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Australia vs Malaysia
How Australia and Malaysia compare on 37 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Australia was higher: 83.9 years against 76.7 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Australia was higher: $61,370 against $12,350
- Population · In 2023, Malaysia was higher: 35.1 million people against 26.5 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, Australia was higher: 1.92% of GDP against 1.04% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Australia was higher: 14.1 tonnes against 8.32 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyAustralia: 83.9 years in 2023Malaysia: 76.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAustralia: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Malaysia: 0.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAustralia: 3.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Malaysia: 6.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionAustralia: 4.62% in 2017Malaysia: 3.52% in 2017
- Suicide rateAustralia: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Malaysia: 7.8 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAustralia: 26.5 million people in 2023Malaysia: 35.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthAustralia: 0.99% a year in 2023Malaysia: 1.24% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAustralia: 1.64 births per woman in 2023Malaysia: 1.55 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAustralia: 87.7% in 2025Malaysia: 77.4% in 2025
- Median ageAustralia: 37.8 years in 2023Malaysia: 30.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAustralia: 17.4% in 2023Malaysia: 7.5% in 2023
- Net migration rateAustralia: 5.3 per 1,000 people in 2023Malaysia: 5.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAustralia: 1.92% of GDP in 2025Malaysia: 1.04% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsAustralia: $35.3B in 2025Malaysia: $4.55B in 2025
- Military spending per personAustralia: $1,316 in 2025Malaysia: $138 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingAustralia: 4.9% of government spending in 2025Malaysia: 4.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelAustralia: 60,000 people in 2020Malaysia: 136,000 people in 2020
- National powerAustralia: 0.6% of world capability in 2022Malaysia: 0.46% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAustralia: 0.44% of the labour force in 2020Malaysia: 0.81% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAustralia: 826 million TIV in 2025Malaysia: 7 million TIV in 2024
- Arms exportsAustralia: 108 million TIV in 2025Malaysia: 20 million TIV in 2024
Climate
Technology and environment
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, IHME, World Bank, IMF, Our World in Data, V-Dem, UCDP, SIPRI, IISS, Correlates of War, ERA5, CMIP6, EDGAR, ITU and FAO. Each measure’s page names its own and what it counts.
- Values are drawn on today’s borders. Years without a published value are left empty, never filled in.
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