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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Iceland	Malaysia	Iceland	Malaysia
1960	175,574	7,956,197	-	-
1961	179,029	8,164,443	1.97%	2.62%
1962	182,378	8,380,172	1.87%	2.64%
1963	185,653	8,602,160	1.8%	2.65%
1964	188,983	8,828,406	1.79%	2.63%
1965	192,286	9,056,408	1.75%	2.58%
1966	195,570	9,284,688	1.71%	2.52%
1967	198,751	9,507,099	1.63%	2.4%
1968	201,488	9,725,281	1.38%	2.29%
1969	203,369	9,947,597	0.93%	2.29%
1970	204,438	10,178,802	0.53%	2.32%
1971	206,098	10,423,453	0.81%	2.4%
1972	209,137	10,676,835	1.47%	2.43%
1973	212,317	10,935,621	1.52%	2.42%
1974	215,209	11,200,906	1.36%	2.43%
1975	217,979	11,471,914	1.29%	2.42%
1976	220,154	11,750,097	1%	2.42%
1977	221,799	12,035,713	0.75%	2.43%
1978	223,537	12,328,157	0.78%	2.43%
1979	225,735	12,627,862	0.98%	2.43%
1980	228,138	12,983,363	1.06%	2.82%
1981	230,755	13,399,203	1.15%	3.2%
1982	233,860	13,832,798	1.35%	3.24%
1983	236,977	14,285,907	1.33%	3.28%
1984	239,511	14,759,009	1.07%	3.31%
1985	241,405	15,252,258	0.79%	3.34%
1986	243,180	15,760,419	0.74%	3.33%
1987	245,859	16,276,737	1.1%	3.28%
1988	249,740	16,796,605	1.58%	3.19%
1989	252,852	17,314,997	1.25%	3.09%
1990	254,826	17,833,171	0.78%	2.99%
1991	257,797	18,342,464	1.17%	2.86%
1992	261,057	18,834,572	1.26%	2.68%
1993	263,725	19,322,664	1.02%	2.59%
1994	266,021	19,820,446	0.87%	2.58%
1995	267,468	20,330,599	0.54%	2.57%
1996	268,916	20,850,087	0.54%	2.56%
1997	271,128	21,375,218	0.82%	2.52%
1998	274,047	21,906,713	1.08%	2.49%
1999	277,381	22,435,531	1.22%	2.41%
2000	281,205	22,967,816	1.38%	2.37%
2001	284,968	23,526,538	1.34%	2.43%
2002	287,523	24,102,477	0.9%	2.45%
2003	289,521	24,679,602	0.69%	2.39%
2004	292,074	25,256,772	0.88%	2.34%
2005	296,734	25,836,071	1.6%	2.29%
2006	303,782	26,417,909	2.38%	2.25%
2007	311,566	26,998,389	2.56%	2.2%
2008	317,414	27,570,059	1.88%	2.12%
2009	318,499	28,124,778	0.34%	2.01%
2010	318,041	28,655,776	-0.14%	1.89%
2011	319,014	29,162,039	0.31%	1.77%
2012	320,716	29,662,831	0.53%	1.72%
2013	323,764	30,174,265	0.95%	1.72%
2014	327,386	30,696,137	1.12%	1.73%
2015	330,815	31,232,798	1.05%	1.75%
2016	335,439	31,789,685	1.4%	1.78%
2017	343,400	32,355,644	2.37%	1.78%
2018	352,721	32,910,967	2.71%	1.72%
2019	360,563	33,440,596	2.22%	1.61%
2020	366,463	33,889,558	1.64%	1.34%
2021	372,520	34,282,399	1.65%	1.16%
2022	382,003	34,695,493	2.55%	1.2%
2023	393,349	35,126,298	2.97%	1.24%
2024	404,610	35,557,673	2.86%	1.23%
2025	409,614	35,977,838	1.24%	1.18%
2026	413,792	36,385,119	1.02%	1.13%
2027	417,406	36,785,089	0.87%	1.1%
2028	420,691	37,182,773	0.79%	1.08%
2029	423,592	37,574,292	0.69%	1.05%
2030	426,158	37,961,722	0.61%	1.03%
2031	428,479	38,347,786	0.54%	1.02%
2032	430,544	38,728,383	0.48%	0.99%
2033	432,406	39,097,871	0.43%	0.95%
2034	434,083	39,457,849	0.39%	0.92%
2035	435,646	39,814,834	0.36%	0.9%
2036	437,132	40,166,904	0.34%	0.88%
2037	438,466	40,512,289	0.31%	0.86%
2038	439,670	40,853,318	0.27%	0.84%
2039	440,754	41,185,892	0.25%	0.81%
2040	441,687	41,509,646	0.21%	0.79%
2041	442,487	41,828,594	0.18%	0.77%
2042	443,200	42,144,474	0.16%	0.76%
2043	443,884	42,455,952	0.15%	0.74%
2044	444,457	42,754,140	0.13%	0.7%
2045	444,812	43,038,205	0.08%	0.66%
2046	445,028	43,313,754	0.05%	0.64%
2047	445,183	43,580,459	0.03%	0.62%
2048	445,283	43,831,577	0.02%	0.58%
2049	445,335	44,065,538	0.01%	0.53%
2050	445,330	44,289,765	-0.001%	0.51%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Iceland increased by 34,081 people (a 11.5% growth), while Malaysia gained 5,396,727 people (a 20.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Iceland gained 82,155 (a 24.8% growth), while Malaysia's population increased by 5,072,200 (a 16.2% growth).

Iceland was ranked 172nd most populous country in 2005 and is still 172nd 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) Iceland's population will grow by 7.84% to 445,330 people with a rank change from 172nd to 173rd. The population of Malaysia will increase by 22% to 44,289,765 people and rank change from 45th to 49th.