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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Malaysia	Suriname	Malaysia	Suriname
1960	7,956,197	263,918	-	-
1961	8,164,443	272,791	2.62%	3.36%
1962	8,380,172	283,912	2.64%	4.08%
1963	8,602,160	297,034	2.65%	4.62%
1964	8,828,406	309,041	2.63%	4.04%
1965	9,056,408	320,000	2.58%	3.55%
1966	9,284,688	331,135	2.52%	3.48%
1967	9,507,099	342,679	2.4%	3.49%
1968	9,725,281	354,616	2.29%	3.48%
1969	9,947,597	366,906	2.29%	3.47%
1970	10,178,802	379,442	2.32%	3.42%
1971	10,423,453	391,932	2.4%	3.29%
1972	10,676,835	397,413	2.43%	1.4%
1973	10,935,621	395,772	2.42%	-0.41%
1974	11,200,906	393,676	2.43%	-0.53%
1975	11,471,914	391,170	2.42%	-0.64%
1976	11,750,097	388,289	2.42%	-0.74%
1977	12,035,713	385,067	2.43%	-0.83%
1978	12,328,157	381,502	2.43%	-0.93%
1979	12,627,862	377,602	2.43%	-1.02%
1980	12,983,363	375,377	2.82%	-0.59%
1981	13,399,203	375,459	3.2%	0.02%
1982	13,832,798	376,555	3.24%	0.29%
1983	14,285,907	378,746	3.28%	0.58%
1984	14,759,009	382,193	3.31%	0.91%
1985	15,252,258	386,972	3.34%	1.25%
1986	15,760,419	392,330	3.33%	1.38%
1987	16,276,737	396,911	3.28%	1.17%
1988	16,796,605	402,227	3.19%	1.34%
1989	17,314,997	408,409	3.09%	1.54%
1990	17,833,171	412,493	2.99%	1%
1991	18,342,464	415,013	2.86%	0.61%
1992	18,834,572	417,589	2.68%	0.62%
1993	19,322,664	419,352	2.59%	0.42%
1994	19,820,446	422,375	2.58%	0.72%
1995	20,330,599	429,606	2.57%	1.71%
1996	20,850,087	438,830	2.56%	2.15%
1997	21,375,218	448,067	2.52%	2.1%
1998	21,906,713	457,406	2.49%	2.08%
1999	22,435,531	466,916	2.41%	2.08%
2000	22,967,816	476,643	2.37%	2.08%
2001	23,526,538	486,560	2.43%	2.08%
2002	24,102,477	496,551	2.45%	2.05%
2003	24,679,602	506,414	2.39%	1.99%
2004	25,256,772	513,923	2.34%	1.48%
2005	25,836,071	519,313	2.29%	1.05%
2006	26,417,909	524,997	2.25%	1.09%
2007	26,998,389	531,016	2.2%	1.15%
2008	27,570,059	537,245	2.12%	1.17%
2009	28,124,778	543,568	2.01%	1.18%
2010	28,655,776	549,923	1.89%	1.17%
2011	29,162,039	556,269	1.77%	1.15%
2012	29,662,831	562,633	1.72%	1.14%
2013	30,174,265	569,020	1.72%	1.14%
2014	30,696,137	575,373	1.73%	1.12%
2015	31,232,798	581,627	1.75%	1.09%
2016	31,789,685	587,757	1.78%	1.05%
2017	32,355,644	593,713	1.78%	1.01%
2018	32,910,967	599,513	1.72%	0.98%
2019	33,440,596	605,768	1.61%	1.04%
2020	33,889,558	612,317	1.34%	1.08%
2021	34,282,399	617,896	1.16%	0.91%
2022	34,695,493	623,164	1.2%	0.85%
2023	35,126,298	628,886	1.24%	0.92%
2024	35,557,673	634,431	1.23%	0.88%
2025	35,977,838	639,852	1.18%	0.85%
2026	36,385,119	645,257	1.13%	0.84%
2027	36,785,089	650,564	1.1%	0.82%
2028	37,182,773	655,783	1.08%	0.8%
2029	37,574,292	660,793	1.05%	0.76%
2030	37,961,722	665,650	1.03%	0.74%
2031	38,347,786	670,421	1.02%	0.72%
2032	38,728,383	675,070	0.99%	0.69%
2033	39,097,871	679,573	0.95%	0.67%
2034	39,457,849	683,911	0.92%	0.64%
2035	39,814,834	688,189	0.9%	0.63%
2036	40,166,904	692,343	0.88%	0.6%
2037	40,512,289	696,213	0.86%	0.56%
2038	40,853,318	699,908	0.84%	0.53%
2039	41,185,892	703,569	0.81%	0.52%
2040	41,509,646	707,156	0.79%	0.51%
2041	41,828,594	710,619	0.77%	0.49%
2042	42,144,474	713,900	0.76%	0.46%
2043	42,455,952	716,999	0.74%	0.43%
2044	42,754,140	719,920	0.7%	0.41%
2045	43,038,205	722,759	0.66%	0.39%
2046	43,313,754	725,322	0.64%	0.35%
2047	43,580,459	727,726	0.62%	0.33%
2048	43,831,577	730,038	0.58%	0.32%
2049	44,065,538	732,021	0.53%	0.27%
2050	44,289,765	733,898	0.51%	0.26%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Malaysia increased by 5,371,776 people (a 20.3% growth), while Suriname gained 62,760 people (a 12% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Malaysia gained 4,599,805 (a 14.5% growth), while Suriname's population increased by 57,558 (a 9.79% growth).

Malaysia was ranked 44th most populous country in 2006 and is 45th in 2026. Suriname was ranked 164th in 2006 and ranked 165th 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 Suriname will increase by 13.7% to 733,898 people and will still be ranked 165th.