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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Malaysia	Pakistan	Malaysia	Pakistan
1960	7,956,197	45,709,310	-	-
1961	8,164,443	46,921,277	2.62%	2.65%
1962	8,380,172	48,156,128	2.64%	2.63%
1963	8,602,160	49,447,776	2.65%	2.68%
1964	8,828,406	50,799,999	2.63%	2.73%
1965	9,056,408	52,209,010	2.58%	2.77%
1966	9,284,688	53,678,667	2.52%	2.81%
1967	9,507,099	55,214,768	2.4%	2.86%
1968	9,725,281	56,810,507	2.29%	2.89%
1969	9,947,597	58,460,939	2.29%	2.91%
1970	10,178,802	60,166,719	2.32%	2.92%
1971	10,423,453	61,847,899	2.4%	2.79%
1972	10,676,835	63,583,194	2.43%	2.81%
1973	10,935,621	65,461,912	2.42%	2.95%
1974	11,200,906	67,415,487	2.43%	2.98%
1975	11,471,914	69,461,175	2.42%	3.03%
1976	11,750,097	71,620,254	2.42%	3.11%
1977	12,035,713	73,901,827	2.43%	3.19%
1978	12,328,157	76,307,379	2.43%	3.26%
1979	12,627,862	78,997,039	2.43%	3.52%
1980	12,983,363	82,291,010	2.82%	4.17%
1981	13,399,203	85,802,049	3.2%	4.27%
1982	13,832,798	89,089,246	3.24%	3.83%
1983	14,285,907	92,227,711	3.28%	3.52%
1984	14,759,009	95,164,936	3.31%	3.18%
1985	15,252,258	98,229,285	3.34%	3.22%
1986	15,760,419	101,606,764	3.33%	3.44%
1987	16,276,737	105,130,717	3.28%	3.47%
1988	16,796,605	108,724,739	3.19%	3.42%
1989	17,314,997	112,336,629	3.09%	3.32%
1990	17,833,171	116,155,576	2.99%	3.4%
1991	18,342,464	120,060,406	2.86%	3.36%
1992	18,834,572	123,546,848	2.68%	2.9%
1993	19,322,664	127,020,117	2.59%	2.81%
1994	19,820,446	130,748,083	2.58%	2.93%
1995	20,330,599	134,582,253	2.57%	2.93%
1996	20,850,087	138,557,092	2.56%	2.95%
1997	21,375,218	142,531,804	2.52%	2.87%
1998	21,906,713	146,522,356	2.49%	2.8%
1999	22,435,531	150,565,377	2.41%	2.76%
2000	22,967,816	154,879,127	2.37%	2.87%
2001	23,526,538	159,270,907	2.43%	2.84%
2002	24,102,477	163,222,549	2.45%	2.48%
2003	24,679,602	167,110,248	2.39%	2.38%
2004	25,256,772	171,286,000	2.34%	2.5%
2005	25,836,071	175,453,212	2.29%	2.43%
2006	26,417,909	179,682,690	2.25%	2.41%
2007	26,998,389	184,493,231	2.2%	2.68%
2008	27,570,059	189,499,113	2.12%	2.71%
2009	28,124,778	194,376,534	2.01%	2.57%
2010	28,655,776	199,239,047	1.89%	2.5%
2011	29,162,039	203,746,065	1.77%	2.26%
2012	29,662,831	207,667,125	1.72%	1.92%
2013	30,174,265	211,073,978	1.72%	1.64%
2014	30,696,137	214,264,647	1.73%	1.51%
2015	31,232,798	217,290,883	1.75%	1.41%
2016	31,789,685	220,138,869	1.78%	1.31%
2017	32,355,644	223,273,967	1.78%	1.42%
2018	32,910,967	226,928,892	1.72%	1.64%
2019	33,440,596	230,800,899	1.61%	1.71%
2020	33,889,558	235,001,746	1.34%	1.82%
2021	34,282,399	239,477,801	1.16%	1.9%
2022	34,695,493	243,700,667	1.2%	1.76%
2023	35,126,298	247,504,495	1.24%	1.56%
2024	35,557,673	251,269,164	1.23%	1.52%
2025	35,977,838	255,219,564	1.18%	1.57%
2026	36,385,119	259,299,796	1.13%	1.6%
2027	36,785,089	263,515,827	1.1%	1.63%
2028	37,182,773	267,881,923	1.08%	1.66%
2029	37,574,292	272,337,520	1.05%	1.66%
2030	37,961,722	276,883,261	1.03%	1.67%
2031	38,347,786	281,528,070	1.02%	1.68%
2032	38,728,383	286,241,141	0.99%	1.67%
2033	39,097,871	291,012,268	0.95%	1.67%
2034	39,457,849	295,820,153	0.92%	1.65%
2035	39,814,834	300,643,518	0.9%	1.63%
2036	40,166,904	305,491,504	0.88%	1.61%
2037	40,512,289	310,353,293	0.86%	1.59%
2038	40,853,318	315,227,709	0.84%	1.57%
2039	41,185,892	320,105,882	0.81%	1.55%
2040	41,509,646	324,937,703	0.79%	1.51%
2041	41,828,594	329,746,478	0.77%	1.48%
2042	42,144,474	334,551,874	0.76%	1.46%
2043	42,455,952	339,334,851	0.74%	1.43%
2044	42,754,140	344,095,467	0.7%	1.4%
2045	43,038,205	348,837,732	0.66%	1.38%
2046	43,313,754	353,552,859	0.64%	1.35%
2047	43,580,459	358,207,159	0.62%	1.32%
2048	43,831,577	362,796,532	0.58%	1.28%
2049	44,065,538	367,344,429	0.53%	1.25%
2050	44,289,765	371,863,804	0.51%	1.23%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Malaysia increased by 5,396,727 people (a 20.9% growth), while Pakistan gained 41,837,671 people (a 23.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Malaysia gained 5,072,200 (a 16.2% growth), while Pakistan's population increased by 41,206,244 (a 19% growth).

Malaysia was ranked 44th most populous country in 2005 and is 45th in 2025. Pakistan was ranked 6th in 2005 and ranked 5th 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 Pakistan will increase by 43.9% to 371,863,804 people and rank change from 5th to 4th.