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Malaysia

Malaysia's best placing is 8th of 179 for rainfall.

Best placing: #8Rainfall
Top 10 placings: 1 / 17
Population: 36.0 million
Land area: 328,550 km²

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Best placings first. The bar shows how far up the ranking Malaysia is.

Rainfall

#8 of 179

2,875 mm of precipitation per year

1st in Asia · World Bank · 2022

Forest by area

#29 of 194

57.7 % of land area covered by forest

World Bank · 2023

Forest

#32 of 194

189,636 km² of forest

8th in Asia · World Bank · 2023

GDP

#33 of 182

472,193,128,645 US$ (current prices)

13th in Asia · World Bank · 2025

Coastline

#29 of 151

4,675 km of coastline

7th in Asia · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

Population

#45 of 195

35,977,838 people

19th in Asia · World Bank · 2025

Airports

#54 of 193

100 airports

11th in Asia · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Land area

#65 of 194

328,550 km² of land

18th in Asia · World Bank · 2023

Forest per person

#67 of 194

0.0053 km² of forest per person

World Bank · 2023

GDP per person

#69 of 182

13,125 GDP per person (US$)

World Bank · 2025

Population by area

#82 of 194

109.50 people per km²

World Bank · 2025

Railways

#76 of 135

1,851 km of railway

21st in Asia · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2014

Airports by area

#109 of 191

3.04 airports per 10,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Land area per person

#113 of 194

0.009 km² of land per person

World Bank · 2023

Railways by area

#81 of 133

5.63 km of railway per 1,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2014

Airports per person

#126 of 192

2.78 airports per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Railways per person

#102 of 134

51.45 km of railway per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2014

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