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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Malaysia	Malta	Malaysia	Malta
1960	7,956,197	326,550	-	-
1961	8,164,443	325,250	2.62%	-0.4%
1962	8,380,172	323,900	2.64%	-0.42%
1963	8,602,160	322,550	2.65%	-0.42%
1964	8,828,406	321,250	2.63%	-0.4%
1965	9,056,408	318,800	2.58%	-0.76%
1966	9,284,688	315,200	2.52%	-1.13%
1967	9,507,099	311,550	2.4%	-1.16%
1968	9,725,281	307,900	2.29%	-1.17%
1969	9,947,597	304,300	2.29%	-1.17%
1970	10,178,802	302,650	2.32%	-0.54%
1971	10,423,453	302,700	2.4%	0.02%
1972	10,676,835	302,450	2.43%	-0.08%
1973	10,935,621	302,200	2.42%	-0.08%
1974	11,200,906	301,996	2.43%	-0.07%
1975	11,471,914	304,222	2.42%	0.74%
1976	11,750,097	305,774	2.42%	0.51%
1977	12,035,713	306,970	2.43%	0.39%
1978	12,328,157	310,182	2.43%	1.05%
1979	12,627,862	313,342	2.43%	1.02%
1980	12,983,363	316,645	2.82%	1.05%
1981	13,399,203	318,982	3.2%	0.74%
1982	13,832,798	325,898	3.24%	2.17%
1983	14,285,907	330,524	3.28%	1.42%
1984	14,759,009	330,593	3.31%	0.02%
1985	15,252,258	336,452	3.34%	1.77%
1986	15,760,419	342,121	3.33%	1.68%
1987	16,276,737	344,485	3.28%	0.69%
1988	16,796,605	347,325	3.19%	0.82%
1989	17,314,997	350,722	3.09%	0.98%
1990	17,833,171	354,170	2.99%	0.98%
1991	18,342,464	363,845	2.86%	2.73%
1992	18,834,572	367,618	2.68%	1.04%
1993	19,322,664	371,308	2.59%	1%
1994	19,820,446	374,797	2.58%	0.94%
1995	20,330,599	377,419	2.57%	0.7%
1996	20,850,087	379,905	2.56%	0.66%
1997	21,375,218	382,791	2.52%	0.76%
1998	21,906,713	385,287	2.49%	0.65%
1999	22,435,531	387,578	2.41%	0.59%
2000	22,967,816	390,087	2.37%	0.65%
2001	23,526,538	393,028	2.43%	0.75%
2002	24,102,477	395,969	2.45%	0.75%
2003	24,679,602	398,582	2.39%	0.66%
2004	25,256,772	401,268	2.34%	0.67%
2005	25,836,071	403,834	2.29%	0.64%
2006	26,417,909	405,308	2.25%	0.37%
2007	26,998,389	406,724	2.2%	0.35%
2008	27,570,059	409,379	2.12%	0.65%
2009	28,124,778	412,477	2.01%	0.76%
2010	28,655,776	414,508	1.89%	0.49%
2011	29,162,039	416,268	1.77%	0.42%
2012	29,662,831	420,028	1.72%	0.9%
2013	30,174,265	424,810	1.72%	1.14%
2014	30,696,137	433,481	1.73%	2.04%
2015	31,232,798	444,220	1.75%	2.48%
2016	31,789,685	454,505	1.78%	2.32%
2017	32,355,644	467,106	1.78%	2.77%
2018	32,910,967	483,903	1.72%	3.6%
2019	33,440,596	503,912	1.61%	4.13%
2020	33,889,558	515,490	1.34%	2.3%
2021	34,282,399	518,150	1.16%	0.52%
2022	34,695,493	531,113	1.2%	2.5%
2023	35,126,298	552,747	1.24%	4.07%
2024	35,557,673	574,346	1.23%	3.91%
2025	35,977,838	580,514	1.18%	1.07%
2026	36,385,119	584,351	1.13%	0.66%
2027	36,785,089	586,444	1.1%	0.36%
2028	37,182,773	588,290	1.08%	0.31%
2029	37,574,292	589,776	1.05%	0.25%
2030	37,961,722	590,973	1.03%	0.2%
2031	38,347,786	591,921	1.02%	0.16%
2032	38,728,383	592,622	0.99%	0.12%
2033	39,097,871	592,974	0.95%	0.06%
2034	39,457,849	592,827	0.92%	-0.02%
2035	39,814,834	592,332	0.9%	-0.08%
2036	40,166,904	591,668	0.88%	-0.11%
2037	40,512,289	590,830	0.86%	-0.14%
2038	40,853,318	589,771	0.84%	-0.18%
2039	41,185,892	588,528	0.81%	-0.21%
2040	41,509,646	587,256	0.79%	-0.22%
2041	41,828,594	585,895	0.77%	-0.23%
2042	42,144,474	584,467	0.76%	-0.24%
2043	42,455,952	582,966	0.74%	-0.26%
2044	42,754,140	581,355	0.7%	-0.28%
2045	43,038,205	579,693	0.66%	-0.29%
2046	43,313,754	577,954	0.64%	-0.3%
2047	43,580,459	576,050	0.62%	-0.33%
2048	43,831,577	574,050	0.58%	-0.35%
2049	44,065,538	572,187	0.53%	-0.32%
2050	44,289,765	570,210	0.51%	-0.35%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Malaysia increased by 5,396,727 people (a 20.9% growth), while Malta gained 40,386 people (a 10% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Malaysia gained 5,072,200 (a 16.2% growth), while Malta's population increased by 139,376 (a 31.4% growth).

Malaysia was ranked 44th most populous country in 2005 and is 45th in 2025. Malta was ranked 168th in 2005 and ranked 167th 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 Malta will decrease by 2.29% to 570,210 people and will still be ranked 167th.