Malaysia vs United Arab Emirates statistics compared

Malaysia has a population of 35.6M (ranked 44/197), compared with 10.9M in The United Arab Emirates (ranked 88/197). Malaysia's land area is 126,854 sq mi versus 27,421 sq mi for The United Arab Emirates (ranked 65th vs. 117th).

By GDP, Malaysia ranks 39/197 ($422B) and The United Arab Emirates ranks 29/197 ($537B). By GDP per capita, Malaysia ranks 81/197 ($11,867), while The United Arab Emirates ranks 24/197 ($49,378).

Malaysia and United Arab Emirates: Comparison Charts

Malaysia and United Arab Emirates economies compared

GDP

Malaysia

United Arab Emirates

Table

Year	GDP
	Malaysia	UAE
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	$685,986,701
1971	$4,244,395,956	$939,893,600
1972	$5,043,347,250	$1,415,086,929
1973	$7,662,902,678	$4,231,243,616
1974	$9,496,204,302	$11,651,505,689
1975	$9,298,800,799	$14,720,728,249
1976	$11,050,234,599	$19,213,158,779
1977	$13,139,488,633	$24,871,775,165
1978	$16,358,079,862	$23,775,764,225
1979	$21,213,264,962	$31,225,659,621
1980	$24,488,224,677	$43,599,160,050
1981	$25,004,285,792	$49,333,424,135
1982	$26,804,493,635	$46,622,718,605
1983	$30,347,442,111	$42,803,323,345
1984	$33,942,897,422	$41,807,954,236
1985	$31,199,633,353	$40,603,650,232
1986	$27,734,111,400	$33,943,612,095
1987	$32,181,210,158	$36,384,908,744
1988	$35,272,109,220	$36,275,674,203
1989	$38,847,965,293	$41,464,995,914
1990	$44,024,585,240	$50,701,443,748
1991	$49,143,148,094	$51,552,165,622
1992	$59,167,550,163	$54,239,171,888
1993	$66,894,966,969	$55,625,170,253
1994	$74,478,356,958	$59,305,093,980
1995	$88,705,342,903	$65,743,666,576
1996	$100,855,393,910	$73,571,233,996
1997	$100,005,323,302	$78,839,008,445
1998	$72,167,498,981	$75,674,336,283
1999	$79,148,421,053	$84,445,473,111
2000	$93,789,736,842	$104,337,372,362
2001	$92,783,947,368	$103,311,640,572
2002	$100,845,526,316	$109,816,201,498
2003	$110,202,368,421	$124,346,358,067
2004	$124,749,473,684	$147,824,370,320
2005	$143,534,405,819	$180,617,467,965
2006	$162,692,258,307	$222,116,541,865
2007	$193,549,569,478	$257,916,133,424
2008	$230,811,614,370	$315,474,615,739
2009	$202,257,453,037	$253,547,358,747
2010	$255,017,638,456	$300,189,052,689
2011	$297,951,668,675	$360,832,739,551
2012	$314,443,047,642	$384,610,125,391
2013	$323,276,235,524	$400,218,529,748
2014	$338,066,095,097	$414,105,366,753
2015	$301,355,266,965	$370,275,469,571
2016	$301,256,033,870	$369,255,326,236
2017	$319,109,094,160	$390,516,804,030
2018	$358,788,845,713	$427,049,432,158
2019	$365,177,721,022	$417,989,721,743
2020	$337,456,163,961	$349,473,015,330
2021	$373,784,823,673	$415,178,792,757
2022	$407,605,841,348	$502,731,935,194
2023	$399,705,137,434	$514,130,432,648
2024	$421,972,102,254	$537,078,829,135

Malaysia and United Arab Emirates economies compared

GDP per capita

Malaysia

United Arab Emirates

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Malaysia	UAE
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	$2,394
1971	$407	$2,805
1972	$472	$3,675
1973	$701	$9,696
1974	$848	$23,823
1975	$811	$27,117
1976	$940	$31,197
1977	$1,092	$35,020
1978	$1,327	$29,379
1979	$1,680	$34,238
1980	$1,886	$42,925
1981	$1,866	$44,854
1982	$1,938	$39,972
1983	$2,124	$34,650
1984	$2,300	$32,012
1985	$2,046	$29,468
1986	$1,760	$23,132
1987	$1,977	$23,113
1988	$2,100	$21,570
1989	$2,244	$23,167
1990	$2,469	$26,710
1991	$2,679	$25,691
1992	$3,141	$25,648
1993	$3,462	$25,033
1994	$3,758	$25,473
1995	$4,363	$27,003
1996	$4,837	$28,323
1997	$4,679	$27,983
1998	$3,294	$24,889
1999	$3,528	$25,856
2000	$4,084	$29,866
2001	$3,944	$27,745
2002	$4,184	$27,754
2003	$4,465	$29,660
2004	$4,939	$33,377
2005	$5,556	$38,719
2006	$6,158	$44,343
2007	$7,169	$45,855
2008	$8,372	$50,054
2009	$7,191	$37,803
2010	$8,899	$43,697
2011	$10,217	$50,789
2012	$10,601	$52,034
2013	$10,714	$52,024
2014	$11,013	$51,381
2015	$9,649	$43,535
2016	$9,477	$41,326
2017	$9,863	$42,341
2018	$10,902	$45,690
2019	$10,920	$44,251
2020	$9,958	$37,174
2021	$10,903	$43,360
2022	$11,748	$49,899
2023	$11,379	$49,041
2024	$11,867	$49,378

Malaysia vs. United Arab Emirates life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Malaysia

United Arab Emirates

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Malaysia	UAE
1950	48.5	42.1
1951	49.2	42.9
1952	50.1	43.6
1953	51.1	44.4
1954	52	45.2
1955	52.8	46
1956	53.7	46.9
1957	54.5	47.8
1958	55.4	48.8
1959	56.3	49.7
1960	57.2	50.7
1961	58	51.6
1962	58.9	52.5
1963	59.7	53.5
1964	60.4	54.5
1965	61.1	55.5
1966	61.7	56.6
1967	62	57.6
1968	62.4	58.7
1969	62.9	59.8
1970	63.3	60.8
1971	63.8	61.8
1972	64.2	62.7
1973	64.7	63.5
1974	65.2	64.4
1975	65.7	65.1
1976	66.2	65.8
1977	66.7	66.5
1978	67.2	67.1
1979	67.6	67.6
1980	68.1	68.2
1981	68.5	68.6
1982	68.9	69.1
1983	69.2	69.4
1984	69.6	69.8
1985	69.9	70.1
1986	70.1	70.4
1987	70.4	70.6
1988	70.6	70.8
1989	70.8	71
1990	71	71.1
1991	71.2	71.1
1992	71.5	71.2
1993	71.7	71.2
1994	71.9	71.2
1995	72	71.4
1996	72.1	71.8
1997	72.3	72.6
1998	72.4	73.7
1999	72.4	75
2000	72.7	76.3
2001	73.1	77.6
2002	73.5	78.7
2003	73.7	79.6
2004	74	80.3
2005	74.4	80.8
2006	74.7	81.2
2007	75	81.4
2008	75.2	81.6
2009	75.3	81.7
2010	75.4	81.9
2011	75.5	81.9
2012	75.6	81.9
2013	75.5	82
2014	75.3	82
2015	75.3	82.1
2016	75.4	82.2
2017	75.5	82.4
2018	75.7	82.4
2019	75.9	82.6
2020	76.1	81.9
2021	73.9	79.1
2022	75.4	80.5
2023	76.7	82.9
2024	76.8	83.1
2025	77	83.2

Malaysia and United Arab Emirates population clocks and comparison

Population

Malaysia

United Arab Emirates

Table

Year	Population
	Malaysia	UAE
1960	7,956,197	131,334
1961	8,164,443	137,989
1962	8,380,172	144,946
1963	8,602,160	152,211
1964	8,828,406	159,692
1965	9,056,408	167,103
1966	9,284,688	173,976
1967	9,507,099	179,700
1968	9,725,281	199,416
1969	9,947,597	239,660
1970	10,178,802	286,536
1971	10,423,453	335,027
1972	10,676,835	385,014
1973	10,935,621	436,399
1974	11,200,906	489,087
1975	11,471,914	542,856
1976	11,750,097	615,866
1977	12,035,713	710,209
1978	12,328,157	809,274
1979	12,627,862	912,010
1980	12,983,363	1,015,700
1981	13,399,203	1,099,855
1982	13,832,798	1,166,370
1983	14,285,907	1,235,305
1984	14,759,009	1,305,996
1985	15,252,258	1,377,911
1986	15,760,419	1,467,383
1987	16,276,737	1,574,244
1988	16,796,605	1,681,788
1989	17,314,997	1,789,851
1990	17,833,171	1,898,220
1991	18,342,464	2,006,626
1992	18,834,572	2,114,730
1993	19,322,664	2,222,093
1994	19,820,446	2,328,188
1995	20,330,599	2,434,662
1996	20,850,087	2,597,564
1997	21,375,218	2,817,410
1998	21,906,713	3,040,421
1999	22,435,531	3,266,009
2000	22,967,816	3,493,575
2001	23,526,538	3,723,590
2002	24,102,477	3,956,826
2003	24,679,602	4,192,457
2004	25,256,772	4,428,967
2005	25,836,071	4,664,790
2006	26,417,909	5,009,100
2007	26,998,389	5,624,635
2008	27,570,059	6,302,664
2009	28,124,778	6,707,058
2010	28,655,776	6,869,838
2011	29,162,039	7,104,538
2012	29,662,831	7,391,448
2013	30,174,265	7,693,031
2014	30,696,137	8,059,440
2015	31,232,798	8,505,237
2016	31,789,685	8,935,095
2017	32,355,644	9,223,225
2018	32,910,967	9,346,701
2019	33,440,596	9,445,785
2020	33,889,558	9,401,038
2021	34,282,399	9,575,152
2022	34,695,493	10,074,977
2023	35,126,298	10,483,751
2024	35,557,673	10,876,981

Fertility rates in Malaysia and United Arab Emirates

Fertility rate

Malaysia

United Arab Emirates

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Malaysia	UAE
1960	6.41	6.5
1961	6.37	6.49
1962	6.3	6.49
1963	6.19	6.5
1964	6.03	6.49
1965	5.84	6.5
1966	5.64	6.5
1967	5.43	6.51
1968	5.29	6.53
1969	5.16	6.52
1970	5.04	6.52
1971	4.92	6.52
1972	4.82	6.5
1973	4.73	6.46
1974	4.62	6.41
1975	4.5	6.35
1976	4.4	6.29
1977	4.28	6.22
1978	4.18	6.15
1979	4.09	6.06
1980	4.04	5.95
1981	4	5.81
1982	3.97	5.66
1983	3.93	5.48
1984	3.89	5.3
1985	3.8	5.13
1986	3.7	5
1987	3.57	4.88
1988	3.5	4.77
1989	3.31	4.65
1990	3.3	4.51
1991	3.34	4.25
1992	3.37	4.09
1993	3.36	3.82
1994	3.35	3.76
1995	3.32	3.28
1996	3.3	3.06
1997	3.23	2.83
1998	3.12	2.77
1999	3.07	2.79
2000	2.94	2.73
2001	2.81	2.62
2002	2.66	2.54
2003	2.6	2.49
2004	2.49	2.38
2005	2.39	2.23
2006	2.31	1.96
2007	2.25	1.79
2008	2.26	1.52
2009	2.22	1.58
2010	2.14	1.57
2011	2.15	1.54
2012	2.12	1.53
2013	2.07	1.53
2014	2.06	1.48
2015	2.01	1.42
2016	1.94	1.37
2017	1.89	1.35
2018	1.84	1.29
2019	1.78	1.25
2020	1.68	1.29
2021	1.56	1.16
2022	1.55	1.15
2023	1.55	1.2

Malaysia and United Arab Emirates demographics compared

Median age

Malaysia

United Arab Emirates

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Malaysia	UAE
1960	17.5	19.6
1961	17.3	20.1
1962	17.1	20.6
1963	17	21
1964	16.9	21.5
1965	16.8	22
1966	16.9	22.6
1967	17	23.3
1968	17.1	23.5
1969	17.3	23.1
1970	17.4	23
1971	17.6	23.2
1972	17.9	23.6
1973	18.1	24.1
1974	18.3	24.7
1975	18.6	25.4
1976	18.8	25.6
1977	19	25.4
1978	19.3	25.5
1979	19.5	25.8
1980	19.7	26.2
1981	19.9	26.4
1982	20.1	26.4
1983	20.4	26.4
1984	20.5	26.4
1985	20.7	26.6
1986	20.9	26.5
1987	21	26.1
1988	21.1	25.9
1989	21.3	25.8
1990	21.5	25.8
1991	21.7	26
1992	21.9	26.4
1993	22.1	26.8
1994	22.3	27.4
1995	22.5	28
1996	22.7	28.1
1997	22.9	27.9
1998	23.1	27.9
1999	23.4	28
2000	23.5	28.2
2001	23.6	28.6
2002	23.7	29.1
2003	23.9	29.6
2004	24	30.3
2005	24.2	30.9
2006	24.5	31.4
2007	24.8	31.6
2008	25.1	31.6
2009	25.6	31.6
2010	26	31.7
2011	26.4	31.7
2012	26.8	31.7
2013	27.1	31.7
2014	27.5	31.8
2015	27.8	31.8
2016	28.1	31.8
2017	28.5	31.8
2018	28.8	31.8
2019	29.2	31.8
2020	29.6	31.8
2021	30.1	31.9
2022	30.6	31.9
2023	31.1	32.2
2024	31.5	32.6

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