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Malaysia vs Tonga statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Malaysia has a population of 35.6M (ranked 44/197), compared with 104K in Tonga (ranked 183/197). Malaysia's land area is 126,854 sq mi versus 278 sq mi for Tonga (ranked 65th vs. 176th).

By GDP, Malaysia ranks 39/197 ($422B) and Tonga ranks 191/197 ($509M). By GDP per capita, Malaysia ranks 81/197 ($11,867), while Tonga ranks 121/197 ($4,864).

Main facts and rankings

Malaysia Tonga
Population
36304998
103744
Population rank 45/197 183/197
GDP
$422B
2024
$509M
2023
GDP rank 39/197 191/197
GDP per capita
$11,867
2024
$4,864
2023
GDP per capita rank 81/197 121/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$38,729
2024
$7,853
2023
Government debt
$297B
2024
$224M
2023
Debt-to-GDP ratio
70.1%
2025
44.1%
2025
Government debt per person
$8,353
2024
$2,138
2023
Government debt per person rank 63/185 117/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$9,650
2025
$4,126
2025
Land area
126,854 sq mi
2025
278 sq mi
2025
Population density
280.3 ppl/mi²
2024
375 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.55
2023
3.13
2023
Median age
31.5 years
2024
21.9 years
2024
Life expectancy
77 years
2025
73.2 years
2025

Malaysia and Tonga: Comparison Charts

Malaysia and Tonga economies compared

GDP
Malaysia

Tonga
Year GDP
Malaysia Tonga
1960 $1,916,229,477 -
1961 $1,901,856,123 -
1962 $2,001,489,602 -
1963 $2,510,110,348 -
1964 $2,674,423,922 -
1965 $2,956,337,669 -
1966 $3,143,517,944 -
1967 $3,188,924,677 -
1968 $3,330,371,551 -
1969 $3,664,552,041 -
1970 $3,864,145,667 -
1971 $4,244,395,956 -
1972 $5,043,347,250 -
1973 $7,662,902,678 -
1974 $9,496,204,302 -
1975 $9,298,800,799 $32,506,742
1976 $11,050,234,599 $30,036,417
1977 $13,139,488,633 $34,139,388
1978 $16,358,079,862 $41,567,472
1979 $21,213,264,962 $44,667,002
1980 $24,488,224,677 $53,260,077
1981 $25,004,285,792 $62,242,013
1982 $26,804,493,635 $62,068,161
1983 $30,347,442,111 $60,863,964
1984 $33,942,897,422 $64,248,355
1985 $31,199,633,353 $60,058,663
1986 $27,734,111,400 $68,195,856
1987 $32,181,210,158 $81,667,133
1988 $35,272,109,220 $106,657,267
1989 $38,847,965,293 $106,344,855
1990 $44,024,585,240 $113,563,822
1991 $49,143,148,094 $132,201,141
1992 $59,167,550,163 $137,066,291
1993 $66,894,966,969 $138,489,884
1994 $74,478,356,958 $195,990,986
1995 $88,705,342,903 $208,871,666
1996 $100,855,393,910 $222,100,576
1997 $100,005,323,302 $214,991,452
1998 $72,167,498,981 $191,504,893
1999 $79,148,421,053 $199,208,718
2000 $93,789,736,842 $204,848,488
2001 $92,783,947,368 $181,117,230
2002 $100,845,526,316 $182,764,281
2003 $110,202,368,421 $202,246,591
2004 $124,749,473,684 $230,678,011
2005 $143,534,405,819 $261,823,805
2006 $162,692,258,307 $292,232,703
2007 $193,549,569,478 $298,519,623
2008 $230,811,614,370 $344,438,844
2009 $202,257,453,037 $312,415,028
2010 $255,017,638,456 $366,887,375
2011 $297,951,668,675 $414,143,828
2012 $314,443,047,642 $471,122,971
2013 $323,276,235,524 $451,788,498
2014 $338,066,095,097 $440,997,735
2015 $301,355,266,965 $437,525,539
2016 $301,256,033,870 $420,828,255
2017 $319,109,094,160 $459,976,847
2018 $358,788,845,713 $489,714,530
2019 $365,177,721,022 $494,197,854
2020 $337,456,163,961 $496,856,304
2021 $373,784,823,673 $518,228,029
2022 $407,605,841,348 $518,180,029
2023 $399,705,137,434 $508,735,107
2024 $421,972,102,254 -

Malaysia and Tonga economies compared

GDP per capita
Malaysia

Tonga
Year GDP per capita
Malaysia Tonga
1960 $240.8 -
1961 $232.9 -
1962 $238.8 -
1963 $291.8 -
1964 $303 -
1965 $326 -
1966 $339 -
1967 $335 -
1968 $342 -
1969 $368 -
1970 $380 -
1971 $407 -
1972 $472 -
1973 $701 -
1974 $848 -
1975 $811 $349
1976 $940 $315
1977 $1,092 $353
1978 $1,327 $428
1979 $1,680 $458
1980 $1,886 $545
1981 $1,866 $636
1982 $1,938 $633
1983 $2,124 $621
1984 $2,300 $656
1985 $2,046 $613
1986 $1,760 $696
1987 $1,977 $830
1988 $2,100 $1,078
1989 $2,244 $1,070
1990 $2,469 $1,139
1991 $2,679 $1,323
1992 $3,141 $1,370
1993 $3,462 $1,383
1994 $3,758 $1,957
1995 $4,363 $2,084
1996 $4,837 $2,215
1997 $4,679 $2,136
1998 $3,294 $1,889
1999 $3,528 $1,952
2000 $4,084 $1,995
2001 $3,944 $1,754
2002 $4,184 $1,759
2003 $4,465 $1,936
2004 $4,939 $2,195
2005 $5,556 $2,478
2006 $6,158 $2,750
2007 $7,169 $2,797
2008 $8,372 $3,218
2009 $7,191 $2,914
2010 $8,899 $3,416
2011 $10,217 $3,850
2012 $10,601 $4,384
2013 $10,714 $4,219
2014 $11,013 $4,137
2015 $9,649 $4,124
2016 $9,477 $3,988
2017 $9,863 $4,366
2018 $10,902 $4,639
2019 $10,920 $4,677
2020 $9,958 $4,700
2021 $10,903 $4,913
2022 $11,748 $4,933
2023 $11,379 $4,864
2024 $11,867 -

Malaysia vs. Tonga life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Malaysia

Tonga
Year Life expectancy, years
Malaysia Tonga
1950 48.5 48.4
1951 49.2 49.8
1952 50.1 51.2
1953 51.1 52.4
1954 52 53.6
1955 52.8 54.7
1956 53.7 55.7
1957 54.5 56.5
1958 55.4 57.2
1959 56.3 57.8
1960 57.2 58.3
1961 58 58.8
1962 58.9 59.3
1963 59.7 59.8
1964 60.4 60.3
1965 61.1 60.7
1966 61.7 61.2
1967 62 61.7
1968 62.4 62.2
1969 62.9 62.7
1970 63.3 63.2
1971 63.8 63.6
1972 64.2 64.1
1973 64.7 64.4
1974 65.2 64.8
1975 65.7 65.1
1976 66.2 65.4
1977 66.7 65.6
1978 67.2 65.9
1979 67.6 66
1980 68.1 66.2
1981 68.5 66.4
1982 68.9 66.3
1983 69.2 66.7
1984 69.6 66.8
1985 69.9 66.9
1986 70.1 67.1
1987 70.4 67.2
1988 70.6 67.3
1989 70.8 67.4
1990 71 67.5
1991 71.2 67.7
1992 71.5 67.9
1993 71.7 68.2
1994 71.9 68.4
1995 72 68.6
1996 72.1 68.8
1997 72.3 69
1998 72.4 69.2
1999 72.4 69.4
2000 72.7 69.6
2001 73.1 69.8
2002 73.5 70
2003 73.7 70.2
2004 74 70.4
2005 74.4 70.6
2006 74.7 70.7
2007 75 70.9
2008 75.2 71
2009 75.3 70.9
2010 75.4 71.3
2011 75.5 71.4
2012 75.6 71.5
2013 75.5 71.6
2014 75.3 71.7
2015 75.3 71.9
2016 75.4 72
2017 75.5 72.1
2018 75.7 72.2
2019 75.9 72.3
2020 76.1 72.4
2021 73.9 72.1
2022 75.4 72.6
2023 76.7 72.9
2024 76.8 73.1
2025 77 73.2

Malaysia and Tonga population clocks and comparison

Population
Malaysia

Tonga
Year Population
Malaysia Tonga
1960 7,956,197 66,170
1961 8,164,443 68,037
1962 8,380,172 69,940
1963 8,602,160 71,885
1964 8,828,406 73,879
1965 9,056,408 75,924
1966 9,284,688 78,002
1967 9,507,099 79,814
1968 9,725,281 81,353
1969 9,947,597 82,885
1970 10,178,802 84,401
1971 10,423,453 85,896
1972 10,676,835 87,356
1973 10,935,621 88,805
1974 11,200,906 90,683
1975 11,471,914 93,017
1976 11,750,097 95,325
1977 12,035,713 96,725
1978 12,328,157 97,204
1979 12,627,862 97,544
1980 12,983,363 97,769
1981 13,399,203 97,909
1982 13,832,798 97,980
1983 14,285,907 97,998
1984 14,759,009 97,990
1985 15,252,258 97,984
1986 15,760,419 98,010
1987 16,276,737 98,376
1988 16,796,605 98,969
1989 17,314,997 99,403
1990 17,833,171 99,700
1991 18,342,464 99,895
1992 18,834,572 100,022
1993 19,322,664 100,103
1994 19,820,446 100,166
1995 20,330,599 100,225
1996 20,850,087 100,275
1997 21,375,218 100,674
1998 21,906,713 101,388
1999 22,435,531 102,046
2000 22,967,816 102,677
2001 23,526,538 103,288
2002 24,102,477 103,874
2003 24,679,602 104,464
2004 25,256,772 105,071
2005 25,836,071 105,671
2006 26,417,909 106,253
2007 26,998,389 106,726
2008 27,570,059 107,020
2009 28,124,778 107,203
2010 28,655,776 107,400
2011 29,162,039 107,570
2012 29,662,831 107,460
2013 30,174,265 107,078
2014 30,696,137 106,609
2015 31,232,798 106,095
2016 31,789,685 105,524
2017 32,355,644 105,356
2018 32,910,967 105,567
2019 33,440,596 105,669
2020 33,889,558 105,704
2021 34,282,399 105,490
2022 34,695,493 105,042
2023 35,126,298 104,597
2024 35,557,673 104,175

Fertility rates in Malaysia and Tonga

Fertility rate
Malaysia

Tonga
Year Fertility rate
Malaysia Tonga
1960 6.41 6.65
1961 6.37 6.61
1962 6.3 6.57
1963 6.19 6.52
1964 6.03 6.46
1965 5.84 6.41
1966 5.64 6.35
1967 5.43 6.29
1968 5.29 6.23
1969 5.16 6.17
1970 5.04 6.07
1971 4.92 5.96
1972 4.82 5.86
1973 4.73 5.8
1974 4.62 5.77
1975 4.5 5.75
1976 4.4 5.73
1977 4.28 5.7
1978 4.18 5.68
1979 4.09 5.65
1980 4.04 5.6
1981 4 5.55
1982 3.97 5.5
1983 3.93 5.45
1984 3.89 5.41
1985 3.8 5.34
1986 3.7 5.27
1987 3.57 5.19
1988 3.5 5.1
1989 3.31 5.01
1990 3.3 4.93
1991 3.34 4.85
1992 3.37 4.79
1993 3.36 4.73
1994 3.35 4.66
1995 3.32 4.56
1996 3.3 4.46
1997 3.23 4.38
1998 3.12 4.31
1999 3.07 4.23
2000 2.94 4.16
2001 2.81 4.13
2002 2.66 4.14
2003 2.6 4.18
2004 2.49 4.19
2005 2.39 4.2
2006 2.31 4.14
2007 2.25 4.09
2008 2.26 4.01
2009 2.22 3.95
2010 2.14 3.88
2011 2.15 3.83
2012 2.12 3.77
2013 2.07 3.7
2014 2.06 3.62
2015 2.01 3.54
2016 1.94 3.46
2017 1.89 3.39
2018 1.84 3.33
2019 1.78 3.27
2020 1.68 3.23
2021 1.56 3.2
2022 1.55 3.17
2023 1.55 3.13

Malaysia and Tonga demographics compared

Median age
Malaysia

Tonga
Year Median age, years
Malaysia Tonga
1960 17.5 17.1
1961 17.3 17.1
1962 17.1 17.1
1963 17 17
1964 16.9 17
1965 16.8 17
1966 16.9 17
1967 17 17
1968 17.1 16.9
1969 17.3 16.8
1970 17.4 16.8
1971 17.6 16.7
1972 17.9 16.7
1973 18.1 16.8
1974 18.3 16.8
1975 18.6 16.7
1976 18.8 16.7
1977 19 16.8
1978 19.3 17.1
1979 19.5 17.3
1980 19.7 17.4
1981 19.9 17.6
1982 20.1 17.8
1983 20.4 17.9
1984 20.5 18
1985 20.7 18.1
1986 20.9 18.2
1987 21 18.3
1988 21.1 18.6
1989 21.3 18.9
1990 21.5 19.1
1991 21.7 19.3
1992 21.9 19.5
1993 22.1 19.6
1994 22.3 19.6
1995 22.5 19.6
1996 22.7 19.6
1997 22.9 19.7
1998 23.1 19.9
1999 23.4 20.1
2000 23.5 20.3
2001 23.6 20.5
2002 23.7 20.7
2003 23.9 20.8
2004 24 20.8
2005 24.2 20.8
2006 24.5 20.8
2007 24.8 20.9
2008 25.1 21
2009 25.6 21.1
2010 26 21.2
2011 26.4 21.2
2012 26.8 21.4
2013 27.1 21.6
2014 27.5 21.7
2015 27.8 21.8
2016 28.1 21.9
2017 28.5 21.9
2018 28.8 22
2019 29.2 22
2020 29.6 22.1
2021 30.1 22.1
2022 30.6 22
2023 31.1 21.9
2024 31.5 21.9

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Malaysia Tonga
GNI, Atlas method
$415B
2024
$578M
2023
Government expenditure, % of GDP
23.1%
2025
49.7%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
3.51%
2023
5.15%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP
0.93%
2023
n/a
Armed forces personnel
136,000
2020
n/a
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-3.36%
2025
-7.9%
2025
Unemployment rate
3.93%
2022
1.65%
2023
Services, % of GDP
53.6%
2024
50.2%
2023
Industry, % of GDP
37.1%
2024
13.5%
2023
Economic freedom index
67.1
2025
58.5
2025
Income share by richest 10%
30.9%
2021
22%
2021
Income share by poorest 10%
2.3%
2021
4%
2021
Number of billionaires
19
2025
n/a
Percentage of billionaires
0.00008%
2025
n/a
Listed domestic companies
1,031
2024
n/a
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$449B
2024
n/a
Total reserves including gold
$116B
2024
$377M
2024
Personal remittances received
$1.61B
2024
$257M
2024
International tourist arrivals
4,333,000
2020
94,000
2019
International tourism as share of exports
1.63%
2020
47.8%
2020
Banked people share
88.7%
2024
n/a

Energy

Malaysia Tonga
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
2,867 kg
2022
543 kg
2007
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$12
2022
$7.94
2007
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
283.3 megatons
2023
0.22 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
8.07 tons
2023
2.1 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
96%
2022
0%
2007
Renewable energy use share
7.5%
2021
2.3%
2022
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
2.88%
2022
n/a
Net energy imports use share
-0.58%
2022
n/a
Electric power consumption per capita
4,986 kWh
2022
n/a
Renewable electricity output share
17%
2021
14.2%
2021
Hydroelectric share
16.6%
2022
0%
2021
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Malaysia Tonga
% of world population
0.44%
2024
0.001%
2024
Annual migration change
+174,770
2024
-2,149
2024
Urban population
79.2%
2024
23.2%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.55 ft
2025
5.74 ft
2025
Average female height
5.15 ft
2025
5.45 ft
2025
Quality of life index
62.9
2025
42.6
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
50
2024
50
2025
Higher education index
76
2025
n/a
Homicides per 100K people
0.72
2021
0.95
2019
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
22.5
2019
33
2019
Visa free countries
170
2025
127
2025
Adult literacy rate
95.8%
2022
99.4%
2021
English speaking
57.3%
2023
30%
2023
People using the Internet
98%
2024
58.5%
2023

Health

Malaysia Tonga
Government health expenditure per capita
$458
2022
$378
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$173.5
2022
$11.1
2022
Life expectancy
77 years
2025
73.2 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0.004%
2022
45.7%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
2.32
2021
1.01
2021
Age at first childbirth n/a
24.9 years
2025
Maternal mortality per 100K births
26
2023
67
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
8.1
2023
9.9
2023
Obesity rate
22.4%
2022
72.4%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
21.1%
2024
19.6%
2024
Air quality index
41
2025
91
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
22%
2022
31.3%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
0.74 liters
2020
0.36 liters
2020

Territory

Malaysia Tonga
% of world land
0.22%
2025
0.0005%
2025
Land area per capita
3,568 sq mi
2024
2,669 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
33,093 sq mi
2025
135.1 sq mi
2025
Forest area
73,219 sq mi
2025
34.6 sq mi
2025
Roads length
173,898 mi
2022
423 mi
2011

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