Malaysia’s coastline is 45% longer than Thailand’s

Malaysia: 4,675 km (2026 edition) · Thailand: 3,219 km (2026 edition)

Malaysia’s highest peak towers 1,530 m above Thailand’s

Malaysia: 4,095 m (2026 edition) · Thailand: 2,565 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 43% of Thailand, versus 25% of Malaysia

Malaysia: 24.8% (2024) · Thailand: 43.3% (2024)

Thailand has 2 times as many people as Malaysia

Malaysia: 36 million (2025) · Thailand: 71.6 million (2025)

Thailand is 28% more densely populated than Malaysia

Malaysia: 110 per km² (2025) · Thailand: 140 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Thailand is 9.6 years older than in Malaysia

Malaysia: 30.1 years (2023) · Thailand: 39.7 years (2023)

Women in Malaysia have 0.3 more children on average than in Thailand

Malaysia: 1.54 children per woman (2024) · Thailand: 1.2 children per woman (2024)

16% of people in Thailand are 65 or older, versus 8.0% in Malaysia

Malaysia: 8% (2025) · Thailand: 16% (2025)

Malaysia hosts 3.6 times as many refugees per resident as Thailand

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

Malaysia and Thailand are practically level

Malaysia: 0 (2026) · Thailand: 0 (2026)

Malaysia has 2 official languages, Thailand 1

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

Thailand’s economy is 22% larger than Malaysia’s

Malaysia: $472 billion (2025) · Thailand: $577 billion (2025)

Malaysia produces 58% more per person than Thailand

Malaysia: Int$41,498 (2025) · Thailand: Int$26,250 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Malaysia than in Thailand (Gini 7.4 points higher)

Malaysia: 40.7 (2021) · Thailand: 33.3 (2024)

Malaysia and Thailand are practically level

Malaysia: 0% (2021) · Thailand: 0% (2024)

Unemployment is 3.8% in Malaysia, versus 0.8% in Thailand

Malaysia: 3.8% (2025) · Thailand: 0.8% (2025)

Thailand and Malaysia are practically level

Malaysia: 1% (2025) · Thailand: 1% (2025)

Thailand’s central government collects 15% of GDP in tax, Malaysia’s 12%

Malaysia: 12.4% (2024) · Thailand: 15.2% (2024)

Malaysia’s price level (US = 100) is 1× Thailand’s

Malaysia: 32% (2025) · Thailand: 31% (2025)

Malaysia spends 38% more on health per person than Thailand

Malaysia: $450 (2023) · Thailand: $327 (2023)

A baby in Thailand is 10% more likely to die before turning one than in Malaysia

Malaysia: 7 per 1,000 (2024) · Thailand: 7.7 per 1,000 (2024)

Malaysia has 4.3 times as many doctors per person as Thailand

Malaysia: 2.3 per 1,000 (2023) · Thailand: 0.5 per 1,000 (2021)

Thailand has 22% more hospital beds per person than Malaysia

Malaysia: 2 per 1,000 (2023) · Thailand: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Thailand is 92% higher than in Malaysia

Malaysia: 5 per 100k (2023) · Thailand: 9.6 per 100k (2023)

24% of adults in Malaysia are obese, versus 16% in Thailand

Malaysia: 23.6% (2024) · Thailand: 15.5% (2024)

18% of adults in Thailand smoke, versus 17% in Malaysia

Malaysia: 16.9% (2024) · Thailand: 17.8% (2024)

People in Thailand rate their lives 0.29 points higher than in Malaysia

Malaysia: 6.01 (2025) · Thailand: 6.30 (2025)

Adults in Thailand drink 9.8 times as much alcohol as in Malaysia

Malaysia: 0.8 litres (2023) · Thailand: 7.9 litres (2023)

Malaysia has 2.8 times as much meat per person as Thailand

Malaysia: 69.1 kg (2023) · Thailand: 24.5 kg (2023)

Malaysia has 71 kcal more food per person per day than Thailand

Malaysia: 2,927 kcal (2023) · Thailand: 2,855 kcal (2023)

Workers in Malaysia put in 130 more hours a year than in Thailand

Malaysia: 2,308 hours (2023) · Thailand: 2,177 hours (2023)

Adults in Malaysia went to school 2.1 years longer than in Thailand

Malaysia: 11.1 years (2023) · Thailand: 9 years (2023)

Thailand welcomed 92% more tourists per resident than Malaysia (2019)

Malaysia: 0.29 (2022) · Thailand: 0.56 (2019)

Thailand has 3 more World Heritage sites than Malaysia (9 against 6)

Malaysia: 6 (2026) · Thailand: 9 (2026)

Thailand has won 41 Olympic medals, Malaysia 15

Malaysia: 15 (2026 edition) · Thailand: 41 (2026 edition)

98% of people in Malaysia are online, versus 91% in Thailand

Malaysia: 98% (2024) · Thailand: 91% (2024)

Home internet in Thailand is 34% faster than in Malaysia

Malaysia: 269 Mbps (2026) · Thailand: 360 Mbps (2026)

Malaysia and Thailand are practically level

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

77% of people in Malaysia live in cities, versus 63% in Thailand

Malaysia: 77% (2025) · Thailand: 63% (2025)

Thailand has 161 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Malaysia 140

Malaysia: 140 (2024) · Thailand: 161 (2024)

Thailand’s railway network is 2.5 times as long as Malaysia’s

Malaysia: 1,655 km (2021) · Thailand: 4,092 km (2017)

Airlines from Malaysia fly 79% more passengers per resident than those from Thailand

Malaysia: 1.3 (2023) · Thailand: 0.72 (2023)

Forest covers 58% of Malaysia, but only 39% of Thailand

Malaysia: 57.7% (2024) · Thailand: 38.7% (2024)

The average person in Malaysia emits 2.2 times as much CO₂ as someone in Thailand

Malaysia: 8.2 t (2024) · Thailand: 3.7 t (2024)

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

Malaysia: 20.7% (2025) · Thailand: 16.6% (2025)

The air in Thailand carries 52% more fine dust than in Malaysia

Malaysia: 15.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Thailand: 23.3 µg/m³ (2024)

Malaysia: 0.7 per 100k (2023) · Thailand: no data

Roads in Thailand are 2.2 times as deadly as in Malaysia

Malaysia: 16.2 per 100k (2023) · Thailand: 35.6 per 100k (2023)

Thailand is on average 0.8 °C warmer than Malaysia

Malaysia: 26°C (2016–2025 avg) · Thailand: 26.8°C (2016–2025 avg)

Malaysia gets 86% more rain than Thailand

Malaysia: 3,081 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Thailand: 1,657 mm (2016–2025 avg)