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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Malaysia	Singapore	Malaysia	Singapore
1960	7,956,197	1,646,400	-	-
1961	8,164,443	1,702,400	2.62%	3.4%
1962	8,380,172	1,750,200	2.64%	2.81%
1963	8,602,160	1,795,000	2.65%	2.56%
1964	8,828,406	1,841,600	2.63%	2.6%
1965	9,056,408	1,886,900	2.58%	2.46%
1966	9,284,688	1,934,400	2.52%	2.52%
1967	9,507,099	1,977,600	2.4%	2.23%
1968	9,725,281	2,012,000	2.29%	1.74%
1969	9,947,597	2,042,500	2.29%	1.52%
1970	10,178,802	2,074,507	2.32%	1.57%
1971	10,423,453	2,112,900	2.4%	1.85%
1972	10,676,835	2,152,400	2.43%	1.87%
1973	10,935,621	2,193,000	2.42%	1.89%
1974	11,200,906	2,229,800	2.43%	1.68%
1975	11,471,914	2,262,600	2.42%	1.47%
1976	11,750,097	2,293,300	2.42%	1.36%
1977	12,035,713	2,325,300	2.43%	1.4%
1978	12,328,157	2,353,600	2.43%	1.22%
1979	12,627,862	2,383,500	2.43%	1.27%
1980	12,983,363	2,413,945	2.82%	1.28%
1981	13,399,203	2,532,835	3.2%	4.93%
1982	13,832,798	2,646,466	3.24%	4.49%
1983	14,285,907	2,681,061	3.28%	1.31%
1984	14,759,009	2,732,221	3.31%	1.91%
1985	15,252,258	2,735,957	3.34%	0.14%
1986	15,760,419	2,733,373	3.33%	-0.09%
1987	16,276,737	2,774,789	3.28%	1.52%
1988	16,796,605	2,846,108	3.19%	2.57%
1989	17,314,997	2,930,901	3.09%	2.98%
1990	17,833,171	3,047,132	2.99%	3.97%
1991	18,342,464	3,135,083	2.86%	2.89%
1992	18,834,572	3,230,698	2.68%	3.05%
1993	19,322,664	3,313,471	2.59%	2.56%
1994	19,820,446	3,419,048	2.58%	3.19%
1995	20,330,599	3,524,506	2.57%	3.08%
1996	20,850,087	3,670,704	2.56%	4.15%
1997	21,375,218	3,796,038	2.52%	3.41%
1998	21,906,713	3,927,213	2.49%	3.46%
1999	22,435,531	3,958,723	2.41%	0.8%
2000	22,967,816	4,027,887	2.37%	1.75%
2001	23,526,538	4,138,012	2.43%	2.73%
2002	24,102,477	4,175,950	2.45%	0.92%
2003	24,679,602	4,114,826	2.39%	-1.46%
2004	25,256,772	4,166,664	2.34%	1.26%
2005	25,836,071	4,265,762	2.29%	2.38%
2006	26,417,909	4,401,365	2.25%	3.18%
2007	26,998,389	4,588,599	2.2%	4.25%
2008	27,570,059	4,839,396	2.12%	5.47%
2009	28,124,778	4,987,573	2.01%	3.06%
2010	28,655,776	5,076,732	1.89%	1.79%
2011	29,162,039	5,183,688	1.77%	2.11%
2012	29,662,831	5,312,437	1.72%	2.48%
2013	30,174,265	5,399,162	1.72%	1.63%
2014	30,696,137	5,469,724	1.73%	1.31%
2015	31,232,798	5,535,002	1.75%	1.19%
2016	31,789,685	5,607,283	1.78%	1.31%
2017	32,355,644	5,612,253	1.78%	0.09%
2018	32,910,967	5,638,676	1.72%	0.47%
2019	33,440,596	5,703,569	1.61%	1.15%
2020	33,889,558	5,685,807	1.34%	-0.31%
2021	34,282,399	5,453,566	1.16%	-4.08%
2022	34,695,493	5,637,022	1.2%	3.36%
2023	35,126,298	5,917,648	1.24%	4.98%
2024	35,557,673	6,036,860	1.23%	2.01%
2025	35,977,838	6,076,565	1.18%	0.66%
2026	36,385,119	6,112,792	1.13%	0.6%
2027	36,785,089	6,147,775	1.1%	0.57%
2028	37,182,773	6,182,764	1.08%	0.57%
2029	37,574,292	6,214,576	1.05%	0.51%
2030	37,961,722	6,242,825	1.03%	0.45%
2031	38,347,786	6,270,800	1.02%	0.45%
2032	38,728,383	6,298,559	0.99%	0.44%
2033	39,097,871	6,325,401	0.95%	0.43%
2034	39,457,849	6,349,852	0.92%	0.39%
2035	39,814,834	6,368,948	0.9%	0.3%
2036	40,166,904	6,383,048	0.88%	0.22%
2037	40,512,289	6,394,813	0.86%	0.18%
2038	40,853,318	6,404,994	0.84%	0.16%
2039	41,185,892	6,411,057	0.81%	0.09%
2040	41,509,646	6,411,962	0.79%	0.01%
2041	41,828,594	6,408,383	0.77%	-0.06%
2042	42,144,474	6,402,235	0.76%	-0.1%
2043	42,455,952	6,394,872	0.74%	-0.12%
2044	42,754,140	6,384,418	0.7%	-0.16%
2045	43,038,205	6,372,013	0.66%	-0.19%
2046	43,313,754	6,358,982	0.64%	-0.2%
2047	43,580,459	6,343,000	0.62%	-0.25%
2048	43,831,577	6,327,523	0.58%	-0.24%
2049	44,065,538	6,312,515	0.53%	-0.24%
2050	44,289,765	6,294,905	0.51%	-0.28%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Malaysia increased by 5,396,727 people (a 20.9% growth), while Singapore gained 1,269,240 people (a 29.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Malaysia gained 5,072,200 (a 16.2% growth), while Singapore's population increased by 570,663 (a 10.3% growth).

Malaysia was ranked 44th most populous country in 2005 and is 45th in 2025. Singapore was ranked 119th in 2005 and ranked 113th 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 Singapore will increase by 3.1% to 6,294,905 people and rank change from 113th to 118th.