Population of Malaysia

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	08 Sep 2024

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The current population of Malaysia is 35,676,116 as of October 10, 2024, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Malaysia is projected at 35,557,673, or 35.56 million, as of July 1, 2024. The total population in Malaysia is projected at 35,126,298, or 35.13 million people for the year 2023. Malaysia's population peak will be in 2073 with 46.39 mn people decrease further to 39.47 million by 2100.

Malaysia ranks 44th in the world by population on the 237 countries and territories list. Thailand is ranked 18th among 51 countries and territories in Asia. Malaysia was at 58th position globally in 1950, and its rank is projected to decrease at 51st in 2100.

Malaysia accounts for 0.44 percent of the World population and 0.74 percent of Asia population. However, its global share is projected to decline at 0.43% by 2100.

Population growth rate for 2024 is projected at 1.20%, the 93rd highest among 237 countries/dependent territories. The population growth reached a peak in 1985 with an annual growth rate of 3.30%. Population of Malaysia was around 6.02 million in 1950, increased by 494% in a period of 74 years, that is 67th highest globally.

Malaysia will add 427k in 2024. 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	0.24
1951	6,176,279	6,257,417	162,276	2.593	0.25
1952	6,338,555	6,422,846	168,582	2.625	0.25
1953	6,507,137	6,593,943	173,612	2.633	0.25
1954	6,680,749	6,772,378	183,258	2.706	0.25
1955	6,864,007	6,959,963	191,912	2.758	0.25
1956	7,055,919	7,156,626	201,413	2.815	0.26
1957	7,257,332	7,362,822	210,980	2.866	0.26
1958	7,468,312	7,562,878	189,133	2.501	0.26
1959	7,657,445	7,755,786	196,682	2.536	0.26
1960	7,854,127	7,956,197	204,140	2.566	0.26
1961	8,058,267	8,164,443	212,351	2.601	0.27
1962	8,270,618	8,380,172	219,107	2.615	0.27
1963	8,489,725	8,602,160	224,871	2.614	0.27
1964	8,714,596	8,828,406	227,621	2.578	0.27
1965	8,942,217	9,056,408	228,382	2.522	0.27
1966	9,170,599	9,284,688	228,178	2.458	0.27
1967	9,398,777	9,507,099	216,644	2.279	0.27
1968	9,615,421	9,725,281	219,721	2.259	0.27
1969	9,835,142	9,947,597	224,911	2.261	0.27
1970	10,060,053	10,178,802	237,498	2.333	0.28
1971	10,297,551	10,423,453	251,805	2.416	0.28
1972	10,549,356	10,676,835	254,959	2.388	0.28
1973	10,804,315	10,935,621	262,612	2.402	0.28
1974	11,066,927	11,200,906	267,958	2.392	0.28
1975	11,334,885	11,471,914	274,057	2.389	0.28
1976	11,608,942	11,750,097	282,311	2.403	0.28
1977	11,891,253	12,035,713	288,920	2.401	0.29
1978	12,180,173	12,328,157	295,969	2.401	0.29
1979	12,476,142	12,627,862	303,441	2.403	0.29
1980	12,779,583	12,983,363	407,560	3.139	0.29
1981	13,187,143	13,399,203	424,120	3.166	0.30
1982	13,611,263	13,832,798	443,070	3.203	0.30
1983	14,054,333	14,285,907	463,149	3.242	0.30
1984	14,517,482	14,759,009	483,054	3.273	0.31
1985	15,000,536	15,252,258	503,445	3.301	0.31
1986	15,503,981	15,760,419	512,877	3.254	0.32
1987	16,016,858	16,276,737	519,757	3.194	0.32
1988	16,536,615	16,796,605	519,979	3.096	0.33
1989	17,056,594	17,314,997	516,806	2.985	0.33
1990	17,573,400	17,833,171	519,542	2.914	0.33
1991	18,092,942	18,342,464	499,043	2.721	0.34
1992	18,591,985	18,834,572	485,175	2.576	0.34
1993	19,077,160	19,322,664	491,009	2.541	0.35
1994	19,568,169	19,820,446	504,554	2.546	0.35
1995	20,072,723	20,330,599	515,751	2.537	0.35
1996	20,588,474	20,850,087	523,226	2.510	0.36
1997	21,111,700	21,375,218	527,037	2.466	0.36
1998	21,638,737	21,906,713	535,951	2.447	0.36
1999	22,174,688	22,435,531	521,685	2.325	0.37
2000	22,696,373	22,967,816	542,886	2.364	0.37
2001	23,239,259	23,526,538	574,559	2.442	0.38
2002	23,813,818	24,102,477	577,317	2.395	0.38
2003	24,391,135	24,679,602	576,934	2.338	0.38
2004	24,968,069	25,256,772	577,407	2.286	0.39
2005	25,545,476	25,836,071	581,191	2.250	0.39
2006	26,126,667	26,417,909	582,484	2.205	0.40
2007	26,709,151	26,998,389	578,475	2.143	0.40
2008	27,287,626	27,570,059	564,866	2.049	0.40
2009	27,852,492	28,124,778	544,571	1.936	0.41
2010	28,397,063	28,655,776	517,427	1.806	0.41
2011	28,914,490	29,162,039	495,098	1.698	0.41
2012	29,409,588	29,662,831	506,486	1.708	0.41
2013	29,916,074	30,174,265	516,381	1.711	0.41
2014	30,432,455	30,696,137	527,363	1.718	0.42
2015	30,959,818	31,232,798	545,959	1.748	0.42
2016	31,505,777	31,789,685	567,817	1.786	0.42
2017	32,073,594	32,355,644	564,101	1.743	0.42
2018	32,637,695	32,910,967	546,544	1.661	0.43
2019	33,184,239	33,440,596	512,713	1.533	0.43
2020	33,696,952	33,889,558	385,213	1.137	0.43
2021	34,082,165	34,282,399	400,467	1.168	0.43
2022	34,482,632	34,695,493	425,722	1.227	0.43
2023	34,908,354	35,126,298	435,888	1.241	0.43

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	0.44
2025	35,771,105	35,977,838	413,466	1.149	0.44
2026	36,184,571	36,385,115	401,087	1.102	0.44
2027	36,585,658	36,785,087	398,858	1.084	0.44
2028	36,984,516	37,182,770	396,507	1.066	0.44
2029	37,381,023	37,574,288	386,530	1.029	0.44
2030	37,767,553	37,961,719	388,331	1.023	0.44
2031	38,155,884	38,347,785	383,803	1.001	0.44
2032	38,539,687	38,728,384	377,393	0.974	0.45
2033	38,917,080	39,097,874	361,588	0.925	0.45
2034	39,278,668	39,457,845	358,354	0.908	0.45
2035	39,637,022	39,814,825	355,606	0.893	0.45
2036	39,992,628	40,166,898	348,540	0.868	0.45
2037	40,341,168	40,512,281	342,227	0.845	0.45
2038	40,683,395	40,853,312	339,834	0.832	0.45
2039	41,023,229	41,185,886	325,314	0.790	0.45
2040	41,348,543	41,509,644	322,202	0.776	0.45
2041	41,670,745	41,828,592	315,695	0.755	0.45
2042	41,986,440	42,144,466	316,052	0.750	0.45
2043	42,302,492	42,455,953	306,922	0.723	0.45
2044	42,609,414	42,754,137	289,445	0.677	0.46
2045	42,898,859	43,038,204	278,691	0.648	0.46
2046	43,177,550	43,313,749	272,397	0.629	0.46
2047	43,449,947	43,580,459	261,024	0.599	0.46
2048	43,710,971	43,831,577	241,211	0.550	0.46
2049	43,952,182	44,065,539	226,715	0.514	0.46
2050	44,178,897	44,289,772	221,751	0.501	0.46
2051	44,400,648	44,502,613	203,929	0.458	0.46
2052	44,604,577	44,701,572	193,990	0.434	0.46
2053	44,798,567	44,889,968	182,802	0.407	0.46
2054	44,981,369	45,063,850	164,962	0.366	0.46
2055	45,146,331	45,219,590	146,519	0.324	0.46
2056	45,292,850	45,362,855	140,011	0.309	0.46
2057	45,432,861	45,497,567	129,413	0.284	0.46
2058	45,562,274	45,622,565	120,582	0.264	0.46
2059	45,682,856	45,741,084	116,456	0.255	0.46
2060	45,799,312	45,850,113	101,602	0.222	0.46
2061	45,900,914	45,947,638	93,448	0.203	0.46
2062	45,994,362	46,033,411	78,098	0.170	0.46
2063	46,072,460	46,105,607	66,294	0.144	0.46
2064	46,138,754	46,170,821	64,134	0.139	0.46
2065	46,202,888	46,226,986	48,196	0.104	0.46
2066	46,251,084	46,270,411	38,654	0.084	0.46
2067	46,289,738	46,305,043	30,611	0.066	0.46
2068	46,320,349	46,331,868	23,039	0.050	0.46
2069	46,343,388	46,354,513	22,250	0.048	0.46
2070	46,365,638	46,373,000	14,724	0.032	0.46
2071	46,380,362	46,385,327	9,930	0.021	0.45
2072	46,390,292	46,390,502	420	0.001	0.45
2073	46,390,712	46,384,501	-12,423	-0.027	0.45
2074	46,378,289	46,370,717	-15,144	-0.033	0.45
2075	46,363,145	46,351,183	-23,925	-0.052	0.45
2076	46,339,220	46,326,866	-24,708	-0.053	0.45
2077	46,314,512	46,292,137	-44,751	-0.097	0.45
2078	46,269,761	46,243,388	-52,746	-0.114	0.45
2079	46,217,015	46,186,887	-60,256	-0.130	0.45
2080	46,156,759	46,119,096	-75,327	-0.163	0.45
2081	46,081,432	46,044,270	-74,323	-0.161	0.45
2082	46,007,109	45,966,035	-82,147	-0.179	0.45
2083	45,924,962	45,879,836	-90,251	-0.197	0.45
2084	45,834,711	45,789,609	-90,203	-0.197	0.45
2085	45,744,508	45,697,775	-93,466	-0.205	0.44
2086	45,651,042	45,599,539	-103,005	-0.226	0.44
2087	45,548,037	45,495,751	-104,571	-0.230	0.44
2088	45,443,466	45,389,872	-107,189	-0.236	0.44
2089	45,336,277	45,282,327	-107,899	-0.238	0.44
2090	45,228,378	45,172,966	-110,824	-0.245	0.44
2091	45,117,554	45,062,224	-110,660	-0.246	0.44
2092	45,006,894	44,950,461	-112,866	-0.251	0.44
2093	44,894,028	44,835,558	-116,941	-0.261	0.44
2094	44,777,087	44,719,895	-114,384	-0.256	0.44
2095	44,662,703	44,604,296	-116,814	-0.262	0.44
2096	44,545,889	44,486,793	-118,192	-0.266	0.44
2097	44,427,697	44,370,041	-115,312	-0.260	0.43
2098	44,312,385	44,256,474	-111,821	-0.253	0.43
2099	44,200,564	44,143,976	-113,176	-0.256	0.43
2100	44,087,388	44,026,122	-122,533	-0.278	0.43