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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Malaysia	Nepal	Malaysia	Nepal
1960	7,956,197	10,123,658	-	-
1961	8,164,443	10,318,396	2.62%	1.92%
1962	8,380,172	10,521,116	2.64%	1.96%
1963	8,602,160	10,729,818	2.65%	1.98%
1964	8,828,406	10,946,392	2.63%	2.02%
1965	9,056,408	11,173,411	2.58%	2.07%
1966	9,284,688	11,408,710	2.52%	2.11%
1967	9,507,099	11,652,716	2.4%	2.14%
1968	9,725,281	11,906,266	2.29%	2.18%
1969	9,947,597	12,167,036	2.29%	2.19%
1970	10,178,802	12,436,190	2.32%	2.21%
1971	10,423,453	12,710,061	2.4%	2.2%
1972	10,676,835	12,989,099	2.43%	2.2%
1973	10,935,621	13,275,239	2.42%	2.2%
1974	11,200,906	13,568,435	2.43%	2.21%
1975	11,471,914	13,870,695	2.42%	2.23%
1976	11,750,097	14,177,649	2.42%	2.21%
1977	12,035,713	14,499,175	2.43%	2.27%
1978	12,328,157	14,839,695	2.43%	2.35%
1979	12,627,862	15,190,590	2.43%	2.36%
1980	12,983,363	15,553,105	2.82%	2.39%
1981	13,399,203	15,922,423	3.2%	2.37%
1982	13,832,798	16,297,987	3.24%	2.36%
1983	14,285,907	16,689,119	3.28%	2.4%
1984	14,759,009	17,085,242	3.31%	2.37%
1985	15,252,258	17,477,692	3.34%	2.3%
1986	15,760,419	17,868,124	3.33%	2.23%
1987	16,276,737	18,250,505	3.28%	2.14%
1988	16,796,605	18,638,661	3.19%	2.13%
1989	17,314,997	19,057,807	3.09%	2.25%
1990	17,833,171	19,524,573	2.99%	2.45%
1991	18,342,464	20,036,500	2.86%	2.62%
1992	18,834,572	20,609,707	2.68%	2.86%
1993	19,322,664	21,180,159	2.59%	2.77%
1994	19,820,446	21,717,479	2.58%	2.54%
1995	20,330,599	22,245,439	2.57%	2.43%
1996	20,850,087	22,741,862	2.56%	2.23%
1997	21,375,218	23,219,463	2.52%	2.1%
1998	21,906,713	23,680,357	2.49%	1.98%
1999	22,435,531	24,125,199	2.41%	1.88%
2000	22,967,816	24,546,509	2.37%	1.75%
2001	23,526,538	24,946,748	2.43%	1.63%
2002	24,102,477	25,328,981	2.45%	1.53%
2003	24,679,602	25,688,758	2.39%	1.42%
2004	25,256,772	26,016,656	2.34%	1.28%
2005	25,836,071	26,309,458	2.29%	1.13%
2006	26,417,909	26,565,425	2.25%	0.97%
2007	26,998,389	26,788,492	2.2%	0.84%
2008	27,570,059	26,990,037	2.12%	0.75%
2009	28,124,778	27,173,035	2.01%	0.68%
2010	28,655,776	27,341,952	1.89%	0.62%
2011	29,162,039	27,464,494	1.77%	0.45%
2012	29,662,831	27,534,915	1.72%	0.26%
2013	30,174,265	27,589,996	1.72%	0.2%
2014	30,696,137	27,672,370	1.73%	0.3%
2015	31,232,798	27,823,629	1.75%	0.55%
2016	31,789,685	27,955,462	1.78%	0.47%
2017	32,355,644	28,011,258	1.78%	0.2%
2018	32,910,967	28,079,689	1.72%	0.24%
2019	33,440,596	28,414,064	1.61%	1.19%
2020	33,889,558	28,966,574	1.34%	1.94%
2021	34,282,399	29,475,010	1.16%	1.76%
2022	34,695,493	29,715,436	1.2%	0.82%
2023	35,126,298	29,694,614	1.24%	-0.07%
2024	35,557,673	29,651,054	1.23%	-0.15%
2025	35,977,838	29,618,120	1.18%	-0.11%
2026	36,385,119	29,629,406	1.13%	0.04%
2027	36,785,089	29,727,164	1.1%	0.33%
2028	37,182,773	29,947,588	1.08%	0.74%
2029	37,574,292	30,232,115	1.05%	0.95%
2030	37,961,722	30,509,999	1.03%	0.92%
2031	38,347,786	30,780,916	1.02%	0.89%
2032	38,728,383	31,045,411	0.99%	0.86%
2033	39,097,871	31,304,035	0.95%	0.83%
2034	39,457,849	31,555,068	0.92%	0.8%
2035	39,814,834	31,798,003	0.9%	0.77%
2036	40,166,904	32,033,714	0.88%	0.74%
2037	40,512,289	32,262,286	0.86%	0.71%
2038	40,853,318	32,484,801	0.84%	0.69%
2039	41,185,892	32,700,695	0.81%	0.66%
2040	41,509,646	32,909,540	0.79%	0.64%
2041	41,828,594	33,112,254	0.77%	0.62%
2042	42,144,474	33,309,062	0.76%	0.59%
2043	42,455,952	33,499,440	0.74%	0.57%
2044	42,754,140	33,683,331	0.7%	0.55%
2045	43,038,205	33,861,058	0.66%	0.53%
2046	43,313,754	34,032,994	0.64%	0.51%
2047	43,580,459	34,197,261	0.62%	0.48%
2048	43,831,577	34,352,077	0.58%	0.45%
2049	44,065,538	34,500,201	0.53%	0.43%
2050	44,289,765	34,642,021	0.51%	0.41%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Malaysia increased by 5,396,727 people (a 20.9% growth), while Nepal gained 1,514,171 people (a 5.76% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Malaysia gained 5,072,200 (a 16.2% growth), while Nepal's population increased by 1,803,556 (a 6.48% growth).

Malaysia was ranked 44th most populous country in 2005 and is 45th in 2025. Nepal was ranked 43rd in 2005 and ranked 52nd 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 Nepal will increase by 16.9% to 34,642,021 people and rank change from 52nd to 58th.