Population in Malaysia compared to the United States: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Malaysia and the United States: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Malaysia	United States	Malaysia	United States
1900	-	76,094,000	-	-
1901	-	77,584,000	-	1.96%
1902	-	79,163,000	-	2.04%
1903	-	80,632,000	-	1.86%
1904	-	82,166,000	-	1.9%
1905	-	83,822,000	-	2.02%
1906	-	85,450,000	-	1.94%
1907	-	87,008,000	-	1.82%
1908	-	88,710,000	-	1.96%
1909	-	90,490,000	-	2.01%
1910	-	92,407,000	-	2.12%
1911	-	93,863,000	-	1.58%
1912	-	95,335,000	-	1.57%
1913	-	97,225,000	-	1.98%
1914	-	99,111,000	-	1.94%
1915	-	100,546,000	-	1.45%
1916	-	101,961,000	-	1.41%
1917	-	103,268,000	-	1.28%
1918	-	103,208,000	-	-0.06%
1919	-	104,514,000	-	1.27%
1920	-	106,461,000	-	1.86%
1921	-	108,538,000	-	1.95%
1922	-	110,049,000	-	1.39%
1923	-	111,947,000	-	1.72%
1924	-	114,109,000	-	1.93%
1925	-	115,829,000	-	1.51%
1926	-	117,397,000	-	1.35%
1927	-	119,035,000	-	1.4%
1928	-	120,509,000	-	1.24%
1929	-	121,767,000	-	1.04%
1930	-	123,076,741	-	1.08%
1931	-	124,039,648	-	0.78%
1932	-	124,840,471	-	0.65%
1933	-	125,578,763	-	0.59%
1934	-	126,373,773	-	0.63%
1935	-	127,250,232	-	0.69%
1936	-	128,053,180	-	0.63%
1937	-	128,824,829	-	0.6%
1938	-	129,824,939	-	0.78%
1939	-	130,879,718	-	0.81%
1940	-	132,122,446	-	0.95%
1941	-	133,402,471	-	0.97%
1942	-	134,859,553	-	1.09%
1943	-	136,739,353	-	1.39%
1944	-	138,397,345	-	1.21%
1945	-	139,928,165	-	1.11%
1946	-	141,388,566	-	1.04%
1947	-	144,126,071	-	1.94%
1948	-	146,631,302	-	1.74%
1949	-	149,188,130	-	1.74%
1950	-	152,271,417	-	2.07%
1951	-	154,877,889	-	1.71%
1952	-	157,552,740	-	1.73%
1953	-	160,184,192	-	1.67%
1954	-	163,025,854	-	1.77%
1955	-	165,931,202	-	1.78%
1956	-	168,903,031	-	1.79%
1957	-	171,984,130	-	1.82%
1958	-	174,881,904	-	1.68%
1959	-	177,829,628	-	1.69%
1960	7,956,197	180,671,158	-	1.6%
1961	8,164,443	183,691,481	2.62%	1.67%
1962	8,380,172	186,537,737	2.64%	1.55%
1963	8,602,160	189,241,798	2.65%	1.45%
1964	8,828,406	191,888,791	2.63%	1.4%
1965	9,056,408	194,302,963	2.58%	1.26%
1966	9,284,688	196,560,338	2.52%	1.16%
1967	9,507,099	198,712,056	2.4%	1.09%
1968	9,725,281	200,706,052	2.29%	1%
1969	9,947,597	202,676,946	2.29%	0.98%
1970	10,178,802	205,052,174	2.32%	1.17%
1971	10,423,453	207,660,677	2.4%	1.27%
1972	10,676,835	209,896,021	2.43%	1.08%
1973	10,935,621	211,908,788	2.42%	0.96%
1974	11,200,906	213,853,928	2.43%	0.92%
1975	11,471,914	215,973,199	2.42%	0.99%
1976	11,750,097	218,035,164	2.42%	0.95%
1977	12,035,713	220,239,425	2.43%	1.01%
1978	12,328,157	222,584,545	2.43%	1.06%
1979	12,627,862	225,055,487	2.43%	1.11%
1980	12,983,363	226,542,250	2.82%	0.66%
1981	13,399,203	229,465,744	3.2%	1.29%
1982	13,832,798	231,664,432	3.24%	0.96%
1983	14,285,907	233,792,014	3.28%	0.92%
1984	14,759,009	235,824,908	3.31%	0.87%
1985	15,252,258	237,923,734	3.34%	0.89%
1986	15,760,419	240,132,831	3.33%	0.93%
1987	16,276,737	242,288,936	3.28%	0.9%
1988	16,796,605	244,499,004	3.19%	0.91%
1989	17,314,997	246,819,222	3.09%	0.95%
1990	17,833,171	250,131,894	2.99%	1.34%
1991	18,342,464	253,492,503	2.86%	1.34%
1992	18,834,572	256,894,189	2.68%	1.34%
1993	19,322,664	260,255,352	2.59%	1.31%
1994	19,820,446	263,435,673	2.58%	1.22%
1995	20,330,599	266,557,091	2.57%	1.18%
1996	20,850,087	269,667,391	2.56%	1.17%
1997	21,375,218	272,911,760	2.52%	1.2%
1998	21,906,713	276,115,288	2.49%	1.17%
1999	22,435,531	279,294,713	2.41%	1.15%
2000	22,967,816	282,162,411	2.37%	1.03%
2001	23,526,538	284,968,955	2.43%	0.99%
2002	24,102,477	287,625,193	2.45%	0.93%
2003	24,679,602	290,107,933	2.39%	0.86%
2004	25,256,772	292,805,298	2.34%	0.93%
2005	25,836,071	295,516,599	2.29%	0.93%
2006	26,417,909	298,379,912	2.25%	0.97%
2007	26,998,389	301,231,207	2.2%	0.96%
2008	27,570,059	304,093,966	2.12%	0.95%
2009	28,124,778	306,771,529	2.01%	0.88%
2010	28,655,776	309,327,143	1.89%	0.83%
2011	29,162,039	311,583,481	1.77%	0.73%
2012	29,662,831	313,877,662	1.72%	0.74%
2013	30,174,265	316,059,947	1.72%	0.7%
2014	30,696,137	318,386,329	1.73%	0.74%
2015	31,232,798	320,738,994	1.75%	0.74%
2016	31,789,685	323,071,755	1.78%	0.73%
2017	32,355,644	325,122,128	1.78%	0.63%
2018	32,910,967	326,838,199	1.72%	0.53%
2019	33,440,596	328,329,953	1.61%	0.46%
2020	33,889,558	331,526,933	1.34%	0.97%
2021	34,282,399	331,893,745	1.16%	0.11%
2022	34,695,493	333,271,411	1.2%	0.42%
2023	35,126,298	334,914,895	1.24%	0.49%
2024	35,557,673	340,110,988	1.23%	1.55%
2025	35,977,838	341,931,772	1.18%	0.54%
2026	36,385,119	343,664,369	1.13%	0.51%
2027	36,785,089	345,331,185	1.1%	0.49%
2028	37,182,773	346,981,137	1.08%	0.48%
2029	37,574,292	348,601,982	1.05%	0.47%
2030	37,961,722	350,176,974	1.03%	0.45%
2031	38,347,786	351,725,612	1.02%	0.44%
2032	38,728,383	353,249,060	0.99%	0.43%
2033	39,097,871	354,749,644	0.95%	0.42%
2034	39,457,849	356,234,239	0.92%	0.42%
2035	39,814,834	357,694,316	0.9%	0.41%
2036	40,166,904	359,119,002	0.88%	0.4%
2037	40,512,289	360,517,853	0.86%	0.39%
2038	40,853,318	361,895,407	0.84%	0.38%
2039	41,185,892	363,229,908	0.81%	0.37%
2040	41,509,646	364,512,364	0.79%	0.35%
2041	41,828,594	365,753,139	0.77%	0.34%
2042	42,144,474	366,969,419	0.76%	0.33%
2043	42,455,952	368,146,925	0.74%	0.32%
2044	42,754,140	369,258,123	0.7%	0.3%
2045	43,038,205	370,318,770	0.66%	0.29%
2046	43,313,754	371,328,255	0.64%	0.27%
2047	43,580,459	372,299,116	0.62%	0.26%
2048	43,831,577	373,230,539	0.58%	0.25%
2049	44,065,538	374,119,803	0.53%	0.24%
2050	44,289,765	374,986,259	0.51%	0.23%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Malaysia increased by 5,371,776 people (a 20.3% growth), while the United States gained 24,691,843 people (a 8.28% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Malaysia gained 4,599,805 (a 14.5% growth), while the United States' population increased by 20,610,830 (a 6.38% growth).

Malaysia was ranked 44th most populous country in 2006 and is 45th in 2026. The United States was ranked 3rd in 2006 and still ranked 3rd 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 the United States will increase by 9.11% to 374,986,259 people and will still be ranked 3rd.