Population in Malaysia compared to Sao Tome and Principe: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Malaysia and Sao Tome and Principe: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Malaysia	Sao Tome	Malaysia	Sao Tome
1960	7,956,197	68,012	-	-
1961	8,164,443	68,707	2.62%	1.02%
1962	8,380,172	69,403	2.64%	1.01%
1963	8,602,160	70,112	2.65%	1.02%
1964	8,828,406	70,865	2.63%	1.07%
1965	9,056,408	71,680	2.58%	1.15%
1966	9,284,688	72,576	2.52%	1.25%
1967	9,507,099	73,596	2.4%	1.41%
1968	9,725,281	74,765	2.29%	1.59%
1969	9,947,597	76,083	2.29%	1.76%
1970	10,178,802	77,626	2.32%	2.03%
1971	10,423,453	79,330	2.4%	2.2%
1972	10,676,835	81,041	2.43%	2.16%
1973	10,935,621	82,798	2.42%	2.17%
1974	11,200,906	84,672	2.43%	2.26%
1975	11,471,914	86,708	2.42%	2.4%
1976	11,750,097	88,922	2.42%	2.55%
1977	12,035,713	91,301	2.43%	2.68%
1978	12,328,157	93,794	2.43%	2.73%
1979	12,627,862	96,252	2.43%	2.62%
1980	12,983,363	98,544	2.82%	2.38%
1981	13,399,203	100,615	3.2%	2.1%
1982	13,832,798	102,508	3.24%	1.88%
1983	14,285,907	104,380	3.28%	1.83%
1984	14,759,009	106,394	3.31%	1.93%
1985	15,252,258	108,658	3.34%	2.13%
1986	15,760,419	111,150	3.33%	2.29%
1987	16,276,737	113,919	3.28%	2.49%
1988	16,796,605	116,939	3.19%	2.65%
1989	17,314,997	119,979	3.09%	2.6%
1990	17,833,171	122,980	2.99%	2.5%
1991	18,342,464	125,697	2.86%	2.21%
1992	18,834,572	128,110	2.68%	1.92%
1993	19,322,664	130,467	2.59%	1.84%
1994	19,820,446	132,732	2.58%	1.74%
1995	20,330,599	134,895	2.57%	1.63%
1996	20,850,087	136,962	2.56%	1.53%
1997	21,375,218	138,922	2.52%	1.43%
1998	21,906,713	140,751	2.49%	1.32%
1999	22,435,531	142,442	2.41%	1.2%
2000	22,967,816	144,018	2.37%	1.11%
2001	23,526,538	146,375	2.43%	1.64%
2002	24,102,477	149,922	2.45%	2.42%
2003	24,679,602	153,814	2.39%	2.6%
2004	25,256,772	157,705	2.34%	2.53%
2005	25,836,071	161,639	2.29%	2.49%
2006	26,417,909	165,638	2.25%	2.47%
2007	26,998,389	169,700	2.2%	2.45%
2008	27,570,059	173,793	2.12%	2.41%
2009	28,124,778	177,853	2.01%	2.34%
2010	28,655,776	181,802	1.89%	2.22%
2011	29,162,039	185,649	1.77%	2.12%
2012	29,662,831	189,439	1.72%	2.04%
2013	30,174,265	193,148	1.72%	1.96%
2014	30,696,137	196,767	1.73%	1.87%
2015	31,232,798	200,291	1.75%	1.79%
2016	31,789,685	203,689	1.78%	1.7%
2017	32,355,644	206,970	1.78%	1.61%
2018	32,910,967	210,187	1.72%	1.55%
2019	33,440,596	213,392	1.61%	1.52%
2020	33,889,558	217,435	1.34%	1.89%
2021	34,282,399	221,961	1.16%	2.08%
2022	34,695,493	226,305	1.2%	1.96%
2023	35,126,298	230,871	1.24%	2.02%
2024	35,557,673	235,536	1.23%	2.02%
2025	35,977,838	240,251	1.18%	2%
2026	36,385,119	244,987	1.13%	1.97%
2027	36,785,089	249,783	1.1%	1.96%
2028	37,182,773	254,657	1.08%	1.95%
2029	37,574,292	259,597	1.05%	1.94%
2030	37,961,722	264,560	1.03%	1.91%
2031	38,347,786	269,566	1.02%	1.89%
2032	38,728,383	274,643	0.99%	1.88%
2033	39,097,871	279,761	0.95%	1.86%
2034	39,457,849	284,911	0.92%	1.84%
2035	39,814,834	290,082	0.9%	1.81%
2036	40,166,904	295,269	0.88%	1.79%
2037	40,512,289	300,439	0.86%	1.75%
2038	40,853,318	305,590	0.84%	1.71%
2039	41,185,892	310,729	0.81%	1.68%
2040	41,509,646	315,833	0.79%	1.64%
2041	41,828,594	320,875	0.77%	1.6%
2042	42,144,474	325,888	0.76%	1.56%
2043	42,455,952	330,908	0.74%	1.54%
2044	42,754,140	335,919	0.7%	1.51%
2045	43,038,205	340,911	0.66%	1.49%
2046	43,313,754	345,883	0.64%	1.46%
2047	43,580,459	350,758	0.62%	1.41%
2048	43,831,577	355,569	0.58%	1.37%
2049	44,065,538	360,353	0.53%	1.35%
2050	44,289,765	365,103	0.51%	1.32%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Malaysia increased by 5,396,727 people (a 20.9% growth), while Sao Tome and Principe gained 38,652 people (a 23.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Malaysia gained 5,072,200 (a 16.2% growth), while Sao Tome and Principe's population increased by 43,764 (a 21.9% growth).

Malaysia was ranked 44th most populous country in 2005 and is 45th in 2025. Sao Tome and Principe was ranked 178th in 2005 and ranked 176th 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 Sao Tome and Principe will increase by 49.6% to 365,103 people and rank change from 176th to 175th.