Population in Malaysia compared to the Vatican: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Malaysia and the Vatican: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Malaysia	Vatican	Malaysia	Vatican
1960	7,956,197	-	-	-
1961	8,164,443	-	2.62%	-
1962	8,380,172	-	2.64%	-
1963	8,602,160	-	2.65%	-
1964	8,828,406	-	2.63%	-
1965	9,056,408	-	2.58%	-
1966	9,284,688	-	2.52%	-
1967	9,507,099	-	2.4%	-
1968	9,725,281	-	2.29%	-
1969	9,947,597	-	2.29%	-
1970	10,178,802	-	2.32%	-
1971	10,423,453	-	2.4%	-
1972	10,676,835	-	2.43%	-
1973	10,935,621	-	2.42%	-
1974	11,200,906	-	2.43%	-
1975	11,471,914	-	2.42%	-
1976	11,750,097	-	2.42%	-
1977	12,035,713	-	2.43%	-
1978	12,328,157	-	2.43%	-
1979	12,627,862	-	2.43%	-
1980	12,983,363	-	2.82%	-
1981	13,399,203	-	3.2%	-
1982	13,832,798	-	3.24%	-
1983	14,285,907	-	3.28%	-
1984	14,759,009	-	3.31%	-
1985	15,252,258	-	3.34%	-
1986	15,760,419	-	3.33%	-
1987	16,276,737	-	3.28%	-
1988	16,796,605	-	3.19%	-
1989	17,314,997	-	3.09%	-
1990	17,833,171	-	2.99%	-
1991	18,342,464	-	2.86%	-
1992	18,834,572	-	2.68%	-
1993	19,322,664	-	2.59%	-
1994	19,820,446	-	2.58%	-
1995	20,330,599	-	2.57%	-
1996	20,850,087	-	2.56%	-
1997	21,375,218	-	2.52%	-
1998	21,906,713	-	2.49%	-
1999	22,435,531	-	2.41%	-
2000	22,967,816	880	2.37%	-
2001	23,526,538	890	2.43%	1.14%
2002	24,102,477	900	2.45%	1.12%
2003	24,679,602	911	2.39%	1.22%
2004	25,256,772	921	2.34%	1.1%
2005	25,836,071	921	2.29%	0%
2006	26,417,909	932	2.25%	1.19%
2007	26,998,389	821	2.2%	-11.9%
2008	27,570,059	824	2.12%	0.37%
2009	28,124,778	826	2.01%	0.24%
2010	28,655,776	829	1.89%	0.36%
2011	29,162,039	832	1.77%	0.36%
2012	29,662,831	836	1.72%	0.48%
2013	30,174,265	839	1.72%	0.36%
2014	30,696,137	842	1.73%	0.36%
2015	31,232,798	1,000	1.75%	18.8%
2016	31,789,685	-	1.78%	0%
2017	32,355,644	1,000	1.78%	0%
2018	32,910,967	-	1.72%	0%
2019	33,440,596	1,000	1.61%	0%
2020	33,889,558	987	1.34%	-1.29%
2021	34,282,399	970	1.16%	-1.68%
2022	34,695,493	944	1.2%	-2.66%
2023	35,126,298	922	1.24%	-2.34%
2024	35,557,673	933	1.23%	1.2%
2025	35,977,838	939	1.18%	0.59%
2026	36,385,119	952	1.13%	1.37%
2027	36,785,089	974	1.1%	2.32%
2028	37,182,773	985	1.08%	1.13%
2029	37,574,292	983	1.05%	-0.19%
2030	37,961,722	976	1.03%	-0.75%
2031	38,347,786	968	1.02%	-0.75%
2032	38,728,383	968	0.99%	0%
2033	39,097,871	988	0.95%	2.09%
2034	39,457,849	992	0.92%	0.37%
2035	39,814,834	1,000	0.9%	0.74%
2036	40,166,904	998	0.88%	-0.18%
2037	40,512,289	1,003	0.86%	0.55%
2038	40,853,318	1,022	0.84%	1.83%
2039	41,185,892	1,060	0.81%	3.78%
2040	41,509,646	1,095	0.79%	3.3%
2041	41,828,594	1,127	0.77%	2.86%
2042	42,144,474	1,149	0.76%	1.96%
2043	42,455,952	1,169	0.74%	1.76%
2044	42,754,140	1,186	0.7%	1.42%
2045	43,038,205	1,209	0.66%	2.02%
2046	43,313,754	1,224	0.64%	1.22%
2047	43,580,459	1,248	0.62%	1.95%
2048	43,831,577	1,272	0.58%	1.92%
2049	44,065,538	1,296	0.53%	1.88%
2050	44,289,765	1,325	0.51%	2.27%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Malaysia increased by 5,371,776 people (a 20.3% growth), while the Vatican gained 68 people (a 7.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Malaysia gained 4,599,805 (a 14.5% growth), while the Vatican's population decreased by -48 (a 4.8% decline).

Malaysia was ranked 44th most populous country in 2006 and is 45th in 2026. The Vatican was ranked 197th in 2006 and still ranked 197th 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 Vatican will increase by 39.2% to 1,325 people and will still be ranked 197th.