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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Malaysia	South Sudan	Malaysia	South Sudan
1960	7,956,197	2,931,559	-	-
1961	8,164,443	2,976,724	2.62%	1.54%
1962	8,380,172	3,024,308	2.64%	1.6%
1963	8,602,160	3,072,669	2.65%	1.6%
1964	8,828,406	3,129,918	2.63%	1.86%
1965	9,056,408	3,189,835	2.58%	1.91%
1966	9,284,688	3,236,423	2.52%	1.46%
1967	9,507,099	3,277,648	2.4%	1.27%
1968	9,725,281	3,321,528	2.29%	1.34%
1969	9,947,597	3,365,533	2.29%	1.32%
1970	10,178,802	3,409,614	2.32%	1.31%
1971	10,423,453	3,468,646	2.4%	1.73%
1972	10,676,835	3,542,497	2.43%	2.13%
1973	10,935,621	3,627,383	2.42%	2.4%
1974	11,200,906	3,723,259	2.43%	2.64%
1975	11,471,914	3,821,494	2.42%	2.64%
1976	11,750,097	3,921,910	2.42%	2.63%
1977	12,035,713	4,024,032	2.43%	2.6%
1978	12,328,157	4,127,657	2.43%	2.58%
1979	12,627,862	4,232,605	2.43%	2.54%
1980	12,983,363	4,339,030	2.82%	2.51%
1981	13,399,203	4,447,272	3.2%	2.49%
1982	13,832,798	4,557,686	3.24%	2.48%
1983	14,285,907	4,661,574	3.28%	2.28%
1984	14,759,009	4,750,627	3.31%	1.91%
1985	15,252,258	4,834,296	3.34%	1.76%
1986	15,760,419	4,921,240	3.33%	1.8%
1987	16,276,737	4,962,395	3.28%	0.84%
1988	16,796,605	4,848,029	3.19%	-2.3%
1989	17,314,997	4,713,229	3.09%	-2.78%
1990	17,833,171	4,737,633	2.99%	0.52%
1991	18,342,464	4,836,677	2.86%	2.09%
1992	18,834,572	4,909,749	2.68%	1.51%
1993	19,322,664	4,956,002	2.59%	0.94%
1994	19,820,446	5,071,184	2.58%	2.32%
1995	20,330,599	5,225,836	2.57%	3.05%
1996	20,850,087	5,356,925	2.56%	2.51%
1997	21,375,218	5,509,136	2.52%	2.84%
1998	21,906,713	5,620,068	2.49%	2.01%
1999	22,435,531	5,771,628	2.41%	2.7%
2000	22,967,816	6,032,267	2.37%	4.52%
2001	23,526,538	6,308,391	2.43%	4.58%
2002	24,102,477	6,596,806	2.45%	4.57%
2003	24,679,602	6,903,127	2.39%	4.64%
2004	25,256,772	7,233,041	2.34%	4.78%
2005	25,836,071	7,590,143	2.29%	4.94%
2006	26,417,909	7,976,526	2.25%	5.09%
2007	26,998,389	8,388,788	2.2%	5.17%
2008	27,570,059	8,817,647	2.12%	5.11%
2009	28,124,778	9,243,556	2.01%	4.83%
2010	28,655,776	9,745,953	1.89%	5.44%
2011	29,162,039	10,288,109	1.77%	5.56%
2012	29,662,831	10,756,240	1.72%	4.55%
2013	30,174,265	11,166,275	1.72%	3.81%
2014	30,696,137	11,235,073	1.73%	0.62%
2015	31,232,798	11,107,561	1.75%	-1.13%
2016	31,789,685	10,830,102	1.78%	-2.5%
2017	32,355,644	10,259,154	1.78%	-5.27%
2018	32,910,967	10,122,977	1.72%	-1.33%
2019	33,440,596	10,423,384	1.61%	2.97%
2020	33,889,558	10,698,467	1.34%	2.64%
2021	34,282,399	10,865,780	1.16%	1.56%
2022	34,695,493	11,021,177	1.2%	1.43%
2023	35,126,298	11,483,374	1.24%	4.19%
2024	35,557,673	11,943,408	1.23%	4.01%
2025	35,977,838	12,188,793	1.18%	2.05%
2026	36,385,119	12,436,036	1.13%	2.03%
2027	36,785,089	12,687,301	1.1%	2.02%
2028	37,182,773	12,941,503	1.08%	2%
2029	37,574,292	13,198,080	1.05%	1.98%
2030	37,961,722	13,457,446	1.03%	1.97%
2031	38,347,786	13,725,413	1.02%	1.99%
2032	38,728,383	13,996,343	0.99%	1.97%
2033	39,097,871	14,261,762	0.95%	1.9%
2034	39,457,849	14,527,550	0.92%	1.86%
2035	39,814,834	14,798,602	0.9%	1.87%
2036	40,166,904	15,070,098	0.88%	1.83%
2037	40,512,289	15,335,700	0.86%	1.76%
2038	40,853,318	15,595,968	0.84%	1.7%
2039	41,185,892	15,850,696	0.81%	1.63%
2040	41,509,646	16,101,470	0.79%	1.58%
2041	41,828,594	16,350,149	0.77%	1.54%
2042	42,144,474	16,593,361	0.76%	1.49%
2043	42,455,952	16,829,209	0.74%	1.42%
2044	42,754,140	17,060,176	0.7%	1.37%
2045	43,038,205	17,286,412	0.66%	1.33%
2046	43,313,754	17,509,693	0.64%	1.29%
2047	43,580,459	17,728,331	0.62%	1.25%
2048	43,831,577	17,938,437	0.58%	1.19%
2049	44,065,538	18,142,893	0.53%	1.14%
2050	44,289,765	18,341,968	0.51%	1.1%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Malaysia increased by 5,371,776 people (a 20.3% growth), while South Sudan gained 2,853,576 people (a 35.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Malaysia gained 4,599,805 (a 14.5% growth), while South Sudan's population increased by 1,608,680 (a 14.9% growth).

Malaysia was ranked 44th most populous country in 2006 and is 45th in 2026. South Sudan was ranked 92nd in 2006 and ranked 80th 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 Sudan will increase by 47.5% to 18,341,968 people and rank change from 80th to 78th.