thailand
1960	17.5	18
1961	17.3	17.9
1962	17.1	17.7
1963	17	17.6
1964	16.9	17.5
1965	16.8	17.4
1966	16.9	17.3
1967	17	17.3
1968	17.1	17.3
1969	17.3	17.4
1970	17.4	17.5
1971	17.6	17.6
1972	17.9	17.8
1973	18.1	18
1974	18.3	18.2
1975	18.6	18.4
1976	18.8	18.7
1977	19	18.9
1978	19.3	19.2
1979	19.5	19.5
1980	19.7	19.9
1981	19.9	20.2
1982	20.1	20.6
1983	20.4	21
1984	20.5	21.5
1985	20.7	21.9
1986	20.9	22.4
1987	21	22.8
1988	21.1	23.3
1989	21.3	23.7
1990	21.5	24.3
1991	21.7	24.8
1992	21.9	25.4
1993	22.1	26
1994	22.3	26.6
1995	22.5	27.2
1996	22.7	27.7
1997	22.9	28.3
1998	23.1	28.9
1999	23.4	29.5
2000	23.5	30
2001	23.6	30.5
2002	23.7	30.9
2003	23.9	31.3
2004	24	31.7
2005	24.2	32.2
2006	24.5	32.6
2007	24.8	33.1
2008	25.1	33.6
2009	25.6	34
2010	26	34.5
2011	26.4	35
2012	26.8	35.4
2013	27.1	35.9
2014	27.5	36.3
2015	27.8	36.8
2016	28.1	37.3
2017	28.5	37.7
2018	28.8	38.2
2019	29.2	38.7
2020	29.6	39.2
2021	30.1	39.7
2022	30.6	40.2
2023	31.1	40.7
2024	31.5	41.1

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