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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Malaysia	Mexico	Malaysia	Mexico
1960	7,956,197	36,724,615	-	-
1961	8,164,443	37,890,118	2.62%	3.17%
1962	8,380,172	39,129,200	2.64%	3.27%
1963	8,602,160	40,424,065	2.65%	3.31%
1964	8,828,406	41,772,049	2.63%	3.33%
1965	9,056,408	43,174,477	2.58%	3.36%
1966	9,284,688	44,629,106	2.52%	3.37%
1967	9,507,099	46,129,608	2.4%	3.36%
1968	9,725,281	47,668,303	2.29%	3.34%
1969	9,947,597	49,233,194	2.29%	3.28%
1970	10,178,802	50,814,953	2.32%	3.21%
1971	10,423,453	52,412,558	2.4%	3.14%
1972	10,676,835	54,030,168	2.43%	3.09%
1973	10,935,621	55,667,284	2.42%	3.03%
1974	11,200,906	57,320,149	2.43%	2.97%
1975	11,471,914	58,982,400	2.42%	2.9%
1976	11,750,097	60,645,512	2.42%	2.82%
1977	12,035,713	62,308,493	2.43%	2.74%
1978	12,328,157	63,979,046	2.43%	2.68%
1979	12,627,862	65,648,865	2.43%	2.61%
1980	12,983,363	67,300,334	2.82%	2.52%
1981	13,399,203	68,892,108	3.2%	2.37%
1982	13,832,798	70,433,260	3.24%	2.24%
1983	14,285,907	71,971,240	3.28%	2.18%
1984	14,759,009	73,506,846	3.31%	2.13%
1985	15,252,258	75,043,414	3.34%	2.09%
1986	15,760,419	76,585,637	3.33%	2.06%
1987	16,276,737	78,136,651	3.28%	2.03%
1988	16,796,605	79,695,531	3.19%	2%
1989	17,314,997	81,247,182	3.09%	1.95%
1990	17,833,171	82,820,170	2.99%	1.94%
1991	18,342,464	84,430,572	2.86%	1.94%
1992	18,834,572	86,044,809	2.68%	1.91%
1993	19,322,664	87,653,807	2.59%	1.87%
1994	19,820,446	89,259,205	2.58%	1.83%
1995	20,330,599	90,862,455	2.57%	1.8%
1996	20,850,087	92,452,702	2.56%	1.75%
1997	21,375,218	94,021,207	2.52%	1.7%
1998	21,906,713	95,575,245	2.49%	1.65%
1999	22,435,531	97,115,707	2.41%	1.61%
2000	22,967,816	98,625,552	2.37%	1.55%
2001	23,526,538	100,099,099	2.43%	1.49%
2002	24,102,477	101,548,624	2.45%	1.45%
2003	24,679,602	102,978,515	2.39%	1.41%
2004	25,256,772	104,394,131	2.34%	1.37%
2005	25,836,071	105,811,504	2.29%	1.36%
2006	26,417,909	107,253,666	2.25%	1.36%
2007	26,998,389	108,774,360	2.2%	1.42%
2008	27,570,059	110,374,288	2.12%	1.47%
2009	28,124,778	111,999,721	2.01%	1.47%
2010	28,655,776	113,623,895	1.89%	1.45%
2011	29,162,039	115,243,504	1.77%	1.43%
2012	29,662,831	116,818,208	1.72%	1.37%
2013	30,174,265	118,343,573	1.72%	1.31%
2014	30,696,137	119,784,261	1.73%	1.22%
2015	31,232,798	121,072,306	1.75%	1.08%
2016	31,789,685	122,251,351	1.78%	0.97%
2017	32,355,644	123,400,057	1.78%	0.94%
2018	32,910,967	124,573,711	1.72%	0.95%
2019	33,440,596	125,762,982	1.61%	0.95%
2020	33,889,558	126,799,054	1.34%	0.82%
2021	34,282,399	127,648,148	1.16%	0.67%
2022	34,695,493	128,613,117	1.2%	0.76%
2023	35,126,298	129,739,759	1.24%	0.88%
2024	35,557,673	130,861,007	1.23%	0.86%
2025	35,977,838	131,946,905	1.18%	0.83%
2026	36,385,119	132,997,664	1.13%	0.8%
2027	36,785,089	134,017,711	1.1%	0.77%
2028	37,182,773	135,008,697	1.08%	0.74%
2029	37,574,292	135,970,893	1.05%	0.71%
2030	37,961,722	136,904,747	1.03%	0.69%
2031	38,347,786	137,811,068	1.02%	0.66%
2032	38,728,383	138,690,189	0.99%	0.64%
2033	39,097,871	139,542,087	0.95%	0.61%
2034	39,457,849	140,362,026	0.92%	0.59%
2035	39,814,834	141,150,818	0.9%	0.56%
2036	40,166,904	141,909,168	0.88%	0.54%
2037	40,512,289	142,637,546	0.86%	0.51%
2038	40,853,318	143,336,222	0.84%	0.49%
2039	41,185,892	143,998,296	0.81%	0.46%
2040	41,509,646	144,624,328	0.79%	0.43%
2041	41,828,594	145,217,780	0.77%	0.41%
2042	42,144,474	145,777,459	0.76%	0.39%
2043	42,455,952	146,300,011	0.74%	0.36%
2044	42,754,140	146,787,722	0.7%	0.33%
2045	43,038,205	147,240,096	0.66%	0.31%
2046	43,313,754	147,654,160	0.64%	0.28%
2047	43,580,459	148,030,153	0.62%	0.25%
2048	43,831,577	148,372,233	0.58%	0.23%
2049	44,065,538	148,677,894	0.53%	0.21%
2050	44,289,765	148,946,272	0.51%	0.18%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Malaysia increased by 5,396,727 people (a 20.9% growth), while Mexico gained 15,260,802 people (a 14.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Malaysia gained 5,072,200 (a 16.2% growth), while Mexico's population increased by 11,718,651 (a 9.68% growth).

Malaysia was ranked 44th most populous country in 2005 and is 45th in 2025. Mexico was ranked 11th in 2005 and still ranked 11th 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 Mexico will increase by 12.2% to 148,946,272 people and rank change from 11th to 12th.