Malaysia vs Switzerland: Long term urban population region

Malaysia
77.44
in 2025
Switzerland
77
in 2025
Malaysia rank
60th
Switzerland rank
61st

Long term urban population region over time

  • Malaysia
  • Switzerland
020406080100015122025

How they compare

Malaysia currently reports 77.44 against 77 in Switzerland, a difference of 0.44.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Malaysia ahead.

Malaysia ranks 60th and Switzerland ranks 61st of 199 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Malaysia averaged higher in 6 and Switzerland in 34.

Head to head by decade

Decade Malaysia Switzerland Difference Ahead
1000s 0.0009 0 0.0009 Malaysia
1100s 0.0028 0 0.0028 Malaysia
1200s 0.0084 0 0.0084 Malaysia
1300s 0.0251 0 0.0251 Malaysia
1400s 0.0754 0.6922 0.6168 Switzerland
1500s 0.2262 2.37 2.15 Switzerland
1600s 0.6787 2.47 1.79 Switzerland
1700s 2.04 3.26 1.23 Switzerland
1710s 2.29 3.52 1.22 Switzerland
1720s 2.51 3.91 1.4 Switzerland
1730s 2.75 4.34 1.59 Switzerland
1740s 3.01 4.83 1.81 Switzerland
1750s 3.3 5.36 2.06 Switzerland
1760s 3.62 5.96 2.34 Switzerland
1770s 3.96 6.62 2.66 Switzerland
1780s 4.34 7.36 3.02 Switzerland
1790s 4.75 8.17 3.43 Switzerland
1800s 5.2 9.08 3.88 Switzerland
1810s 5.7 10.09 4.39 Switzerland
1820s 6.24 11.21 4.97 Switzerland
1830s 6.83 12.46 5.63 Switzerland
1840s 7.49 13.84 6.36 Switzerland
1850s 8.2 15.36 7.16 Switzerland
1860s 8.98 17 8.03 Switzerland
1870s 9.83 18.86 9.03 Switzerland
1880s 10.77 20.85 10.08 Switzerland
1890s 11.8 23.1 11.31 Switzerland
1900s 12.92 25.45 12.53 Switzerland
1910s 14.15 28.21 14.06 Switzerland
1920s 15.5 31.34 15.85 Switzerland
1930s 16.97 34.76 17.79 Switzerland
1940s 18.59 38.55 19.96 Switzerland
1950s 23.04 45.64 22.6 Switzerland
1960s 29.57 52 22.43 Switzerland
1970s 37.14 55.41 18.27 Switzerland
1980s 45.17 62.41 17.24 Switzerland
1990s 54.75 71.81 17.07 Switzerland
2000s 66.36 71.63 5.27 Switzerland
2010s 73.8 73.37 0.4284 Malaysia
2020s 76.62 76.2 0.414 Malaysia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher long term urban population region, Malaysia or Switzerland?
Malaysia, at 77.44 against 77 in Switzerland as of 2025.
What is the difference in long term urban population region between Malaysia and Switzerland?
0.44, with Malaysia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malaysia and Switzerland?
108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Malaysia and Switzerland rank globally for long term urban population region?
Malaysia ranks 60th and Switzerland ranks 61st of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Our World in Data, published as Long term urban population region. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Malaysia vs Switzerland: Long term urban population region. Statizoid, drawing on Our World in Data. Retrieved 18 August 2026, from https://population.statizoid.com/compare/long-term-urban-population-region/malaysia/switzerland/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://population.statizoid.com/compare/long-term-urban-population-region/malaysia/switzerland/">Malaysia vs Switzerland: Long term urban population region</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Long term urban population region
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
202 places, 21,784 data points, 1000–2025
Last refreshed