Population of Malaysia

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	27 Feb 2026

Malaysia Population (LIVE)

36,250,712

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As of March 01, 2026, Malaysia’s population is estimated at 36,249,942, based on linear interpolation between the most recent official reference dates in the United Nations population projections.

As of July 1, 2026, the population of Malaysia is projected at 36,385,115, or 36.39 million, compared to 35,977,838, or 35.98 million, on July 1, 2025. Malaysia's population peak will be in 2073 with 46.39 million people, decreasing further to 39.47 million by 2100.

Malaysia ranks 45th in the world by population on the 237 countries and territories list. Malaysia is ranked 18th among 51 countries and territories in Asia. Malaysia was in 58th position globally in 1950, and its rank is projected to decrease to 51st in 2100.

Malaysia accounts for 0.44 percent of the world population and 0.75 percent of Asia's population. However, its global share is projected to decline to 0.43% by 2100.

The population growth rate for 2026 is projected at 1.10%, the 91st highest among 237 countries/dependent territories. The population growth reached a peak in 1985 with an annual growth rate of 3.30%. The population of Malaysia was around 6.02 million in 1950 and increased by 508% in a period of 76 years, which is the 67th highest globally.

Malaysia will add 401k in 2026. The net increase of the population per year has peaked in 2006 with almost 582k.

Population
Growth rate
Net change

Malaysia population estimates
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	6,020,288	6,098,283	155,991	2.558	0.245
1951	6,176,279	6,257,417	162,276	2.593	0.247
1952	6,338,555	6,422,846	168,582	2.625	0.249
1953	6,507,137	6,593,943	173,612	2.633	0.250
1954	6,680,749	6,772,378	183,258	2.706	0.252
1955	6,864,007	6,959,963	191,912	2.758	0.254
1956	7,055,919	7,156,626	201,413	2.815	0.256
1957	7,257,332	7,362,822	210,980	2.866	0.258
1958	7,468,312	7,562,878	189,133	2.501	0.260
1959	7,657,445	7,755,786	196,682	2.536	0.261
1960	7,854,127	7,956,197	204,140	2.566	0.264
1961	8,058,267	8,164,443	212,351	2.601	0.266
1962	8,270,618	8,380,172	219,107	2.615	0.268
1963	8,489,725	8,602,160	224,871	2.614	0.269
1964	8,714,596	8,828,406	227,621	2.578	0.270
1965	8,942,217	9,056,408	228,382	2.522	0.272
1966	9,170,599	9,284,688	228,178	2.458	0.273
1967	9,398,777	9,507,099	216,644	2.279	0.274
1968	9,615,421	9,725,281	219,721	2.259	0.274
1969	9,835,142	9,947,597	224,911	2.261	0.275
1970	10,060,053	10,178,802	237,498	2.333	0.275
1971	10,297,551	10,423,453	251,805	2.416	0.276
1972	10,549,356	10,676,835	254,959	2.388	0.278
1973	10,804,315	10,935,621	262,612	2.402	0.279
1974	11,066,927	11,200,906	267,958	2.392	0.280
1975	11,334,885	11,471,914	274,057	2.389	0.282
1976	11,608,942	11,750,097	282,311	2.403	0.284
1977	11,891,253	12,035,713	288,920	2.401	0.285
1978	12,180,173	12,328,157	295,969	2.401	0.287
1979	12,476,142	12,627,862	303,441	2.403	0.289
1980	12,779,583	12,983,363	407,560	3.139	0.292
1981	13,187,143	13,399,203	424,120	3.166	0.296
1982	13,611,263	13,832,798	443,070	3.203	0.300
1983	14,054,333	14,285,907	463,149	3.242	0.304
1984	14,517,482	14,759,009	483,054	3.273	0.309
1985	15,000,536	15,252,258	503,445	3.301	0.313
1986	15,503,981	15,760,419	512,877	3.254	0.318
1987	16,016,858	16,276,737	519,757	3.194	0.322
1988	16,536,615	16,796,605	519,979	3.096	0.327
1989	17,056,594	17,314,997	516,806	2.985	0.331
1990	17,573,400	17,833,171	519,542	2.914	0.335
1991	18,092,942	18,342,464	499,043	2.721	0.339
1992	18,591,985	18,834,572	485,175	2.576	0.342
1993	19,077,160	19,322,664	491,009	2.541	0.346
1994	19,568,169	19,820,446	504,554	2.546	0.349
1995	20,072,723	20,330,599	515,751	2.537	0.353
1996	20,588,474	20,850,087	523,226	2.510	0.357
1997	21,111,700	21,375,218	527,037	2.466	0.361
1998	21,638,737	21,906,713	535,951	2.447	0.365
1999	22,174,688	22,435,531	521,685	2.325	0.368
2000	22,696,373	22,967,816	542,886	2.364	0.372
2001	23,239,259	23,526,538	574,559	2.442	0.376
2002	23,813,818	24,102,477	577,317	2.395	0.380
2003	24,391,135	24,679,602	576,934	2.338	0.384
2004	24,968,069	25,256,772	577,407	2.286	0.388
2005	25,545,476	25,836,071	581,191	2.250	0.392
2006	26,126,667	26,417,909	582,484	2.205	0.396
2007	26,709,151	26,998,389	578,475	2.143	0.400
2008	27,287,626	27,570,059	564,866	2.049	0.403
2009	27,852,492	28,124,778	544,571	1.936	0.406
2010	28,397,063	28,655,776	517,427	1.806	0.408
2011	28,914,490	29,162,039	495,098	1.698	0.410
2012	29,409,588	29,662,831	506,486	1.708	0.412
2013	29,916,074	30,174,265	516,381	1.711	0.414
2014	30,432,455	30,696,137	527,363	1.718	0.416
2015	30,959,818	31,232,798	545,959	1.748	0.418
2016	31,505,777	31,789,685	567,817	1.786	0.421
2017	32,073,594	32,355,644	564,101	1.743	0.423
2018	32,637,695	32,910,967	546,544	1.661	0.426
2019	33,184,239	33,440,596	512,713	1.533	0.428
2020	33,696,952	33,889,558	385,213	1.137	0.430
2021	34,082,165	34,282,399	400,467	1.168	0.431
2022	34,482,632	34,695,493	425,722	1.227	0.433
2023	34,908,354	35,126,298	435,888	1.241	0.434

Malaysia population projections
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2024	35,344,242	35,557,673	426,863	1.200	0.436
2025	35,771,105	35,977,838	413,466	1.149	0.437
2026	36,184,571	36,385,115	401,087	1.102	0.438
2027	36,585,658	36,785,087	398,858	1.084	0.440
2028	36,984,516	37,182,770	396,507	1.066	0.441
2029	37,381,023	37,574,288	386,530	1.029	0.442
2030	37,767,553	37,961,719	388,331	1.023	0.443
2031	38,155,884	38,347,785	383,803	1.001	0.444
2032	38,539,687	38,728,384	377,393	0.974	0.445
2033	38,917,080	39,097,874	361,588	0.925	0.446
2034	39,278,668	39,457,845	358,354	0.908	0.447
2035	39,637,022	39,814,825	355,606	0.893	0.448
2036	39,992,628	40,166,898	348,540	0.868	0.449
2037	40,341,168	40,512,281	342,227	0.845	0.450
2038	40,683,395	40,853,312	339,834	0.832	0.451
2039	41,023,229	41,185,886	325,314	0.790	0.452
2040	41,348,543	41,509,644	322,202	0.776	0.452
2041	41,670,745	41,828,592	315,695	0.755	0.453
2042	41,986,440	42,144,466	316,052	0.750	0.454
2043	42,302,492	42,455,953	306,922	0.723	0.455
2044	42,609,414	42,754,137	289,445	0.677	0.455
2045	42,898,859	43,038,204	278,691	0.648	0.456
2046	43,177,550	43,313,749	272,397	0.629	0.457
2047	43,449,947	43,580,459	261,024	0.599	0.457
2048	43,710,971	43,831,577	241,211	0.550	0.458
2049	43,952,182	44,065,539	226,715	0.514	0.458
2050	44,178,897	44,289,772	221,751	0.501	0.458
2051	44,400,648	44,502,613	203,929	0.458	0.459
2052	44,604,577	44,701,572	193,990	0.434	0.459
2053	44,798,567	44,889,968	182,802	0.407	0.459
2054	44,981,369	45,063,850	164,962	0.366	0.459
2055	45,146,331	45,219,590	146,519	0.324	0.459
2056	45,292,850	45,362,855	140,011	0.309	0.459
2057	45,432,861	45,497,567	129,413	0.284	0.459
2058	45,562,274	45,622,565	120,582	0.264	0.459
2059	45,682,856	45,741,084	116,456	0.255	0.459
2060	45,799,312	45,850,113	101,602	0.222	0.459
2061	45,900,914	45,947,638	93,448	0.203	0.459
2062	45,994,362	46,033,411	78,098	0.170	0.459
2063	46,072,460	46,105,607	66,294	0.144	0.458
2064	46,138,754	46,170,821	64,134	0.139	0.458
2065	46,202,888	46,226,986	48,196	0.104	0.458
2066	46,251,084	46,270,411	38,654	0.084	0.457
2067	46,289,738	46,305,043	30,611	0.066	0.457
2068	46,320,349	46,331,868	23,039	0.050	0.456
2069	46,343,388	46,354,513	22,250	0.048	0.456
2070	46,365,638	46,373,000	14,724	0.032	0.455
2071	46,380,362	46,385,327	9,930	0.021	0.455
2072	46,390,292	46,390,502	420	0.001	0.454
2073	46,390,712	46,384,501	-12,423	-0.027	0.453
2074	46,378,289	46,370,717	-15,144	-0.033	0.453
2075	46,363,145	46,351,183	-23,925	-0.052	0.452
2076	46,339,220	46,326,866	-24,708	-0.053	0.452
2077	46,314,512	46,292,137	-44,751	-0.097	0.451
2078	46,269,761	46,243,388	-52,746	-0.114	0.450
2079	46,217,015	46,186,887	-60,256	-0.130	0.449
2080	46,156,759	46,119,096	-75,327	-0.163	0.448
2081	46,081,432	46,044,270	-74,323	-0.161	0.448
2082	46,007,109	45,966,035	-82,147	-0.179	0.447
2083	45,924,962	45,879,836	-90,251	-0.197	0.446
2084	45,834,711	45,789,609	-90,203	-0.197	0.445
2085	45,744,508	45,697,775	-93,466	-0.205	0.444
2086	45,651,042	45,599,539	-103,005	-0.226	0.443
2087	45,548,037	45,495,751	-104,571	-0.230	0.442
2088	45,443,466	45,389,872	-107,189	-0.236	0.442
2089	45,336,277	45,282,327	-107,899	-0.238	0.441
2090	45,228,378	45,172,966	-110,824	-0.245	0.440
2091	45,117,554	45,062,224	-110,660	-0.246	0.439
2092	45,006,894	44,950,461	-112,866	-0.251	0.438
2093	44,894,028	44,835,558	-116,941	-0.261	0.437
2094	44,777,087	44,719,895	-114,384	-0.256	0.437
2095	44,662,703	44,604,296	-116,814	-0.262	0.436
2096	44,545,889	44,486,793	-118,192	-0.266	0.435
2097	44,427,697	44,370,041	-115,312	-0.260	0.434
2098	44,312,385	44,256,474	-111,821	-0.253	0.434
2099	44,200,564	44,143,976	-113,176	-0.256	0.433
2100	44,087,388	44,026,122	-122,533	-0.278	0.432