Population in Malaysia compared to the Marshall Islands: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Malaysia and the Marshall Islands: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Malaysia	Marshall Islands	Malaysia	Marshall Islands
1960	7,956,197	14,703	-	-
1961	8,164,443	15,219	2.62%	3.51%
1962	8,380,172	15,755	2.64%	3.52%
1963	8,602,160	16,302	2.65%	3.47%
1964	8,828,406	16,852	2.63%	3.37%
1965	9,056,408	17,402	2.58%	3.26%
1966	9,284,688	17,927	2.52%	3.02%
1967	9,507,099	18,655	2.4%	4.06%
1968	9,725,281	19,862	2.29%	6.47%
1969	9,947,597	21,305	2.29%	7.27%
1970	10,178,802	22,530	2.32%	5.75%
1971	10,423,453	23,366	2.4%	3.71%
1972	10,676,835	23,992	2.43%	2.68%
1973	10,935,621	24,581	2.42%	2.45%
1974	11,200,906	25,296	2.43%	2.91%
1975	11,471,914	26,154	2.42%	3.39%
1976	11,750,097	27,021	2.42%	3.31%
1977	12,035,713	27,906	2.43%	3.28%
1978	12,328,157	28,809	2.43%	3.24%
1979	12,627,862	29,738	2.43%	3.22%
1980	12,983,363	30,774	2.82%	3.48%
1981	13,399,203	32,017	3.2%	4.04%
1982	13,832,798	33,397	3.24%	4.31%
1983	14,285,907	34,811	3.28%	4.23%
1984	14,759,009	36,264	3.31%	4.17%
1985	15,252,258	37,761	3.34%	4.13%
1986	15,760,419	39,286	3.33%	4.04%
1987	16,276,737	40,828	3.28%	3.93%
1988	16,796,605	42,321	3.19%	3.66%
1989	17,314,997	43,586	3.09%	2.99%
1990	17,833,171	44,629	2.99%	2.39%
1991	18,342,464	45,568	2.86%	2.1%
1992	18,834,572	46,388	2.68%	1.8%
1993	19,322,664	47,093	2.59%	1.52%
1994	19,820,446	47,712	2.58%	1.31%
1995	20,330,599	48,266	2.57%	1.16%
1996	20,850,087	48,775	2.56%	1.05%
1997	21,375,218	49,259	2.52%	0.99%
1998	21,906,713	49,717	2.49%	0.93%
1999	22,435,531	50,202	2.41%	0.98%
2000	22,967,816	50,706	2.37%	1%
2001	23,526,538	51,123	2.43%	0.82%
2002	24,102,477	51,425	2.45%	0.59%
2003	24,679,602	51,639	2.39%	0.42%
2004	25,256,772	51,791	2.34%	0.29%
2005	25,836,071	51,906	2.29%	0.22%
2006	26,417,909	51,992	2.25%	0.17%
2007	26,998,389	52,035	2.2%	0.08%
2008	27,570,059	52,030	2.12%	-0.01%
2009	28,124,778	52,019	2.01%	-0.02%
2010	28,655,776	52,044	1.89%	0.05%
2011	29,162,039	51,907	1.77%	-0.26%
2012	29,662,831	51,419	1.72%	-0.94%
2013	30,174,265	50,681	1.72%	-1.44%
2014	30,696,137	49,796	1.73%	-1.75%
2015	31,232,798	48,800	1.75%	-2%
2016	31,789,685	47,709	1.78%	-2.24%
2017	32,355,644	46,529	1.78%	-2.47%
2018	32,910,967	45,285	1.72%	-2.67%
2019	33,440,596	44,007	1.61%	-2.82%
2020	33,889,558	42,706	1.34%	-2.96%
2021	34,282,399	41,367	1.16%	-3.14%
2022	34,695,493	40,077	1.2%	-3.12%
2023	35,126,298	38,827	1.24%	-3.12%
2024	35,557,673	37,548	1.23%	-3.29%
2025	35,977,838	36,281	1.18%	-3.37%
2026	36,385,119	35,078	1.13%	-3.32%
2027	36,785,089	33,976	1.1%	-3.14%
2028	37,182,773	32,977	1.08%	-2.94%
2029	37,574,292	32,054	1.05%	-2.8%
2030	37,961,722	31,191	1.03%	-2.69%
2031	38,347,786	30,420	1.02%	-2.47%
2032	38,728,383	29,740	0.99%	-2.23%
2033	39,097,871	29,142	0.95%	-2.01%
2034	39,457,849	28,608	0.92%	-1.83%
2035	39,814,834	28,147	0.9%	-1.61%
2036	40,166,904	27,751	0.88%	-1.41%
2037	40,512,289	27,405	0.86%	-1.25%
2038	40,853,318	27,092	0.84%	-1.14%
2039	41,185,892	26,836	0.81%	-0.94%
2040	41,509,646	26,598	0.79%	-0.89%
2041	41,828,594	26,396	0.77%	-0.76%
2042	42,144,474	26,217	0.76%	-0.68%
2043	42,455,952	26,054	0.74%	-0.62%
2044	42,754,140	25,913	0.7%	-0.54%
2045	43,038,205	25,777	0.66%	-0.52%
2046	43,313,754	25,653	0.64%	-0.48%
2047	43,580,459	25,543	0.62%	-0.43%
2048	43,831,577	25,429	0.58%	-0.45%
2049	44,065,538	25,311	0.53%	-0.46%
2050	44,289,765	25,195	0.51%	-0.46%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Malaysia increased by 5,396,727 people (a 20.9% growth), while the Marshall Islands lost 3,106 people (a 5.98% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Malaysia gained 5,072,200 (a 16.2% growth), while the Marshall Islands' population decreased by -12,519 (a 25.7% decline).

Malaysia was ranked 44th most populous country in 2005 and is 45th in 2025. The Marshall Islands was ranked 188th in 2005 and ranked 192nd 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 the Marshall Islands will decrease by 30.6% to 25,195 people and rank change from 192nd to 193rd.