Malaysia vs United Kingdom statistics compared

Malaysia has a population of 35.6M (ranked 44/197), compared with 69.2M in The United Kingdom (ranked 21/197). Malaysia's land area is 126,854 sq mi versus 93,410 sq mi for The United Kingdom (ranked 65th vs. 78th).

By GDP, Malaysia ranks 39/197 ($422B) and The United Kingdom ranks 6/197 ($3.64T). By GDP per capita, Malaysia ranks 81/197 ($11,867), while The United Kingdom ranks 23/197 ($52,637).

Malaysia and United Kingdom: Comparison Charts

Malaysia and United Kingdom economies compared

GDP

Malaysia

United Kingdom

Table

Year	GDP
	Malaysia	United Kingdom
1960	$1,916,229,477	$73,233,967,692
1961	$1,901,856,123	$77,741,965,703
1962	$2,001,489,602	$81,247,564,157
1963	$2,510,110,348	$86,561,961,812
1964	$2,674,423,922	$94,407,558,351
1965	$2,956,337,669	$101,824,755,079
1966	$3,143,517,944	$108,572,752,102
1967	$3,188,924,677	$113,116,888,211
1968	$3,330,371,551	$107,759,910,068
1969	$3,664,552,041	$116,464,702,803
1970	$3,864,145,667	$130,671,946,244
1971	$4,244,395,956	$148,113,896,325
1972	$5,043,347,250	$169,965,034,965
1973	$7,662,902,678	$192,537,971,583
1974	$9,496,204,302	$206,131,369,799
1975	$9,298,800,799	$241,756,637,168
1976	$11,050,234,599	$232,614,555,256
1977	$13,139,488,633	$263,066,457,352
1978	$16,358,079,862	$335,883,029,722
1979	$21,213,264,962	$438,994,070,309
1980	$24,488,224,677	$564,947,710,899
1981	$25,004,285,792	$540,765,675,241
1982	$26,804,493,635	$515,048,916,841
1983	$30,347,442,111	$489,618,008,186
1984	$33,942,897,422	$461,487,097,632
1985	$31,199,633,353	$489,285,164,271
1986	$27,734,111,400	$601,452,653,181
1987	$32,181,210,158	$745,162,608,269
1988	$35,272,109,220	$910,122,732,124
1989	$38,847,965,293	$926,884,816,754
1990	$44,024,585,240	$1,093,169,389,205
1991	$49,143,148,094	$1,142,797,178,131
1992	$59,167,550,163	$1,179,659,529,660
1993	$66,894,966,969	$1,061,388,722,256
1994	$74,478,356,958	$1,140,489,745,944
1995	$88,705,342,903	$1,344,240,176,740
1996	$100,855,393,910	$1,419,645,865,835
1997	$100,005,323,302	$1,560,911,918,795
1998	$72,167,498,981	$1,653,694,932,097
1999	$79,148,421,053	$1,687,830,448,148
2000	$93,789,736,842	$1,665,534,876,683
2001	$92,783,947,368	$1,649,827,263,567
2002	$100,845,526,316	$1,785,729,916,067
2003	$110,202,368,421	$2,054,422,857,143
2004	$124,749,473,684	$2,421,525,082,387
2005	$143,534,405,819	$2,543,180,000,000
2006	$162,692,258,307	$2,708,441,582,337
2007	$193,549,569,478	$3,090,510,204,082
2008	$230,811,614,370	$2,929,411,764,706
2009	$202,257,453,037	$2,412,840,006,232
2010	$255,017,638,456	$2,485,482,596,185
2011	$297,951,668,675	$2,663,805,834,828
2012	$314,443,047,642	$2,707,089,726,615
2013	$323,276,235,524	$2,784,853,502,534
2014	$338,066,095,097	$3,064,708,247,921
2015	$301,355,266,965	$2,927,911,140,917
2016	$301,256,033,870	$2,689,106,566,900
2017	$319,109,094,160	$2,680,148,052,335
2018	$358,788,845,713	$2,871,340,347,582
2019	$365,177,721,022	$2,851,407,164,908
2020	$337,456,163,961	$2,696,778,386,608
2021	$373,784,823,673	$3,143,323,050,707
2022	$407,605,841,348	$3,114,042,471,144
2023	$399,705,137,434	$3,369,861,888,973
2024	$421,972,102,254	$3,643,834,188,783

Malaysia and United Kingdom economies compared

GDP per capita

Malaysia

United Kingdom

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Malaysia	United Kingdom
1960	$240.8	$1,398
1961	$232.9	$1,472
1962	$238.8	$1,526
1963	$291.8	$1,613
1964	$303	$1,748
1965	$326	$1,874
1966	$339	$1,987
1967	$335	$2,059
1968	$342	$1,952
1969	$368	$2,101
1970	$380	$2,348
1971	$407	$2,650
1972	$472	$3,030
1973	$701	$3,426
1974	$848	$3,666
1975	$811	$4,300
1976	$940	$4,138
1977	$1,092	$4,681
1978	$1,327	$5,977
1979	$1,680	$7,805
1980	$1,886	$10,032
1981	$1,866	$9,599
1982	$1,938	$9,146
1983	$2,124	$8,692
1984	$2,300	$8,179
1985	$2,046	$8,652
1986	$1,760	$10,611
1987	$1,977	$13,119
1988	$2,100	$15,987
1989	$2,244	$16,239
1990	$2,469	$19,095
1991	$2,679	$19,901
1992	$3,141	$20,487
1993	$3,462	$18,389
1994	$3,758	$19,709
1995	$4,363	$23,169
1996	$4,837	$24,406
1997	$4,679	$26,766
1998	$3,294	$28,275
1999	$3,528	$28,762
2000	$4,084	$28,281
2001	$3,944	$27,907
2002	$4,184	$30,078
2003	$4,465	$34,443
2004	$4,939	$40,367
2005	$5,556	$42,105
2006	$6,158	$44,512
2007	$7,169	$50,398
2008	$8,372	$47,396
2009	$7,191	$38,744
2010	$8,899	$39,599
2011	$10,217	$42,110
2012	$10,601	$42,490
2013	$10,714	$43,419
2014	$11,013	$47,427
2015	$9,649	$44,984
2016	$9,477	$40,988
2017	$9,863	$40,629
2018	$10,902	$43,315
2019	$10,920	$42,794
2020	$9,958	$40,405
2021	$10,903	$46,926
2022	$11,748	$46,063
2023	$11,379	$49,201
2024	$11,867	$52,637

Malaysia vs. United Kingdom life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Malaysia

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Malaysia	United Kingdom
1950	48.5	68.6
1951	49.2	68.2
1952	50.1	69.5
1953	51.1	69.8
1954	52	70.2
1955	52.8	70.1
1956	53.7	70.4
1957	54.5	70.5
1958	55.4	70.7
1959	56.3	70.8
1960	57.2	71
1961	58	70.8
1962	58.9	70.9
1963	59.7	70.8
1964	60.4	71.5
1965	61.1	71.5
1966	61.7	71.4
1967	62	72.1
1968	62.4	71.7
1969	62.9	71.7
1970	63.3	71.9
1971	63.8	72.2
1972	64.2	72
1973	64.7	72.2
1974	65.2	72.4
1975	65.7	72.7
1976	66.2	72.6
1977	66.7	73.1
1978	67.2	73
1979	67.6	73.2
1980	68.1	73.6
1981	68.5	73.9
1982	68.9	74
1983	69.2	74.3
1984	69.6	74.7
1985	69.9	74.5
1986	70.1	74.8
1987	70.4	75.1
1988	70.6	75.3
1989	70.8	75.4
1990	71	75.7
1991	71.2	75.9
1992	71.5	76.3
1993	71.7	76.2
1994	71.9	76.7
1995	72	76.6
1996	72.1	76.9
1997	72.3	77.1
1998	72.4	77.3
1999	72.4	77.4
2000	72.7	77.8
2001	73.1	78.1
2002	73.5	78.2
2003	73.7	78.3
2004	74	78.9
2005	74.4	79.1
2006	74.7	79.3
2007	75	79.5
2008	75.2	79.7
2009	75.3	80.2
2010	75.4	80.4
2011	75.5	80.8
2012	75.6	80.9
2013	75.5	80.9
2014	75.3	81.2
2015	75.3	80.9
2016	75.4	81.1
2017	75.5	81.2
2018	75.7	81.1
2019	75.9	81.4
2020	76.1	80.4
2021	73.9	80.7
2022	75.4	81.1
2023	76.7	81.3
2024	76.8	81.4
2025	77	81.6

Malaysia and United Kingdom population clocks and comparison

Population

Malaysia

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Population
	Malaysia	United Kingdom
1960	7,956,197	52,400,000
1961	8,164,443	52,800,000
1962	8,380,172	53,250,000
1963	8,602,160	53,650,000
1964	8,828,406	54,000,000
1965	9,056,408	54,348,050
1966	9,284,688	54,648,500
1967	9,507,099	54,943,600
1968	9,725,281	55,211,700
1969	9,947,597	55,441,750
1970	10,178,802	55,663,250
1971	10,423,453	55,896,223
1972	10,676,835	56,086,065
1973	10,935,621	56,194,527
1974	11,200,906	56,229,974
1975	11,471,914	56,225,800
1976	11,750,097	56,211,968
1977	12,035,713	56,193,492
1978	12,328,157	56,196,504
1979	12,627,862	56,246,951
1980	12,983,363	56,314,216
1981	13,399,203	56,333,829
1982	13,832,798	56,313,641
1983	14,285,907	56,332,848
1984	14,759,009	56,422,072
1985	15,252,258	56,550,268
1986	15,760,419	56,681,396
1987	16,276,737	56,802,050
1988	16,796,605	56,928,327
1989	17,314,997	57,076,711
1990	17,833,171	57,247,586
1991	18,342,464	57,424,897
1992	18,834,572	57,580,402
1993	19,322,664	57,718,614
1994	19,820,446	57,865,745
1995	20,330,599	58,019,030
1996	20,850,087	58,166,950
1997	21,375,218	58,316,954
1998	21,906,713	58,487,141
1999	22,435,531	58,682,466
2000	22,967,816	58,892,514
2001	23,526,538	59,119,673
2002	24,102,477	59,370,479
2003	24,679,602	59,647,577
2004	25,256,772	59,987,905
2005	25,836,071	60,401,206
2006	26,417,909	60,846,820
2007	26,998,389	61,322,463
2008	27,570,059	61,806,995
2009	28,124,778	62,276,270
2010	28,655,776	62,766,365
2011	29,162,039	63,258,810
2012	29,662,831	63,711,000
2013	30,174,265	64,139,000
2014	30,696,137	64,620,000
2015	31,232,798	65,088,000
2016	31,789,685	65,607,000
2017	32,355,644	65,966,000
2018	32,910,967	66,289,000
2019	33,440,596	66,631,000
2020	33,889,558	66,744,000
2021	34,282,399	66,984,000
2022	34,695,493	67,604,000
2023	35,126,298	68,492,000
2024	35,557,673	69,226,000

Fertility rates in Malaysia and United Kingdom

Fertility rate

Malaysia

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Malaysia	United Kingdom
1960	6.41	2.69
1961	6.37	2.78
1962	6.3	2.86
1963	6.19	2.88
1964	6.03	2.93
1965	5.84	2.86
1966	5.64	2.78
1967	5.43	2.68
1968	5.29	2.6
1969	5.16	2.51
1970	5.04	2.44
1971	4.92	2.41
1972	4.82	2.2
1973	4.73	2.04
1974	4.62	1.92
1975	4.5	1.81
1976	4.4	1.74
1977	4.28	1.69
1978	4.18	1.75
1979	4.09	1.86
1980	4.04	1.9
1981	4	1.82
1982	3.97	1.78
1983	3.93	1.77
1984	3.89	1.77
1985	3.8	1.79
1986	3.7	1.78
1987	3.57	1.81
1988	3.5	1.82
1989	3.31	1.79
1990	3.3	1.83
1991	3.34	1.82
1992	3.37	1.79
1993	3.36	1.76
1994	3.35	1.74
1995	3.32	1.71
1996	3.3	1.73
1997	3.23	1.72
1998	3.12	1.71
1999	3.07	1.68
2000	2.94	1.64
2001	2.81	1.63
2002	2.66	1.63
2003	2.6	1.7
2004	2.49	1.75
2005	2.39	1.76
2006	2.31	1.82
2007	2.25	1.86
2008	2.26	1.91
2009	2.22	1.89
2010	2.14	1.92
2011	2.15	1.91
2012	2.12	1.92
2013	2.07	1.83
2014	2.06	1.81
2015	2.01	1.8
2016	1.94	1.79
2017	1.89	1.74
2018	1.84	1.68
2019	1.78	1.63
2020	1.68	1.57
2021	1.56	1.58
2022	1.55	1.56
2023	1.55	1.56

Malaysia and United Kingdom demographics compared

Median age

Malaysia

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Malaysia	United Kingdom
1960	17.5	35.5
1961	17.3	35.4
1962	17.1	35.3
1963	17	35.3
1964	16.9	35.2
1965	16.8	35.1
1966	16.9	34.9
1967	17	34.8
1968	17.1	34.6
1969	17.3	34.4
1970	17.4	34.2
1971	17.6	34.1
1972	17.9	34
1973	18.1	34
1974	18.3	34
1975	18.6	34
1976	18.8	34
1977	19	34.1
1978	19.3	34.2
1979	19.5	34.3
1980	19.7	34.4
1981	19.9	34.5
1982	20.1	34.8
1983	20.4	35
1984	20.5	35.2
1985	20.7	35.3
1986	20.9	35.4
1987	21	35.4
1988	21.1	35.7
1989	21.3	35.9
1990	21.5	36
1991	21.7	36.1
1992	21.9	36.2
1993	22.1	36.3
1994	22.3	36.5
1995	22.5	36.6
1996	22.7	36.8
1997	22.9	37
1998	23.1	37.2
1999	23.4	37.4
2000	23.5	37.7
2001	23.6	37.9
2002	23.7	38.1
2003	23.9	38.2
2004	24	38.4
2005	24.2	38.5
2006	24.5	38.6
2007	24.8	38.8
2008	25.1	38.9
2009	25.6	39
2010	26	39.2
2011	26.4	39.3
2012	26.8	39.5
2013	27.1	39.6
2014	27.5	39.7
2015	27.8	39.8
2016	28.1	39.8
2017	28.5	39.9
2018	28.8	40
2019	29.2	40.1
2020	29.6	40.2
2021	30.1	40.3
2022	30.6	40.5
2023	31.1	40.8
2024	31.5	41

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