Population of Malaysia

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	23 Aug 2021

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The current population of Malaysia is 33,689,259 as of September 29, 2023, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Malaysia is projected at 32,776,194 or 32.776 million as of July 1, 2021. The total population in Malaysia is projected at 32,365,999 or 32.266 million people for the year 2020. Malaysia ranks number 45th in the world by population in the list of 235 countries/territories. Malaysia is ranked 18th among 51 countries in Asia.

Malaysia's population peak will be 2069 with 42.07 mn people after Malaysia's population will be decreased year by year. The Malaysia population is projected to reach 36.09 million in 2030 and increase further to 40.55 million in 2050, and it will decrease to 40.08 million by 2100. Malaysia accounts for 0.42 percent of the world population. However, its global share will decline by 0.41% in 2054 and is projected to decline at 0.37% by 2100.

Malaysia was at 58th position globally in 1950, and its rank is projected to increase at 57th in 2100.

Population
Growth rate
Net change

Malaysia population estimates
Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	6,109,915	-	-	0.24
1951	6,271,221	161,306	2.64	0.24
1952	6,449,617	178,396	2.84	0.25
1953	6,639,418	189,801	2.94	0.25
1954	6,836,638	197,220	2.97	0.25
1955	7,038,913	202,275	2.96	0.25
1956	7,245,676	206,763	2.94	0.26
1957	7,458,015	212,339	2.93	0.26
1958	7,678,382	220,367	2.95	0.26
1959	7,910,188	231,806	3.02	0.27
1960	8,156,347	246,159	3.11	0.27
1961	8,417,824	261,477	3.21	0.27
1962	8,692,342	274,518	3.26	0.28
1963	8,973,788	281,446	3.24	0.28
1964	9,253,842	280,054	3.12	0.28
1965	9,526,558	272,716	2.95	0.29
1966	9,790,084	263,526	2.77	0.29
1967	10,046,325	256,241	2.62	0.29
1968	10,297,983	251,658	2.50	0.29
1969	10,549,399	251,416	2.44	0.29
1970	10,804,131	254,732	2.41	0.29
1971	11,062,433	258,302	2.39	0.29
1972	11,324,277	261,844	2.37	0.29
1973	11,592,638	268,361	2.37	0.30
1974	11,871,104	278,466	2.40	0.30
1975	12,162,187	291,083	2.45	0.30
1976	12,468,689	306,502	2.52	0.30
1977	12,790,312	321,623	2.58	0.30
1978	13,122,839	332,527	2.60	0.30
1979	13,460,031	337,192	2.57	0.31
1980	13,798,085	338,054	2.51	0.31
1981	14,134,058	335,973	2.43	0.31
1982	14,471,211	337,153	2.39	0.31
1983	14,819,424	348,213	2.41	0.32
1984	15,192,298	372,874	2.52	0.32
1985	15,598,927	406,629	2.68	0.32
1986	16,043,731	444,804	2.85	0.32
1987	16,522,000	478,269	2.98	0.33
1988	17,022,465	500,465	3.03	0.33
1989	17,528,961	506,496	2.98	0.33
1990	18,029,824	500,863	2.86	0.34
1991	18,519,937	490,113	2.72	0.34
1992	19,002,656	482,719	2.61	0.35
1993	19,484,898	482,242	2.54	0.35
1994	19,977,500	492,602	2.53	0.35
1995	20,487,607	510,107	2.55	0.36
1996	21,017,613	530,006	2.59	0.36
1997	21,562,793	545,180	2.59	0.37
1998	22,114,654	551,861	2.56	0.37
1999	22,661,298	546,644	2.47	0.37
2000	23,194,257	532,959	2.35	0.38
2001	23,709,119	514,862	2.22	0.38
2002	24,208,391	499,272	2.11	0.38
2003	24,698,819	490,428	2.03	0.39
2004	25,190,652	491,833	1.99	0.39
2005	25,690,611	499,959	1.98	0.39
2006	26,201,961	511,350	1.99	0.40
2007	26,720,370	518,409	1.98	0.40
2008	27,236,006	515,636	1.93	0.40
2009	27,735,040	499,034	1.83	0.40
2010	28,208,035	472,995	1.71	0.41
2011	28,650,959	442,924	1.57	0.41
2012	29,068,189	417,230	1.46	0.41
2013	29,468,923	400,734	1.38	0.41
2014	29,866,603	397,680	1.35	0.41
2015	30,270,962	404,359	1.35	0.41
2016	30,684,654	413,692	1.37	0.41
2017	31,104,646	419,992	1.37	0.41
2018	31,528,033	423,387	1.36	0.41
2019	31,949,777	421,744	1.34	0.41

Malaysia population projections
Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2020	32,365,999	416,222	1.30	0.42
2021	32,776,194	410,195	1.27	0.42
2022	33,181,072	404,878	1.24	0.42
2023	33,579,265	398,193	1.20	0.42
2024	33,969,290	390,025	1.16	0.42
2025	34,349,936	380,646	1.12	0.42
2026	34,720,347	370,411	1.08	0.42
2027	35,080,112	359,765	1.04	0.42
2028	35,429,087	348,975	0.99	0.42
2029	35,767,388	338,301	0.95	0.42
2030	36,095,054	327,666	0.92	0.42
2031	36,411,996	316,942	0.88	0.42
2032	36,717,900	305,904	0.84	0.42
2033	37,012,445	294,545	0.80	0.42
2034	37,295,251	282,806	0.76	0.42
2035	37,566,148	270,897	0.73	0.42
2036	37,825,112	258,964	0.69	0.42
2037	38,072,527	247,415	0.65	0.42
2038	38,309,220	236,693	0.62	0.42
2039	38,536,264	227,044	0.59	0.42
2040	38,754,574	218,310	0.57	0.42
2041	38,964,542	209,968	0.54	0.42
2042	39,166,396	201,854	0.52	0.42
2043	39,360,773	194,377	0.50	0.42
2044	39,548,354	187,581	0.48	0.42
2045	39,729,699	181,345	0.46	0.42
2046	39,905,062	175,363	0.44	0.42
2047	40,074,631	169,569	0.42	0.42
2048	40,238,610	163,979	0.41	0.42
2049	40,397,168	158,558	0.39	0.42
2050	40,550,365	153,197	0.38	0.42
2051	40,698,294	147,929	0.36	0.42
2052	40,840,800	142,506	0.35	0.42
2053	40,977,445	136,645	0.33	0.42
2054	41,107,613	130,168	0.32	0.41
2055	41,230,759	123,146	0.30	0.41
2056	41,346,675	115,916	0.28	0.41
2057	41,455,194	108,519	0.26	0.41
2058	41,555,888	100,694	0.24	0.41
2059	41,648,244	92,356	0.22	0.41
2060	41,731,877	83,633	0.20	0.41
2061	41,806,614	74,737	0.18	0.41
2062	41,872,362	65,748	0.16	0.41
2063	41,928,871	56,509	0.13	0.41
2064	41,975,900	47,029	0.11	0.41
2065	42,013,361	37,461	0.09	0.41
2066	42,041,225	27,864	0.07	0.41
2067	42,059,669	18,444	0.04	0.41
2068	42,068,988	9,319	0.02	0.40
2069	42,069,605	617	0.00	0.40
2070	42,061,944	-7,661	-0.02	0.40
2071	42,046,292	-15,652	-0.04	0.40
2072	42,022,971	-23,321	-0.06	0.40
2073	41,992,517	-30,454	-0.07	0.40
2074	41,955,499	-37,018	-0.09	0.40
2075	41,912,491	-43,008	-0.10	0.40
2076	41,863,892	-48,599	-0.12	0.40
2077	41,810,176	-53,716	-0.13	0.39
2078	41,752,000	-58,176	-0.14	0.39
2079	41,690,087	-61,913	-0.15	0.39
2080	41,625,092	-64,995	-0.16	0.39
2081	41,557,426	-67,666	-0.16	0.39
2082	41,487,446	-69,980	-0.17	0.39
2083	41,415,604	-71,842	-0.17	0.39
2084	41,342,328	-73,276	-0.18	0.39
2085	41,267,997	-74,331	-0.18	0.38
2086	41,192,896	-75,101	-0.18	0.38
2087	41,117,199	-75,697	-0.18	0.38
2088	41,040,987	-76,212	-0.19	0.38
2089	40,964,235	-76,752	-0.19	0.38
2090	40,886,939	-77,296	-0.19	0.38
2091	40,809,104	-77,835	-0.19	0.38
2092	40,730,761	-78,343	-0.19	0.38
2093	40,651,951	-78,810	-0.19	0.38
2094	40,572,639	-79,312	-0.20	0.37
2095	40,492,785	-79,854	-0.20	0.37
2096	40,412,247	-80,538	-0.20	0.37
2097	40,330,825	-81,422	-0.20	0.37
2098	40,248,246	-82,579	-0.20	0.37
2099	40,164,170	-84,076	-0.21	0.37
2100	40,078,168	-86,002	-0.21	0.37