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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	India	Malaysia	India	Malaysia
1960	435,990,338	7,956,197	-	-
1961	446,564,729	8,164,443	2.43%	2.62%
1962	457,283,090	8,380,172	2.4%	2.64%
1963	468,138,575	8,602,160	2.37%	2.65%
1964	479,229,598	8,828,406	2.37%	2.63%
1965	490,140,146	9,056,408	2.28%	2.58%
1966	500,740,247	9,284,688	2.16%	2.52%
1967	511,606,372	9,507,099	2.17%	2.4%
1968	522,716,889	9,725,281	2.17%	2.29%
1969	533,880,544	9,947,597	2.14%	2.29%
1970	545,864,268	10,178,802	2.24%	2.32%
1971	558,096,387	10,423,453	2.24%	2.4%
1972	570,482,142	10,676,835	2.22%	2.43%
1973	583,465,598	10,935,621	2.28%	2.42%
1974	597,041,391	11,200,906	2.33%	2.43%
1975	611,309,535	11,471,914	2.39%	2.42%
1976	625,861,883	11,750,097	2.38%	2.42%
1977	640,801,103	12,035,713	2.39%	2.43%
1978	655,728,229	12,328,157	2.33%	2.43%
1979	671,155,747	12,627,862	2.35%	2.43%
1980	687,354,025	12,983,363	2.41%	2.82%
1981	703,696,250	13,399,203	2.38%	3.2%
1982	720,313,473	13,832,798	2.36%	3.24%
1983	737,372,681	14,285,907	2.37%	3.28%
1984	754,875,449	14,759,009	2.37%	3.31%
1985	772,647,793	15,252,258	2.35%	3.34%
1986	790,689,978	15,760,419	2.34%	3.33%
1987	808,931,270	16,276,737	2.31%	3.28%
1988	827,342,990	16,796,605	2.28%	3.19%
1989	846,039,529	17,314,997	2.26%	3.09%
1990	864,972,221	17,833,171	2.24%	2.99%
1991	883,927,600	18,342,464	2.19%	2.86%
1992	902,957,070	18,834,572	2.15%	2.68%
1993	922,118,387	19,322,664	2.12%	2.59%
1994	941,163,767	19,820,446	2.07%	2.58%
1995	960,301,044	20,330,599	2.03%	2.57%
1996	979,678,458	20,850,087	2.02%	2.56%
1997	999,133,762	21,375,218	1.99%	2.52%
1998	1,018,665,080	21,906,713	1.95%	2.49%
1999	1,038,225,823	22,435,531	1.92%	2.41%
2000	1,057,922,733	22,967,816	1.9%	2.37%
2001	1,077,898,575	23,526,538	1.89%	2.43%
2002	1,097,600,380	24,102,477	1.83%	2.45%
2003	1,116,803,006	24,679,602	1.75%	2.39%
2004	1,135,991,513	25,256,772	1.72%	2.34%
2005	1,154,676,322	25,836,071	1.64%	2.29%
2006	1,172,878,890	26,417,909	1.58%	2.25%
2007	1,190,676,021	26,998,389	1.52%	2.2%
2008	1,207,930,964	27,570,059	1.45%	2.12%
2009	1,225,524,753	28,124,778	1.46%	2.01%
2010	1,243,481,564	28,655,776	1.47%	1.89%
2011	1,261,224,954	29,162,039	1.43%	1.77%
2012	1,278,674,502	29,662,831	1.38%	1.72%
2013	1,295,829,511	30,174,265	1.34%	1.72%
2014	1,312,277,191	30,696,137	1.27%	1.73%
2015	1,328,024,498	31,232,798	1.2%	1.75%
2016	1,343,944,296	31,789,685	1.2%	1.78%
2017	1,359,657,400	32,355,644	1.17%	1.78%
2018	1,374,659,064	32,910,967	1.1%	1.72%
2019	1,389,030,312	33,440,596	1.05%	1.61%
2020	1,402,617,695	33,889,558	0.98%	1.34%
2021	1,414,203,896	34,282,399	0.83%	1.16%
2022	1,425,423,212	34,695,493	0.79%	1.2%
2023	1,438,069,596	35,126,298	0.89%	1.24%
2024	1,450,935,791	35,557,673	0.89%	1.23%
2025	1,463,865,531	35,977,838	0.89%	1.18%
2026	1,476,625,576	36,385,119	0.87%	1.13%
2027	1,489,164,679	36,785,089	0.85%	1.1%
2028	1,501,432,748	37,182,773	0.82%	1.08%
2029	1,513,423,737	37,574,292	0.8%	1.05%
2030	1,525,138,852	37,961,722	0.77%	1.03%
2031	1,536,540,604	38,347,786	0.75%	1.02%
2032	1,547,607,126	38,728,383	0.72%	0.99%
2033	1,558,324,087	39,097,871	0.69%	0.95%
2034	1,568,688,356	39,457,849	0.67%	0.92%
2035	1,578,694,799	39,814,834	0.64%	0.9%
2036	1,588,325,366	40,166,904	0.61%	0.88%
2037	1,597,537,009	40,512,289	0.58%	0.86%
2038	1,606,300,646	40,853,318	0.55%	0.84%
2039	1,614,639,243	41,185,892	0.52%	0.81%
2040	1,622,580,052	41,509,646	0.49%	0.79%
2041	1,630,119,374	41,828,594	0.46%	0.77%
2042	1,637,235,363	42,144,474	0.44%	0.76%
2043	1,643,915,269	42,455,952	0.41%	0.74%
2044	1,650,186,610	42,754,140	0.38%	0.7%
2045	1,656,067,585	43,038,205	0.36%	0.66%
2046	1,661,548,400	43,313,754	0.33%	0.64%
2047	1,666,628,151	43,580,459	0.31%	0.62%
2048	1,671,309,727	43,831,577	0.28%	0.58%
2049	1,675,619,893	44,065,538	0.26%	0.53%
2050	1,679,589,268	44,289,765	0.24%	0.51%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of India increased by 171,065,406 people (a 14.6% growth), while Malaysia gained 5,371,776 people (a 20.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, India gained 132,818,319 (a 9.88% growth), while Malaysia's population increased by 4,599,805 (a 14.5% growth).

India was ranked 2nd most populous country in 2006 and is 1st 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) India's population will grow by 13.7% to 1,679,589,268 people and will still be ranked 1st. The population of Malaysia will increase by 21.7% to 44,289,765 people and rank change from 45th to 49th.