The latest officially reported population of Malaysia was 35,557,673 in 2024 vs 4,515,577 people in Panama in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Malaysia's population is 36,304,998 people compared to 4,614,993 in Panama.
Population statistics:
- Malaysia's population is 7.87 times bigger than Panama's.
- Malaysia is ranked the 45th most populous country in the world, while Panama is the 128th.
- The countries together account for 0.49% of the world: 0.44% for Malaysia vs 0.06% for Panama.
- For the last 10 years, Malaysia has had an average growth rate of +1.5% per year vs +1.52% in Panama.
- Since 2005, the population of Malaysia has increased from 25.8M people to 36.3M (40.5% growth), while Panama has grown from 3.31M to 4.61M (39.3% growth).
- Malaysia is projected to reach its peak in 2072 at 46.4M people compared to the peak of 6.03M people in 2080 for Panama.
Malaysia vs Panama: live population counter
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| Current population |
36304998
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4614993
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| Population rank | 45/197 | 128/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.44% | 0.06% |
| One net population change |
1.22 minutes
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9.25 minutes
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| One birth every |
1.21 minutes
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7.35 minutes
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| One death every |
2.9 minutes
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24.7 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
3.01 minutes
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1.31 hours
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| Annual migration change | +174,770 | +6,706 |
| Daily growth/decline | +1,182 | +156 |
| Annual growth/decline | +431,375 | +56,818 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.23% | +1.27% |
| Population growth rate rank | 91/197 | 85/197 |
Malaysia and Panama: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 7,956,197 | 1,126,005 | - | - |
| 1961 | 8,164,443 | 1,159,870 | 2.62% | 3.01% |
| 1962 | 8,380,172 | 1,195,301 | 2.64% | 3.05% |
| 1963 | 8,602,160 | 1,232,124 | 2.65% | 3.08% |
| 1964 | 8,828,406 | 1,270,065 | 2.63% | 3.08% |
| 1965 | 9,056,408 | 1,308,835 | 2.58% | 3.05% |
| 1966 | 9,284,688 | 1,348,388 | 2.52% | 3.02% |
| 1967 | 9,507,099 | 1,388,628 | 2.4% | 2.98% |
| 1968 | 9,725,281 | 1,429,447 | 2.29% | 2.94% |
| 1969 | 9,947,597 | 1,470,886 | 2.29% | 2.9% |
| 1970 | 10,178,802 | 1,513,070 | 2.32% | 2.87% |
| 1971 | 10,423,453 | 1,556,081 | 2.4% | 2.84% |
| 1972 | 10,676,835 | 1,599,723 | 2.43% | 2.8% |
| 1973 | 10,935,621 | 1,643,690 | 2.42% | 2.75% |
| 1974 | 11,200,906 | 1,687,926 | 2.43% | 2.69% |
| 1975 | 11,471,914 | 1,732,389 | 2.42% | 2.63% |
| 1976 | 11,750,097 | 1,776,935 | 2.42% | 2.57% |
| 1977 | 12,035,713 | 1,821,543 | 2.43% | 2.51% |
| 1978 | 12,328,157 | 1,866,311 | 2.43% | 2.46% |
| 1979 | 12,627,862 | 1,911,552 | 2.43% | 2.42% |
| 1980 | 12,983,363 | 1,957,534 | 2.82% | 2.41% |
| 1981 | 13,399,203 | 2,004,418 | 3.2% | 2.4% |
| 1982 | 13,832,798 | 2,052,271 | 3.24% | 2.39% |
| 1983 | 14,285,907 | 2,101,106 | 3.28% | 2.38% |
| 1984 | 14,759,009 | 2,150,782 | 3.31% | 2.36% |
| 1985 | 15,252,258 | 2,200,915 | 3.34% | 2.33% |
| 1986 | 15,760,419 | 2,251,325 | 3.33% | 2.29% |
| 1987 | 16,276,737 | 2,301,970 | 3.28% | 2.25% |
| 1988 | 16,796,605 | 2,352,848 | 3.19% | 2.21% |
| 1989 | 17,314,997 | 2,403,820 | 3.09% | 2.17% |
| 1990 | 17,833,171 | 2,455,583 | 2.99% | 2.15% |
| 1991 | 18,342,464 | 2,508,265 | 2.86% | 2.15% |
| 1992 | 18,834,572 | 2,561,336 | 2.68% | 2.12% |
| 1993 | 19,322,664 | 2,615,099 | 2.59% | 2.1% |
| 1994 | 19,820,446 | 2,669,546 | 2.58% | 2.08% |
| 1995 | 20,330,599 | 2,724,557 | 2.57% | 2.06% |
| 1996 | 20,850,087 | 2,780,227 | 2.56% | 2.04% |
| 1997 | 21,375,218 | 2,836,695 | 2.52% | 2.03% |
| 1998 | 21,906,713 | 2,893,914 | 2.49% | 2.02% |
| 1999 | 22,435,531 | 2,951,822 | 2.41% | 2% |
| 2000 | 22,967,816 | 3,010,369 | 2.37% | 1.98% |
| 2001 | 23,526,538 | 3,069,537 | 2.43% | 1.97% |
| 2002 | 24,102,477 | 3,129,344 | 2.45% | 1.95% |
| 2003 | 24,679,602 | 3,189,807 | 2.39% | 1.93% |
| 2004 | 25,256,772 | 3,251,155 | 2.34% | 1.92% |
| 2005 | 25,836,071 | 3,313,026 | 2.29% | 1.9% |
| 2006 | 26,417,909 | 3,375,024 | 2.25% | 1.87% |
| 2007 | 26,998,389 | 3,437,490 | 2.2% | 1.85% |
| 2008 | 27,570,059 | 3,500,648 | 2.12% | 1.84% |
| 2009 | 28,124,778 | 3,564,381 | 2.01% | 1.82% |
| 2010 | 28,655,776 | 3,628,535 | 1.89% | 1.8% |
| 2011 | 29,162,039 | 3,693,505 | 1.77% | 1.79% |
| 2012 | 29,662,831 | 3,759,256 | 1.72% | 1.78% |
| 2013 | 30,174,265 | 3,825,329 | 1.72% | 1.76% |
| 2014 | 30,696,137 | 3,892,101 | 1.73% | 1.75% |
| 2015 | 31,232,798 | 3,960,035 | 1.75% | 1.75% |
| 2016 | 31,789,685 | 4,029,086 | 1.78% | 1.74% |
| 2017 | 32,355,644 | 4,098,707 | 1.78% | 1.73% |
| 2018 | 32,910,967 | 4,167,860 | 1.72% | 1.69% |
| 2019 | 33,440,596 | 4,234,700 | 1.61% | 1.6% |
| 2020 | 33,889,558 | 4,293,261 | 1.34% | 1.38% |
| 2021 | 34,282,399 | 4,345,405 | 1.16% | 1.21% |
| 2022 | 34,695,493 | 4,400,773 | 1.2% | 1.27% |
| 2023 | 35,126,298 | 4,458,759 | 1.24% | 1.32% |
| 2024 | 35,557,673 | 4,515,577 | 1.23% | 1.27% |
| 2025 | 35,977,838 | 4,571,195 | 1.18% | 1.23% |
| 2026 | 36,385,119 | 4,625,720 | 1.13% | 1.19% |
| 2027 | 36,785,089 | 4,679,241 | 1.1% | 1.16% |
| 2028 | 37,182,773 | 4,731,818 | 1.08% | 1.12% |
| 2029 | 37,574,292 | 4,783,378 | 1.05% | 1.09% |
| 2030 | 37,961,722 | 4,833,856 | 1.03% | 1.06% |
| 2031 | 38,347,786 | 4,883,390 | 1.02% | 1.02% |
| 2032 | 38,728,383 | 4,932,075 | 0.99% | 1% |
| 2033 | 39,097,871 | 4,979,812 | 0.95% | 0.97% |
| 2034 | 39,457,849 | 5,026,494 | 0.92% | 0.94% |
| 2035 | 39,814,834 | 5,072,267 | 0.9% | 0.91% |
| 2036 | 40,166,904 | 5,117,124 | 0.88% | 0.88% |
| 2037 | 40,512,289 | 5,161,085 | 0.86% | 0.86% |
| 2038 | 40,853,318 | 5,204,053 | 0.84% | 0.83% |
| 2039 | 41,185,892 | 5,245,902 | 0.81% | 0.8% |
| 2040 | 41,509,646 | 5,286,595 | 0.79% | 0.78% |
| 2041 | 41,828,594 | 5,326,183 | 0.77% | 0.75% |
| 2042 | 42,144,474 | 5,364,671 | 0.76% | 0.72% |
| 2043 | 42,455,952 | 5,402,037 | 0.74% | 0.7% |
| 2044 | 42,754,140 | 5,438,259 | 0.7% | 0.67% |
| 2045 | 43,038,205 | 5,473,283 | 0.66% | 0.64% |
| 2046 | 43,313,754 | 5,507,148 | 0.64% | 0.62% |
| 2047 | 43,580,459 | 5,539,873 | 0.62% | 0.59% |
| 2048 | 43,831,577 | 5,571,404 | 0.58% | 0.57% |
| 2049 | 44,065,538 | 5,601,670 | 0.53% | 0.54% |
| 2050 | 44,289,765 | 5,630,681 | 0.51% | 0.52% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Malaysia increased by 5,396,727 people (a 20.9% growth), while Panama gained 647,009 people (a 19.5% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Malaysia gained 5,072,200 (a 16.2% growth), while Panama's population increased by 654,958 (a 16.5% growth).
Malaysia was ranked 44th most populous country in 2005 and is 45th in 2025. Panama was ranked 128th in 2005 and still ranked 128th 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 Panama will increase by 22% to 5,630,681 people and rank change from 128th to 124th.
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 Panama
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| Life expectancy | 77 years | 80 years |
| Average age | 33.2 years | 33.3 years |
| Median age | 31.5 years | 30.9 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 52.4:47.6 | 50:50 |
| Fertility rate | 1.55 births per woman | 2.12 births per woman |
| Population density | 280.3 ppl/mi² | 157.7 ppl/mi² |
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