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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Malaysia	South Korea	Malaysia	South Korea
1960	7,956,197	25,012,374	-	-
1961	8,164,443	25,765,673	2.62%	3.01%
1962	8,380,172	26,513,030	2.64%	2.9%
1963	8,602,160	27,261,747	2.65%	2.82%
1964	8,828,406	27,984,155	2.63%	2.65%
1965	9,056,408	28,704,674	2.58%	2.57%
1966	9,284,688	29,435,571	2.52%	2.55%
1967	9,507,099	30,130,983	2.4%	2.36%
1968	9,725,281	30,838,302	2.29%	2.35%
1969	9,947,597	31,544,266	2.29%	2.29%
1970	10,178,802	32,240,827	2.32%	2.21%
1971	10,423,453	32,882,704	2.4%	1.99%
1972	10,676,835	33,505,406	2.43%	1.89%
1973	10,935,621	34,103,149	2.42%	1.78%
1974	11,200,906	34,692,266	2.43%	1.73%
1975	11,471,914	35,280,725	2.42%	1.7%
1976	11,750,097	35,848,523	2.42%	1.61%
1977	12,035,713	36,411,795	2.43%	1.57%
1978	12,328,157	36,969,185	2.43%	1.53%
1979	12,627,862	37,534,236	2.43%	1.53%
1980	12,983,363	38,123,775	2.82%	1.57%
1981	13,399,203	38,723,248	3.2%	1.57%
1982	13,832,798	39,326,352	3.24%	1.56%
1983	14,285,907	39,910,403	3.28%	1.49%
1984	14,759,009	40,405,956	3.31%	1.24%
1985	15,252,258	40,805,744	3.34%	0.99%
1986	15,760,419	41,213,674	3.33%	1%
1987	16,276,737	41,621,690	3.28%	0.99%
1988	16,796,605	42,031,247	3.19%	0.98%
1989	17,314,997	42,449,038	3.09%	0.99%
1990	17,833,171	42,869,283	2.99%	0.99%
1991	18,342,464	43,295,704	2.86%	0.99%
1992	18,834,572	43,747,962	2.68%	1.04%
1993	19,322,664	44,194,628	2.59%	1.02%
1994	19,820,446	44,641,540	2.58%	1.01%
1995	20,330,599	45,092,991	2.57%	1.01%
1996	20,850,087	45,524,681	2.56%	0.96%
1997	21,375,218	45,953,580	2.52%	0.94%
1998	21,906,713	46,286,503	2.49%	0.72%
1999	22,435,531	46,616,677	2.41%	0.71%
2000	22,967,816	47,008,111	2.37%	0.84%
2001	23,526,538	47,370,164	2.43%	0.77%
2002	24,102,477	47,644,736	2.45%	0.58%
2003	24,679,602	47,892,330	2.39%	0.52%
2004	25,256,772	48,082,519	2.34%	0.4%
2005	25,836,071	48,184,561	2.29%	0.21%
2006	26,417,909	48,438,292	2.25%	0.53%
2007	26,998,389	48,683,638	2.2%	0.51%
2008	27,570,059	49,054,708	2.12%	0.76%
2009	28,124,778	49,307,835	2.01%	0.52%
2010	28,655,776	49,554,112	1.89%	0.5%
2011	29,162,039	49,936,638	1.77%	0.77%
2012	29,662,831	50,199,853	1.72%	0.53%
2013	30,174,265	50,428,893	1.72%	0.46%
2014	30,696,137	50,746,659	1.73%	0.63%
2015	31,232,798	51,014,947	1.75%	0.53%
2016	31,789,685	51,217,803	1.78%	0.4%
2017	32,355,644	51,361,911	1.78%	0.28%
2018	32,910,967	51,585,058	1.72%	0.43%
2019	33,440,596	51,764,822	1.61%	0.35%
2020	33,889,558	51,836,239	1.34%	0.14%
2021	34,282,399	51,769,539	1.16%	-0.13%
2022	34,695,493	51,672,569	1.2%	-0.19%
2023	35,126,298	51,712,619	1.24%	0.08%
2024	35,557,673	51,751,065	1.23%	0.07%
2025	35,977,838	51,700,480	1.18%	-0.1%
2026	36,385,119	51,633,793	1.13%	-0.13%
2027	36,785,089	51,552,198	1.1%	-0.16%
2028	37,182,773	51,456,707	1.08%	-0.19%
2029	37,574,292	51,347,230	1.05%	-0.21%
2030	37,961,722	51,221,713	1.03%	-0.24%
2031	38,347,786	51,081,220	1.02%	-0.27%
2032	38,728,383	50,924,233	0.99%	-0.31%
2033	39,097,871	50,747,132	0.95%	-0.35%
2034	39,457,849	50,549,508	0.92%	-0.39%
2035	39,814,834	50,333,286	0.9%	-0.43%
2036	40,166,904	50,098,951	0.88%	-0.47%
2037	40,512,289	49,845,669	0.86%	-0.51%
2038	40,853,318	49,573,234	0.84%	-0.55%
2039	41,185,892	49,283,770	0.81%	-0.58%
2040	41,509,646	48,980,369	0.79%	-0.62%
2041	41,828,594	48,661,905	0.77%	-0.65%
2042	42,144,474	48,331,004	0.76%	-0.68%
2043	42,455,952	47,990,085	0.74%	-0.71%
2044	42,754,140	47,634,183	0.7%	-0.74%
2045	43,038,205	47,263,526	0.66%	-0.78%
2046	43,313,754	46,881,228	0.64%	-0.81%
2047	43,580,459	46,482,133	0.62%	-0.85%
2048	43,831,577	46,063,595	0.58%	-0.9%
2049	44,065,538	45,626,805	0.53%	-0.95%
2050	44,289,765	45,172,356	0.51%	-1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Malaysia increased by 5,396,727 people (a 20.9% growth), while South Korea gained 2,830,386 people (a 5.87% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Malaysia gained 5,072,200 (a 16.2% growth), while South Korea's population increased by 685,533 (a 1.34% growth).

Malaysia was ranked 44th most populous country in 2005 and is 45th in 2025. South Korea was ranked 25th in 2005 and ranked 31st 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 South Korea will decrease by 12.6% to 45,172,356 people and rank change from 31st to 48th.