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Cambodia vs Malaysia
How Cambodia and Malaysia compare on 39 measures, from 1820 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Malaysia was higher: 76.7 years against 70.7 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Malaysia was higher: $12,350 against $2,273
- Population · In 2023, Malaysia was higher: 35.1 million people against 17.4 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, Cambodia was higher: 1.45% of GDP against 1.04% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Malaysia was higher: 8.32 tonnes against 1.1 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyCambodia: 70.7 years in 2023Malaysia: 76.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCambodia: 1.8 per 100 live births in 2024Malaysia: 0.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCambodia: 19.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Malaysia: 6.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterCambodia: 29.1% in 2022Malaysia: 93.9% in 2022
- DepressionCambodia: 3.1% in 2017Malaysia: 3.52% in 2017
- Suicide rateCambodia: 4.5 per 100,000 people in 2017Malaysia: 7.8 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCambodia: 17.4 million people in 2023Malaysia: 35.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthCambodia: 1.25% a year in 2023Malaysia: 1.24% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCambodia: 2.58 births per woman in 2023Malaysia: 1.55 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCambodia: 41.1% in 2025Malaysia: 77.4% in 2025
- Median ageCambodia: 25.8 years in 2023Malaysia: 30.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCambodia: 6% in 2023Malaysia: 7.5% in 2023
- Net migration rateCambodia: -1.8 per 1,000 people in 2023Malaysia: 5.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCambodia: 1.45% of GDP in 2025Malaysia: 1.04% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsCambodia: $716M in 2025Malaysia: $4.55B in 2025
- Military spending per personCambodia: $42 in 2025Malaysia: $138 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingCambodia: 8.2% of government spending in 2025Malaysia: 4.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelCambodia: 191,000 people in 2020Malaysia: 136,000 people in 2020
- National powerCambodia: 0.16% of world capability in 2022Malaysia: 0.46% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCambodia: 2.02% of the labour force in 2020Malaysia: 0.81% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsCambodia: 56 million TIV in 2023Malaysia: 7 million TIV in 2024
- Arms exportsCambodia: 1 million TIV in 2000Malaysia: 20 million TIV in 2024
Climate
Technology and environment
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, WHO/UNICEF, IHME, World Bank, IMF, UNESCO, 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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