The latest officially reported population of Malaysia was 35,557,673 in 2024 vs 1,824,359 people in North Macedonia in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Malaysia's population is 36,389,490 people compared to 1,805,395 in North Macedonia.
Population statistics:
- Malaysia's population is 20.2 times bigger than North Macedonia's.
- Malaysia is ranked the 45th most populous country in the world, while North Macedonia is the 150th.
- The countries together account for 0.46% of the world: 0.44% for Malaysia vs 0.02% for North Macedonia.
- For the last 10 years, Malaysia has had an average growth rate of +1.5% per year vs -0.48% in North Macedonia.
- Since 2006, the population of Malaysia has increased from 26.4M people to 36.4M (37.7% growth), while North Macedonia has declined from 1.99M to 1.81M (9.47% decline).
- Malaysia is projected to reach its peak in 2072 at 46.4M people, while North Macedonia's population already peaked in 1990 at 2.06M people and is projected to decrease to 864K people by 2100.
Malaysia vs North Macedonia: live population counter
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| Current population |
36389490
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1805395
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| Population rank | 45/197 | 150/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.44% | 0.02% |
| One net population change |
1.22 minutes
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2.53 hours
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| One birth every |
1.21 minutes
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31.3 minutes
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| One death every |
2.9 minutes
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26.1 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
3.01 minutes
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1.53 hours
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| Annual migration change | +174,770 | -5,728 |
| Daily growth/decline | +1,182 | -9 |
| Annual growth/decline | +431,375 | -3,457 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.23% | -0.19% |
| Population growth rate rank | 90/197 | 177/197 |
Malaysia and North Macedonia: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 7,956,197 | 1,435,059 | - | - |
| 1961 | 8,164,443 | 1,455,171 | 2.62% | 1.4% |
| 1962 | 8,380,172 | 1,471,745 | 2.64% | 1.14% |
| 1963 | 8,602,160 | 1,488,737 | 2.65% | 1.15% |
| 1964 | 8,828,406 | 1,510,900 | 2.63% | 1.49% |
| 1965 | 9,056,408 | 1,533,466 | 2.58% | 1.49% |
| 1966 | 9,284,688 | 1,557,349 | 2.52% | 1.56% |
| 1967 | 9,507,099 | 1,582,492 | 2.4% | 1.61% |
| 1968 | 9,725,281 | 1,608,930 | 2.29% | 1.67% |
| 1969 | 9,947,597 | 1,636,345 | 2.29% | 1.7% |
| 1970 | 10,178,802 | 1,664,208 | 2.32% | 1.7% |
| 1971 | 10,423,453 | 1,691,216 | 2.4% | 1.62% |
| 1972 | 10,676,835 | 1,717,395 | 2.43% | 1.55% |
| 1973 | 10,935,621 | 1,743,816 | 2.42% | 1.54% |
| 1974 | 11,200,906 | 1,770,545 | 2.43% | 1.53% |
| 1975 | 11,471,914 | 1,797,972 | 2.42% | 1.55% |
| 1976 | 11,750,097 | 1,825,830 | 2.42% | 1.55% |
| 1977 | 12,035,713 | 1,853,138 | 2.43% | 1.5% |
| 1978 | 12,328,157 | 1,879,847 | 2.43% | 1.44% |
| 1979 | 12,627,862 | 1,906,523 | 2.43% | 1.42% |
| 1980 | 12,983,363 | 1,933,038 | 2.82% | 1.39% |
| 1981 | 13,399,203 | 1,959,065 | 3.2% | 1.35% |
| 1982 | 13,832,798 | 1,978,956 | 3.24% | 1.02% |
| 1983 | 14,285,907 | 1,991,901 | 3.28% | 0.65% |
| 1984 | 14,759,009 | 2,003,399 | 3.31% | 0.58% |
| 1985 | 15,252,258 | 2,014,331 | 3.34% | 0.55% |
| 1986 | 15,760,419 | 2,024,732 | 3.33% | 0.52% |
| 1987 | 16,276,737 | 2,035,157 | 3.28% | 0.51% |
| 1988 | 16,796,605 | 2,045,737 | 3.19% | 0.52% |
| 1989 | 17,314,997 | 2,055,649 | 3.09% | 0.48% |
| 1990 | 17,833,171 | 2,063,689 | 2.99% | 0.39% |
| 1991 | 18,342,464 | 2,055,994 | 2.86% | -0.37% |
| 1992 | 18,834,572 | 2,032,523 | 2.68% | -1.14% |
| 1993 | 19,322,664 | 2,006,854 | 2.59% | -1.26% |
| 1994 | 19,820,446 | 1,992,666 | 2.58% | -0.71% |
| 1995 | 20,330,599 | 1,998,534 | 2.57% | 0.29% |
| 1996 | 20,850,087 | 2,012,553 | 2.56% | 0.7% |
| 1997 | 21,375,218 | 1,996,869 | 2.52% | -0.78% |
| 1998 | 21,906,713 | 2,007,523 | 2.49% | 0.53% |
| 1999 | 22,435,531 | 2,017,142 | 2.41% | 0.48% |
| 2000 | 22,967,816 | 2,026,350 | 2.37% | 0.46% |
| 2001 | 23,526,538 | 2,034,882 | 2.43% | 0.42% |
| 2002 | 24,102,477 | 2,020,157 | 2.45% | -0.72% |
| 2003 | 24,679,602 | 2,022,725 | 2.39% | 0.13% |
| 2004 | 25,256,772 | 2,016,186 | 2.34% | -0.32% |
| 2005 | 25,836,071 | 2,005,330 | 2.29% | -0.54% |
| 2006 | 26,417,909 | 1,994,287 | 2.25% | -0.55% |
| 2007 | 26,998,389 | 1,982,933 | 2.2% | -0.57% |
| 2008 | 27,570,059 | 1,971,493 | 2.12% | -0.58% |
| 2009 | 28,124,778 | 1,958,782 | 2.01% | -0.64% |
| 2010 | 28,655,776 | 1,946,298 | 1.89% | -0.64% |
| 2011 | 29,162,039 | 1,937,398 | 1.77% | -0.46% |
| 2012 | 29,662,831 | 1,929,821 | 1.72% | -0.39% |
| 2013 | 30,174,265 | 1,922,716 | 1.72% | -0.37% |
| 2014 | 30,696,137 | 1,917,557 | 1.73% | -0.27% |
| 2015 | 31,232,798 | 1,912,430 | 1.75% | -0.27% |
| 2016 | 31,789,685 | 1,906,313 | 1.78% | -0.32% |
| 2017 | 32,355,644 | 1,898,657 | 1.78% | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 32,910,967 | 1,889,051 | 1.72% | -0.51% |
| 2019 | 33,440,596 | 1,876,262 | 1.61% | -0.68% |
| 2020 | 33,889,558 | 1,856,124 | 1.34% | -1.07% |
| 2021 | 34,282,399 | 1,837,114 | 1.16% | -1.02% |
| 2022 | 34,695,493 | 1,831,712 | 1.2% | -0.29% |
| 2023 | 35,126,298 | 1,827,816 | 1.24% | -0.21% |
| 2024 | 35,557,673 | 1,824,359 | 1.23% | -0.19% |
| 2025 | 35,977,838 | 1,815,133 | 1.18% | -0.51% |
| 2026 | 36,385,119 | 1,805,395 | 1.13% | -0.54% |
| 2027 | 36,785,089 | 1,795,422 | 1.1% | -0.55% |
| 2028 | 37,182,773 | 1,785,331 | 1.08% | -0.56% |
| 2029 | 37,574,292 | 1,774,860 | 1.05% | -0.59% |
| 2030 | 37,961,722 | 1,763,791 | 1.03% | -0.62% |
| 2031 | 38,347,786 | 1,752,330 | 1.02% | -0.65% |
| 2032 | 38,728,383 | 1,740,795 | 0.99% | -0.66% |
| 2033 | 39,097,871 | 1,729,225 | 0.95% | -0.66% |
| 2034 | 39,457,849 | 1,717,480 | 0.92% | -0.68% |
| 2035 | 39,814,834 | 1,705,456 | 0.9% | -0.7% |
| 2036 | 40,166,904 | 1,693,196 | 0.88% | -0.72% |
| 2037 | 40,512,289 | 1,680,741 | 0.86% | -0.74% |
| 2038 | 40,853,318 | 1,668,308 | 0.84% | -0.74% |
| 2039 | 41,185,892 | 1,655,824 | 0.81% | -0.75% |
| 2040 | 41,509,646 | 1,643,124 | 0.79% | -0.77% |
| 2041 | 41,828,594 | 1,630,336 | 0.77% | -0.78% |
| 2042 | 42,144,474 | 1,617,428 | 0.76% | -0.79% |
| 2043 | 42,455,952 | 1,604,359 | 0.74% | -0.81% |
| 2044 | 42,754,140 | 1,591,423 | 0.7% | -0.81% |
| 2045 | 43,038,205 | 1,578,519 | 0.66% | -0.81% |
| 2046 | 43,313,754 | 1,565,479 | 0.64% | -0.83% |
| 2047 | 43,580,459 | 1,552,566 | 0.62% | -0.82% |
| 2048 | 43,831,577 | 1,539,797 | 0.58% | -0.82% |
| 2049 | 44,065,538 | 1,526,883 | 0.53% | -0.84% |
| 2050 | 44,289,765 | 1,513,804 | 0.51% | -0.86% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Malaysia increased by 5,371,776 people (a 20.3% growth), while North Macedonia lost 87,974 people (a 4.41% decline).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Malaysia gained 4,599,805 (a 14.5% growth), while North Macedonia's population decreased by -100,918 (a 5.29% decline).
Malaysia was ranked 44th most populous country in 2006 and is 45th in 2026. North Macedonia was ranked 142nd in 2006 and ranked 150th 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 North Macedonia will decrease by 16.2% to 1,513,804 people and rank change from 150th to 152nd.
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 North Macedonia
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| Life expectancy | 77.2 years | 77.8 years |
| Average age | 33.2 years | 41.2 years |
| Median age | 31.5 years | 41.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 52.4:47.6 | 48.6:51.4 |
| Fertility rate | 1.55 births per woman | 1.5 births per woman |
| Population density | 280.3 ppl/mi² | 187.4 ppl/mi² |
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