Japan vs Malaysia
Japan vs Malaysia: Tropical nights
Tropical nights in 2014: 58.6 nights in Japan and 323 nights in Malaysia, in the CMIP6 climate models’ median run. In 2014 the value was higher in Malaysia, by 264.4 nights, or 5.51 times that in Japan.
nights a year · CMIP6
What the numbers say
- Malaysia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
- The CMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road) puts Japan at 87.7 nights and Malaysia at 354.8 nights in 2100.
Every year
nights a year · CMIP6
| Year | Japan | Malaysia |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 58.6 | 323 |
| 2013 | 59.9 | 323.9 |
| 2012 | 59.3 | 323.3 |
| 2011 | 57.9 | 320.9 |
| 2010 | 59.6 | 320.9 |
| 2009 | 57.6 | 320.3 |
| 2008 | 57.3 | 317.9 |
| 2007 | 56.6 | 317.8 |
| 2006 | 57.5 | 317.3 |
| 2005 | 57.2 | 318.4 |
| 2004 | 56.7 | 319.4 |
| 2003 | 56.1 | 316 |
| 2002 | 56 | 316 |
| 2001 | 54.2 | 316.5 |
| 2000 | 53.8 | 314.5 |
| 1999 | 55.3 | 312.9 |
| 1998 | 52.4 | 312.5 |
| 1997 | 52.4 | 310.6 |
| 1996 | 52.9 | 307.1 |
| 1995 | 49.7 | 307.3 |
| 1994 | 49.5 | 304.1 |
| 1993 | 45.4 | 298.2 |
| 1992 | 45.1 | 293.6 |
| 1991 | 49.4 | 308.9 |
| 1990 | 50.7 | 310.4 |
| 1989 | 51.4 | 306.9 |
| 1988 | 48.1 | 306.8 |
| 1987 | 47.7 | 306 |
| 1986 | 46.1 | 305.5 |
| 1985 | 46.7 | 301.7 |
| 1984 | 44.8 | 302.1 |
| 1983 | 41.9 | 297.2 |
| 1982 | 46.4 | 302.6 |
| 1981 | 45.9 | 303.7 |
| 1980 | 46.5 | 303.3 |
| 1979 | 46.7 | 302.4 |
| 1978 | 47.6 | 301 |
| 1977 | 45.8 | 301.3 |
| 1976 | 46 | 298.9 |
| 1975 | 46.9 | 297.7 |
| 1974 | 45.6 | 298.1 |
| 1973 | 44.3 | 299.1 |
| 1972 | 45.8 | 297 |
| 1971 | 44.8 | 298.3 |
| 1970 | 44 | 296 |
| 1969 | 46.9 | 297.4 |
| 1968 | 45.7 | 295.2 |
| 1967 | 48.3 | 293.1 |
| 1966 | 45.9 | 296.2 |
| 1965 | 45.8 | 293.1 |
| 1964 | 44.9 | 291.3 |
| 1963 | 48.3 | 291.6 |
| 1962 | 45.6 | 299.1 |
| 1961 | 48.9 | 299.5 |
| 1960 | 46.4 | 300.1 |
| 1959 | 46.9 | 299.9 |
| 1958 | 48.8 | 301.7 |
| 1957 | 49.2 | 299 |
| 1956 | 50.6 | 298.1 |
| 1955 | 47.9 | 299.3 |
| 1954 | 46.9 | 296.8 |
| 1953 | 49.2 | 298.8 |
| 1952 | 49.5 | 299.4 |
| 1951 | 46.2 | 299.1 |
| 1950 | 49.9 | 300 |
CMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road) · 2015–2100
| Year | Japan | Malaysia |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 60.649.3–74.4 | 324.4308.5–333.7 |
| 2016 | 61.547.9–73.9 | 323.8310.5–334.9 |
| 2017 | 62.352.1–75.8 | 325.6309.9–334.4 |
| 2018 | 60.548.5–73.8 | 325.7310.7–335.4 |
| 2019 | 64.152.1–80.1 | 326.4311.9–335.3 |
| 2020 | 63.151–74.5 | 328313.4–337.7 |
| 2021 | 62.348.5–78.8 | 328.8314–336.3 |
| 2022 | 64.653.8–76.5 | 329315.3–339 |
| 2023 | 65.951.7–78 | 330.1316–340.5 |
| 2024 | 65.352.9–80.7 | 332319.6–340.7 |
| 2025 | 65.652.8–80.4 | 330.3317.7–342 |
| 2026 | 65.554.2–81.2 | 330.2315.1–342.9 |
| 2027 | 66.452.9–79.5 | 331315.2–342.4 |
| 2028 | 65.352.4–80.1 | 332.4319–341.9 |
| 2029 | 68.555–80.4 | 334.4322.5–344.9 |
| 2030 | 66.552.3–80.6 | 333.4319.2–342.6 |
| 2031 | 66.554.7–80 | 333.8317.1–342.5 |
| 2032 | 6650.8–82.1 | 336.5323.3–345.9 |
| 2033 | 70.354.7–84.8 | 336.4322.5–343.3 |
| 2034 | 68.553.9–81.7 | 334.8322.7–344.3 |
| 2035 | 72.960.4–84.6 | 334.7323.3–347.9 |
| 2036 | 72.556.1–89.7 | 336.9320.7–346.2 |
| 2037 | 67.656.7–82.5 | 338.3325.4–345.3 |
| 2038 | 70.558.6–83.8 | 339.7326.9–347.4 |
| 2039 | 70.455.6–85.7 | 340326–347.4 |
| 2040 | 73.657.4–89.3 | 338.6325.1–349 |
| 2041 | 72.955.6–88.5 | 340.3326.3–348.1 |
| 2042 | 71.258.1–86.4 | 339.9326.9–349.6 |
| 2043 | 73.357.9–88.1 | 338.3324.3–348.3 |
| 2044 | 72.657.8–85.5 | 340.6326.3–350.4 |
| 2045 | 72.959.5–86.7 | 340.9327.4–349.8 |
| 2046 | 76.261–90.3 | 343.3327.6–351.4 |
| 2047 | 75.656.6–89.3 | 343325.3–352.9 |
| 2048 | 74.858.5–89.4 | 342.6329–352.5 |
| 2049 | 74.359.7–90.8 | 343.8331.1–354.1 |
| 2050 | 75.160.8–89.3 | 342.7328.1–353.5 |
| 2051 | 75.861.1–92.4 | 344.5330.7–354.3 |
| 2052 | 74.557.9–90.4 | 345.1330.3–355 |
| 2053 | 78.559.6–91.6 | 344.2331–353.5 |
| 2054 | 75.959.6–89.3 | 345330.1–354.6 |
| 2055 | 76.862.2–95.1 | 346.1332–354.3 |
| 2056 | 77.861.9–93.7 | 346.5332.2–356.6 |
| 2057 | 79.962.8–94.4 | 347.9332.3–355.4 |
| 2058 | 79.263.7–94.9 | 347333.5–355.6 |
| 2059 | 79.858–95.6 | 346.9333.4–356.2 |
| 2060 | 78.261.1–95.1 | 349.7334.9–357.3 |
| 2061 | 80.865.7–96.7 | 348.4334.1–356.1 |
| 2062 | 8063.6–96.3 | 348.4331.8–357.7 |
| 2063 | 8064.1–96.5 | 348.7333.2–357.7 |
| 2064 | 77.661.4–95.2 | 349.1333.8–357.5 |
| 2065 | 81.763–97.4 | 348.6334.6–356.8 |
| 2066 | 80.363.8–94.2 | 349.3335–357.5 |
| 2067 | 81.363.2–97.1 | 349.1334–356.6 |
| 2068 | 79.861.4–99.3 | 350334.6–358.7 |
| 2069 | 82.365–96.1 | 349.5334.2–357.9 |
| 2070 | 83.360.2–102.3 | 349.2336.2–357.7 |
| 2071 | 83.663.6–99.2 | 350.9336.1–358.6 |
| 2072 | 84.363.3–99.1 | 351337.2–357.9 |
| 2073 | 83.564.9–97.4 | 351.1338.7–359.9 |
| 2074 | 84.366.8–100.9 | 350337.8–359.4 |
| 2075 | 85.664.1–99.8 | 350.5335.4–358.1 |
| 2076 | 83.968.8–99.3 | 351.6337.5–359.7 |
| 2077 | 86.467.6–102.4 | 352.4336.4–359.9 |
| 2078 | 84.167.7–103.2 | 351.3338.9–358.8 |
| 2079 | 86.168.3–99.4 | 351.8337.9–359.7 |
| 2080 | 84.767.6–103.7 | 352.4338.8–360.7 |
| 2081 | 83.668.5–104.3 | 352.2337.3–359.7 |
| 2082 | 86.469.4–107.7 | 352.7336.9–358.9 |
| 2083 | 85.966.5–105.7 | 352.5339.6–360.4 |
| 2084 | 85.867.4–102.3 | 353.5337.9–360.4 |
| 2085 | 87.568.9–102.8 | 352.9340.2–360.2 |
| 2086 | 84.668.6–105.3 | 352.8339.9–360 |
| 2087 | 87.270.3–107 | 352.8338.4–361 |
| 2088 | 86.866.3–102.5 | 354340–360.9 |
| 2089 | 85.765.9–103.8 | 353.7339.7–359.9 |
| 2090 | 89.469.5–104.4 | 353.3340.3–360.6 |
| 2091 | 88.367.4–103.1 | 354.7338.9–361 |
| 2092 | 8667.7–102.3 | 355.3340.4–361.7 |
| 2093 | 88.969.8–107.4 | 353.5339.3–362 |
| 2094 | 87.569.3–103.7 | 355.4341.2–360.4 |
| 2095 | 8872.4–104.9 | 355339.4–360.6 |
| 2096 | 90.771–107.3 | 353.6339.6–363.1 |
| 2097 | 89.471–103.1 | 354.3339.5–360.6 |
| 2098 | 88.571–106.5 | 354.8340.2–360.7 |
| 2099 | 88.370.8–102.4 | 353.7340–361.8 |
| 2100 | 87.769.2–106.2 | 354.8340.4–360.8 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Nights in a year when the temperature stays above 20 °C, averaged over the country.
- Source: World Bank Climate Change Knowledge Portal, CMIP6 multi-model median.
- The dashed line is the CMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its models’ 10th–90th percentile.
- Climate model values are the median of the CMIP6 models, run on past emissions to 2014 and on SSP2-4.5, a middle-of-the-road path, after: they are not measurements.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Japan vs Malaysia
Health
- Life expectancyJapan: 84.7 years in 2023Malaysia: 76.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityJapan: 0.2 per 100 live births in 2024Malaysia: 0.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityJapan: 1.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Malaysia: 6.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterJapan: 98.7% in 2022Malaysia: 93.9% in 2022
- DepressionJapan: 3.34% in 2017Malaysia: 3.52% in 2017
- Suicide rateJapan: 15.7 per 100,000 people in 2017Malaysia: 7.8 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationJapan: 124 million people in 2023Malaysia: 35.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthJapan: -0.48% a year in 2023Malaysia: 1.24% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateJapan: 1.21 births per woman in 2023Malaysia: 1.55 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationJapan: 92.3% in 2025Malaysia: 77.4% in 2025
- Median ageJapan: 49 years in 2023Malaysia: 30.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overJapan: 29.6% in 2023Malaysia: 7.5% in 2023
- Net migration rateJapan: 1.4 per 1,000 people in 2023Malaysia: 5.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingJapan: 1.41% of GDP in 2025Malaysia: 1.04% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsJapan: $59.5B in 2025Malaysia: $4.55B in 2025
- Military spending per personJapan: $504 in 2025Malaysia: $138 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingJapan: 3.8% of government spending in 2025Malaysia: 4.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelJapan: 261,000 people in 2020Malaysia: 136,000 people in 2020
- National powerJapan: 2.47% of world capability in 2022Malaysia: 0.46% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersJapan: 0.38% of the labour force in 2020Malaysia: 0.81% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsJapan: 1.72 billion TIV in 2025Malaysia: 7 million TIV in 2024
- Arms exportsJapan: 28 million TIV in 2025Malaysia: 20 million TIV in 2024