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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Malaysia	Tonga	Malaysia	Tonga
1960	7,956,197	66,170	-	-
1961	8,164,443	68,037	2.62%	2.82%
1962	8,380,172	69,940	2.64%	2.8%
1963	8,602,160	71,885	2.65%	2.78%
1964	8,828,406	73,879	2.63%	2.77%
1965	9,056,408	75,924	2.58%	2.77%
1966	9,284,688	78,002	2.52%	2.74%
1967	9,507,099	79,814	2.4%	2.32%
1968	9,725,281	81,353	2.29%	1.93%
1969	9,947,597	82,885	2.29%	1.88%
1970	10,178,802	84,401	2.32%	1.83%
1971	10,423,453	85,896	2.4%	1.77%
1972	10,676,835	87,356	2.43%	1.7%
1973	10,935,621	88,805	2.42%	1.66%
1974	11,200,906	90,683	2.43%	2.11%
1975	11,471,914	93,017	2.42%	2.57%
1976	11,750,097	95,325	2.42%	2.48%
1977	12,035,713	96,725	2.43%	1.47%
1978	12,328,157	97,204	2.43%	0.5%
1979	12,627,862	97,544	2.43%	0.35%
1980	12,983,363	97,769	2.82%	0.23%
1981	13,399,203	97,909	3.2%	0.14%
1982	13,832,798	97,980	3.24%	0.07%
1983	14,285,907	97,998	3.28%	0.02%
1984	14,759,009	97,990	3.31%	-0.008%
1985	15,252,258	97,984	3.34%	-0.006%
1986	15,760,419	98,010	3.33%	0.03%
1987	16,276,737	98,376	3.28%	0.37%
1988	16,796,605	98,969	3.19%	0.6%
1989	17,314,997	99,403	3.09%	0.44%
1990	17,833,171	99,700	2.99%	0.3%
1991	18,342,464	99,895	2.86%	0.2%
1992	18,834,572	100,022	2.68%	0.13%
1993	19,322,664	100,103	2.59%	0.08%
1994	19,820,446	100,166	2.58%	0.06%
1995	20,330,599	100,225	2.57%	0.06%
1996	20,850,087	100,275	2.56%	0.05%
1997	21,375,218	100,674	2.52%	0.4%
1998	21,906,713	101,388	2.49%	0.71%
1999	22,435,531	102,046	2.41%	0.65%
2000	22,967,816	102,677	2.37%	0.62%
2001	23,526,538	103,288	2.43%	0.6%
2002	24,102,477	103,874	2.45%	0.57%
2003	24,679,602	104,464	2.39%	0.57%
2004	25,256,772	105,071	2.34%	0.58%
2005	25,836,071	105,671	2.29%	0.57%
2006	26,417,909	106,253	2.25%	0.55%
2007	26,998,389	106,726	2.2%	0.45%
2008	27,570,059	107,020	2.12%	0.28%
2009	28,124,778	107,203	2.01%	0.17%
2010	28,655,776	107,400	1.89%	0.18%
2011	29,162,039	107,570	1.77%	0.16%
2012	29,662,831	107,460	1.72%	-0.1%
2013	30,174,265	107,078	1.72%	-0.36%
2014	30,696,137	106,609	1.73%	-0.44%
2015	31,232,798	106,095	1.75%	-0.48%
2016	31,789,685	105,524	1.78%	-0.54%
2017	32,355,644	105,356	1.78%	-0.16%
2018	32,910,967	105,567	1.72%	0.2%
2019	33,440,596	105,669	1.61%	0.1%
2020	33,889,558	105,704	1.34%	0.03%
2021	34,282,399	105,490	1.16%	-0.2%
2022	34,695,493	105,042	1.2%	-0.42%
2023	35,126,298	104,597	1.24%	-0.42%
2024	35,557,673	104,175	1.23%	-0.4%
2025	35,977,838	103,744	1.18%	-0.41%
2026	36,385,119	103,290	1.13%	-0.44%
2027	36,785,089	102,899	1.1%	-0.38%
2028	37,182,773	102,568	1.08%	-0.32%
2029	37,574,292	102,280	1.05%	-0.28%
2030	37,961,722	102,069	1.03%	-0.21%
2031	38,347,786	101,927	1.02%	-0.14%
2032	38,728,383	101,837	0.99%	-0.09%
2033	39,097,871	101,807	0.95%	-0.03%
2034	39,457,849	101,806	0.92%	-0.001%
2035	39,814,834	101,833	0.9%	0.03%
2036	40,166,904	101,895	0.88%	0.06%
2037	40,512,289	101,993	0.86%	0.1%
2038	40,853,318	102,173	0.84%	0.18%
2039	41,185,892	102,367	0.81%	0.19%
2040	41,509,646	102,568	0.79%	0.2%
2041	41,828,594	102,805	0.77%	0.23%
2042	42,144,474	103,038	0.76%	0.23%
2043	42,455,952	103,306	0.74%	0.26%
2044	42,754,140	103,612	0.7%	0.3%
2045	43,038,205	103,928	0.66%	0.3%
2046	43,313,754	104,232	0.64%	0.29%
2047	43,580,459	104,502	0.62%	0.26%
2048	43,831,577	104,744	0.58%	0.23%
2049	44,065,538	104,975	0.53%	0.22%
2050	44,289,765	105,193	0.51%	0.21%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Malaysia increased by 5,396,727 people (a 20.9% growth), while Tonga gained 424 people (a 0.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Malaysia gained 5,072,200 (a 16.2% growth), while Tonga's population decreased by -2,351 (a 2.22% decline).

Malaysia was ranked 44th most populous country in 2005 and is 45th in 2025. Tonga was ranked 182nd in 2005 and ranked 183rd 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 Tonga will increase by 1.4% to 105,193 people and will still be ranked 183rd.