Bahamas vs Malaysia: Years a country was a European overseas colony

Bahamas
191 years
in 2022
Malaysia
207 years
in 2022
Bahamas rank
46th
Malaysia rank
43rd

Years a country was a European overseas colony over time

  • Bahamas
  • Malaysia
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How they compare

Malaysia currently reports 207 years against 191 years in Bahamas, a difference of 16 years.

That makes Malaysia's figure about 1.1 times Bahamas's.

Across all 561 years both countries report, Malaysia has been ahead every year.

Bahamas ranks 46th and Malaysia ranks 43rd of 159 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Years a country was a European overseas colony
Unit
years
Source
Bastian Becker (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
159 places, 88,747 data points, 1462–2022
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Number of years the country has been colonized from overseas by the European colonial power(s) in a specific year, between Belgium, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, and Italy, or a combination of them.