Malaysia’s coastline is 2 times as long as Germany’s

Germany: 2,389 km (2026 edition) · Malaysia: 4,675 km (2026 edition)

Malaysia’s highest peak towers 1,132 m above Germany’s

Germany: 2,963 m (2026 edition) · Malaysia: 4,095 m (2026 edition)

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

Germany: 47.4% (2024) · Malaysia: 24.8% (2024)

Germany has 2.3 times as many people as Malaysia

Germany: 83.5 million (2025) · Malaysia: 36 million (2025)

Germany is 2.2 times as densely populated as Malaysia

Germany: 239 per km² (2025) · Malaysia: 110 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Germany is 15 years older than in Malaysia

Germany: 45.1 years (2023) · Malaysia: 30.1 years (2023)

Women in Malaysia have 0.2 more children on average than in Germany

Germany: 1.36 children per woman (2024) · Malaysia: 1.54 children per woman (2024)

24% of people in Germany are 65 or older, versus 8.0% in Malaysia

Germany: 23.7% (2025) · Malaysia: 8% (2025)

Germany hosts 7.6 times as many refugees per resident as Malaysia

Germany: 31.8 per 1,000 (2025) · Malaysia: 4.2 per 1,000 (2025)

Germany has produced 10.3 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Malaysia none

Germany: 10.3 (2026) · Malaysia: 0 (2026)

Malaysia has 2 official languages, Germany 1

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

Germany’s economy is 11 times the size of Malaysia’s

Germany: $5.05 trillion (2025) · Malaysia: $472 billion (2025)

Germany produces 82% more per person than Malaysia

Germany: Int$75,407 (2025) · Malaysia: Int$41,498 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Malaysia than in Germany (Gini 7 points higher)

Germany: 33.7 (2022) · Malaysia: 40.7 (2021)

0.7% of people in Germany live on less than $3 a day, versus 0% in Malaysia

Germany: 0.7% (2022) · Malaysia: 0% (2021)

Malaysia and Germany are practically level

Germany: 3.7% (2025) · Malaysia: 3.8% (2025)

Germany spends 2.3% of its GDP on the military, Malaysia 1.0%

Germany: 2.3% (2025) · Malaysia: 1% (2025)

Malaysia’s central government collects 12% of GDP in tax, Germany’s 11%

Germany: 10.9% (2024) · Malaysia: 12.4% (2024)

Germany’s price level (US = 100) is 2.5× Malaysia’s

Germany: 80% (2025) · Malaysia: 32% (2025)

Germany spends 15 times as much on health per person as Malaysia

Germany: $6,849 (2024) · Malaysia: $450 (2023)

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

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

Germany has 94% more doctors per person than Malaysia

Germany: 4.5 per 1,000 (2022) · Malaysia: 2.3 per 1,000 (2023)

Germany has 3.9 times as many hospital beds per person as Malaysia

Germany: 7.6 per 1,000 (2023) · Malaysia: 2 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Germany is 2 times that in Malaysia

Germany: 10 per 100k (2023) · Malaysia: 5 per 100k (2023)

24% of adults in Germany are obese, versus 24% in Malaysia

Germany: 24.5% (2024) · Malaysia: 23.6% (2024)

22% of adults in Germany smoke, versus 17% in Malaysia

Germany: 22% (2024) · Malaysia: 16.9% (2024)

People in Germany rate their lives 0.88 points higher than in Malaysia

Germany: 6.88 (2025) · Malaysia: 6.01 (2025)

Adults in Germany drink 14 times as much alcohol as in Malaysia

Germany: 10.9 litres (2023) · Malaysia: 0.8 litres (2023)

Germany has 2% more meat per person than Malaysia

Germany: 70.7 kg (2023) · Malaysia: 69.1 kg (2023)

Germany has 608 kcal more food per person per day than Malaysia

Germany: 3,535 kcal (2023) · Malaysia: 2,927 kcal (2023)

Workers in Malaysia put in 972 more hours a year than in Germany

Germany: 1,335 hours (2023) · Malaysia: 2,308 hours (2023)

Adults in Germany went to school 3.2 years longer than in Malaysia

Germany: 14.3 years (2023) · Malaysia: 11.1 years (2023)

Germany welcomed 54% more tourists per resident than Malaysia (2019)

Germany: 0.45 (2024) · Malaysia: 0.29 (2022)

Germany has 49 more World Heritage sites than Malaysia (55 against 6)

Germany: 55 (2026) · Malaysia: 6 (2026)

Germany has won 980 Olympic medals, Malaysia 15

Germany: 980 (2026 edition) · Malaysia: 15 (2026 edition)

98% of people in Malaysia are online, versus 94% in Germany

Germany: 94% (2024) · Malaysia: 98% (2024)

Home internet in Malaysia is 44% faster than in Germany

Germany: 187 Mbps (2026) · Malaysia: 269 Mbps (2026)

Germany and Malaysia are practically level

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

82% of people in Germany live in cities, versus 77% in Malaysia

Germany: 82% (2025) · Malaysia: 77% (2025)

Malaysia has 140 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Germany 129

Germany: 129 (2024) · Malaysia: 140 (2024)

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

Germany: 33,401 km (2021) · Malaysia: 1,655 km (2021)

Airlines from Malaysia fly 35% more passengers per resident than those from Germany

Germany: 0.96 (2023) · Malaysia: 1.3 (2023)

Forest covers 58% of Malaysia, but only 33% of Germany

Germany: 32.8% (2024) · Malaysia: 57.7% (2024)

The average person in Malaysia emits 21% more CO₂ than someone in Germany

Germany: 6.8 t (2024) · Malaysia: 8.2 t (2024)

59% of Germany’s electricity is renewable, versus 21% in Malaysia

Germany: 59.1% (2025) · Malaysia: 20.7% (2025)

The air in Malaysia carries 68% more fine dust than in Germany

Germany: 9.1 µg/m³ (2024) · Malaysia: 15.3 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 24% more likely to be murdered in Germany than in Malaysia

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

Roads in Malaysia are 3 times as deadly as in Germany

Germany: 5.4 per 100k (2023) · Malaysia: 16.2 per 100k (2023)

Malaysia is on average 15.7 °C warmer than Germany

Germany: 10.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · Malaysia: 26°C (2016–2025 avg)

Malaysia gets 3.5 times as much rain as Germany

Germany: 871 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Malaysia: 3,081 mm (2016–2025 avg)