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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Malaysia	Russia	Malaysia	Russia
1960	7,956,197	119,897,000	-	-
1961	8,164,443	121,236,000	2.62%	1.12%
1962	8,380,172	122,591,000	2.64%	1.12%
1963	8,602,160	123,960,000	2.65%	1.12%
1964	8,828,406	125,345,000	2.63%	1.12%
1965	9,056,408	126,745,000	2.58%	1.12%
1966	9,284,688	127,468,000	2.52%	0.57%
1967	9,507,099	128,196,000	2.4%	0.57%
1968	9,725,281	128,928,000	2.29%	0.57%
1969	9,947,597	129,664,000	2.29%	0.57%
1970	10,178,802	130,404,000	2.32%	0.57%
1971	10,423,453	131,155,000	2.4%	0.58%
1972	10,676,835	131,909,000	2.43%	0.57%
1973	10,935,621	132,669,000	2.42%	0.58%
1974	11,200,906	133,432,000	2.43%	0.58%
1975	11,471,914	134,200,000	2.42%	0.58%
1976	11,750,097	135,147,000	2.42%	0.71%
1977	12,035,713	136,100,000	2.43%	0.71%
1978	12,328,157	137,060,000	2.43%	0.71%
1979	12,627,862	138,027,000	2.43%	0.71%
1980	12,983,363	139,010,000	2.82%	0.71%
1981	13,399,203	139,941,000	3.2%	0.67%
1982	13,832,798	140,823,000	3.24%	0.63%
1983	14,285,907	141,668,000	3.28%	0.6%
1984	14,759,009	142,745,000	3.31%	0.76%
1985	15,252,258	143,858,000	3.34%	0.78%
1986	15,760,419	144,894,000	3.33%	0.72%
1987	16,276,737	145,908,000	3.28%	0.7%
1988	16,796,605	146,857,000	3.19%	0.65%
1989	17,314,997	147,721,000	3.09%	0.59%
1990	17,833,171	147,969,406	2.99%	0.17%
1991	18,342,464	148,394,216	2.86%	0.29%
1992	18,834,572	148,538,197	2.68%	0.1%
1993	19,322,664	148,458,777	2.59%	-0.05%
1994	19,820,446	148,407,912	2.58%	-0.03%
1995	20,330,599	148,375,787	2.57%	-0.02%
1996	20,850,087	148,160,129	2.56%	-0.15%
1997	21,375,218	147,915,361	2.52%	-0.17%
1998	21,906,713	147,670,784	2.49%	-0.17%
1999	22,435,531	147,214,776	2.41%	-0.31%
2000	22,967,816	146,596,869	2.37%	-0.42%
2001	23,526,538	145,976,482	2.43%	-0.42%
2002	24,102,477	145,306,497	2.45%	-0.46%
2003	24,679,602	144,648,618	2.39%	-0.45%
2004	25,256,772	144,067,316	2.34%	-0.4%
2005	25,836,071	143,518,814	2.29%	-0.38%
2006	26,417,909	143,049,637	2.25%	-0.33%
2007	26,998,389	142,805,114	2.2%	-0.17%
2008	27,570,059	142,742,366	2.12%	-0.04%
2009	28,124,778	142,785,348	2.01%	0.03%
2010	28,655,776	142,849,468	1.89%	0.04%
2011	29,162,039	143,018,195	1.77%	0.12%
2012	29,662,831	143,378,447	1.72%	0.25%
2013	30,174,265	143,805,638	1.72%	0.3%
2014	30,696,137	144,237,223	1.73%	0.3%
2015	31,232,798	144,640,716	1.75%	0.28%
2016	31,789,685	145,015,460	1.78%	0.26%
2017	32,355,644	145,293,260	1.78%	0.19%
2018	32,910,967	145,398,106	1.72%	0.07%
2019	33,440,596	145,453,291	1.61%	0.04%
2020	33,889,558	145,245,148	1.34%	-0.14%
2021	34,282,399	144,746,762	1.16%	-0.34%
2022	34,695,493	144,236,933	1.2%	-0.35%
2023	35,126,298	143,826,130	1.24%	-0.28%
2024	35,557,673	143,533,851	1.23%	-0.2%
2025	35,977,838	142,718,132	1.18%	-0.57%
2026	36,385,119	142,120,553	1.13%	-0.42%
2027	36,785,089	141,773,330	1.1%	-0.24%
2028	37,182,773	141,402,326	1.08%	-0.26%
2029	37,574,292	141,021,009	1.05%	-0.27%
2030	37,961,722	140,628,883	1.03%	-0.28%
2031	38,347,786	140,218,596	1.02%	-0.29%
2032	38,728,383	139,807,207	0.99%	-0.29%
2033	39,097,871	139,414,947	0.95%	-0.28%
2034	39,457,849	139,034,543	0.92%	-0.27%
2035	39,814,834	138,666,694	0.9%	-0.26%
2036	40,166,904	138,311,757	0.88%	-0.26%
2037	40,512,289	137,968,177	0.86%	-0.25%
2038	40,853,318	137,643,032	0.84%	-0.24%
2039	41,185,892	137,336,299	0.81%	-0.22%
2040	41,509,646	137,053,347	0.79%	-0.21%
2041	41,828,594	136,795,588	0.77%	-0.19%
2042	42,144,474	136,558,692	0.76%	-0.17%
2043	42,455,952	136,335,849	0.74%	-0.16%
2044	42,754,140	136,124,845	0.7%	-0.15%
2045	43,038,205	135,933,758	0.66%	-0.14%
2046	43,313,754	135,756,848	0.64%	-0.13%
2047	43,580,459	135,574,181	0.62%	-0.13%
2048	43,831,577	135,372,557	0.58%	-0.15%
2049	44,065,538	135,156,911	0.53%	-0.16%
2050	44,289,765	134,923,391	0.51%	-0.17%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Malaysia increased by 5,396,727 people (a 20.9% growth), while Russia gained 1,121,902 people (a 0.78% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Malaysia gained 5,072,200 (a 16.2% growth), while Russia's population decreased by -1,922,584 (a 1.33% decline).

Malaysia was ranked 44th most populous country in 2005 and is 45th in 2025. Russia was ranked 9th in 2005 and still ranked 9th 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 Russia will decrease by 5.46% to 134,923,391 people and rank change from 9th to 13th.