Table 1.
Comparison of Malaysia and Australia in terms of demography, biogeography, and public engagement with biodiversity.
| Country | Malaysia | Australia |
| Human population | 30,608,552 (http://www.statistics.gov.my/) |
23,849,269 (http://www.abs.gov.au/) |
| Land area (km2)(http://www.data.un.org) | 330,803 | 7,692,024 |
| World bank status in 2015 (http://data.worldbank.org) | Upper-middle-income economy (Vision to be high-income economy by 2020; http://rmk11.epu.gov.my) |
High-income economy |
| Internet users in 2014 (http://www.InternetLiveStats.com) | 20,140,125 | 21,176,595 |
| Facebook users in 2012 (http://www.InternetLiveStats.com) | 13,589,520 | 11,808.360 |
| Butterfly species | 1,182 (http://malaysiabutterflies.myspecies.org) |
416 (Braby 2004) |
| Endangered mammal species in 2015 (http://data.worldbank.org) |
70 | 55 |
| National nature societymembers in 2014 | 4,000 (Malaysian Nature Society; http://www.mns.my) |
40,000 (Wilderness Society; http://www.wilderness.org.au) |
| Participants in national birdcount in 2014 | 222 (http://www.mygardenbirdwatch.com) |
9,000 (http://aussiebirdcount.org.au) |