Population in Malaysia compared to the Philippines: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Malaysia and the Philippines: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Malaysia	Philippines	Malaysia	Philippines
1960	7,956,197	27,891,897	-	-
1961	8,164,443	28,792,621	2.62%	3.23%
1962	8,380,172	29,723,536	2.64%	3.23%
1963	8,602,160	30,674,731	2.65%	3.2%
1964	8,828,406	31,643,032	2.63%	3.16%
1965	9,056,408	32,625,316	2.58%	3.1%
1966	9,284,688	33,617,170	2.52%	3.04%
1967	9,507,099	34,621,320	2.4%	2.99%
1968	9,725,281	35,638,342	2.29%	2.94%
1969	9,947,597	36,660,799	2.29%	2.87%
1970	10,178,802	37,622,204	2.32%	2.62%
1971	10,423,453	38,518,659	2.4%	2.38%
1972	10,676,835	39,408,560	2.43%	2.31%
1973	10,935,621	40,294,130	2.42%	2.25%
1974	11,200,906	41,174,341	2.43%	2.18%
1975	11,471,914	42,120,826	2.42%	2.3%
1976	11,750,097	43,201,488	2.42%	2.57%
1977	12,035,713	44,367,962	2.43%	2.7%
1978	12,328,157	45,575,281	2.43%	2.72%
1979	12,627,862	46,807,103	2.43%	2.7%
1980	12,983,363	48,043,740	2.82%	2.64%
1981	13,399,203	49,311,727	3.2%	2.64%
1982	13,832,798	50,695,707	3.24%	2.81%
1983	14,285,907	52,194,620	3.28%	2.96%
1984	14,759,009	53,726,181	3.31%	2.93%
1985	15,252,258	55,213,006	3.34%	2.77%
1986	15,760,419	56,645,077	3.33%	2.59%
1987	16,276,737	58,157,496	3.28%	2.67%
1988	16,796,605	59,739,052	3.19%	2.72%
1989	17,314,997	61,265,260	3.09%	2.55%
1990	17,833,171	62,854,666	2.99%	2.59%
1991	18,342,464	64,382,249	2.86%	2.43%
1992	18,834,572	65,926,125	2.68%	2.4%
1993	19,322,664	67,530,621	2.59%	2.43%
1994	19,820,446	69,019,291	2.58%	2.2%
1995	20,330,599	70,546,246	2.57%	2.21%
1996	20,850,087	72,190,242	2.56%	2.33%
1997	21,375,218	73,908,810	2.52%	2.38%
1998	21,906,713	75,791,024	2.49%	2.55%
1999	22,435,531	77,753,257	2.41%	2.59%
2000	22,967,816	79,625,397	2.37%	2.41%
2001	23,526,538	81,401,488	2.43%	2.23%
2002	24,102,477	83,068,889	2.45%	2.05%
2003	24,679,602	84,731,835	2.39%	2%
2004	25,256,772	86,394,504	2.34%	1.96%
2005	25,836,071	88,015,962	2.29%	1.88%
2006	26,417,909	89,508,986	2.25%	1.7%
2007	26,998,389	91,075,184	2.2%	1.75%
2008	27,570,059	92,699,095	2.12%	1.78%
2009	28,124,778	94,384,250	2.01%	1.82%
2010	28,655,776	96,337,125	1.89%	2.07%
2011	29,162,039	98,248,614	1.77%	1.98%
2012	29,662,831	100,175,512	1.72%	1.96%
2013	30,174,265	102,076,336	1.72%	1.9%
2014	30,696,137	103,767,130	1.73%	1.66%
2015	31,232,798	105,312,992	1.75%	1.49%
2016	31,789,685	106,735,719	1.78%	1.35%
2017	32,355,644	108,119,693	1.78%	1.3%
2018	32,910,967	109,465,287	1.72%	1.24%
2019	33,440,596	110,804,683	1.61%	1.22%
2020	33,889,558	112,081,264	1.34%	1.15%
2021	34,282,399	113,100,950	1.16%	0.91%
2022	34,695,493	113,964,338	1.2%	0.76%
2023	35,126,298	114,891,199	1.24%	0.81%
2024	35,557,673	115,843,670	1.23%	0.83%
2025	35,977,838	116,786,968	1.18%	0.81%
2026	36,385,119	117,724,479	1.13%	0.8%
2027	36,785,089	118,656,426	1.1%	0.79%
2028	37,182,773	119,583,984	1.08%	0.78%
2029	37,574,292	120,502,132	1.05%	0.77%
2030	37,961,722	121,408,897	1.03%	0.75%
2031	38,347,786	122,301,606	1.02%	0.74%
2032	38,728,383	123,180,341	0.99%	0.72%
2033	39,097,871	124,049,036	0.95%	0.71%
2034	39,457,849	124,904,124	0.92%	0.69%
2035	39,814,834	125,740,977	0.9%	0.67%
2036	40,166,904	126,558,232	0.88%	0.65%
2037	40,512,289	127,352,607	0.86%	0.63%
2038	40,853,318	128,118,535	0.84%	0.6%
2039	41,185,892	128,850,047	0.81%	0.57%
2040	41,509,646	129,546,666	0.79%	0.54%
2041	41,828,594	130,209,810	0.77%	0.51%
2042	42,144,474	130,837,005	0.76%	0.48%
2043	42,455,952	131,427,404	0.74%	0.45%
2044	42,754,140	131,979,673	0.7%	0.42%
2045	43,038,205	132,492,038	0.66%	0.39%
2046	43,313,754	132,962,001	0.64%	0.35%
2047	43,580,459	133,385,290	0.62%	0.32%
2048	43,831,577	133,759,436	0.58%	0.28%
2049	44,065,538	134,089,011	0.53%	0.25%
2050	44,289,765	134,373,439	0.51%	0.21%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Malaysia increased by 5,396,727 people (a 20.9% growth), while the Philippines gained 17,297,030 people (a 19.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Malaysia gained 5,072,200 (a 16.2% growth), while the Philippines' population increased by 12,227,058 (a 11.6% growth).

Malaysia was ranked 44th most populous country in 2005 and is 45th in 2025. The Philippines was ranked 12th in 2005 and ranked 14th 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 the Philippines will increase by 14.3% to 134,373,439 people and will still be ranked 14th.