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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Malaysia	Qatar	Malaysia	Qatar
1960	7,956,197	36,010	-	-
1961	8,164,443	39,680	2.62%	10.2%
1962	8,380,172	44,630	2.64%	12.5%
1963	8,602,160	50,380	2.65%	12.9%
1964	8,828,406	56,867	2.63%	12.9%
1965	9,056,408	64,065	2.58%	12.7%
1966	9,284,688	72,192	2.52%	12.7%
1967	9,507,099	81,439	2.4%	12.8%
1968	9,725,281	91,749	2.29%	12.7%
1969	9,947,597	103,025	2.29%	12.3%
1970	10,178,802	116,350	2.32%	12.9%
1971	10,423,453	131,346	2.4%	12.9%
1972	10,676,835	146,506	2.43%	11.5%
1973	10,935,621	161,841	2.42%	10.5%
1974	11,200,906	177,362	2.43%	9.59%
1975	11,471,914	193,087	2.42%	8.87%
1976	11,750,097	209,052	2.42%	8.27%
1977	12,035,713	225,285	2.43%	7.77%
1978	12,328,157	241,808	2.43%	7.33%
1979	12,627,862	258,670	2.43%	6.97%
1980	12,983,363	275,913	2.82%	6.67%
1981	13,399,203	293,553	3.2%	6.39%
1982	13,832,798	311,537	3.24%	6.13%
1983	14,285,907	329,709	3.28%	5.83%
1984	14,759,009	347,878	3.31%	5.51%
1985	15,252,258	365,940	3.34%	5.19%
1986	15,760,419	382,422	3.33%	4.5%
1987	16,276,737	397,005	3.28%	3.81%
1988	16,796,605	411,264	3.19%	3.59%
1989	17,314,997	425,646	3.09%	3.5%
1990	17,833,171	440,175	2.99%	3.41%
1991	18,342,464	454,853	2.86%	3.33%
1992	18,834,572	469,657	2.68%	3.25%
1993	19,322,664	484,545	2.59%	3.17%
1994	19,820,446	499,459	2.58%	3.08%
1995	20,330,599	514,325	2.57%	2.98%
1996	20,850,087	529,019	2.56%	2.86%
1997	21,375,218	550,500	2.52%	4.06%
1998	21,906,713	580,540	2.49%	5.46%
1999	22,435,531	612,500	2.41%	5.51%
2000	22,967,816	644,989	2.37%	5.3%
2001	23,526,538	677,925	2.43%	5.11%
2002	24,102,477	711,205	2.45%	4.91%
2003	24,679,602	744,682	2.39%	4.71%
2004	25,256,772	773,332	2.34%	3.85%
2005	25,836,071	825,408	2.29%	6.73%
2006	26,417,909	972,831	2.25%	17.9%
2007	26,998,389	1,208,595	2.2%	24.2%
2008	27,570,059	1,426,938	2.12%	18.1%
2009	28,124,778	1,608,903	2.01%	12.8%
2010	28,655,776	1,616,832	1.89%	0.49%
2011	29,162,039	1,624,761	1.77%	0.49%
2012	29,662,831	1,722,438	1.72%	6.01%
2013	30,174,265	1,916,426	1.72%	11.3%
2014	30,696,137	2,151,745	1.73%	12.3%
2015	31,232,798	2,344,557	1.75%	8.96%
2016	31,789,685	2,477,113	1.78%	5.65%
2017	32,355,644	2,545,820	1.78%	2.77%
2018	32,910,967	2,580,734	1.72%	1.37%
2019	33,440,596	2,638,657	1.61%	2.24%
2020	33,889,558	2,794,148	1.34%	5.89%
2021	34,282,399	2,504,910	1.16%	-10.4%
2022	34,695,493	2,657,333	1.2%	6.08%
2023	35,126,298	2,656,032	1.24%	-0.05%
2024	35,557,673	2,857,822	1.23%	7.6%
2025	35,977,838	2,921,065	1.18%	2.21%
2026	36,385,119	2,975,134	1.13%	1.85%
2027	36,785,089	3,019,526	1.1%	1.49%
2028	37,182,773	3,057,695	1.08%	1.26%
2029	37,574,292	3,092,803	1.05%	1.15%
2030	37,961,722	3,125,174	1.03%	1.05%
2031	38,347,786	3,156,754	1.02%	1.01%
2032	38,728,383	3,189,188	0.99%	1.03%
2033	39,097,871	3,222,500	0.95%	1.04%
2034	39,457,849	3,256,691	0.92%	1.06%
2035	39,814,834	3,291,711	0.9%	1.08%
2036	40,166,904	3,327,585	0.88%	1.09%
2037	40,512,289	3,364,333	0.86%	1.1%
2038	40,853,318	3,401,906	0.84%	1.12%
2039	41,185,892	3,440,293	0.81%	1.13%
2040	41,509,646	3,479,439	0.79%	1.14%
2041	41,828,594	3,519,302	0.77%	1.15%
2042	42,144,474	3,559,840	0.76%	1.15%
2043	42,455,952	3,601,019	0.74%	1.16%
2044	42,754,140	3,642,784	0.7%	1.16%
2045	43,038,205	3,685,111	0.66%	1.16%
2046	43,313,754	3,727,959	0.64%	1.16%
2047	43,580,459	3,771,287	0.62%	1.16%
2048	43,831,577	3,815,108	0.58%	1.16%
2049	44,065,538	3,859,368	0.53%	1.16%
2050	44,289,765	3,904,074	0.51%	1.16%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Malaysia increased by 5,371,776 people (a 20.3% growth), while Qatar gained 1,504,282 people (a 154.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Malaysia gained 4,599,805 (a 14.5% growth), while Qatar's population increased by 498,506 (a 20.1% growth).

Malaysia was ranked 44th most populous country in 2006 and is 45th in 2026. Qatar was ranked 156th in 2006 and ranked 137th 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 Qatar will increase by 31.2% to 3,904,074 people and rank change from 137th to 134th.