Polity · 1963 CE – present
Malaysia
- Peak recorded area
- 347,769 km²
- 1963 CE
- Rulers on record
- 23
- from 1963 CE
- Data series
- 429
- 1963 CE–2025 CE
Overview
Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. A federal constitutional monarchy, it consists of 13 states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two regions: Peninsular Malaysia on the Indochinese Peninsula and East Malaysia on the island of Borneo.
Lead section from Wikipedia, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article.
Territory
5 dated territorial extents on record from Cliopatria. Areas are measured off the recorded polygons; the line steps because each extent holds until the next one is recorded — nothing is interpolated. CShapes 2.0 holds 2 further extents, measured on a different basis and deliberately not merged into this series.
The record
The best-attested series in each category; where several projects publish the same quantity, the one with the most observations is shown. Each row is the most recent value the record holds at or before the last complete year, shown with the year that value belongs to. Some statistical series also publish forward projections — the year column is the honest guide. Nothing on this page is interpolated or estimated by us.
People
6 of 59 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Population190 obs · 1960 CE–2025 CE | 36Mpersons2025 CE · UN World Population Prospects 2024 |
| Life Expectancy152 obs · 1960 CE–2025 CE | 76.99years2025 CE · UN World Population Prospects 2024 |
| Population Growth128 obs · 1961 CE–2025 CE | 1.15% annual2025 CE · UN World Population Prospects 2024 |
| Net Migration125 obs · 1963 CE–2025 CE | 166.6Kpersons2025 CE · UN World Population Prospects 2024 |
| Life Expectancy Female124 obs · 1963 CE–2025 CE | 79.67years2025 CE · UN World Population Prospects 2024 |
| Life Expectancy Male124 obs · 1963 CE–2025 CE | 74.63years2025 CE · UN World Population Prospects 2024 |
Economy
6 of 147 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| GDP Current Usd112 obs · 1960 CE–2025 CE | 472.2Bcurrent US$2025 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
| Agriculture % GDP66 obs · 1960 CE–2025 CE | 8.22% of GDP2025 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
| Industry % GDP66 obs · 1960 CE–2025 CE | 35.67% of GDP2025 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
| Inflation66 obs · 1960 CE–2025 CE | 1.38% annual2025 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
| Fao Cattle Stocks62 obs · 1963 CE–2024 CE | 730.3Khead2024 CE · FAOSTAT |
| Fao Cereals Area Harvested62 obs · 1963 CE–2024 CE | 593.8Kha2024 CE · FAOSTAT |
Military
6 of 62 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Military Expenditure % GDP135 obs · 1955 CE–2024 CE | 0.9876% of GDP2024 CE · SIPRI Military Expenditure Database |
| Military Expenditure Constant Usd74 obs · 1951 CE–2024 CE | 4,216.6millions_usd_20232024 CE · SIPRI Military Expenditure Database |
| Arms Imports Tiv Million66 obs · 1958 CE–2024 CE | 7tiv_million2024 CE · SIPRI Arms Transfers TIV |
| Military Expenditure Usd65 obs · 1960 CE–2024 CE | 4.3Bcurrent US$2024 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
| CINC Score54 obs · 1963 CE–2016 CE | 0.0043CINC (share of world capability)2016 CE · Correlates of War NMC v6.0 |
| Iron Steel Production54 obs · 1963 CE–2016 CE | 2.8Mtons2016 CE · Correlates of War NMC v6.0 |
Territory & resources
6 of 72 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Arable Land %124 obs · 1961 CE–2023 CE | 2.39% of land area2023 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
| Forest Area %68 obs · 1990 CE–2023 CE | 57.72% of land area2023 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
| Surface Area63 obs · 1961 CE–2023 CE | 330.4Ksq. km2023 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
| Gas Production62 obs · 1963 CE–2024 CE | 803.67TWh2024 CE · Our World in Data Energy |
| Oil Production62 obs · 1963 CE–2024 CE | 279.86TWh2024 CE · Our World in Data Energy |
| Agricultural Land %61 obs · 1963 CE–2023 CE | 26.09%2023 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
Governance
6 of 28 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Electoral Democracy Index62 obs · 1963 CE–2024 CE | 0.517index (0-1)2024 CE · V-Dem v15 |
| Liberal Democracy Index62 obs · 1963 CE–2024 CE | 0.362index (0-1)2024 CE · V-Dem v15 |
| Participatory Democracy Index62 obs · 1963 CE–2024 CE | 0.315index (0-1)2024 CE · V-Dem v15 |
| Regime Type62 obs · 1963 CE–2024 CE | 2RoW index (0-3)2024 CE · V-Dem v15 |
| Rule Of Law Index62 obs · 1963 CE–2024 CE | 0.684index (0-1)2024 CE · V-Dem v15 |
| Polity250 obs · 1963 CE–2012 CE | 6index (-10 to 10)2012 CE · Clio-Infra |
Development
6 of 61 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Freedom Of Expression Index62 obs · 1963 CE–2024 CE | 0.619index (0-1)2024 CE · V-Dem v15 |
| Secondary Enrollment Gross %54 obs · 1970 CE–2024 CE | 80.28%2024 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
| Mobile Subscriptions Per 10050 obs · 1965 CE–2023 CE | 142.73per_1002023 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
| Primary Enrollment Gross %48 obs · 1970 CE–2024 CE | 90.36%2024 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
| Dpt Immunization %45 obs · 1980 CE–2024 CE | 93%2024 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
| Physicians Per 100044 obs · 1965 CE–2023 CE | 2.34per_10002023 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
Rulers
23 on record with dated reigns. Reign years follow the house convention: BCE years are negative.
- Syed Putra of PerlisHead of State1963 CE – 1965 CE
- Tunku Abdul RahmanHead of Government1963 CE – 1970 CE
- Ismail Nasiruddin Shah of TerengganuHead of State1965 CE – 1970 CE
- Abdul Halim of KedahHead of State1970 CE – 1975 CE
- Abdul Razak HusseinHead of Government1970 CE – 1976 CE
- Yahya Petra of KelantanHead of State1975 CE – 1979 CE
- Hussein OnnHead of Government1976 CE – 1981 CE
- Ahmad Shah III of PahangHead of State1979 CE – 1984 CE
- Mahathir MohamadHead of Government1981 CE – 2003 CE
- Iskandar I of JohorHead of State1984 CE – 1989 CE
- Azlan Shah I of PerakHead of State1989 CE – 1994 CE
- Ja’afar I of Negeri SembilanHead of State1994 CE – 1999 CE
- Salahuddin of SelangorHead of State1999 CE – 2001 CE
- Sirajuddin I of PerlisHead of State2001 CE – 2006 CE
- Abdullah Ahmad BadawiHead of Government2003 CE – 2009 CE
- Mizan Zainal Abidin of TerengganuHead of State2006 CE – 2011 CE
- Najib RazakHead of Government2009 CE – 2018 CE
- Muhammad V of KelantanHead of State2016 CE – 2019 CE
- Abdullah of PahangHead of State2019 CE – 2024 CE
- Muhyiddin YassinHead of Government2020 CE – 2021 CE
- Ismail Sabri YaakobHead of Government2021 CE – 2022 CE
- Anwar IbrahimHead of Government2022 CE –
- Ibrahim Iskandar of JohorHead of State2024 CE –
Language & currency
- Official & national languages
- Malay
- Currency
- Malaysian ringgit (MYR)
Memberships
- Commonwealth of NationsCWInternational organisation · member1957 CE –
- United NationsUNInternational organisation · member1963 CE –
- ASEANASEANEconomic bloc · founding member1967 CE –
- Organisation of Islamic CooperationOICInternational organisation · founding member1969 CE –
Sources
Every figure above comes from one of these. Nothing on this page is estimated, interpolated or model-generated.
Clio-Infra2017 datasets
Clio-Infra project (2017). Reconstructions of global inequality and well-being. International Institute of Social History.
Academic use, attribution
Seshat Global History Databank. Cliopatria: a historical basemap of polity borders (cliopatria.geojson).
Correlates of War NMC v6.0v6.0
Singer, J.D. (1987). National Material Capabilities Data (NMC), v6.0. Correlates of War Project.
Free academic use, citation
FAOSTAT2024 release
FAO (2024). FAOSTAT Statistical Database. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome.
CC BY 4.0
Our World in Data (2024). Energy dataset. Based on Energy Institute & Ember.
CC BY 4.0
SIPRI (2024). Arms Transfers Database (Trend-Indicator Values).
Free for non-commercial use, attribution
SIPRI Military Expenditure Database2024
SIPRI (2024). Military Expenditure Database.
Free for non-commercial use, attribution
UN World Population Prospects 20242024
United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024.
CC BY 3.0 IGO
V-Dem v15v15
Coppedge, M. et al. (2025). V-Dem Country-Year Dataset v15. Varieties of Democracy Project.
Free academic/non-commercial use, attribution
Wikipedia contributors. Article lead sections, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
World Bank World Development Indicators2024 release
World Bank (2024). World Development Indicators. Washington, DC.
CC BY 4.0