Australia’s coastline is 5.5 times as long as Malaysia’s

Australia: 25,760 km (2026 edition) · Malaysia: 4,675 km (2026 edition)

Malaysia’s highest peak towers 1,867 m above Australia’s

Australia: 2,228 m (2026 edition) · Malaysia: 4,095 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 47% of Australia, versus 25% of Malaysia

Australia: 47.3% (2024) · Malaysia: 24.8% (2024)

Malaysia has 30% more people than Australia

Australia: 27.6 million (2025) · Malaysia: 36 million (2025)

Malaysia is 30 times as densely populated as Australia

Australia: 4 per km² (2025) · Malaysia: 110 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Australia is 7.7 years older than in Malaysia

Australia: 37.8 years (2023) · Malaysia: 30.1 years (2023)

Women in Malaysia have 0.1 more children on average than in Australia

Australia: 1.48 children per woman (2024) · Malaysia: 1.54 children per woman (2024)

18% of people in Australia are 65 or older, versus 8.0% in Malaysia

Australia: 18.1% (2025) · Malaysia: 8% (2025)

Malaysia hosts 3.4 times as many refugees per resident as Australia

Australia: 1.2 per 1,000 (2025) · Malaysia: 4.2 per 1,000 (2025)

Australia has produced 3.6 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Malaysia none

Australia: 3.6 (2026) · Malaysia: 0 (2026)

Malaysia has 2 official languages, Australia 1

Australia: 1 (2026) · Malaysia: 2 (2026)

Australia’s economy is 3.8 times the size of Malaysia’s

Australia: $1.8 trillion (2025) · Malaysia: $472 billion (2025)

Australia produces 73% more per person than Malaysia

Australia: Int$71,934 (2025) · Malaysia: Int$41,498 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Malaysia than in Australia (Gini 6.9 points higher)

Australia: 33.8 (2020) · Malaysia: 40.7 (2021)

0.9% of people in Australia live on less than $3 a day, versus 0% in Malaysia

Australia: 0.9% (2020) · Malaysia: 0% (2021)

Australia and Malaysia are practically level

Australia: 4.1% (2025) · Malaysia: 3.8% (2025)

Australia spends 1.9% of its GDP on the military, Malaysia 1.0%

Australia: 1.9% (2025) · Malaysia: 1% (2025)

Australia’s central government collects 24% of GDP in tax, Malaysia’s 12%

Australia: 23.6% (2022) · Malaysia: 12.4% (2024)

Australia’s price level (US = 100) is 2.9× Malaysia’s

Australia: 91% (2025) · Malaysia: 32% (2025)

Australia spends 16 times as much on health per person as Malaysia

Australia: $6,980 (2023) · Malaysia: $450 (2023)

A baby in Malaysia is 2.3 times as likely to die before turning one as in Australia

Australia: 3.1 per 1,000 (2024) · Malaysia: 7 per 1,000 (2024)

Australia has 75% more doctors per person than Malaysia

Australia: 4.1 per 1,000 (2022) · Malaysia: 2.3 per 1,000 (2023)

Australia has 95% more hospital beds per person than Malaysia

Australia: 3.8 per 1,000 (2016) · Malaysia: 2 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Australia is 2.5 times that in Malaysia

Australia: 12.6 per 100k (2023) · Malaysia: 5 per 100k (2023)

32% of adults in Australia are obese, versus 24% in Malaysia

Australia: 32.4% (2024) · Malaysia: 23.6% (2024)

17% of adults in Malaysia smoke, versus 12% in Australia

Australia: 11.6% (2024) · Malaysia: 16.9% (2024)

People in Australia rate their lives 0.91 points higher than in Malaysia

Australia: 6.92 (2025) · Malaysia: 6.01 (2025)

Adults in Australia drink 13 times as much alcohol as in Malaysia

Australia: 10.5 litres (2023) · Malaysia: 0.8 litres (2023)

Australia has 69% more meat per person than Malaysia

Australia: 116.8 kg (2023) · Malaysia: 69.1 kg (2023)

Australia has 635 kcal more food per person per day than Malaysia

Australia: 3,562 kcal (2023) · Malaysia: 2,927 kcal (2023)

Workers in Malaysia put in 696 more hours a year than in Australia

Australia: 1,611 hours (2023) · Malaysia: 2,308 hours (2023)

Adults in Australia went to school 1.8 years longer than in Malaysia

Australia: 12.9 years (2023) · Malaysia: 11.1 years (2023)

Australia: no data · Malaysia: 0.29 (2022)

Australia has 15 more World Heritage sites than Malaysia (21 against 6)

Australia: 21 (2026) · Malaysia: 6 (2026)

Australia has won 619 Olympic medals, Malaysia 15

Australia: 619 (2026 edition) · Malaysia: 15 (2026 edition)

98% of people in Malaysia are online, versus 96% in Australia

Australia: 96% (2024) · Malaysia: 98% (2024)

Home internet in Malaysia is 3% faster than in Australia

Australia: 261 Mbps (2026) · Malaysia: 269 Mbps (2026)

Australia and Malaysia are practically level

Australia: 100% (2024) · Malaysia: 100% (2024)

88% of people in Australia live in cities, versus 77% in Malaysia

Australia: 88% (2025) · Malaysia: 77% (2025)

Malaysia has 140 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Australia 113

Australia: 113 (2024) · Malaysia: 140 (2024)

Australia’s railway network is 20 times as long as Malaysia’s

Australia: 32,606 km (2022) · Malaysia: 1,655 km (2021)

Airlines from Australia fly 92% more passengers per resident than those from Malaysia

Australia: 2.5 (2023) · Malaysia: 1.3 (2023)

Forest covers 58% of Malaysia, but only 17% of Australia

Australia: 17.4% (2024) · Malaysia: 57.7% (2024)

The average person in Australia emits 77% more CO₂ than someone in Malaysia

Australia: 14.5 t (2024) · Malaysia: 8.2 t (2024)

39% of Australia’s electricity is renewable, versus 21% in Malaysia

Australia: 38.6% (2025) · Malaysia: 20.7% (2025)

The air in Malaysia carries 2.8 times as much fine dust as in Australia

Australia: 5.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Malaysia: 15.3 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 16% more likely to be murdered in Australia than in Malaysia

Australia: 0.9 per 100k (2023) · Malaysia: 0.7 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Malaysia are 2.2 times as deadly as in Australia

Australia: 7.5 per 100k (2023) · Malaysia: 16.2 per 100k (2023)

Malaysia is on average 3.5 °C warmer than Australia

Australia: 22.5°C (2016–2025 avg) · Malaysia: 26°C (2016–2025 avg)

Malaysia gets 6.9 times as much rain as Australia

Australia: 447 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Malaysia: 3,081 mm (2016–2025 avg)