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Malaysia: Population

Millions of people · 1800–2025 · 226 observations · forecasts to 2031 · pop

2025
34.2 millionpeople
Change on 2024
+0.5%year on year
Average growth, 2015–2025
+0.9%a year

Population

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Recent values

Millions of people

YearValue
203136.5Forecast
203036.1Forecast
202935.8Forecast
202835.4Forecast
202735.0Forecast
202634.6Forecast
202534.2
202434.0
202333.4
202232.7
202132.6
202032.4
201932.5
201832.4
201732.0
201631.6

Sources

  • Federico & Tena-Junguito1800–1938
  • Gapminder1800–2023
  • Fouquin & Hugot (CEPII)1827–2014
  • Sultan Nazrin Shah1900–1939
  • Maddison Project Database1900–2022
  • Penn World Table1955–2019
  • WDI (archive)1960–1997
  • World Development Indicators1960–2025
  • Bordo1970–1997
  • United Nations1970–2024
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2025
  • Asian Development Bank (archive)2000–2024
  • Asian Development Bank2000–2025
  • Gapminder (forecast)2023–2030
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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