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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Indonesia	Malaysia	Indonesia	Malaysia
1960	88,296,070	7,956,197	-	-
1961	90,791,249	8,164,443	2.83%	2.62%
1962	93,375,850	8,380,172	2.85%	2.64%
1963	96,051,424	8,602,160	2.87%	2.65%
1964	98,833,749	8,828,406	2.9%	2.63%
1965	101,365,130	9,056,408	2.56%	2.58%
1966	103,792,754	9,284,688	2.39%	2.52%
1967	106,526,393	9,507,099	2.63%	2.4%
1968	109,450,006	9,725,281	2.74%	2.29%
1969	112,517,639	9,947,597	2.8%	2.29%
1970	115,657,495	10,178,802	2.79%	2.32%
1971	118,833,702	10,423,453	2.75%	2.4%
1972	122,039,841	10,676,835	2.7%	2.43%
1973	125,288,515	10,935,621	2.66%	2.42%
1974	128,555,045	11,200,906	2.61%	2.43%
1975	131,843,848	11,471,914	2.56%	2.42%
1976	135,173,655	11,750,097	2.53%	2.42%
1977	138,533,541	12,035,713	2.49%	2.43%
1978	141,953,163	12,328,157	2.47%	2.43%
1979	145,434,834	12,627,862	2.45%	2.43%
1980	148,950,540	12,983,363	2.42%	2.82%
1981	152,485,035	13,399,203	2.37%	3.2%
1982	156,052,152	13,832,798	2.34%	3.24%
1983	159,651,381	14,285,907	2.31%	3.28%
1984	163,251,124	14,759,009	2.25%	3.31%
1985	166,776,185	15,252,258	2.16%	3.34%
1986	170,175,065	15,760,419	2.04%	3.33%
1987	173,511,154	16,276,737	1.96%	3.28%
1988	176,855,065	16,796,605	1.93%	3.19%
1989	180,201,630	17,314,997	1.89%	3.09%
1990	183,501,098	17,833,171	1.83%	2.99%
1991	186,778,238	18,342,464	1.79%	2.86%
1992	190,043,744	18,834,572	1.75%	2.68%
1993	193,305,168	19,322,664	1.72%	2.59%
1994	196,591,828	19,820,446	1.7%	2.58%
1995	199,888,057	20,330,599	1.68%	2.57%
1996	203,204,348	20,850,087	1.66%	2.56%
1997	206,536,095	21,375,218	1.64%	2.52%
1998	209,826,788	21,906,713	1.59%	2.49%
1999	213,004,668	22,435,531	1.51%	2.41%
2000	216,077,790	22,967,816	1.44%	2.37%
2001	219,097,902	23,526,538	1.4%	2.43%
2002	222,088,495	24,102,477	1.36%	2.45%
2003	225,048,008	24,679,602	1.33%	2.39%
2004	227,926,649	25,256,772	1.28%	2.34%
2005	230,871,650	25,836,071	1.29%	2.29%
2006	233,951,652	26,417,909	1.33%	2.25%
2007	237,062,337	26,998,389	1.33%	2.2%
2008	240,157,903	27,570,059	1.31%	2.12%
2009	243,220,028	28,124,778	1.28%	2.01%
2010	246,305,322	28,655,776	1.27%	1.89%
2011	249,470,032	29,162,039	1.28%	1.77%
2012	252,698,525	29,662,831	1.29%	1.72%
2013	255,852,467	30,174,265	1.25%	1.72%
2014	258,877,399	30,696,137	1.18%	1.73%
2015	261,799,249	31,232,798	1.13%	1.75%
2016	264,627,418	31,789,685	1.08%	1.78%
2017	267,346,658	32,355,644	1.03%	1.78%
2018	269,951,846	32,910,967	0.97%	1.72%
2019	272,489,381	33,440,596	0.94%	1.61%
2020	274,814,866	33,889,558	0.85%	1.34%
2021	276,758,053	34,282,399	0.71%	1.16%
2022	278,830,529	34,695,493	0.75%	1.2%
2023	281,190,067	35,126,298	0.85%	1.24%
2024	283,487,931	35,557,673	0.82%	1.23%
2025	285,721,231	35,977,838	0.79%	1.18%
2026	287,886,778	36,385,119	0.76%	1.13%
2027	289,986,520	36,785,089	0.73%	1.1%
2028	292,016,774	37,182,773	0.7%	1.08%
2029	293,978,106	37,574,292	0.67%	1.05%
2030	295,876,644	37,961,722	0.65%	1.03%
2031	297,719,741	38,347,786	0.62%	1.02%
2032	299,510,654	38,728,383	0.6%	0.99%
2033	301,250,975	39,097,871	0.58%	0.95%
2034	302,938,571	39,457,849	0.56%	0.92%
2035	304,566,615	39,814,834	0.54%	0.9%
2036	306,135,097	40,166,904	0.51%	0.88%
2037	307,646,407	40,512,289	0.49%	0.86%
2038	309,096,450	40,853,318	0.47%	0.84%
2039	310,481,116	41,185,892	0.45%	0.81%
2040	311,797,391	41,509,646	0.42%	0.79%
2041	313,041,656	41,828,594	0.4%	0.77%
2042	314,211,278	42,144,474	0.37%	0.76%
2043	315,304,309	42,455,952	0.35%	0.74%
2044	316,318,412	42,754,140	0.32%	0.7%
2045	317,249,609	43,038,205	0.29%	0.66%
2046	318,096,567	43,313,754	0.27%	0.64%
2047	318,862,018	43,580,459	0.24%	0.62%
2048	319,554,646	43,831,577	0.22%	0.58%
2049	320,173,244	44,065,538	0.19%	0.53%
2050	320,712,941	44,289,765	0.17%	0.51%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Indonesia increased by 30,927,599 people (a 13.4% growth), while Malaysia gained 5,396,727 people (a 20.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Indonesia gained 25,661,519 (a 9.8% growth), while Malaysia's population increased by 5,072,200 (a 16.2% growth).

Indonesia was ranked 4th most populous country in 2005 and is still 4th 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) Indonesia's population will grow by 11.6% to 320,712,941 people with a rank change from 4th to 6th. The population of Malaysia will increase by 22% to 44,289,765 people and rank change from 45th to 49th.