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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Malaysia	Palau	Malaysia	Palau
1960	7,956,197	9,328	-	-
1961	8,164,443	9,555	2.62%	2.43%
1962	8,380,172	9,793	2.64%	2.49%
1963	8,602,160	10,037	2.65%	2.49%
1964	8,828,406	10,292	2.63%	2.54%
1965	9,056,408	10,547	2.58%	2.48%
1966	9,284,688	10,805	2.52%	2.45%
1967	9,507,099	10,988	2.4%	1.69%
1968	9,725,281	11,080	2.29%	0.84%
1969	9,947,597	11,159	2.29%	0.71%
1970	10,178,802	11,368	2.32%	1.87%
1971	10,423,453	11,759	2.4%	3.44%
1972	10,676,835	12,194	2.43%	3.7%
1973	10,935,621	12,552	2.42%	2.94%
1974	11,200,906	12,687	2.43%	1.08%
1975	11,471,914	12,655	2.42%	-0.25%
1976	11,750,097	12,598	2.42%	-0.45%
1977	12,035,713	12,525	2.43%	-0.58%
1978	12,328,157	12,440	2.43%	-0.68%
1979	12,627,862	12,337	2.43%	-0.83%
1980	12,983,363	12,271	2.82%	-0.53%
1981	13,399,203	12,402	3.2%	1.07%
1982	13,832,798	12,694	3.24%	2.35%
1983	14,285,907	13,006	3.28%	2.46%
1984	14,759,009	13,337	3.31%	2.54%
1985	15,252,258	13,688	3.34%	2.63%
1986	15,760,419	14,024	3.33%	2.45%
1987	16,276,737	14,334	3.28%	2.21%
1988	16,796,605	14,645	3.19%	2.17%
1989	17,314,997	14,945	3.09%	2.05%
1990	17,833,171	15,259	2.99%	2.1%
1991	18,342,464	15,614	2.86%	2.33%
1992	18,834,572	15,989	2.68%	2.4%
1993	19,322,664	16,372	2.59%	2.4%
1994	19,820,446	16,770	2.58%	2.43%
1995	20,330,599	17,195	2.57%	2.53%
1996	20,850,087	17,654	2.56%	2.67%
1997	21,375,218	18,108	2.52%	2.57%
1998	21,906,713	18,524	2.49%	2.3%
1999	22,435,531	18,901	2.41%	2.04%
2000	22,967,816	19,178	2.37%	1.47%
2001	23,526,538	19,352	2.43%	0.91%
2002	24,102,477	19,503	2.45%	0.78%
2003	24,679,602	19,659	2.39%	0.8%
2004	25,256,772	19,820	2.34%	0.82%
2005	25,836,071	19,819	2.29%	-0.005%
2006	26,417,909	19,593	2.25%	-1.14%
2007	26,998,389	19,302	2.2%	-1.49%
2008	27,570,059	19,009	2.12%	-1.52%
2009	28,124,778	18,709	2.01%	-1.58%
2010	28,655,776	18,396	1.89%	-1.67%
2011	29,162,039	18,078	1.77%	-1.73%
2012	29,662,831	17,765	1.72%	-1.73%
2013	30,174,265	17,648	1.72%	-0.66%
2014	30,696,137	17,715	1.73%	0.38%
2015	31,232,798	17,770	1.75%	0.31%
2016	31,789,685	17,797	1.78%	0.15%
2017	32,355,644	17,812	1.78%	0.08%
2018	32,910,967	17,814	1.72%	0.01%
2019	33,440,596	17,798	1.61%	-0.09%
2020	33,889,558	17,792	1.34%	-0.03%
2021	34,282,399	17,783	1.16%	-0.05%
2022	34,695,493	17,759	1.2%	-0.13%
2023	35,126,298	17,727	1.24%	-0.18%
2024	35,557,673	17,695	1.23%	-0.18%
2025	35,977,838	17,663	1.18%	-0.18%
2026	36,385,119	17,618	1.13%	-0.25%
2027	36,785,089	17,564	1.1%	-0.31%
2028	37,182,773	17,504	1.08%	-0.34%
2029	37,574,292	17,436	1.05%	-0.39%
2030	37,961,722	17,376	1.03%	-0.34%
2031	38,347,786	17,299	1.02%	-0.44%
2032	38,728,383	17,228	0.99%	-0.41%
2033	39,097,871	17,163	0.95%	-0.38%
2034	39,457,849	17,092	0.92%	-0.41%
2035	39,814,834	17,012	0.9%	-0.47%
2036	40,166,904	16,940	0.88%	-0.43%
2037	40,512,289	16,858	0.86%	-0.48%
2038	40,853,318	16,779	0.84%	-0.47%
2039	41,185,892	16,689	0.81%	-0.54%
2040	41,509,646	16,604	0.79%	-0.51%
2041	41,828,594	16,510	0.77%	-0.57%
2042	42,144,474	16,403	0.76%	-0.65%
2043	42,455,952	16,302	0.74%	-0.61%
2044	42,754,140	16,202	0.7%	-0.62%
2045	43,038,205	16,097	0.66%	-0.65%
2046	43,313,754	15,977	0.64%	-0.74%
2047	43,580,459	15,863	0.62%	-0.71%
2048	43,831,577	15,749	0.58%	-0.72%
2049	44,065,538	15,632	0.53%	-0.74%
2050	44,289,765	15,515	0.51%	-0.75%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Malaysia increased by 5,396,727 people (a 20.9% growth), while Palau lost 2,049 people (a 10.3% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Malaysia gained 5,072,200 (a 16.2% growth), while Palau's population decreased by -107 (a 0.6% decline).

Malaysia was ranked 44th most populous country in 2005 and is 45th in 2025. Palau was ranked 194th in 2005 and still ranked 194th 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 Palau will decrease by 12.2% to 15,515 people and rank change from 194th to 195th.