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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Colombia	Malaysia	Colombia	Malaysia
1960	15,606,209	7,956,197	-	-
1961	16,095,203	8,164,443	3.13%	2.62%
1962	16,599,029	8,380,172	3.13%	2.64%
1963	17,113,823	8,602,160	3.1%	2.65%
1964	17,637,411	8,828,406	3.06%	2.63%
1965	18,169,050	9,056,408	3.01%	2.58%
1966	18,702,688	9,284,688	2.94%	2.52%
1967	19,235,618	9,507,099	2.85%	2.4%
1968	19,766,796	9,725,281	2.76%	2.29%
1969	20,291,942	9,947,597	2.66%	2.29%
1970	20,811,782	10,178,802	2.56%	2.32%
1971	21,319,096	10,423,453	2.44%	2.4%
1972	21,819,563	10,676,835	2.35%	2.43%
1973	22,325,374	10,935,621	2.32%	2.42%
1974	22,833,469	11,200,906	2.28%	2.43%
1975	23,344,644	11,471,914	2.24%	2.42%
1976	23,858,810	11,750,097	2.2%	2.42%
1977	24,393,494	12,035,713	2.24%	2.43%
1978	24,950,337	12,328,157	2.28%	2.43%
1979	25,515,626	12,627,862	2.27%	2.43%
1980	26,104,498	12,983,363	2.31%	2.82%
1981	26,713,267	13,399,203	2.33%	3.2%
1982	27,338,331	13,832,798	2.34%	3.24%
1983	27,988,173	14,285,907	2.38%	3.28%
1984	28,642,690	14,759,009	2.34%	3.31%
1985	29,268,470	15,252,258	2.18%	3.34%
1986	29,879,112	15,760,419	2.09%	3.33%
1987	30,499,467	16,276,737	2.08%	3.28%
1988	31,130,524	16,796,605	2.07%	3.19%
1989	31,776,279	17,314,997	2.07%	3.09%
1990	32,440,069	17,833,171	2.09%	2.99%
1991	33,098,372	18,342,464	2.03%	2.86%
1992	33,760,571	18,834,572	2%	2.68%
1993	34,441,473	19,322,664	2.02%	2.59%
1994	35,127,410	19,820,446	1.99%	2.58%
1995	35,804,662	20,330,599	1.93%	2.57%
1996	36,462,745	20,850,087	1.84%	2.56%
1997	37,121,149	21,375,218	1.81%	2.52%
1998	37,792,165	21,906,713	1.81%	2.49%
1999	38,454,863	22,435,531	1.75%	2.41%
2000	39,089,934	22,967,816	1.65%	2.37%
2001	39,709,262	23,526,538	1.58%	2.43%
2002	40,324,680	24,102,477	1.55%	2.45%
2003	40,937,429	24,679,602	1.52%	2.39%
2004	41,543,171	25,256,772	1.48%	2.34%
2005	42,128,977	25,836,071	1.41%	2.29%
2006	42,691,084	26,417,909	1.33%	2.25%
2007	43,235,374	26,998,389	1.27%	2.2%
2008	43,758,808	27,570,059	1.21%	2.12%
2009	44,271,541	28,124,778	1.17%	2.01%
2010	44,777,319	28,655,776	1.14%	1.89%
2011	45,259,614	29,162,039	1.08%	1.77%
2012	45,715,810	29,662,831	1.01%	1.72%
2013	46,151,584	30,174,265	0.95%	1.72%
2014	46,565,429	30,696,137	0.9%	1.73%
2015	46,969,940	31,232,798	0.87%	1.75%
2016	47,437,512	31,789,685	1%	1.78%
2017	48,131,078	32,355,644	1.46%	1.78%
2018	49,024,465	32,910,967	1.86%	1.72%
2019	49,907,985	33,440,596	1.8%	1.61%
2020	50,629,997	33,889,558	1.45%	1.34%
2021	51,188,173	34,282,399	1.1%	1.16%
2022	51,737,944	34,695,493	1.07%	1.2%
2023	52,321,152	35,126,298	1.13%	1.24%
2024	52,886,363	35,557,673	1.08%	1.23%
2025	53,425,632	35,977,838	1.02%	1.18%
2026	53,936,234	36,385,119	0.96%	1.13%
2027	54,422,275	36,785,089	0.9%	1.1%
2028	54,885,123	37,182,773	0.85%	1.08%
2029	55,322,627	37,574,292	0.8%	1.05%
2030	55,736,477	37,961,722	0.75%	1.03%
2031	56,125,966	38,347,786	0.7%	1.02%
2032	56,490,496	38,728,383	0.65%	0.99%
2033	56,832,264	39,097,871	0.61%	0.95%
2034	57,151,619	39,457,849	0.56%	0.92%
2035	57,445,755	39,814,834	0.51%	0.9%
2036	57,716,869	40,166,904	0.47%	0.88%
2037	57,965,300	40,512,289	0.43%	0.86%
2038	58,190,082	40,853,318	0.39%	0.84%
2039	58,394,310	41,185,892	0.35%	0.81%
2040	58,576,452	41,509,646	0.31%	0.79%
2041	58,736,886	41,828,594	0.27%	0.77%
2042	58,878,126	42,144,474	0.24%	0.76%
2043	59,000,362	42,455,952	0.21%	0.74%
2044	59,104,592	42,754,140	0.18%	0.7%
2045	59,190,826	43,038,205	0.15%	0.66%
2046	59,259,758	43,313,754	0.12%	0.64%
2047	59,313,132	43,580,459	0.09%	0.62%
2048	59,351,262	43,831,577	0.06%	0.58%
2049	59,375,012	44,065,538	0.04%	0.53%
2050	59,385,355	44,289,765	0.02%	0.51%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Colombia increased by 4,746,428 people (a 11.1% growth), while Malaysia gained 5,371,776 people (a 20.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Colombia gained 6,504,033 (a 13.7% growth), while Malaysia's population increased by 4,599,805 (a 14.5% growth).

Colombia was ranked 29th most populous country in 2006 and is 28th in 2026. Malaysia was ranked 44th in 2006 and ranked 45th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Colombia's population will grow by 10.1% to 59,385,355 people with a rank change from 28th to 34th. The population of Malaysia will increase by 21.7% to 44,289,765 people and rank change from 45th to 49th.