Population in Malaysia compared to Papua New Guinea: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Malaysia and Papua New Guinea: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Malaysia	Papua New Guinea	Malaysia	Papua New Guinea
1960	7,956,197	1,995,110	-	-
1961	8,164,443	2,046,127	2.62%	2.56%
1962	8,380,172	2,093,919	2.64%	2.34%
1963	8,602,160	2,141,376	2.65%	2.27%
1964	8,828,406	2,188,325	2.63%	2.19%
1965	9,056,408	2,235,820	2.58%	2.17%
1966	9,284,688	2,285,774	2.52%	2.23%
1967	9,507,099	2,337,532	2.4%	2.26%
1968	9,725,281	2,390,803	2.29%	2.28%
1969	9,947,597	2,446,927	2.29%	2.35%
1970	10,178,802	2,505,628	2.32%	2.4%
1971	10,423,453	2,566,421	2.4%	2.43%
1972	10,676,835	2,628,432	2.43%	2.42%
1973	10,935,621	2,690,629	2.42%	2.37%
1974	11,200,906	2,752,671	2.43%	2.31%
1975	11,471,914	2,814,820	2.42%	2.26%
1976	11,750,097	2,877,327	2.42%	2.22%
1977	12,035,713	2,940,327	2.43%	2.19%
1978	12,328,157	3,003,714	2.43%	2.16%
1979	12,627,862	3,067,341	2.43%	2.12%
1980	12,983,363	3,131,512	2.82%	2.09%
1981	13,399,203	3,197,019	3.2%	2.09%
1982	13,832,798	3,264,291	3.24%	2.1%
1983	14,285,907	3,333,633	3.28%	2.12%
1984	14,759,009	3,405,198	3.31%	2.15%
1985	15,252,258	3,478,936	3.34%	2.17%
1986	15,760,419	3,554,793	3.33%	2.18%
1987	16,276,737	3,632,543	3.28%	2.19%
1988	16,796,605	3,711,880	3.19%	2.18%
1989	17,314,997	3,796,078	3.09%	2.27%
1990	17,833,171	3,896,481	2.99%	2.64%
1991	18,342,464	4,021,837	2.86%	3.22%
1992	18,834,572	4,166,699	2.68%	3.6%
1993	19,322,664	4,320,872	2.59%	3.7%
1994	19,820,446	4,480,208	2.58%	3.69%
1995	20,330,599	4,644,278	2.57%	3.66%
1996	20,850,087	4,813,361	2.56%	3.64%
1997	21,375,218	4,987,883	2.52%	3.63%
1998	21,906,713	5,166,390	2.49%	3.58%
1999	22,435,531	5,349,333	2.41%	3.54%
2000	22,967,816	5,537,064	2.37%	3.51%
2001	23,526,538	5,728,435	2.43%	3.46%
2002	24,102,477	5,924,003	2.45%	3.41%
2003	24,679,602	6,123,997	2.39%	3.38%
2004	25,256,772	6,328,041	2.34%	3.33%
2005	25,836,071	6,535,905	2.29%	3.28%
2006	26,417,909	6,747,720	2.25%	3.24%
2007	26,998,389	6,963,345	2.2%	3.2%
2008	27,570,059	7,183,002	2.12%	3.15%
2009	28,124,778	7,406,438	2.01%	3.11%
2010	28,655,776	7,633,523	1.89%	3.07%
2011	29,162,039	7,859,346	1.77%	2.96%
2012	29,662,831	8,081,390	1.72%	2.83%
2013	30,174,265	8,302,698	1.72%	2.74%
2014	30,696,137	8,523,441	1.73%	2.66%
2015	31,232,798	8,743,246	1.75%	2.58%
2016	31,789,685	8,961,718	1.78%	2.5%
2017	32,355,644	9,178,714	1.78%	2.42%
2018	32,910,967	9,394,513	1.72%	2.35%
2019	33,440,596	9,609,010	1.61%	2.28%
2020	33,889,558	9,815,746	1.34%	2.15%
2021	34,282,399	10,012,896	1.16%	2.01%
2022	34,695,493	10,203,169	1.2%	1.9%
2023	35,126,298	10,389,635	1.24%	1.83%
2024	35,557,673	10,576,502	1.23%	1.8%
2025	35,977,838	10,762,813	1.18%	1.76%
2026	36,385,119	10,947,845	1.13%	1.72%
2027	36,785,089	11,131,268	1.1%	1.68%
2028	37,182,773	11,312,895	1.08%	1.63%
2029	37,574,292	11,492,799	1.05%	1.59%
2030	37,961,722	11,671,420	1.03%	1.55%
2031	38,347,786	11,848,221	1.02%	1.51%
2032	38,728,383	12,023,121	0.99%	1.48%
2033	39,097,871	12,196,639	0.95%	1.44%
2034	39,457,849	12,369,248	0.92%	1.42%
2035	39,814,834	12,540,596	0.9%	1.39%
2036	40,166,904	12,710,682	0.88%	1.36%
2037	40,512,289	12,879,737	0.86%	1.33%
2038	40,853,318	13,047,122	0.84%	1.3%
2039	41,185,892	13,212,668	0.81%	1.27%
2040	41,509,646	13,376,156	0.79%	1.24%
2041	41,828,594	13,537,361	0.77%	1.21%
2042	42,144,474	13,696,139	0.76%	1.17%
2043	42,455,952	13,853,410	0.74%	1.15%
2044	42,754,140	14,009,926	0.7%	1.13%
2045	43,038,205	14,165,578	0.66%	1.11%
2046	43,313,754	14,318,889	0.64%	1.08%
2047	43,580,459	14,469,210	0.62%	1.05%
2048	43,831,577	14,617,364	0.58%	1.02%
2049	44,065,538	14,763,600	0.53%	1%
2050	44,289,765	14,906,584	0.51%	0.97%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Malaysia increased by 5,371,776 people (a 20.3% growth), while Papua New Guinea gained 2,213,998 people (a 32.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Malaysia gained 4,599,805 (a 14.5% growth), while Papua New Guinea's population increased by 1,988,131 (a 22.2% growth).

Malaysia was ranked 44th most populous country in 2006 and is 45th in 2026. Papua New Guinea was ranked 100th in 2006 and ranked 89th 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 Papua New Guinea will increase by 36.1% to 14,906,584 people and rank change from 89th to 85th.