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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Malaysia	Turkey	Malaysia	Turkey
1960	7,956,197	28,329,898	-	-
1961	8,164,443	29,119,238	2.62%	2.79%
1962	8,380,172	29,916,147	2.64%	2.74%
1963	8,602,160	30,726,841	2.65%	2.71%
1964	8,828,406	31,543,072	2.63%	2.66%
1965	9,056,408	32,345,220	2.58%	2.54%
1966	9,284,688	33,177,672	2.52%	2.57%
1967	9,507,099	34,050,421	2.4%	2.63%
1968	9,725,281	34,921,684	2.29%	2.56%
1969	9,947,597	35,787,774	2.29%	2.48%
1970	10,178,802	36,638,465	2.32%	2.38%
1971	10,423,453	37,518,611	2.4%	2.4%
1972	10,676,835	38,430,221	2.43%	2.43%
1973	10,935,621	39,329,533	2.42%	2.34%
1974	11,200,906	40,210,234	2.43%	2.24%
1975	11,471,914	41,053,126	2.42%	2.1%
1976	11,750,097	41,899,984	2.42%	2.06%
1977	12,035,713	42,773,298	2.43%	2.08%
1978	12,328,157	43,645,306	2.43%	2.04%
1979	12,627,862	44,510,429	2.43%	1.98%
1980	12,983,363	45,408,815	2.82%	2.02%
1981	13,399,203	46,321,190	3.2%	2.01%
1982	13,832,798	47,322,096	3.24%	2.16%
1983	14,285,907	48,447,410	3.28%	2.38%
1984	14,759,009	49,574,069	3.31%	2.33%
1985	15,252,258	50,687,115	3.34%	2.25%
1986	15,760,419	51,777,772	3.33%	2.15%
1987	16,276,737	52,843,670	3.28%	2.06%
1988	16,796,605	53,909,626	3.19%	2.02%
1989	17,314,997	54,976,723	3.09%	1.98%
1990	17,833,171	56,015,628	2.99%	1.89%
1991	18,342,464	57,009,887	2.86%	1.77%
1992	18,834,572	57,990,118	2.68%	1.72%
1993	19,322,664	58,999,167	2.59%	1.74%
1994	19,820,446	60,033,836	2.58%	1.75%
1995	20,330,599	61,024,503	2.57%	1.65%
1996	20,850,087	61,951,134	2.56%	1.52%
1997	21,375,218	62,852,966	2.52%	1.46%
1998	21,906,713	63,734,383	2.49%	1.4%
1999	22,435,531	64,591,923	2.41%	1.35%
2000	22,967,816	65,425,961	2.37%	1.29%
2001	23,526,538	66,245,128	2.43%	1.25%
2002	24,102,477	67,048,795	2.45%	1.21%
2003	24,679,602	67,831,730	2.39%	1.17%
2004	25,256,772	68,592,617	2.34%	1.12%
2005	25,836,071	69,329,557	2.29%	1.07%
2006	26,417,909	70,045,349	2.25%	1.03%
2007	26,998,389	70,158,112	2.2%	0.16%
2008	27,570,059	71,051,678	2.12%	1.27%
2009	28,124,778	72,039,206	2.01%	1.39%
2010	28,655,776	73,142,150	1.89%	1.53%
2011	29,162,039	74,223,629	1.77%	1.48%
2012	29,662,831	75,175,827	1.72%	1.28%
2013	30,174,265	76,147,624	1.72%	1.29%
2014	30,696,137	77,181,884	1.73%	1.36%
2015	31,232,798	78,218,479	1.75%	1.34%
2016	31,789,685	79,277,962	1.78%	1.35%
2017	32,355,644	80,312,698	1.78%	1.31%
2018	32,910,967	81,407,204	1.72%	1.36%
2019	33,440,596	82,579,440	1.61%	1.44%
2020	33,889,558	83,384,680	1.34%	0.98%
2021	34,282,399	84,147,318	1.16%	0.91%
2022	34,695,493	84,979,913	1.2%	0.99%
2023	35,126,298	85,325,965	1.24%	0.41%
2024	35,557,673	85,518,661	1.23%	0.23%
2025	35,977,838	85,725,557	1.18%	0.24%
2026	36,385,119	85,960,835	1.13%	0.27%
2027	36,785,089	86,227,115	1.1%	0.31%
2028	37,182,773	86,502,744	1.08%	0.32%
2029	37,574,292	86,771,652	1.05%	0.31%
2030	37,961,722	87,037,680	1.03%	0.31%
2031	38,347,786	87,297,191	1.02%	0.3%
2032	38,728,383	87,537,075	0.99%	0.27%
2033	39,097,871	87,762,403	0.95%	0.26%
2034	39,457,849	87,974,138	0.92%	0.24%
2035	39,814,834	88,172,739	0.9%	0.23%
2036	40,166,904	88,364,318	0.88%	0.22%
2037	40,512,289	88,545,669	0.86%	0.21%
2038	40,853,318	88,707,268	0.84%	0.18%
2039	41,185,892	88,849,956	0.81%	0.16%
2040	41,509,646	88,975,510	0.79%	0.14%
2041	41,828,594	89,083,304	0.77%	0.12%
2042	42,144,474	89,177,769	0.76%	0.11%
2043	42,455,952	89,254,147	0.74%	0.09%
2044	42,754,140	89,311,458	0.7%	0.06%
2045	43,038,205	89,349,806	0.66%	0.04%
2046	43,313,754	89,375,429	0.64%	0.03%
2047	43,580,459	89,383,765	0.62%	0.009%
2048	43,831,577	89,361,174	0.58%	-0.03%
2049	44,065,538	89,306,566	0.53%	-0.06%
2050	44,289,765	89,218,346	0.51%	-0.1%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Malaysia increased by 5,371,776 people (a 20.3% growth), while Turkey gained 9,232,613 people (a 13.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Malaysia gained 4,599,805 (a 14.5% growth), while Turkey's population increased by 6,685,783 (a 8.43% growth).

Malaysia was ranked 44th most populous country in 2006 and is 45th in 2026. Turkey was ranked 18th in 2006 and still ranked 18th 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 Turkey will increase by 3.79% to 89,218,346 people and rank change from 18th to 19th.