Malaysia vs Zimbabwe statistics compared

Malaysia has a population of 35.6M (ranked 44/197), compared with 16.6M in Zimbabwe (ranked 74/197). Malaysia's land area is 126,854 sq mi versus 149,364 sq mi for Zimbabwe (ranked 65th vs. 60th).

By GDP, Malaysia ranks 39/197 ($422B) and Zimbabwe ranks 99/197 ($44.2B). By GDP per capita, Malaysia ranks 81/197 ($11,867), while Zimbabwe ranks 144/197 ($2,656).

Malaysia and Zimbabwe: Comparison Charts

Malaysia and Zimbabwe economies compared

GDP

Malaysia

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	GDP
	Malaysia	Zimbabwe
1960	$1,916,229,477	$1,052,990,485
1961	$1,901,856,123	$1,096,646,688
1962	$2,001,489,602	$1,117,601,690
1963	$2,510,110,348	$1,159,511,793
1964	$2,674,423,922	$1,217,138,098
1965	$2,956,337,669	$1,311,435,906
1966	$3,143,517,944	$1,281,749,603
1967	$3,188,924,677	$1,397,002,112
1968	$3,330,371,551	$1,479,600,019
1969	$3,664,552,041	$1,747,998,941
1970	$3,864,145,667	$1,884,206,452
1971	$4,244,395,956	$2,178,716,475
1972	$5,043,347,250	$2,677,729,616
1973	$7,662,902,678	$3,309,353,866
1974	$9,496,204,302	$3,982,161,721
1975	$9,298,800,799	$4,371,301,052
1976	$11,050,234,599	$4,318,372,348
1977	$13,139,488,633	$4,364,382,451
1978	$16,358,079,862	$4,351,600,850
1979	$21,213,264,962	$5,177,459,817
1980	$24,488,224,677	$6,678,868,738
1981	$25,004,285,792	$8,011,374,445
1982	$26,804,493,635	$8,539,701,388
1983	$30,347,442,111	$7,764,067,625
1984	$33,942,897,422	$6,352,126,411
1985	$31,199,633,353	$5,637,259,754
1986	$27,734,111,400	$6,217,524,201
1987	$32,181,210,158	$6,741,215,643
1988	$35,272,109,220	$7,814,784,729
1989	$38,847,965,293	$8,286,323,367
1990	$44,024,585,240	$8,783,817,407
1991	$49,143,148,094	$8,641,482,396
1992	$59,167,550,163	$6,751,472,744
1993	$66,894,966,969	$6,563,813,829
1994	$74,478,356,958	$6,890,675,555
1995	$88,705,342,903	$7,111,271,273
1996	$100,855,393,910	$8,553,147,289
1997	$100,005,323,302	$8,529,572,287
1998	$72,167,498,981	$6,401,968,715
1999	$79,148,421,053	$6,858,013,652
2000	$93,789,736,842	$6,689,958,139
2001	$92,783,947,368	$6,777,385,246
2002	$100,845,526,316	$6,342,116,911
2003	$110,202,368,421	$5,727,592,261
2004	$124,749,473,684	$5,805,598,867
2005	$143,534,405,819	$5,755,215,663
2006	$162,692,258,307	$5,443,896,938
2007	$193,549,569,478	$5,291,950,526
2008	$230,811,614,370	$4,415,703,156
2009	$202,257,453,037	$9,665,815,601
2010	$255,017,638,456	$12,041,602,762
2011	$297,951,668,675	$14,101,801,031
2012	$314,443,047,642	$17,114,762,914
2013	$323,276,235,524	$19,091,004,042
2014	$338,066,095,097	$19,495,547,523
2015	$301,355,266,965	$19,963,058,858
2016	$301,256,033,870	$20,548,759,858
2017	$319,109,094,160	$51,074,726,484
2018	$358,788,845,713	$34,156,057,417
2019	$365,177,721,022	$25,715,657,177
2020	$337,456,163,961	$26,868,564,055
2021	$373,784,823,673	$27,240,507,842
2022	$407,605,841,348	$32,789,657,378
2023	$399,705,137,434	$35,231,369,343
2024	$421,972,102,254	$44,187,704,410

Malaysia and Zimbabwe economies compared

GDP per capita

Malaysia

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Malaysia	Zimbabwe
1960	$240.8	$276.4
1961	$232.9	$279
1962	$238.8	$275.5
1963	$291.8	$277
1964	$303	$281.7
1965	$326	$294.1
1966	$339	$278.6
1967	$335	$294.2
1968	$342	$302
1969	$368	$346
1970	$380	$361
1971	$407	$405
1972	$472	$483
1973	$701	$579
1974	$848	$674
1975	$811	$717
1976	$940	$687
1977	$1,092	$677
1978	$1,327	$665
1979	$1,680	$779
1980	$1,886	$949
1981	$1,866	$1,068
1982	$1,938	$1,095
1983	$2,124	$959
1984	$2,300	$757
1985	$2,046	$649
1986	$1,760	$692
1987	$1,977	$726
1988	$2,100	$815
1989	$2,244	$840
1990	$2,469	$866
1991	$2,679	$831
1992	$3,141	$631
1993	$3,462	$604
1994	$3,758	$634
1995	$4,363	$648
1996	$4,837	$767
1997	$4,679	$750
1998	$3,294	$552
1999	$3,528	$582
2000	$4,084	$563
2001	$3,944	$566
2002	$4,184	$525
2003	$4,465	$468
2004	$4,939	$469
2005	$5,556	$461
2006	$6,158	$431
2007	$7,169	$413
2008	$8,372	$341
2009	$7,191	$735
2010	$8,899	$902
2011	$10,217	$1,037
2012	$10,601	$1,239
2013	$10,714	$1,362
2014	$11,013	$1,372
2015	$9,649	$1,386
2016	$9,477	$1,407
2017	$9,863	$3,448
2018	$10,902	$2,272
2019	$10,920	$1,684
2020	$9,958	$1,730
2021	$10,903	$1,724
2022	$11,748	$2,041
2023	$11,379	$2,156
2024	$11,867	$2,656

Malaysia vs. Zimbabwe life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Malaysia

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Malaysia	Zimbabwe
1950	48.5	49.4
1951	49.2	49.8
1952	50.1	50.2
1953	51.1	50.6
1954	52	51
1955	52.8	51.4
1956	53.7	51.8
1957	54.5	52.2
1958	55.4	52.6
1959	56.3	53
1960	57.2	53.5
1961	58	54
1962	58.9	54.5
1963	59.7	54.9
1964	60.4	55.4
1965	61.1	55.9
1966	61.7	56.4
1967	62	56.8
1968	62.4	57.1
1969	62.9	57.5
1970	63.3	57.8
1971	63.8	58
1972	64.2	58.2
1973	64.7	58.1
1974	65.2	58.2
1975	65.7	58.2
1976	66.2	57.6
1977	66.7	57
1978	67.2	54.7
1979	67.6	54.9
1980	68.1	59.1
1981	68.5	59.4
1982	68.9	59.9
1983	69.2	60
1984	69.6	60.6
1985	69.9	60.9
1986	70.1	61
1987	70.4	60.7
1988	70.6	60.2
1989	70.8	59.4
1990	71	58.3
1991	71.2	57
1992	71.5	55.6
1993	71.7	54
1994	71.9	52.5
1995	72	51.1
1996	72.1	49
1997	72.3	48.5
1998	72.4	47.6
1999	72.4	46.4
2000	72.7	46
2001	73.1	44.5
2002	73.5	45.9
2003	73.7	45.4
2004	74	46
2005	74.4	46.6
2006	74.7	47.1
2007	75	47.6
2008	75.2	48.5
2009	75.3	49.7
2010	75.4	51.9
2011	75.5	53.9
2012	75.6	55.4
2013	75.5	56.8
2014	75.3	58.1
2015	75.3	59
2016	75.4	59.8
2017	75.5	60.3
2018	75.7	60.9
2019	75.9	61.1
2020	76.1	61.5
2021	73.9	60.1
2022	75.4	62.4
2023	76.7	62.8
2024	76.8	63.1
2025	77	63.3

Malaysia and Zimbabwe population clocks and comparison

Population

Malaysia

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	Population
	Malaysia	Zimbabwe
1960	7,956,197	3,809,389
1961	8,164,443	3,930,401
1962	8,380,172	4,055,959
1963	8,602,160	4,185,877
1964	8,828,406	4,320,006
1965	9,056,408	4,458,462
1966	9,284,688	4,601,217
1967	9,507,099	4,748,307
1968	9,725,281	4,900,440
1969	9,947,597	5,058,181
1970	10,178,802	5,215,918
1971	10,423,453	5,374,712
1972	10,676,835	5,542,445
1973	10,935,621	5,720,404
1974	11,200,906	5,908,328
1975	11,471,914	6,098,658
1976	11,750,097	6,287,105
1977	12,035,713	6,449,512
1978	12,328,157	6,543,575
1979	12,627,862	6,647,556
1980	12,983,363	7,041,303
1981	13,399,203	7,498,635
1982	13,832,798	7,796,496
1983	14,285,907	8,098,404
1984	14,759,009	8,391,488
1985	15,252,258	8,686,813
1986	15,760,419	8,982,578
1987	16,276,737	9,284,644
1988	16,796,605	9,583,094
1989	17,314,997	9,864,798
1990	17,833,171	10,137,281
1991	18,342,464	10,404,816
1992	18,834,572	10,702,700
1993	19,322,664	10,860,288
1994	19,820,446	10,873,148
1995	20,330,599	10,974,599
1996	20,850,087	11,158,360
1997	21,375,218	11,369,827
1998	21,906,713	11,594,297
1999	22,435,531	11,783,458
2000	22,967,816	11,892,055
2001	23,526,538	11,971,901
2002	24,102,477	12,087,653
2003	24,679,602	12,232,323
2004	25,256,772	12,365,896
2005	25,836,071	12,483,432
2006	26,417,909	12,636,445
2007	26,998,389	12,804,058
2008	27,570,059	12,959,149
2009	28,124,778	13,142,790
2010	28,655,776	13,356,548
2011	29,162,039	13,595,424
2012	29,662,831	13,817,887
2013	30,174,265	14,013,808
2014	30,696,137	14,207,359
2015	31,232,798	14,399,013
2016	31,789,685	14,600,294
2017	32,355,644	14,812,482
2018	32,910,967	15,034,452
2019	33,440,596	15,271,368
2020	33,889,558	15,526,888
2021	34,282,399	15,797,210
2022	34,695,493	16,069,056
2023	35,126,298	16,340,822
2024	35,557,673	16,634,373

Fertility rates in Malaysia and Zimbabwe

Fertility rate

Malaysia

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Malaysia	Zimbabwe
1960	6.41	7.2
1961	6.37	7.21
1962	6.3	7.23
1963	6.19	7.23
1964	6.03	7.23
1965	5.84	7.23
1966	5.64	7.2
1967	5.43	7.16
1968	5.29	7.11
1969	5.16	7.04
1970	5.04	6.98
1971	4.92	6.94
1972	4.82	6.94
1973	4.73	6.94
1974	4.62	6.88
1975	4.5	6.83
1976	4.4	6.77
1977	4.28	6.71
1978	4.18	6.66
1979	4.09	6.59
1980	4.04	6.52
1981	4	6.45
1982	3.97	6.33
1983	3.93	6.2
1984	3.89	6.04
1985	3.8	5.87
1986	3.7	5.69
1987	3.57	5.5
1988	3.5	5.28
1989	3.31	5.07
1990	3.3	4.88
1991	3.34	4.72
1992	3.37	4.57
1993	3.36	4.39
1994	3.35	4.28
1995	3.32	4.15
1996	3.3	4.11
1997	3.23	4.08
1998	3.12	4.07
1999	3.07	4.06
2000	2.94	4.01
2001	2.81	3.98
2002	2.66	3.93
2003	2.6	3.86
2004	2.49	3.78
2005	2.39	3.69
2006	2.31	3.64
2007	2.25	3.68
2008	2.26	3.78
2009	2.22	3.95
2010	2.14	4.04
2011	2.15	4.13
2012	2.12	4.13
2013	2.07	4.11
2014	2.06	4.01
2015	2.01	3.91
2016	1.94	3.83
2017	1.89	3.77
2018	1.84	3.74
2019	1.78	3.75
2020	1.68	3.75
2021	1.56	3.77
2022	1.55	3.77
2023	1.55	3.72

Malaysia and Zimbabwe demographics compared

Median age

Malaysia

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Malaysia	Zimbabwe
1960	17.5	16.4
1961	17.3	16.2
1962	17.1	16
1963	17	15.8
1964	16.9	15.7
1965	16.8	15.7
1966	16.9	15.7
1967	17	15.7
1968	17.1	15.7
1969	17.3	15.7
1970	17.4	15.7
1971	17.6	15.8
1972	17.9	15.8
1973	18.1	15.8
1974	18.3	15.9
1975	18.6	15.9
1976	18.8	15.8
1977	19	15.8
1978	19.3	15.7
1979	19.5	15.6
1980	19.7	15.6
1981	19.9	15.7
1982	20.1	15.8
1983	20.4	15.8
1984	20.5	15.8
1985	20.7	15.9
1986	20.9	15.9
1987	21	15.9
1988	21.1	15.9
1989	21.3	16.1
1990	21.5	16.3
1991	21.7	16.5
1992	21.9	16.4
1993	22.1	16.3
1994	22.3	16.4
1995	22.5	16.6
1996	22.7	16.9
1997	22.9	17.2
1998	23.1	17.5
1999	23.4	17.7
2000	23.5	17.8
2001	23.6	18
2002	23.7	18.1
2003	23.9	18.2
2004	24	18.3
2005	24.2	18.3
2006	24.5	18.5
2007	24.8	18.5
2008	25.1	18.5
2009	25.6	18.4
2010	26	18.3
2011	26.4	18.2
2012	26.8	18.1
2013	27.1	18
2014	27.5	18
2015	27.8	18
2016	28.1	18
2017	28.5	18.1
2018	28.8	18.2
2019	29.2	18.3
2020	29.6	18.5
2021	30.1	18.6
2022	30.6	18.7
2023	31.1	18.9
2024	31.5	19

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