Russia’s coastline is 8.1 times as long as Malaysia’s

Malaysia: 4,675 km (2026 edition) · Russia: 37,653 km (2026 edition)

Russia’s highest peak towers 1,547 m above Malaysia’s

Malaysia: 4,095 m (2026 edition) · Russia: 5,642 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 25% of Malaysia, versus 13% of Russia

Malaysia: 24.8% (2024) · Russia: 13.2% (2024)

Russia has 4 times as many people as Malaysia

Malaysia: 36 million (2025) · Russia: 144 million (2025)

Malaysia is 12 times as densely populated as Russia

Malaysia: 110 per km² (2025) · Russia: 9 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Russia is 9.4 years older than in Malaysia

Malaysia: 30.1 years (2023) · Russia: 39.5 years (2023)

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

Malaysia: 1.54 children per woman (2024) · Russia: 1.42 children per woman (2024)

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

Malaysia: 8% (2025) · Russia: 17.8% (2025)

Malaysia hosts 51 times as many refugees per resident as Russia

Malaysia: 4.2 per 1,000 (2025) · Russia: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025)

Russia has produced 2.0 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Malaysia none

Malaysia: 0 (2026) · Russia: 2 (2026)

Malaysia has 2 official languages, Russia 1

Malaysia: 2 (2026) · Russia: 1 (2026)

Russia’s economy is 5.4 times the size of Malaysia’s

Malaysia: $472 billion (2025) · Russia: $2.56 trillion (2025)

Russia produces 19% more per person than Malaysia

Malaysia: Int$41,498 (2025) · Russia: Int$49,568 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Malaysia than in Russia (Gini 7.7 points higher)

Malaysia: 40.7 (2021) · Russia: 33 (2023)

Russia and Malaysia are practically level

Malaysia: 0% (2021) · Russia: 0.1% (2023)

Unemployment is 3.8% in Malaysia, versus 2.1% in Russia

Malaysia: 3.8% (2025) · Russia: 2.1% (2025)

Russia spends 7.5% of its GDP on the military, Malaysia 1.0%

Malaysia: 1% (2025) · Russia: 7.5% (2025)

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

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

Russia’s price level (US = 100) is 1.1× Malaysia’s

Malaysia: 32% (2025) · Russia: 35% (2025)

Russia spends 2.2 times as much on health per person as Malaysia

Malaysia: $450 (2023) · Russia: $1,003 (2023)

A baby in Malaysia is 71% more likely to die before turning one than in Russia

Malaysia: 7 per 1,000 (2024) · Russia: 4.1 per 1,000 (2024)

Russia has 2.2 times as many doctors per person as Malaysia

Malaysia: 2.3 per 1,000 (2023) · Russia: 5.1 per 1,000 (2022)

Russia has 3.5 times as many hospital beds per person as Malaysia

Malaysia: 2 per 1,000 (2023) · Russia: 6.8 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Russia is 4 times that in Malaysia

Malaysia: 5 per 100k (2023) · Russia: 19.8 per 100k (2023)

24% of adults in Malaysia are obese, versus 21% in Russia

Malaysia: 23.6% (2024) · Russia: 21.2% (2024)

27% of adults in Russia smoke, versus 17% in Malaysia

Malaysia: 16.9% (2024) · Russia: 27% (2024)

People in Malaysia rate their lives 0.17 points higher than in Russia

Malaysia: 6.01 (2025) · Russia: 5.83 (2025)

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

Malaysia: 0.8 litres (2023) · Russia: 10.4 litres (2023)

Russia has 23% more meat per person than Malaysia

Malaysia: 69.1 kg (2023) · Russia: 84.8 kg (2023)

Russia has 602 kcal more food per person per day than Malaysia

Malaysia: 2,927 kcal (2023) · Russia: 3,528 kcal (2023)

Workers in Malaysia put in 221 more hours a year than in Russia

Malaysia: 2,308 hours (2023) · Russia: 2,087 hours (2023)

Adults in Russia went to school 1.3 years longer than in Malaysia

Malaysia: 11.1 years (2023) · Russia: 12.4 years (2023)

Malaysia: 0.29 (2022) · Russia: no data

Russia has 27 more World Heritage sites than Malaysia (33 against 6)

Malaysia: 6 (2026) · Russia: 33 (2026)

Russia has won 539 Olympic medals, Malaysia 15

Malaysia: 15 (2026 edition) · Russia: 539 (2026 edition)

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

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

Malaysia: 269 Mbps (2026) · Russia: no data

Malaysia and Russia are practically level

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

77% of people in Malaysia live in cities, versus 75% in Russia

Malaysia: 77% (2025) · Russia: 75% (2025)

Russia has 186 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Malaysia 140

Malaysia: 140 (2024) · Russia: 186 (2024)

Russia’s railway network is 52 times as long as Malaysia’s

Malaysia: 1,655 km (2021) · Russia: 85,544 km (2021)

Airlines from Malaysia fly 88% more passengers per resident than those from Russia

Malaysia: 1.3 (2023) · Russia: 0.69 (2023)

Forest covers 58% of Malaysia, but only 51% of Russia

Malaysia: 57.7% (2024) · Russia: 50.8% (2024)

The average person in Russia emits 51% more CO₂ than someone in Malaysia

Malaysia: 8.2 t (2024) · Russia: 12.3 t (2024)

21% of Malaysia’s electricity is renewable, versus 17% in Russia

Malaysia: 20.7% (2025) · Russia: 17.4% (2025)

The air in Malaysia carries 19% more fine dust than in Russia

Malaysia: 15.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Russia: 12.9 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 11 times as likely to be murdered in Russia as in Malaysia

Malaysia: 0.7 per 100k (2023) · Russia: 7.8 per 100k (2024)

Roads in Malaysia are 21% deadlier than in Russia

Malaysia: 16.2 per 100k (2023) · Russia: 13.4 per 100k (2023)

Malaysia is on average 28.6 °C warmer than Russia

Malaysia: 26°C (2016–2025 avg) · Russia: -2.6°C (2016–2025 avg)

Malaysia gets 5.3 times as much rain as Russia

Malaysia: 3,081 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Russia: 586 mm (2016–2025 avg)