Population in Malaysia compared to South Africa: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Malaysia and South Africa: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Malaysia	South Africa	Malaysia	South Africa
1960	7,956,197	16,440,172	-	-
1961	8,164,443	16,908,035	2.62%	2.85%
1962	8,380,172	17,418,522	2.64%	3.02%
1963	8,602,160	17,954,564	2.65%	3.08%
1964	8,828,406	18,511,361	2.63%	3.1%
1965	9,056,408	19,089,380	2.58%	3.12%
1966	9,284,688	19,690,087	2.52%	3.15%
1967	9,507,099	20,314,066	2.4%	3.17%
1968	9,725,281	20,957,287	2.29%	3.17%
1969	9,947,597	21,614,676	2.29%	3.14%
1970	10,178,802	22,279,984	2.32%	3.08%
1971	10,423,453	22,942,143	2.4%	2.97%
1972	10,676,835	23,609,456	2.43%	2.91%
1973	10,935,621	24,294,263	2.42%	2.9%
1974	11,200,906	24,989,108	2.43%	2.86%
1975	11,471,914	25,690,940	2.42%	2.81%
1976	11,750,097	26,395,450	2.42%	2.74%
1977	12,035,713	27,118,952	2.43%	2.74%
1978	12,328,157	27,869,507	2.43%	2.77%
1979	12,627,862	28,634,162	2.43%	2.74%
1980	12,983,363	29,518,857	2.82%	3.09%
1981	13,399,203	30,541,044	3.2%	3.46%
1982	13,832,798	31,615,339	3.24%	3.52%
1983	14,285,907	32,739,304	3.28%	3.56%
1984	14,759,009	33,892,788	3.31%	3.52%
1985	15,252,258	35,042,093	3.34%	3.39%
1986	15,760,419	36,180,515	3.33%	3.25%
1987	16,276,737	37,326,190	3.28%	3.17%
1988	16,796,605	38,480,649	3.19%	3.09%
1989	17,314,997	39,628,575	3.09%	2.98%
1990	17,833,171	40,746,268	2.99%	2.82%
1991	18,342,464	41,687,898	2.86%	2.31%
1992	18,834,572	42,443,509	2.68%	1.81%
1993	19,322,664	43,297,156	2.59%	2.01%
1994	19,820,446	44,004,139	2.58%	1.63%
1995	20,330,599	44,541,554	2.57%	1.22%
1996	20,850,087	45,123,018	2.56%	1.31%
1997	21,375,218	45,666,838	2.52%	1.21%
1998	21,906,713	46,223,880	2.49%	1.22%
1999	22,435,531	46,730,335	2.41%	1.1%
2000	22,967,816	47,159,719	2.37%	0.92%
2001	23,526,538	47,566,800	2.43%	0.86%
2002	24,102,477	48,019,415	2.45%	0.95%
2003	24,679,602	48,500,348	2.39%	1%
2004	25,256,772	48,991,421	2.34%	1.01%
2005	25,836,071	49,490,033	2.29%	1.02%
2006	26,417,909	49,998,277	2.25%	1.03%
2007	26,998,389	50,528,584	2.2%	1.06%
2008	27,570,059	51,114,599	2.12%	1.16%
2009	28,124,778	51,728,516	2.01%	1.2%
2010	28,655,776	52,344,051	1.89%	1.19%
2011	29,162,039	52,995,205	1.77%	1.24%
2012	29,662,831	53,782,567	1.72%	1.49%
2013	30,174,265	54,678,791	1.72%	1.67%
2014	30,696,137	55,594,838	1.73%	1.68%
2015	31,232,798	56,723,537	1.75%	2.03%
2016	31,789,685	57,259,551	1.78%	0.94%
2017	32,355,644	57,635,162	1.78%	0.66%
2018	32,910,967	58,613,001	1.72%	1.7%
2019	33,440,596	59,587,885	1.61%	1.66%
2020	33,889,558	60,562,381	1.34%	1.64%
2021	34,282,399	61,502,603	1.16%	1.55%
2022	34,695,493	62,378,410	1.2%	1.42%
2023	35,126,298	63,212,384	1.24%	1.34%
2024	35,557,673	64,007,187	1.23%	1.26%
2025	35,977,838	64,747,317	1.18%	1.16%
2026	36,385,119	65,453,086	1.13%	1.09%
2027	36,785,089	66,143,018	1.1%	1.05%
2028	37,182,773	66,830,384	1.08%	1.04%
2029	37,574,292	67,506,850	1.05%	1.01%
2030	37,961,722	68,161,357	1.03%	0.97%
2031	38,347,786	68,798,574	1.02%	0.93%
2032	38,728,383	69,426,441	0.99%	0.91%
2033	39,097,871	70,040,484	0.95%	0.88%
2034	39,457,849	70,641,572	0.92%	0.86%
2035	39,814,834	71,234,749	0.9%	0.84%
2036	40,166,904	71,816,372	0.88%	0.82%
2037	40,512,289	72,387,807	0.86%	0.8%
2038	40,853,318	72,949,611	0.84%	0.78%
2039	41,185,892	73,496,152	0.81%	0.75%
2040	41,509,646	74,035,615	0.79%	0.73%
2041	41,828,594	74,575,444	0.77%	0.73%
2042	42,144,474	75,111,899	0.76%	0.72%
2043	42,455,952	75,641,512	0.74%	0.71%
2044	42,754,140	76,164,461	0.7%	0.69%
2045	43,038,205	76,681,448	0.66%	0.68%
2046	43,313,754	77,199,542	0.64%	0.68%
2047	43,580,459	77,716,650	0.62%	0.67%
2048	43,831,577	78,215,323	0.58%	0.64%
2049	44,065,538	78,699,584	0.53%	0.62%
2050	44,289,765	79,177,329	0.51%	0.61%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Malaysia increased by 5,371,776 people (a 20.3% growth), while South Africa gained 7,261,274 people (a 14.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Malaysia gained 4,599,805 (a 14.5% growth), while South Africa's population increased by 8,201,075 (a 14.3% growth).

Malaysia was ranked 44th most populous country in 2006 and is 45th in 2026. South Africa was ranked 24th in 2006 and still ranked 24th 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 South Africa will increase by 21% to 79,177,329 people and rank change from 24th to 23rd.