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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Malaysia	Samoa	Malaysia	Samoa
1960	7,956,197	112,490	-	-
1961	8,164,443	115,496	2.62%	2.67%
1962	8,380,172	118,597	2.64%	2.68%
1963	8,602,160	121,764	2.65%	2.67%
1964	8,828,406	124,894	2.63%	2.57%
1965	9,056,408	127,978	2.58%	2.47%
1966	9,284,688	131,073	2.52%	2.42%
1967	9,507,099	133,764	2.4%	2.05%
1968	9,725,281	136,020	2.29%	1.69%
1969	9,947,597	138,233	2.29%	1.63%
1970	10,178,802	140,400	2.32%	1.57%
1971	10,423,453	142,503	2.4%	1.5%
1972	10,676,835	144,538	2.43%	1.43%
1973	10,935,621	146,516	2.42%	1.37%
1974	11,200,906	149,431	2.43%	1.99%
1975	11,471,914	153,344	2.42%	2.62%
1976	11,750,097	157,113	2.42%	2.46%
1977	12,035,713	159,753	2.43%	1.68%
1978	12,328,157	161,375	2.43%	1.02%
1979	12,627,862	162,882	2.43%	0.93%
1980	12,983,363	164,322	2.82%	0.88%
1981	13,399,203	165,678	3.2%	0.83%
1982	13,832,798	166,484	3.24%	0.49%
1983	14,285,907	166,714	3.28%	0.14%
1984	14,759,009	166,796	3.31%	0.05%
1985	15,252,258	166,849	3.34%	0.03%
1986	15,760,419	167,061	3.33%	0.13%
1987	16,276,737	167,661	3.28%	0.36%
1988	16,796,605	168,346	3.19%	0.41%
1989	17,314,997	168,768	3.09%	0.25%
1990	17,833,171	169,042	2.99%	0.16%
1991	18,342,464	169,368	2.86%	0.19%
1992	18,834,572	170,331	2.68%	0.57%
1993	19,322,664	171,774	2.59%	0.85%
1994	19,820,446	173,159	2.58%	0.81%
1995	20,330,599	174,571	2.57%	0.82%
1996	20,850,087	176,071	2.56%	0.86%
1997	21,375,218	177,547	2.52%	0.84%
1998	21,906,713	178,905	2.49%	0.76%
1999	22,435,531	180,275	2.41%	0.77%
2000	22,967,816	181,685	2.37%	0.78%
2001	23,526,538	183,166	2.43%	0.82%
2002	24,102,477	184,471	2.45%	0.71%
2003	24,679,602	185,430	2.39%	0.52%
2004	25,256,772	186,249	2.34%	0.44%
2005	25,836,071	186,978	2.29%	0.39%
2006	26,417,909	187,709	2.25%	0.39%
2007	26,998,389	188,753	2.2%	0.56%
2008	27,570,059	190,107	2.12%	0.72%
2009	28,124,778	191,513	2.01%	0.74%
2010	28,655,776	193,023	1.89%	0.79%
2011	29,162,039	194,713	1.77%	0.88%
2012	29,662,831	196,498	1.72%	0.92%
2013	30,174,265	198,268	1.72%	0.9%
2014	30,696,137	200,037	1.73%	0.89%
2015	31,232,798	201,782	1.75%	0.87%
2016	31,789,685	203,499	1.78%	0.85%
2017	32,355,644	205,415	1.78%	0.94%
2018	32,910,967	207,582	1.72%	1.05%
2019	33,440,596	209,780	1.61%	1.06%
2020	33,889,558	211,944	1.34%	1.03%
2021	34,282,399	213,779	1.16%	0.87%
2022	34,695,493	215,261	1.2%	0.69%
2023	35,126,298	216,663	1.24%	0.65%
2024	35,557,673	218,019	1.23%	0.63%
2025	35,977,838	219,302	1.18%	0.59%
2026	36,385,119	220,530	1.13%	0.56%
2027	36,785,089	221,772	1.1%	0.56%
2028	37,182,773	223,104	1.08%	0.6%
2029	37,574,292	224,504	1.05%	0.63%
2030	37,961,722	225,968	1.03%	0.65%
2031	38,347,786	227,581	1.02%	0.71%
2032	38,728,383	229,298	0.99%	0.75%
2033	39,097,871	231,110	0.95%	0.79%
2034	39,457,849	233,061	0.92%	0.84%
2035	39,814,834	235,172	0.9%	0.91%
2036	40,166,904	237,415	0.88%	0.95%
2037	40,512,289	239,730	0.86%	0.98%
2038	40,853,318	242,155	0.84%	1.01%
2039	41,185,892	244,653	0.81%	1.03%
2040	41,509,646	247,196	0.79%	1.04%
2041	41,828,594	249,796	0.77%	1.05%
2042	42,144,474	252,427	0.76%	1.05%
2043	42,455,952	255,023	0.74%	1.03%
2044	42,754,140	257,609	0.7%	1.01%
2045	43,038,205	260,250	0.66%	1.03%
2046	43,313,754	262,849	0.64%	1%
2047	43,580,459	265,365	0.62%	0.96%
2048	43,831,577	267,836	0.58%	0.93%
2049	44,065,538	270,291	0.53%	0.92%
2050	44,289,765	272,711	0.51%	0.9%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Malaysia increased by 5,396,727 people (a 20.9% growth), while Samoa gained 14,804 people (a 7.92% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Malaysia gained 5,072,200 (a 16.2% growth), while Samoa's population increased by 18,506 (a 9.17% growth).

Malaysia was ranked 44th most populous country in 2005 and is 45th in 2025. Samoa was ranked 176th in 2005 and ranked 177th 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 Samoa will increase by 23.8% to 272,711 people and rank change from 177th to 176th.