Population growth — all countries

Population growth — Malaysia

Population growth in Malaysia in 2025 — 1.17%. Ranked 91 in the world out of 217. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 1.41 pp.

2025 1.17% −0.05 pp vs 2024
World rank 91of 217
Period maximum 3.29%1985
Period minimum 1.15%2021

Trend over time

1961–2025 · % per year

Population growth — Malaysia, 1961–2025123419611968197519821989199620032010201720241961: 2.58%1963: 2.61%1965: 2.55%1967: 2.37%1969: 2.26%1971: 2.38%1973: 2.39%1975: 2.39%1977: 2.4%1979: 2.4%1981: 3.15%1983: 3.22%1985: 3.29%1987: 3.22%1989: 3.04%1991: 2.82%1993: 2.56%1995: 2.54%1997: 2.49%1999: 2.39%2001: 2.4%2003: 2.37%2005: 2.27%2007: 2.17%2009: 1.99%2011: 1.75%2013: 1.71%2015: 1.73%2017: 1.76%2019: 1.6%2021: 1.15%2023: 1.23%2025: 1.17%
Change over the period: −1.41 pp Annual average: -0.02 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Malaysia

Malaysia 1.17%
World 0.91%
South-Eastern Asia computed 0.71%
Population growth — Malaysia, by year Malaysia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 1.17 −0.05 pp
2024 1.22 −0.01 pp
2023 1.23 +0.04 pp
2022 1.2 +0.05 pp
2021 1.15 −0.18 pp
2020 1.33 −0.26 pp
2019 1.6 −0.11 pp
2018 1.7 −0.06 pp
2017 1.76 −0 pp
2016 1.77 +0.03 pp
2015 1.73 +0.02 pp
2014 1.71 +0.01 pp
2013 1.71 +0.01 pp
2012 1.7 −0.05 pp
2011 1.75 −0.12 pp
2010 1.87 −0.12 pp
2009 1.99 −0.1 pp
2008 2.1 −0.08 pp
2007 2.17 −0.05 pp
2006 2.23 −0.04 pp
2005 2.27 −0.04 pp
2004 2.31 −0.05 pp
2003 2.37 −0.05 pp
2002 2.42 +0.02 pp
2001 2.4 +0.06 pp
2000 2.34 −0.04 pp
1999 2.39 −0.07 pp
1998 2.46 −0.03 pp
1997 2.49 −0.04 pp
1996 2.52 −0.02 pp
1995 2.54 −0 pp
1994 2.54 −0.01 pp
1993 2.56 −0.09 pp
1992 2.65 −0.17 pp
1991 2.82 −0.13 pp
1990 2.95 −0.09 pp
1989 3.04 −0.1 pp
1988 3.14 −0.08 pp
1987 3.22 −0.05 pp
1986 3.28 −0.01 pp
1985 3.29 +0.03 pp
1984 3.26 +0.03 pp
1983 3.22 +0.04 pp
1982 3.18 +0.03 pp
1981 3.15 +0.38 pp
1980 2.78 +0.37 pp
1979 2.4 +0 pp
1978 2.4 −0 pp
1977 2.4 +0.01 pp
1976 2.4 +0.01 pp
1975 2.39 −0.01 pp
1974 2.4 +0 pp
1973 2.39 −0.01 pp
1972 2.4 +0.03 pp
1971 2.38 +0.08 pp
1970 2.3 +0.04 pp
1969 2.26 −0.01 pp
1968 2.27 −0.1 pp
1967 2.37 −0.12 pp
1966 2.49 −0.06 pp
1965 2.55 −0.05 pp
1964 2.6 −0.02 pp
1963 2.61 +0.01 pp
1962 2.61 +0.02 pp
1961 2.58

About the indicator

The annual population growth rate is the change in population size over a year as a percent of the previous year. It takes in both natural increase (births minus deaths) and net migration. Negative values mean the population is shrinking; at 1% a year population doubles in about 70 years, at 2% in about 35.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.