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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Malaysia	Vietnam	Malaysia	Vietnam
1960	7,956,197	32,531,933	-	-
1961	8,164,443	33,409,059	2.62%	2.7%
1962	8,380,172	34,288,560	2.64%	2.63%
1963	8,602,160	35,249,101	2.65%	2.8%
1964	8,828,406	36,201,563	2.63%	2.7%
1965	9,056,408	37,129,656	2.58%	2.56%
1966	9,284,688	38,024,836	2.52%	2.41%
1967	9,507,099	38,895,080	2.4%	2.29%
1968	9,725,281	39,734,609	2.29%	2.16%
1969	9,947,597	40,582,096	2.29%	2.13%
1970	10,178,802	41,475,230	2.32%	2.2%
1971	10,423,453	42,449,276	2.4%	2.35%
1972	10,676,835	43,429,168	2.43%	2.31%
1973	10,935,621	44,409,861	2.42%	2.26%
1974	11,200,906	45,413,537	2.43%	2.26%
1975	11,471,914	46,482,903	2.42%	2.35%
1976	11,750,097	47,684,931	2.42%	2.59%
1977	12,035,713	48,954,872	2.43%	2.66%
1978	12,328,157	50,249,552	2.43%	2.64%
1979	12,627,862	51,378,211	2.43%	2.25%
1980	12,983,363	52,490,101	2.82%	2.16%
1981	13,399,203	53,738,141	3.2%	2.38%
1982	13,832,798	55,011,289	3.24%	2.37%
1983	14,285,907	56,337,921	3.28%	2.41%
1984	14,759,009	57,706,067	3.31%	2.43%
1985	15,252,258	59,060,622	3.34%	2.35%
1986	15,760,419	60,347,048	3.33%	2.18%
1987	16,276,737	61,584,651	3.28%	2.05%
1988	16,796,605	62,843,228	3.19%	2.04%
1989	17,314,997	64,147,348	3.09%	2.08%
1990	17,833,171	65,504,552	2.99%	2.12%
1991	18,342,464	66,891,775	2.86%	2.12%
1992	18,834,572	68,260,337	2.68%	2.05%
1993	19,322,664	69,586,384	2.59%	1.94%
1994	19,820,446	70,854,391	2.58%	1.82%
1995	20,330,599	72,049,940	2.57%	1.69%
1996	20,850,087	73,156,447	2.56%	1.54%
1997	21,375,218	74,226,889	2.52%	1.46%
1998	21,906,713	75,299,660	2.49%	1.45%
1999	22,435,531	76,287,452	2.41%	1.31%
2000	22,967,816	77,154,011	2.37%	1.14%
2001	23,526,538	77,969,361	2.43%	1.06%
2002	24,102,477	78,772,224	2.45%	1.03%
2003	24,679,602	79,563,777	2.39%	1%
2004	25,256,772	80,338,971	2.34%	0.97%
2005	25,836,071	81,088,313	2.29%	0.93%
2006	26,417,909	82,167,897	2.25%	1.33%
2007	26,998,389	83,633,375	2.2%	1.78%
2008	27,570,059	85,175,788	2.12%	1.84%
2009	28,124,778	86,460,018	2.01%	1.51%
2010	28,655,776	87,455,152	1.89%	1.15%
2011	29,162,039	88,468,314	1.77%	1.16%
2012	29,662,831	89,510,356	1.72%	1.18%
2013	30,174,265	90,573,104	1.72%	1.19%
2014	30,696,137	91,679,578	1.73%	1.22%
2015	31,232,798	92,823,254	1.75%	1.25%
2016	31,789,685	94,000,117	1.78%	1.27%
2017	32,355,644	95,176,977	1.78%	1.25%
2018	32,910,967	96,237,319	1.72%	1.11%
2019	33,440,596	97,173,776	1.61%	0.97%
2020	33,889,558	98,079,191	1.34%	0.93%
2021	34,282,399	98,935,098	1.16%	0.87%
2022	34,695,493	99,680,655	1.2%	0.75%
2023	35,126,298	100,352,192	1.24%	0.67%
2024	35,557,673	100,987,686	1.23%	0.63%
2025	35,977,838	101,598,531	1.18%	0.6%
2026	36,385,119	102,177,434	1.13%	0.57%
2027	36,785,089	102,727,392	1.1%	0.54%
2028	37,182,773	103,255,746	1.08%	0.51%
2029	37,574,292	103,761,151	1.05%	0.49%
2030	37,961,722	104,254,900	1.03%	0.48%
2031	38,347,786	104,737,913	1.02%	0.46%
2032	38,728,383	105,204,401	0.99%	0.45%
2033	39,097,871	105,656,307	0.95%	0.43%
2034	39,457,849	106,097,515	0.92%	0.42%
2035	39,814,834	106,530,671	0.9%	0.41%
2036	40,166,904	106,945,842	0.88%	0.39%
2037	40,512,289	107,346,046	0.86%	0.37%
2038	40,853,318	107,732,019	0.84%	0.36%
2039	41,185,892	108,097,653	0.81%	0.34%
2040	41,509,646	108,437,634	0.79%	0.31%
2041	41,828,594	108,752,199	0.77%	0.29%
2042	42,144,474	109,040,314	0.76%	0.26%
2043	42,455,952	109,292,559	0.74%	0.23%
2044	42,754,140	109,506,274	0.7%	0.2%
2045	43,038,205	109,685,396	0.66%	0.16%
2046	43,313,754	109,827,664	0.64%	0.13%
2047	43,580,459	109,930,243	0.62%	0.09%
2048	43,831,577	109,994,024	0.58%	0.06%
2049	44,065,538	110,018,017	0.53%	0.02%
2050	44,289,765	110,008,910	0.51%	-0.008%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Malaysia increased by 5,371,776 people (a 20.3% growth), while Vietnam gained 11,832,220 people (a 14.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Malaysia gained 4,599,805 (a 14.5% growth), while Vietnam's population increased by 8,183,327 (a 8.71% growth).

Malaysia was ranked 44th most populous country in 2006 and is 45th in 2026. Vietnam was ranked 15th in 2006 and ranked 16th 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 Vietnam will increase by 7.66% to 110,008,910 people and will still be ranked 16th.