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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Malaysia	Maldives	Malaysia	Maldives
1960	7,956,197	91,189	-	-
1961	8,164,443	93,450	2.62%	2.48%
1962	8,380,172	95,802	2.64%	2.52%
1963	8,602,160	98,222	2.65%	2.53%
1964	8,828,406	100,662	2.63%	2.48%
1965	9,056,408	104,102	2.58%	3.42%
1966	9,284,688	108,507	2.52%	4.23%
1967	9,507,099	112,528	2.4%	3.71%
1968	9,725,281	116,075	2.29%	3.15%
1969	9,947,597	119,564	2.29%	3.01%
1970	10,178,802	123,219	2.32%	3.06%
1971	10,423,453	127,035	2.4%	3.1%
1972	10,676,835	130,968	2.43%	3.1%
1973	10,935,621	134,952	2.42%	3.04%
1974	11,200,906	138,978	2.43%	2.98%
1975	11,471,914	143,158	2.42%	3.01%
1976	11,750,097	147,525	2.42%	3.05%
1977	12,035,713	151,930	2.43%	2.99%
1978	12,328,157	156,159	2.43%	2.78%
1979	12,627,862	160,360	2.43%	2.69%
1980	12,983,363	164,835	2.82%	2.79%
1981	13,399,203	169,532	3.2%	2.85%
1982	13,832,798	174,333	3.24%	2.83%
1983	14,285,907	179,128	3.28%	2.75%
1984	14,759,009	184,198	3.31%	2.83%
1985	15,252,258	190,169	3.34%	3.24%
1986	15,760,419	196,935	3.33%	3.56%
1987	16,276,737	203,944	3.28%	3.56%
1988	16,796,605	210,885	3.19%	3.4%
1989	17,314,997	217,738	3.09%	3.25%
1990	17,833,171	224,762	2.99%	3.23%
1991	18,342,464	231,802	2.86%	3.13%
1992	18,834,572	238,543	2.68%	2.91%
1993	19,322,664	244,884	2.59%	2.66%
1994	19,820,446	250,822	2.58%	2.42%
1995	20,330,599	256,649	2.57%	2.32%
1996	20,850,087	262,347	2.56%	2.22%
1997	21,375,218	267,707	2.52%	2.04%
1998	21,906,713	272,723	2.49%	1.87%
1999	22,435,531	277,412	2.41%	1.72%
2000	22,967,816	282,019	2.37%	1.66%
2001	23,526,538	286,767	2.43%	1.68%
2002	24,102,477	291,616	2.45%	1.69%
2003	24,679,602	296,491	2.39%	1.67%
2004	25,256,772	301,413	2.34%	1.66%
2005	25,836,071	306,429	2.29%	1.66%
2006	26,417,909	313,851	2.25%	2.42%
2007	26,998,389	324,479	2.2%	3.39%
2008	27,570,059	336,170	2.12%	3.6%
2009	28,124,778	348,275	2.01%	3.6%
2010	28,655,776	360,792	1.89%	3.59%
2011	29,162,039	373,674	1.77%	3.57%
2012	29,662,831	386,818	1.72%	3.52%
2013	30,174,265	400,070	1.72%	3.43%
2014	30,696,137	413,617	1.73%	3.39%
2015	31,232,798	428,154	1.75%	3.51%
2016	31,789,685	443,308	1.78%	3.54%
2017	32,355,644	458,287	1.78%	3.38%
2018	32,910,967	473,099	1.72%	3.23%
2019	33,440,596	487,731	1.61%	3.09%
2020	33,889,558	502,118	1.34%	2.95%
2021	34,282,399	516,154	1.16%	2.8%
2022	34,695,493	524,106	1.2%	1.54%
2023	35,126,298	525,994	1.24%	0.36%
2024	35,557,673	527,799	1.23%	0.34%
2025	35,977,838	529,677	1.18%	0.36%
2026	36,385,119	531,514	1.13%	0.35%
2027	36,785,089	533,433	1.1%	0.36%
2028	37,182,773	535,502	1.08%	0.39%
2029	37,574,292	537,574	1.05%	0.39%
2030	37,961,722	539,667	1.03%	0.39%
2031	38,347,786	541,929	1.02%	0.42%
2032	38,728,383	544,288	0.99%	0.44%
2033	39,097,871	546,723	0.95%	0.45%
2034	39,457,849	549,162	0.92%	0.45%
2035	39,814,834	551,599	0.9%	0.44%
2036	40,166,904	554,092	0.88%	0.45%
2037	40,512,289	556,637	0.86%	0.46%
2038	40,853,318	559,231	0.84%	0.47%
2039	41,185,892	561,958	0.81%	0.49%
2040	41,509,646	564,800	0.79%	0.51%
2041	41,828,594	567,606	0.77%	0.5%
2042	42,144,474	570,381	0.76%	0.49%
2043	42,455,952	573,138	0.74%	0.48%
2044	42,754,140	575,811	0.7%	0.47%
2045	43,038,205	578,459	0.66%	0.46%
2046	43,313,754	581,026	0.64%	0.44%
2047	43,580,459	583,393	0.62%	0.41%
2048	43,831,577	585,720	0.58%	0.4%
2049	44,065,538	587,988	0.53%	0.39%
2050	44,289,765	589,960	0.51%	0.34%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Malaysia increased by 5,396,727 people (a 20.9% growth), while Maldives gained 121,725 people (a 39.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Malaysia gained 5,072,200 (a 16.2% growth), while Maldives' population increased by 102,998 (a 24.1% growth).

Malaysia was ranked 44th most populous country in 2005 and is 45th in 2025. Maldives was ranked 171st in 2005 and ranked 168th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Malaysia's population will grow by 22% to 44,289,765 people with a rank change from 45th to 49th. The population of Maldives will increase by 11.1% to 589,960 people and rank change from 168th to 166th.