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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Malaysia	Thailand	Malaysia	Thailand
1960	7,956,197	26,851,747	-	-
1961	8,164,443	27,650,334	2.62%	2.97%
1962	8,380,172	28,481,040	2.64%	3%
1963	8,602,160	29,342,322	2.65%	3.02%
1964	8,828,406	30,232,141	2.63%	3.03%
1965	9,056,408	31,149,337	2.58%	3.03%
1966	9,284,688	32,086,071	2.52%	3.01%
1967	9,507,099	33,037,801	2.4%	2.97%
1968	9,725,281	34,002,560	2.29%	2.92%
1969	9,947,597	34,973,782	2.29%	2.86%
1970	10,178,802	35,954,408	2.32%	2.8%
1971	10,423,453	36,937,387	2.4%	2.73%
1972	10,676,835	37,933,929	2.43%	2.7%
1973	10,935,621	38,947,787	2.42%	2.67%
1974	11,200,906	39,952,891	2.43%	2.58%
1975	11,471,914	40,940,005	2.42%	2.47%
1976	11,750,097	41,896,504	2.42%	2.34%
1977	12,035,713	42,843,974	2.43%	2.26%
1978	12,328,157	43,788,976	2.43%	2.21%
1979	12,627,862	44,718,434	2.43%	2.12%
1980	12,983,363	45,650,022	2.82%	2.08%
1981	13,399,203	46,575,855	3.2%	2.03%
1982	13,832,798	47,494,577	3.24%	1.97%
1983	14,285,907	48,423,309	3.28%	1.96%
1984	14,759,009	49,351,708	3.31%	1.92%
1985	15,252,258	50,270,753	3.34%	1.86%
1986	15,760,419	51,177,834	3.33%	1.8%
1987	16,276,737	52,074,105	3.28%	1.75%
1988	16,796,605	52,969,595	3.19%	1.72%
1989	17,314,997	53,848,956	3.09%	1.66%
1990	17,833,171	54,738,329	2.99%	1.65%
1991	18,342,464	55,637,434	2.86%	1.64%
1992	18,834,572	56,528,834	2.68%	1.6%
1993	19,322,664	57,408,198	2.59%	1.56%
1994	19,820,446	58,260,854	2.58%	1.49%
1995	20,330,599	59,098,232	2.57%	1.44%
1996	20,850,087	59,920,064	2.56%	1.39%
1997	21,375,218	60,724,584	2.52%	1.34%
1998	21,906,713	61,522,630	2.49%	1.31%
1999	22,435,531	62,299,043	2.41%	1.26%
2000	22,967,816	63,007,815	2.37%	1.14%
2001	23,526,538	63,651,141	2.43%	1.02%
2002	24,102,477	64,266,437	2.45%	0.97%
2003	24,679,602	64,868,166	2.39%	0.94%
2004	25,256,772	65,452,047	2.34%	0.9%
2005	25,836,071	66,017,420	2.29%	0.86%
2006	26,417,909	66,567,687	2.25%	0.83%
2007	26,998,389	67,102,394	2.2%	0.8%
2008	27,570,059	67,619,830	2.12%	0.77%
2009	28,124,778	68,121,080	2.01%	0.74%
2010	28,655,776	68,579,447	1.89%	0.67%
2011	29,162,039	69,007,208	1.77%	0.62%
2012	29,662,831	69,436,098	1.72%	0.62%
2013	30,174,265	69,845,114	1.72%	0.59%
2014	30,696,137	70,216,367	1.73%	0.53%
2015	31,232,798	70,540,795	1.75%	0.46%
2016	31,789,685	70,859,841	1.78%	0.45%
2017	32,355,644	71,160,187	1.78%	0.42%
2018	32,910,967	71,376,079	1.72%	0.3%
2019	33,440,596	71,522,271	1.61%	0.2%
2020	33,889,558	71,641,484	1.34%	0.17%
2021	34,282,399	71,727,332	1.16%	0.12%
2022	34,695,493	71,735,329	1.2%	0.01%
2023	35,126,298	71,702,435	1.24%	-0.05%
2024	35,557,673	71,668,011	1.23%	-0.05%
2025	35,977,838	71,619,867	1.18%	-0.07%
2026	36,385,119	71,559,621	1.13%	-0.08%
2027	36,785,089	71,488,156	1.1%	-0.1%
2028	37,182,773	71,406,996	1.08%	-0.11%
2029	37,574,292	71,316,195	1.05%	-0.13%
2030	37,961,722	71,215,017	1.03%	-0.14%
2031	38,347,786	71,104,025	1.02%	-0.16%
2032	38,728,383	70,982,286	0.99%	-0.17%
2033	39,097,871	70,847,947	0.95%	-0.19%
2034	39,457,849	70,701,651	0.92%	-0.21%
2035	39,814,834	70,540,884	0.9%	-0.23%
2036	40,166,904	70,366,496	0.88%	-0.25%
2037	40,512,289	70,180,031	0.86%	-0.26%
2038	40,853,318	69,979,034	0.84%	-0.29%
2039	41,185,892	69,763,928	0.81%	-0.31%
2040	41,509,646	69,535,003	0.79%	-0.33%
2041	41,828,594	69,288,477	0.77%	-0.35%
2042	42,144,474	69,025,348	0.76%	-0.38%
2043	42,455,952	68,748,075	0.74%	-0.4%
2044	42,754,140	68,456,533	0.7%	-0.42%
2045	43,038,205	68,150,148	0.66%	-0.45%
2046	43,313,754	67,827,309	0.64%	-0.47%
2047	43,580,459	67,489,358	0.62%	-0.5%
2048	43,831,577	67,136,737	0.58%	-0.52%
2049	44,065,538	66,767,316	0.53%	-0.55%
2050	44,289,765	66,382,732	0.51%	-0.58%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Malaysia increased by 5,396,727 people (a 20.9% growth), while Thailand gained 4,523,375 people (a 6.85% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Malaysia gained 5,072,200 (a 16.2% growth), while Thailand's population increased by 1,079,072 (a 1.53% growth).

Malaysia was ranked 44th most populous country in 2005 and is 45th in 2025. Thailand was ranked 19th in 2005 and ranked 21st 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 Thailand will decrease by 7.31% to 66,382,732 people and rank change from 21st to 31st.