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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Fiji	Malaysia	Fiji	Malaysia
1960	404,887	7,956,197	-	-
1961	417,406	8,164,443	3.09%	2.62%
1962	430,536	8,380,172	3.15%	2.64%
1963	444,276	8,602,160	3.19%	2.65%
1964	458,324	8,828,406	3.16%	2.63%
1965	472,575	9,056,408	3.11%	2.58%
1966	486,487	9,284,688	2.94%	2.52%
1967	498,873	9,507,099	2.55%	2.4%
1968	510,002	9,725,281	2.23%	2.29%
1969	520,797	9,947,597	2.12%	2.29%
1970	531,188	10,178,802	2%	2.32%
1971	541,121	10,423,453	1.87%	2.4%
1972	550,499	10,676,835	1.73%	2.43%
1973	559,222	10,935,621	1.58%	2.42%
1974	567,489	11,200,906	1.48%	2.43%
1975	575,906	11,471,914	1.48%	2.42%
1976	585,534	11,750,097	1.67%	2.42%
1977	597,805	12,035,713	2.1%	2.43%
1978	612,091	12,328,157	2.39%	2.43%
1979	626,862	12,627,862	2.41%	2.43%
1980	641,975	12,983,363	2.41%	2.82%
1981	657,471	13,399,203	2.41%	3.2%
1982	673,414	13,832,798	2.42%	3.24%
1983	689,835	14,285,907	2.44%	3.28%
1984	706,716	14,759,009	2.45%	3.31%
1985	723,761	15,252,258	2.41%	3.34%
1986	739,306	15,760,419	2.15%	3.33%
1987	750,540	16,276,737	1.52%	3.28%
1988	758,697	16,796,605	1.09%	3.19%
1989	766,321	17,314,997	1%	3.09%
1990	773,316	17,833,171	0.91%	2.99%
1991	779,656	18,342,464	0.82%	2.86%
1992	785,346	18,834,572	0.73%	2.68%
1993	790,369	19,322,664	0.64%	2.59%
1994	794,771	19,820,446	0.56%	2.58%
1995	798,746	20,330,599	0.5%	2.57%
1996	803,789	20,850,087	0.63%	2.56%
1997	812,139	21,375,218	1.04%	2.52%
1998	822,258	21,906,713	1.25%	2.49%
1999	831,828	22,435,531	1.16%	2.41%
2000	840,909	22,967,816	1.09%	2.37%
2001	849,596	23,526,538	1.03%	2.43%
2002	858,049	24,102,477	0.99%	2.45%
2003	866,286	24,679,602	0.96%	2.39%
2004	874,366	25,256,772	0.93%	2.34%
2005	882,379	25,836,071	0.92%	2.29%
2006	890,365	26,417,909	0.91%	2.25%
2007	897,832	26,998,389	0.84%	2.2%
2008	903,399	27,570,059	0.62%	2.12%
2009	907,239	28,124,778	0.43%	2.01%
2010	910,419	28,655,776	0.35%	1.89%
2011	912,989	29,162,039	0.28%	1.77%
2012	914,918	29,662,831	0.21%	1.72%
2013	916,352	30,174,265	0.16%	1.72%
2014	917,585	30,696,137	0.13%	1.73%
2015	918,578	31,232,798	0.11%	1.75%
2016	919,166	31,789,685	0.06%	1.78%
2017	918,759	32,355,644	-0.04%	1.78%
2018	917,180	32,910,967	-0.17%	1.72%
2019	914,899	33,440,596	-0.25%	1.61%
2020	914,963	33,889,558	0.007%	1.34%
2021	916,711	34,282,399	0.19%	1.16%
2022	919,422	34,695,493	0.3%	1.2%
2023	924,145	35,126,298	0.51%	1.24%
2024	928,784	35,557,673	0.5%	1.23%
2025	933,141	35,977,838	0.47%	1.18%
2026	937,268	36,385,119	0.44%	1.13%
2027	941,304	36,785,089	0.43%	1.1%
2028	945,347	37,182,773	0.43%	1.08%
2029	949,269	37,574,292	0.41%	1.05%
2030	953,095	37,961,722	0.4%	1.03%
2031	956,685	38,347,786	0.38%	1.02%
2032	960,056	38,728,383	0.35%	0.99%
2033	963,339	39,097,871	0.34%	0.95%
2034	966,516	39,457,849	0.33%	0.92%
2035	969,613	39,814,834	0.32%	0.9%
2036	972,641	40,166,904	0.31%	0.88%
2037	975,643	40,512,289	0.31%	0.86%
2038	978,533	40,853,318	0.3%	0.84%
2039	981,270	41,185,892	0.28%	0.81%
2040	983,842	41,509,646	0.26%	0.79%
2041	986,409	41,828,594	0.26%	0.77%
2042	988,810	42,144,474	0.24%	0.76%
2043	990,851	42,455,952	0.21%	0.74%
2044	992,731	42,754,140	0.19%	0.7%
2045	994,437	43,038,205	0.17%	0.66%
2046	995,957	43,313,754	0.15%	0.64%
2047	997,319	43,580,459	0.14%	0.62%
2048	998,544	43,831,577	0.12%	0.58%
2049	999,530	44,065,538	0.1%	0.53%
2050	1,000,244	44,289,765	0.07%	0.51%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Fiji increased by 28,801 people (a 3.23% growth), while Malaysia gained 5,371,776 people (a 20.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Fiji gained 18,146 (a 1.97% growth), while Malaysia's population increased by 4,599,805 (a 14.5% growth).

Fiji was ranked 158th most populous country in 2006 and is 159th 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) Fiji's population will grow by 6.71% to 1,000,244 people with a rank change from 159th to 161st. The population of Malaysia will increase by 21.7% to 44,289,765 people and rank change from 45th to 49th.