Iran vs Malaysia: Share of population living in urban areas vs. GDP per capita

Iran

77.4%

in 2025

Malaysia

77.4%

in 2025

Iran rank

82nd

Malaysia rank

81st

Share of population living in urban areas vs. GDP per capita over time

Malaysia currently reports 77.4% against 77.4% in Iran, a difference of 0.0%.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Iran ahead.

Iran ranks 82nd and Malaysia ranks 81st of 236 countries.

Indicator: Share of population living in urban areas vs. GDP per capita
Unit: %
Source: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 237 places, 18,012 data points, 1950–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Share of the population living in urban areas, based on each country's national definition.