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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Malaysia	Tunisia	Malaysia	Tunisia
1960	7,956,197	4,267,288	-	-
1961	8,164,443	4,316,278	2.62%	1.15%
1962	8,380,172	4,369,136	2.64%	1.22%
1963	8,602,160	4,427,131	2.65%	1.33%
1964	8,828,406	4,489,869	2.63%	1.42%
1965	9,056,408	4,561,385	2.58%	1.59%
1966	9,284,688	4,652,287	2.52%	1.99%
1967	9,507,099	4,760,970	2.4%	2.34%
1968	9,725,281	4,879,899	2.29%	2.5%
1969	9,947,597	5,004,697	2.29%	2.56%
1970	10,178,802	5,131,396	2.32%	2.53%
1971	10,423,453	5,261,658	2.4%	2.54%
1972	10,676,835	5,396,557	2.43%	2.56%
1973	10,935,621	5,537,242	2.42%	2.61%
1974	11,200,906	5,684,674	2.43%	2.66%
1975	11,471,914	5,839,262	2.42%	2.72%
1976	11,750,097	5,996,994	2.42%	2.7%
1977	12,035,713	6,155,931	2.43%	2.65%
1978	12,328,157	6,309,390	2.43%	2.49%
1979	12,627,862	6,456,419	2.43%	2.33%
1980	12,983,363	6,606,195	2.82%	2.32%
1981	13,399,203	6,758,284	3.2%	2.3%
1982	13,832,798	6,908,642	3.24%	2.22%
1983	14,285,907	7,053,800	3.28%	2.1%
1984	14,759,009	7,220,044	3.31%	2.36%
1985	15,252,258	7,409,903	3.34%	2.63%
1986	15,760,419	7,600,301	3.33%	2.57%
1987	16,276,737	7,789,987	3.28%	2.5%
1988	16,796,605	7,974,440	3.19%	2.37%
1989	17,314,997	8,151,660	3.09%	2.22%
1990	17,833,171	8,324,509	2.99%	2.12%
1991	18,342,464	8,501,827	2.86%	2.13%
1992	18,834,572	8,682,512	2.68%	2.13%
1993	19,322,664	8,857,910	2.59%	2.02%
1994	19,820,446	9,018,448	2.58%	1.81%
1995	20,330,599	9,161,258	2.57%	1.58%
1996	20,850,087	9,294,432	2.56%	1.45%
1997	21,375,218	9,421,270	2.52%	1.36%
1998	21,906,713	9,541,667	2.49%	1.28%
1999	22,435,531	9,655,963	2.41%	1.2%
2000	22,967,816	9,764,935	2.37%	1.13%
2001	23,526,538	9,869,677	2.43%	1.07%
2002	24,102,477	9,971,515	2.45%	1.03%
2003	24,679,602	10,071,632	2.39%	1%
2004	25,256,772	10,166,163	2.34%	0.94%
2005	25,836,071	10,255,472	2.29%	0.88%
2006	26,417,909	10,346,410	2.25%	0.89%
2007	26,998,389	10,441,702	2.2%	0.92%
2008	27,570,059	10,542,635	2.12%	0.97%
2009	28,124,778	10,650,681	2.01%	1.02%
2010	28,655,776	10,765,980	1.89%	1.08%
2011	29,162,039	10,886,035	1.77%	1.12%
2012	29,662,831	11,009,647	1.72%	1.14%
2013	30,174,265	11,141,361	1.72%	1.2%
2014	30,696,137	11,274,288	1.73%	1.19%
2015	31,232,798	11,402,264	1.75%	1.14%
2016	31,789,685	11,528,674	1.78%	1.11%
2017	32,355,644	11,650,498	1.78%	1.06%
2018	32,910,967	11,765,514	1.72%	0.99%
2019	33,440,596	11,875,081	1.61%	0.93%
2020	33,889,558	11,974,057	1.34%	0.83%
2021	34,282,399	12,048,622	1.16%	0.62%
2022	34,695,493	12,119,334	1.2%	0.59%
2023	35,126,298	12,200,431	1.24%	0.67%
2024	35,557,673	12,277,109	1.23%	0.63%
2025	35,977,838	12,348,580	1.18%	0.58%
2026	36,385,119	12,415,147	1.13%	0.54%
2027	36,785,089	12,476,105	1.1%	0.49%
2028	37,182,773	12,531,994	1.08%	0.45%
2029	37,574,292	12,582,709	1.05%	0.4%
2030	37,961,722	12,628,154	1.03%	0.36%
2031	38,347,786	12,669,925	1.02%	0.33%
2032	38,728,383	12,709,155	0.99%	0.31%
2033	39,097,871	12,746,538	0.95%	0.29%
2034	39,457,849	12,781,017	0.92%	0.27%
2035	39,814,834	12,812,275	0.9%	0.24%
2036	40,166,904	12,842,495	0.88%	0.24%
2037	40,512,289	12,872,063	0.86%	0.23%
2038	40,853,318	12,900,190	0.84%	0.22%
2039	41,185,892	12,927,314	0.81%	0.21%
2040	41,509,646	12,953,871	0.79%	0.21%
2041	41,828,594	12,979,696	0.77%	0.2%
2042	42,144,474	13,005,242	0.76%	0.2%
2043	42,455,952	13,030,307	0.74%	0.19%
2044	42,754,140	13,054,103	0.7%	0.18%
2045	43,038,205	13,076,097	0.66%	0.17%
2046	43,313,754	13,095,748	0.64%	0.15%
2047	43,580,459	13,113,228	0.62%	0.13%
2048	43,831,577	13,127,662	0.58%	0.11%
2049	44,065,538	13,138,151	0.53%	0.08%
2050	44,289,765	13,145,144	0.51%	0.05%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Malaysia increased by 5,371,776 people (a 20.3% growth), while Tunisia gained 1,182,264 people (a 11.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Malaysia gained 4,599,805 (a 14.5% growth), while Tunisia's population increased by 887,139 (a 7.7% growth).

Malaysia was ranked 44th most populous country in 2006 and is 45th in 2026. Tunisia was ranked 79th in 2006 and ranked 81st 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 Tunisia will increase by 5.87% to 13,145,144 people and rank change from 81st to 89th.