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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Malaysia	Nigeria	Malaysia	Nigeria
1960	7,956,197	45,053,782	-	-
1961	8,164,443	45,989,310	2.62%	2.08%
1962	8,380,172	46,965,292	2.64%	2.12%
1963	8,602,160	47,973,575	2.65%	2.15%
1964	8,828,406	49,012,016	2.63%	2.16%
1965	9,056,408	50,086,764	2.58%	2.19%
1966	9,284,688	51,188,234	2.52%	2.2%
1967	9,507,099	52,293,065	2.4%	2.16%
1968	9,725,281	53,432,783	2.29%	2.18%
1969	9,947,597	54,631,914	2.29%	2.24%
1970	10,178,802	55,893,838	2.32%	2.31%
1971	10,423,453	57,214,684	2.4%	2.36%
1972	10,676,835	58,601,748	2.43%	2.42%
1973	10,935,621	60,082,139	2.42%	2.53%
1974	11,200,906	61,679,144	2.43%	2.66%
1975	11,471,914	63,410,815	2.42%	2.81%
1976	11,750,097	65,258,009	2.42%	2.91%
1977	12,035,713	67,234,590	2.43%	3.03%
1978	12,328,157	69,326,532	2.43%	3.11%
1979	12,627,862	71,498,242	2.43%	3.13%
1980	12,983,363	73,764,641	2.82%	3.17%
1981	13,399,203	76,068,103	3.2%	3.12%
1982	13,832,798	78,378,701	3.24%	3.04%
1983	14,285,907	80,438,260	3.28%	2.63%
1984	14,759,009	82,526,443	3.31%	2.6%
1985	15,252,258	84,897,973	3.34%	2.87%
1986	15,760,419	87,235,953	3.33%	2.75%
1987	16,276,737	89,591,716	3.28%	2.7%
1988	16,796,605	92,020,090	3.19%	2.71%
1989	17,314,997	94,531,014	3.09%	2.73%
1990	17,833,171	97,120,925	2.99%	2.74%
1991	18,342,464	99,720,162	2.86%	2.68%
1992	18,834,572	102,372,770	2.68%	2.66%
1993	19,322,664	105,122,069	2.59%	2.69%
1994	19,820,446	107,935,714	2.58%	2.68%
1995	20,330,599	110,819,428	2.57%	2.67%
1996	20,850,087	113,754,779	2.56%	2.65%
1997	21,375,218	116,754,792	2.52%	2.64%
1998	21,906,713	119,846,254	2.49%	2.65%
1999	22,435,531	123,047,320	2.41%	2.67%
2000	22,967,816	126,382,494	2.37%	2.71%
2001	23,526,538	129,862,595	2.43%	2.75%
2002	24,102,477	133,471,989	2.45%	2.78%
2003	24,679,602	137,202,644	2.39%	2.8%
2004	25,256,772	141,057,045	2.34%	2.81%
2005	25,836,071	145,017,253	2.29%	2.81%
2006	26,417,909	149,077,334	2.25%	2.8%
2007	26,998,389	153,267,261	2.2%	2.81%
2008	27,570,059	157,595,014	2.12%	2.82%
2009	28,124,778	162,049,464	2.01%	2.83%
2010	28,655,776	166,642,886	1.89%	2.83%
2011	29,162,039	171,379,598	1.77%	2.84%
2012	29,662,831	176,200,625	1.72%	2.81%
2013	30,174,265	181,049,443	1.72%	2.75%
2014	30,696,137	185,896,915	1.73%	2.68%
2015	31,232,798	190,671,878	1.75%	2.57%
2016	31,789,685	195,443,700	1.78%	2.5%
2017	32,355,644	200,254,579	1.78%	2.46%
2018	32,910,967	204,938,755	1.72%	2.34%
2019	33,440,596	209,485,641	1.61%	2.22%
2020	33,889,558	213,996,181	1.34%	2.15%
2021	34,282,399	218,529,286	1.16%	2.12%
2022	34,695,493	223,150,896	1.2%	2.11%
2023	35,126,298	227,882,945	1.24%	2.12%
2024	35,557,673	232,679,478	1.23%	2.1%
2025	35,977,838	237,527,783	1.18%	2.08%
2026	36,385,119	242,431,830	1.13%	2.06%
2027	36,785,089	247,374,258	1.1%	2.04%
2028	37,182,773	252,346,128	1.08%	2.01%
2029	37,574,292	257,352,638	1.05%	1.98%
2030	37,961,722	262,380,975	1.03%	1.95%
2031	38,347,786	267,421,079	1.02%	1.92%
2032	38,728,383	272,483,635	0.99%	1.89%
2033	39,097,871	277,555,116	0.95%	1.86%
2034	39,457,849	282,622,388	0.92%	1.83%
2035	39,814,834	287,685,757	0.9%	1.79%
2036	40,166,904	292,739,390	0.88%	1.76%
2037	40,512,289	297,773,236	0.86%	1.72%
2038	40,853,318	302,782,350	0.84%	1.68%
2039	41,185,892	307,764,754	0.81%	1.65%
2040	41,509,646	312,710,403	0.79%	1.61%
2041	41,828,594	317,607,237	0.77%	1.57%
2042	42,144,474	322,450,302	0.76%	1.52%
2043	42,455,952	327,243,941	0.74%	1.49%
2044	42,754,140	331,983,354	0.7%	1.45%
2045	43,038,205	336,662,502	0.66%	1.41%
2046	43,313,754	341,281,757	0.64%	1.37%
2047	43,580,459	345,844,004	0.62%	1.34%
2048	43,831,577	350,347,757	0.58%	1.3%
2049	44,065,538	354,792,418	0.53%	1.27%
2050	44,289,765	359,185,550	0.51%	1.24%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Malaysia increased by 5,371,776 people (a 20.3% growth), while Nigeria gained 46,366,366 people (a 31.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Malaysia gained 4,599,805 (a 14.5% growth), while Nigeria's population increased by 47,042,145 (a 24.1% growth).

Malaysia was ranked 44th most populous country in 2006 and is 45th in 2026. Nigeria was ranked 7th in 2006 and ranked 6th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Malaysia's population will grow by 21.7% to 44,289,765 people with a rank change from 45th to 49th. The population of Nigeria will increase by 48.1% to 359,185,550 people and rank change from 6th to 5th.