Population in Australia compared to Malaysia: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Australia and Malaysia: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Australia	Malaysia	Australia	Malaysia
1960	10,276,477	7,956,197	-	-
1961	10,483,000	8,164,443	2.01%	2.62%
1962	10,742,000	8,380,172	2.47%	2.64%
1963	10,950,000	8,602,160	1.94%	2.65%
1964	11,167,000	8,828,406	1.98%	2.63%
1965	11,388,000	9,056,408	1.98%	2.58%
1966	11,651,000	9,284,688	2.31%	2.52%
1967	11,799,000	9,507,099	1.27%	2.4%
1968	12,009,000	9,725,281	1.78%	2.29%
1969	12,263,000	9,947,597	2.12%	2.29%
1970	12,507,000	10,178,802	1.99%	2.32%
1971	12,937,000	10,423,453	3.44%	2.4%
1972	13,177,000	10,676,835	1.86%	2.43%
1973	13,380,000	10,935,621	1.54%	2.42%
1974	13,723,000	11,200,906	2.56%	2.43%
1975	13,893,000	11,471,914	1.24%	2.42%
1976	14,033,000	11,750,097	1.01%	2.42%
1977	14,192,000	12,035,713	1.13%	2.43%
1978	14,358,000	12,328,157	1.17%	2.43%
1979	14,514,000	12,627,862	1.09%	2.43%
1980	14,692,000	12,983,363	1.23%	2.82%
1981	14,923,260	13,399,203	1.57%	3.2%
1982	15,184,247	13,832,798	1.75%	3.24%
1983	15,393,472	14,285,907	1.38%	3.28%
1984	15,579,391	14,759,009	1.21%	3.31%
1985	15,788,312	15,252,258	1.34%	3.34%
1986	16,018,350	15,760,419	1.46%	3.33%
1987	16,263,874	16,276,737	1.53%	3.28%
1988	16,532,164	16,796,605	1.65%	3.19%
1989	16,814,416	17,314,997	1.71%	3.09%
1990	17,065,128	17,833,171	1.49%	2.99%
1991	17,284,036	18,342,464	1.28%	2.86%
1992	17,478,635	18,834,572	1.13%	2.68%
1993	17,634,808	19,322,664	0.89%	2.59%
1994	17,805,468	19,820,446	0.97%	2.58%
1995	18,004,882	20,330,599	1.12%	2.57%
1996	18,224,767	20,850,087	1.22%	2.56%
1997	18,423,037	21,375,218	1.09%	2.52%
1998	18,607,584	21,906,713	1%	2.49%
1999	18,812,264	22,435,531	1.1%	2.41%
2000	19,028,802	22,967,816	1.15%	2.37%
2001	19,274,701	23,526,538	1.29%	2.43%
2002	19,495,210	24,102,477	1.14%	2.45%
2003	19,720,737	24,679,602	1.16%	2.39%
2004	19,932,722	25,256,772	1.07%	2.34%
2005	20,176,844	25,836,071	1.22%	2.29%
2006	20,450,966	26,417,909	1.36%	2.25%
2007	20,827,622	26,998,389	1.84%	2.2%
2008	21,249,199	27,570,059	2.02%	2.12%
2009	21,691,653	28,124,778	2.08%	2.01%
2010	22,031,750	28,655,776	1.57%	1.89%
2011	22,340,024	29,162,039	1.4%	1.77%
2012	22,733,465	29,662,831	1.76%	1.72%
2013	23,128,129	30,174,265	1.74%	1.72%
2014	23,475,686	30,696,137	1.5%	1.73%
2015	23,815,995	31,232,798	1.45%	1.75%
2016	24,190,907	31,789,685	1.57%	1.78%
2017	24,592,588	32,355,644	1.66%	1.78%
2018	24,963,258	32,910,967	1.51%	1.72%
2019	25,334,826	33,440,596	1.49%	1.61%
2020	25,649,248	33,889,558	1.24%	1.34%
2021	25,685,412	34,282,399	0.14%	1.16%
2022	26,014,399	34,695,493	1.28%	1.2%
2023	26,652,777	35,126,298	2.45%	1.24%
2024	27,204,809	35,557,673	2.07%	1.23%
2025	27,470,426	35,977,838	0.98%	1.18%
2026	27,728,157	36,385,119	0.94%	1.13%
2027	27,979,877	36,785,089	0.91%	1.1%
2028	28,228,958	37,182,773	0.89%	1.08%
2029	28,471,054	37,574,292	0.86%	1.05%
2030	28,707,292	37,961,722	0.83%	1.03%
2031	28,940,769	38,347,786	0.81%	1.02%
2032	29,169,013	38,728,383	0.79%	0.99%
2033	29,392,748	39,097,871	0.77%	0.95%
2034	29,614,137	39,457,849	0.75%	0.92%
2035	29,835,307	39,814,834	0.75%	0.9%
2036	30,056,752	40,166,904	0.74%	0.88%
2037	30,273,692	40,512,289	0.72%	0.86%
2038	30,488,994	40,853,318	0.71%	0.84%
2039	30,703,245	41,185,892	0.7%	0.81%
2040	30,916,122	41,509,646	0.69%	0.79%
2041	31,132,858	41,828,594	0.7%	0.77%
2042	31,352,893	42,144,474	0.71%	0.76%
2043	31,572,750	42,455,952	0.7%	0.74%
2044	31,790,565	42,754,140	0.69%	0.7%
2045	32,009,555	43,038,205	0.69%	0.66%
2046	32,232,946	43,313,754	0.7%	0.64%
2047	32,452,651	43,580,459	0.68%	0.62%
2048	32,672,016	43,831,577	0.68%	0.58%
2049	32,891,546	44,065,538	0.67%	0.53%
2050	33,105,190	44,289,765	0.65%	0.51%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Australia increased by 3,639,151 people (a 18% growth), while Malaysia gained 5,396,727 people (a 20.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Australia gained 3,861,460 (a 16.2% growth), while Malaysia's population increased by 5,072,200 (a 16.2% growth).

Australia was ranked 54th most populous country in 2005 and is 55th in 2025. Malaysia was ranked 44th in 2005 and ranked 45th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Australia's population will grow by 19.6% to 33,105,190 people with a rank change from 55th to 59th. The population of Malaysia will increase by 22% to 44,289,765 people and rank change from 45th to 49th.