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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Malaysia	Tanzania	Malaysia	Tanzania
1960	7,956,197	9,901,419	-	-
1961	8,164,443	10,187,886	2.62%	2.89%
1962	8,380,172	10,487,756	2.64%	2.94%
1963	8,602,160	10,799,528	2.65%	2.97%
1964	8,828,406	11,127,826	2.63%	3.04%
1965	9,056,408	11,470,728	2.58%	3.08%
1966	9,284,688	11,827,459	2.52%	3.11%
1967	9,507,099	12,200,109	2.4%	3.15%
1968	9,725,281	12,602,076	2.29%	3.29%
1969	9,947,597	13,036,700	2.29%	3.45%
1970	10,178,802	13,492,677	2.32%	3.5%
1971	10,423,453	13,971,451	2.4%	3.55%
1972	10,676,835	14,479,308	2.43%	3.63%
1973	10,935,621	15,010,101	2.42%	3.67%
1974	11,200,906	15,561,630	2.43%	3.67%
1975	11,471,914	16,138,361	2.42%	3.71%
1976	11,750,097	16,736,211	2.42%	3.7%
1977	12,035,713	17,352,929	2.43%	3.68%
1978	12,328,157	17,976,566	2.43%	3.59%
1979	12,627,862	18,592,038	2.43%	3.42%
1980	12,983,363	19,189,769	2.82%	3.21%
1981	13,399,203	19,784,703	3.2%	3.1%
1982	13,832,798	20,398,571	3.24%	3.1%
1983	14,285,907	21,079,874	3.28%	3.34%
1984	14,759,009	21,779,066	3.31%	3.32%
1985	15,252,258	22,501,693	3.34%	3.32%
1986	15,760,419	23,258,959	3.33%	3.37%
1987	16,276,737	24,030,378	3.28%	3.32%
1988	16,796,605	24,769,686	3.19%	3.08%
1989	17,314,997	25,438,759	3.09%	2.7%
1990	17,833,171	26,110,207	2.99%	2.64%
1991	18,342,464	26,780,436	2.86%	2.57%
1992	18,834,572	27,457,588	2.68%	2.53%
1993	19,322,664	28,332,692	2.59%	3.19%
1994	19,820,446	29,442,356	2.58%	3.92%
1995	20,330,599	30,383,497	2.57%	3.2%
1996	20,850,087	30,945,762	2.56%	1.85%
1997	21,375,218	31,578,089	2.52%	2.04%
1998	21,906,713	32,420,458	2.49%	2.67%
1999	22,435,531	33,300,330	2.41%	2.71%
2000	22,967,816	34,260,139	2.37%	2.88%
2001	23,526,538	35,198,299	2.43%	2.74%
2002	24,102,477	36,121,304	2.45%	2.62%
2003	24,679,602	37,089,555	2.39%	2.68%
2004	25,256,772	38,109,668	2.34%	2.75%
2005	25,836,071	39,182,076	2.29%	2.81%
2006	26,417,909	40,294,902	2.25%	2.84%
2007	26,998,389	41,435,512	2.2%	2.83%
2008	27,570,059	42,570,728	2.12%	2.74%
2009	28,124,778	43,633,982	2.01%	2.5%
2010	28,655,776	44,758,488	1.89%	2.58%
2011	29,162,039	46,029,367	1.77%	2.84%
2012	29,662,831	47,374,260	1.72%	2.92%
2013	30,174,265	48,824,128	1.72%	3.06%
2014	30,696,137	50,351,512	1.73%	3.13%
2015	31,232,798	52,020,962	1.75%	3.32%
2016	31,789,685	53,824,013	1.78%	3.47%
2017	32,355,644	55,652,890	1.78%	3.4%
2018	32,910,967	57,437,145	1.72%	3.21%
2019	33,440,596	59,174,891	1.61%	3.03%
2020	33,889,558	60,972,798	1.34%	3.04%
2021	34,282,399	62,830,412	1.16%	3.05%
2022	34,695,493	64,711,821	1.2%	2.99%
2023	35,126,298	66,617,606	1.24%	2.95%
2024	35,557,673	68,560,157	1.23%	2.92%
2025	35,977,838	70,545,858	1.18%	2.9%
2026	36,385,119	72,563,773	1.13%	2.86%
2027	36,785,089	74,604,804	1.1%	2.81%
2028	37,182,773	76,670,483	1.08%	2.77%
2029	37,574,292	78,773,192	1.05%	2.74%
2030	37,961,722	80,913,118	1.03%	2.72%
2031	38,347,786	83,087,927	1.02%	2.69%
2032	38,728,383	85,293,126	0.99%	2.65%
2033	39,097,871	87,520,491	0.95%	2.61%
2034	39,457,849	89,788,673	0.92%	2.59%
2035	39,814,834	92,091,418	0.9%	2.56%
2036	40,166,904	94,420,808	0.88%	2.53%
2037	40,512,289	96,775,766	0.86%	2.49%
2038	40,853,318	99,156,465	0.84%	2.46%
2039	41,185,892	101,567,525	0.81%	2.43%
2040	41,509,646	103,999,350	0.79%	2.39%
2041	41,828,594	106,448,475	0.77%	2.35%
2042	42,144,474	108,926,272	0.76%	2.33%
2043	42,455,952	111,433,788	0.74%	2.3%
2044	42,754,140	113,966,263	0.7%	2.27%
2045	43,038,205	116,525,463	0.66%	2.25%
2046	43,313,754	119,109,670	0.64%	2.22%
2047	43,580,459	121,721,018	0.62%	2.19%
2048	43,831,577	124,351,294	0.58%	2.16%
2049	44,065,538	126,981,394	0.53%	2.12%
2050	44,289,765	129,621,083	0.51%	2.08%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Malaysia increased by 5,396,727 people (a 20.9% growth), while Tanzania gained 12,838,886 people (a 32.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Malaysia gained 5,072,200 (a 16.2% growth), while Tanzania's population increased by 20,145,844 (a 38.7% growth).

Malaysia was ranked 44th most populous country in 2005 and is 45th in 2025. Tanzania was ranked 31st in 2005 and ranked 20th 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 Tanzania will increase by 79.6% to 129,621,083 people and rank change from 20th to 15th.