The latest officially reported population of Malaysia was 35,557,673 in 2024 vs 2,389,275 people in Moldova in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Malaysia's population is 36,304,998 people compared to 2,358,679 in Moldova.
Population statistics:
- Malaysia's population is 15.4 times bigger than Moldova's.
- Malaysia is ranked the 45th most populous country in the world, while Moldova is the 145th.
- The countries together account for 0.47% of the world: 0.44% for Malaysia vs 0.03% for Moldova.
- For the last 10 years, Malaysia has had an average growth rate of +1.5% per year vs -1.62% in Moldova.
- Since 2005, the population of Malaysia has increased from 25.8M people to 36.3M (40.5% growth), while Moldova has declined from 2.89M to 2.36M (18.4% decline).
- Malaysia is projected to reach its peak in 2072 at 46.4M people, while Moldova's population already peaked in 1991 at 2.98M people and is projected to decrease to 1.17M people by 2100.
Malaysia vs Moldova: live population counter
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| Current population |
36304998
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2358679
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| Population rank | 45/197 | 145/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.44% | 0.03% |
| One net population change |
1.22 minutes
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7.67 minutes
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| One birth every |
1.21 minutes
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19.9 minutes
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| One death every |
2.9 minutes
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15.7 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
3.01 minutes
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19.4 minutes
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| Annual migration change | +174,770 | -27,088 |
| Daily growth/decline | +1,182 | -188 |
| Annual growth/decline | +431,375 | -68,508 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.23% | -2.79% |
| Population growth rate rank | 91/197 | 196/197 |
Malaysia and Moldova: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 7,956,197 | 2,058,020 | - | - |
| 1961 | 8,164,443 | 2,103,327 | 2.62% | 2.2% |
| 1962 | 8,380,172 | 2,147,227 | 2.64% | 2.09% |
| 1963 | 8,602,160 | 2,188,895 | 2.65% | 1.94% |
| 1964 | 8,828,406 | 2,228,000 | 2.63% | 1.79% |
| 1965 | 9,056,408 | 2,265,287 | 2.58% | 1.67% |
| 1966 | 9,284,688 | 2,301,871 | 2.52% | 1.61% |
| 1967 | 9,507,099 | 2,337,695 | 2.4% | 1.56% |
| 1968 | 9,725,281 | 2,373,073 | 2.29% | 1.51% |
| 1969 | 9,947,597 | 2,408,469 | 2.29% | 1.49% |
| 1970 | 10,178,802 | 2,437,590 | 2.32% | 1.21% |
| 1971 | 10,423,453 | 2,460,611 | 2.4% | 0.94% |
| 1972 | 10,676,835 | 2,484,742 | 2.43% | 0.98% |
| 1973 | 10,935,621 | 2,510,584 | 2.42% | 1.04% |
| 1974 | 11,200,906 | 2,538,164 | 2.43% | 1.1% |
| 1975 | 11,471,914 | 2,566,998 | 2.42% | 1.14% |
| 1976 | 11,750,097 | 2,596,491 | 2.42% | 1.15% |
| 1977 | 12,035,713 | 2,626,298 | 2.43% | 1.15% |
| 1978 | 12,328,157 | 2,656,211 | 2.43% | 1.14% |
| 1979 | 12,627,862 | 2,683,035 | 2.43% | 1.01% |
| 1980 | 12,983,363 | 2,708,675 | 2.82% | 0.96% |
| 1981 | 13,399,203 | 2,735,987 | 3.2% | 1.01% |
| 1982 | 13,832,798 | 2,763,101 | 3.24% | 0.99% |
| 1983 | 14,285,907 | 2,791,207 | 3.28% | 1.02% |
| 1984 | 14,759,009 | 2,820,518 | 3.31% | 1.05% |
| 1985 | 15,252,258 | 2,850,787 | 3.34% | 1.07% |
| 1986 | 15,760,419 | 2,883,057 | 3.33% | 1.13% |
| 1987 | 16,276,737 | 2,916,306 | 3.28% | 1.15% |
| 1988 | 16,796,605 | 2,948,891 | 3.19% | 1.12% |
| 1989 | 17,314,997 | 2,970,039 | 3.09% | 0.72% |
| 1990 | 17,833,171 | 2,977,912 | 2.99% | 0.27% |
| 1991 | 18,342,464 | 2,981,566 | 2.86% | 0.12% |
| 1992 | 18,834,572 | 2,980,965 | 2.68% | -0.02% |
| 1993 | 19,322,664 | 2,975,966 | 2.59% | -0.17% |
| 1994 | 19,820,446 | 2,966,745 | 2.58% | -0.31% |
| 1995 | 20,330,599 | 2,953,200 | 2.57% | -0.46% |
| 1996 | 20,850,087 | 2,947,293 | 2.56% | -0.2% |
| 1997 | 21,375,218 | 2,936,413 | 2.52% | -0.37% |
| 1998 | 21,906,713 | 2,935,227 | 2.49% | -0.04% |
| 1999 | 22,435,531 | 2,930,622 | 2.41% | -0.16% |
| 2000 | 22,967,816 | 2,924,668 | 2.37% | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 23,526,538 | 2,918,135 | 2.43% | -0.22% |
| 2002 | 24,102,477 | 2,911,385 | 2.45% | -0.23% |
| 2003 | 24,679,602 | 2,903,198 | 2.39% | -0.28% |
| 2004 | 25,256,772 | 2,896,023 | 2.34% | -0.25% |
| 2005 | 25,836,071 | 2,888,985 | 2.29% | -0.24% |
| 2006 | 26,417,909 | 2,880,967 | 2.25% | -0.28% |
| 2007 | 26,998,389 | 2,874,299 | 2.2% | -0.23% |
| 2008 | 27,570,059 | 2,868,833 | 2.12% | -0.19% |
| 2009 | 28,124,778 | 2,865,213 | 2.01% | -0.13% |
| 2010 | 28,655,776 | 2,862,354 | 1.89% | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 29,162,039 | 2,860,699 | 1.77% | -0.06% |
| 2012 | 29,662,831 | 2,860,324 | 1.72% | -0.01% |
| 2013 | 30,174,265 | 2,859,558 | 1.72% | -0.03% |
| 2014 | 30,696,137 | 2,857,815 | 1.73% | -0.06% |
| 2015 | 31,232,798 | 2,835,978 | 1.75% | -0.76% |
| 2016 | 31,789,685 | 2,803,186 | 1.78% | -1.16% |
| 2017 | 32,355,644 | 2,755,189 | 1.78% | -1.71% |
| 2018 | 32,910,967 | 2,707,203 | 1.72% | -1.74% |
| 2019 | 33,440,596 | 2,664,224 | 1.61% | -1.59% |
| 2020 | 33,889,558 | 2,635,130 | 1.34% | -1.09% |
| 2021 | 34,282,399 | 2,595,809 | 1.16% | -1.49% |
| 2022 | 34,695,493 | 2,528,654 | 1.2% | -2.59% |
| 2023 | 35,126,298 | 2,457,783 | 1.24% | -2.8% |
| 2024 | 35,557,673 | 2,389,275 | 1.23% | -2.79% |
| 2025 | 35,977,838 | 2,358,679 | 1.18% | -1.28% |
| 2026 | 36,385,119 | 2,331,249 | 1.13% | -1.16% |
| 2027 | 36,785,089 | 2,308,519 | 1.1% | -0.97% |
| 2028 | 37,182,773 | 2,285,773 | 1.08% | -0.99% |
| 2029 | 37,574,292 | 2,262,909 | 1.05% | -1% |
| 2030 | 37,961,722 | 2,239,915 | 1.03% | -1.02% |
| 2031 | 38,347,786 | 2,217,099 | 1.02% | -1.02% |
| 2032 | 38,728,383 | 2,194,590 | 0.99% | -1.02% |
| 2033 | 39,097,871 | 2,172,083 | 0.95% | -1.03% |
| 2034 | 39,457,849 | 2,149,558 | 0.92% | -1.04% |
| 2035 | 39,814,834 | 2,127,153 | 0.9% | -1.04% |
| 2036 | 40,166,904 | 2,105,178 | 0.88% | -1.03% |
| 2037 | 40,512,289 | 2,083,762 | 0.86% | -1.02% |
| 2038 | 40,853,318 | 2,062,803 | 0.84% | -1.01% |
| 2039 | 41,185,892 | 2,042,214 | 0.81% | -1% |
| 2040 | 41,509,646 | 2,022,294 | 0.79% | -0.98% |
| 2041 | 41,828,594 | 2,003,296 | 0.77% | -0.94% |
| 2042 | 42,144,474 | 1,984,924 | 0.76% | -0.92% |
| 2043 | 42,455,952 | 1,966,961 | 0.74% | -0.9% |
| 2044 | 42,754,140 | 1,949,608 | 0.7% | -0.88% |
| 2045 | 43,038,205 | 1,932,647 | 0.66% | -0.87% |
| 2046 | 43,313,754 | 1,915,982 | 0.64% | -0.86% |
| 2047 | 43,580,459 | 1,899,781 | 0.62% | -0.85% |
| 2048 | 43,831,577 | 1,883,795 | 0.58% | -0.84% |
| 2049 | 44,065,538 | 1,867,636 | 0.53% | -0.86% |
| 2050 | 44,289,765 | 1,851,456 | 0.51% | -0.87% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Malaysia increased by 5,396,727 people (a 20.9% growth), while Moldova lost 53,007 people (a 1.83% decline).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Malaysia gained 5,072,200 (a 16.2% growth), while Moldova's population decreased by -477,299 (a 16.8% decline).
Malaysia was ranked 44th most populous country in 2005 and is 45th in 2025. Moldova was ranked 134th in 2005 and ranked 145th 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 Moldova will decrease by 21.5% to 1,851,456 people and rank change from 145th to 150th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Kuala Lumpur | 1.98M |
| Klang | 878K |
| Ipoh | 867K |
| Johor Bahru | 798K |
| George Town | 794K |
| Shah Alam | 741K |
| Subang Jaya | 708K |
| Petaling Jaya | 639K |
| Kuantan | 608K |
| Sungai Petani | 545K |
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Population differences between Malaysia and Moldova
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| Life expectancy | 77 years | 71.5 years |
| Average age | 33.2 years | 39.3 years |
| Median age | 31.5 years | 39.1 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 52.4:47.6 | 46:54 |
| Fertility rate | 1.55 births per woman | 1.73 births per woman |
| Population density | 280.3 ppl/mi² | 187.9 ppl/mi² |
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