Malaysia flag

Malaysia

Kuala Lumpur
Leads 6 of 15 metrics
vs
Singapore flag

Singapore

Singapore
Leads 9 of 15 metrics
453×
Malaysia has 453× the land area of Singapore
5.7×
Malaysia has 5.7× the population of Singapore
5.7×
Singapore has 5.7× the gold reserves of Malaysia
Malaysia Tale of the tape Singapore
32.4M
Population
MYS 5.7×
5.69M
330K km²
Land Area
MYS 453×
728 km²
$401B
GDP (nominal)
MYS 1.0×
$397B
$12,380
GDP per Capita
SGP 5.6×
$69,850
76.1 yrs
Life Expectancy
SGP 1.1×
83.9 yrs
0.810
HDI
SGP 1.2×
0.938
94.9%
Literacy Rate
SGP 1.0×
97.3%
84.2%
Internet Users
SGP 1.0×
88.4%
113K
Active Military
MYS 1.6×
72K
$4B
Defense Budget
SGP 3.5×
$15B
$301B
Exports
SGP 3.2×
$979B
$279B
Imports
SGP 2.8×
$786B
15
Olympic Medals
MYS 2.5×
6
39 t
Gold Reserves
SGP 5.7×
220 t
42.5
Cost of Living Index
MYS 2.0× lower
83.1
Bars are scaled to the larger value of each metric. The chip marks the leading country (for cost of living, the lower index leads).
Malaysia Singapore
Kuala Lumpur Capital Singapore
Malaysian Ringgit (MYR) Currency Singapore Dollar (SGD)
Malay Language English, Malay, Mandarin, Tamil
Federal parliamentary constitutional elective monarchy Government Unitary dominant-party parliamentary republic