Population in East Timor compared to Malaysia: Trends, Charts, Rankings

East Timor and Malaysia: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	East Timor	Malaysia	East Timor	Malaysia
1960	468,118	7,956,197	-	-
1961	475,291	8,164,443	1.53%	2.62%
1962	482,774	8,380,172	1.57%	2.64%
1963	490,564	8,602,160	1.61%	2.65%
1964	498,659	8,828,406	1.65%	2.63%
1965	507,034	9,056,408	1.68%	2.58%
1966	515,696	9,284,688	1.71%	2.52%
1967	524,648	9,507,099	1.74%	2.4%
1968	533,875	9,725,281	1.76%	2.29%
1969	543,356	9,947,597	1.78%	2.29%
1970	553,069	10,178,802	1.79%	2.32%
1971	562,966	10,423,453	1.79%	2.4%
1972	572,962	10,676,835	1.78%	2.43%
1973	582,855	10,935,621	1.73%	2.42%
1974	590,827	11,200,906	1.37%	2.43%
1975	598,158	11,471,914	1.24%	2.42%
1976	607,620	11,750,097	1.58%	2.42%
1977	618,315	12,035,713	1.76%	2.43%
1978	628,775	12,328,157	1.69%	2.43%
1979	638,719	12,627,862	1.58%	2.43%
1980	649,871	12,983,363	1.75%	2.82%
1981	660,493	13,399,203	1.63%	3.2%
1982	669,149	13,832,798	1.31%	3.24%
1983	677,707	14,285,907	1.28%	3.28%
1984	686,777	14,759,009	1.34%	3.31%
1985	696,665	15,252,258	1.44%	3.34%
1986	707,185	15,760,419	1.51%	3.33%
1987	718,476	16,276,737	1.6%	3.28%
1988	730,745	16,796,605	1.71%	3.19%
1989	744,856	17,314,997	1.93%	3.09%
1990	760,345	17,833,171	2.08%	2.99%
1991	778,278	18,342,464	2.36%	2.86%
1992	799,318	18,834,572	2.7%	2.68%
1993	821,437	19,322,664	2.77%	2.59%
1994	844,493	19,820,446	2.81%	2.58%
1995	868,146	20,330,599	2.8%	2.57%
1996	892,282	20,850,087	2.78%	2.56%
1997	917,184	21,375,218	2.79%	2.52%
1998	942,530	21,906,713	2.76%	2.49%
1999	834,697	22,435,531	-11.4%	2.41%
2000	745,088	22,967,816	-10.7%	2.37%
2001	812,249	23,526,538	9.01%	2.43%
2002	879,159	24,102,477	8.24%	2.45%
2003	916,878	24,679,602	4.29%	2.39%
2004	929,074	25,256,772	1.33%	2.34%
2005	948,311	25,836,071	2.07%	2.29%
2006	976,597	26,417,909	2.98%	2.25%
2007	1,004,889	26,998,389	2.9%	2.2%
2008	1,032,429	27,570,059	2.74%	2.12%
2009	1,058,782	28,124,778	2.55%	2.01%
2010	1,084,679	28,655,776	2.45%	1.89%
2011	1,110,207	29,162,039	2.35%	1.77%
2012	1,134,885	29,662,831	2.22%	1.72%
2013	1,158,695	30,174,265	2.1%	1.72%
2014	1,181,903	30,696,137	2%	1.73%
2015	1,205,131	31,232,798	1.97%	1.75%
2016	1,228,312	31,789,685	1.92%	1.78%
2017	1,251,703	32,355,644	1.9%	1.78%
2018	1,275,959	32,910,967	1.94%	1.72%
2019	1,300,945	33,440,596	1.96%	1.61%
2020	1,326,053	33,889,558	1.93%	1.34%
2021	1,350,139	34,282,399	1.82%	1.16%
2022	1,369,295	34,695,493	1.42%	1.2%
2023	1,384,286	35,126,298	1.09%	1.24%
2024	1,400,638	35,557,673	1.18%	1.23%
2025	1,418,519	35,977,838	1.28%	1.18%
2026	1,436,934	36,385,119	1.3%	1.13%
2027	1,456,334	36,785,089	1.35%	1.1%
2028	1,476,850	37,182,773	1.41%	1.08%
2029	1,498,119	37,574,292	1.44%	1.05%
2030	1,519,802	37,961,722	1.45%	1.03%
2031	1,540,659	38,347,786	1.37%	1.02%
2032	1,559,710	38,728,383	1.24%	0.99%
2033	1,578,114	39,097,871	1.18%	0.95%
2034	1,597,444	39,457,849	1.22%	0.92%
2035	1,618,799	39,814,834	1.34%	0.9%
2036	1,639,721	40,166,904	1.29%	0.88%
2037	1,659,327	40,512,289	1.2%	0.86%
2038	1,678,953	40,853,318	1.18%	0.84%
2039	1,698,891	41,185,892	1.19%	0.81%
2040	1,718,249	41,509,646	1.14%	0.79%
2041	1,736,476	41,828,594	1.06%	0.77%
2042	1,755,847	42,144,474	1.12%	0.76%
2043	1,776,066	42,455,952	1.15%	0.74%
2044	1,793,758	42,754,140	1%	0.7%
2045	1,809,637	43,038,205	0.89%	0.66%
2046	1,825,551	43,313,754	0.88%	0.64%
2047	1,841,558	43,580,459	0.88%	0.62%
2048	1,858,311	43,831,577	0.91%	0.58%
2049	1,873,846	44,065,538	0.84%	0.53%
2050	1,889,246	44,289,765	0.82%	0.51%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of East Timor increased by 256,820 people (a 27.1% growth), while Malaysia gained 5,396,727 people (a 20.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, East Timor gained 228,180 (a 18.9% growth), while Malaysia's population increased by 5,072,200 (a 16.2% growth).

East Timor was ranked 154th most populous country in 2005 and is 152nd 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) East Timor's population will grow by 31.8% to 1,889,246 people with a rank change from 152nd to 149th. The population of Malaysia will increase by 22% to 44,289,765 people and rank change from 45th to 49th.