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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Malaysia	Syria	Malaysia	Syria
1960	7,956,197	4,673,500	-	-
1961	8,164,443	4,815,466	2.62%	3.04%
1962	8,380,172	4,959,340	2.64%	2.99%
1963	8,602,160	5,110,467	2.65%	3.05%
1964	8,828,406	5,269,087	2.63%	3.1%
1965	9,056,408	5,435,267	2.58%	3.15%
1966	9,284,688	5,609,047	2.52%	3.2%
1967	9,507,099	5,790,198	2.4%	3.23%
1968	9,725,281	5,978,742	2.29%	3.26%
1969	9,947,597	6,175,166	2.29%	3.29%
1970	10,178,802	6,380,609	2.32%	3.33%
1971	10,423,453	6,598,094	2.4%	3.41%
1972	10,676,835	6,826,024	2.43%	3.45%
1973	10,935,621	7,060,321	2.42%	3.43%
1974	11,200,906	7,302,160	2.43%	3.43%
1975	11,471,914	7,554,364	2.42%	3.45%
1976	11,750,097	7,817,320	2.42%	3.48%
1977	12,035,713	8,090,501	2.43%	3.49%
1978	12,328,157	8,372,759	2.43%	3.49%
1979	12,627,862	8,661,909	2.43%	3.45%
1980	12,983,363	8,957,663	2.82%	3.41%
1981	13,399,203	9,260,189	3.2%	3.38%
1982	13,832,798	9,572,511	3.24%	3.37%
1983	14,285,907	9,904,809	3.28%	3.47%
1984	14,759,009	10,258,398	3.31%	3.57%
1985	15,252,258	10,625,672	3.34%	3.58%
1986	15,760,419	11,002,844	3.33%	3.55%
1987	16,276,737	11,388,923	3.28%	3.51%
1988	16,796,605	11,782,264	3.19%	3.45%
1989	17,314,997	12,179,060	3.09%	3.37%
1990	17,833,171	12,579,208	2.99%	3.29%
1991	18,342,464	12,980,821	2.86%	3.19%
1992	18,834,572	13,385,571	2.68%	3.12%
1993	19,322,664	13,795,686	2.59%	3.06%
1994	19,820,446	14,208,583	2.58%	2.99%
1995	20,330,599	14,616,801	2.57%	2.87%
1996	20,850,087	15,018,104	2.56%	2.75%
1997	21,375,218	15,417,542	2.52%	2.66%
1998	21,906,713	15,820,413	2.49%	2.61%
1999	22,435,531	16,228,061	2.41%	2.58%
2000	22,967,816	16,637,888	2.37%	2.53%
2001	23,526,538	17,051,338	2.43%	2.48%
2002	24,102,477	17,468,332	2.45%	2.45%
2003	24,679,602	17,889,296	2.39%	2.41%
2004	25,256,772	18,336,875	2.34%	2.5%
2005	25,836,071	18,814,091	2.29%	2.6%
2006	26,417,909	19,637,022	2.25%	4.37%
2007	26,998,389	20,884,125	2.2%	6.35%
2008	27,570,059	21,636,564	2.12%	3.6%
2009	28,124,778	21,976,969	2.01%	1.57%
2010	28,655,776	22,482,421	1.89%	2.3%
2011	29,162,039	22,878,098	1.77%	1.76%
2012	29,662,831	22,759,763	1.72%	-0.52%
2013	30,174,265	21,666,917	1.72%	-4.8%
2014	30,696,137	20,273,659	1.73%	-6.43%
2015	31,232,798	19,424,618	1.75%	-4.19%
2016	31,789,685	19,193,834	1.78%	-1.19%
2017	32,355,644	19,224,668	1.78%	0.16%
2018	32,910,967	19,577,845	1.72%	1.84%
2019	33,440,596	20,353,534	1.61%	3.96%
2020	33,889,558	21,049,429	1.34%	3.42%
2021	34,282,399	21,628,839	1.16%	2.75%
2022	34,695,493	22,462,173	1.2%	3.85%
2023	35,126,298	23,594,623	1.24%	5.04%
2024	35,557,673	24,672,760	1.23%	4.57%
2025	35,977,838	25,620,422	1.18%	3.84%
2026	36,385,119	26,472,499	1.13%	3.33%
2027	36,785,089	27,261,544	1.1%	2.98%
2028	37,182,773	28,006,558	1.08%	2.73%
2029	37,574,292	28,719,309	1.05%	2.54%
2030	37,961,722	29,395,545	1.03%	2.35%
2031	38,347,786	30,029,824	1.02%	2.16%
2032	38,728,383	30,633,661	0.99%	2.01%
2033	39,097,871	31,212,478	0.95%	1.89%
2034	39,457,849	31,768,138	0.92%	1.78%
2035	39,814,834	32,294,792	0.9%	1.66%
2036	40,166,904	32,788,153	0.88%	1.53%
2037	40,512,289	33,258,407	0.86%	1.43%
2038	40,853,318	33,710,718	0.84%	1.36%
2039	41,185,892	34,131,238	0.81%	1.25%
2040	41,509,646	34,533,185	0.79%	1.18%
2041	41,828,594	34,916,936	0.77%	1.11%
2042	42,144,474	35,279,863	0.76%	1.04%
2043	42,455,952	35,623,325	0.74%	0.97%
2044	42,754,140	35,944,394	0.7%	0.9%
2045	43,038,205	36,265,295	0.66%	0.89%
2046	43,313,754	36,583,260	0.64%	0.88%
2047	43,580,459	36,878,640	0.62%	0.81%
2048	43,831,577	37,171,029	0.58%	0.79%
2049	44,065,538	37,477,690	0.53%	0.83%
2050	44,289,765	37,793,378	0.51%	0.84%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Malaysia increased by 5,396,727 people (a 20.9% growth), while Syria gained 610,527 people (a 3.25% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Malaysia gained 5,072,200 (a 16.2% growth), while Syria's population increased by 6,880,259 (a 35.4% growth).

Malaysia was ranked 44th most populous country in 2005 and is 45th in 2025. Syria was ranked 58th in 2005 and ranked 57th 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 Syria will increase by 43.7% to 37,793,378 people and rank change from 57th to 54th.