Malaysia - Population Growth 2025
1.18%
−0.04pp from 2024
Malaysia's population growth was 1.18% in 2025, decreased +0.04pp from 1.22% in 2024. This was the 99th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2025▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Oman | 8.51% | 89.2% |
| 2nd | United Arab Emirates | 6.76% | 44.3% |
| 3rd | Qatar | 5.82% | -20.6% |
| 4th | Chad | 5.32% | 7.5% |
| 5th | Singapore | 5.23% | 162.1% |
| 6th | Saudi Arabia | 5.22% | 12.7% |
| 7th | Syrian Arab Republic | 5.17% | 15.8% |
| 8th | Kuwait | 5.01% | 456.7% |
| 9th | South Sudan | 4.28% | 9.0% |
| 10th | Malta | 3.83% | 33.3% |
| 11th | Canada | 3.69% | 24.7% |
| 12th | Niger | 3.28% | -0.1% |
| 13th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 3.26% | 0.4% |
| 14th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 3.05% | -12.5% |
| 15th | Yemen, Republic of | 3.04% | 2.0% |
| 16th | Angola | 2.98% | -2.1% |
| 17th | Mali | 2.93% | -0.4% |
| 18th | Mozambique | 2.92% | 0.0% |
| 19th | Mauritania | 2.92% | 1.2% |
| 20th | Tanzania | 2.84% | -1.1% |
| 21st | Zambia | 2.76% | -2.0% |
| 22nd | Bahrain | 2.64% | 259.9% |
| 23rd | Cameroon | 2.58% | -1.2% |
| 24th | Australia | 2.56% | 28.5% |
| 25th | Uganda | 2.55% | -7.4% |
| 26th | Malawi | 2.55% | -1.2% |
| 27th | Burundi | 2.54% | -1.8% |
| 28th | Solomon Islands | 2.44% | 3.1% |
| 29th | Côte d'Ivoire | 2.44% | 0.3% |
| 30th | Benin | 2.42% | -1.9% |
| 31st | Congo, Republic of | 2.41% | 0.5% |
| 32nd | Madagascar | 2.40% | -1.6% |
| 33rd | Guinea | 2.37% | -1.0% |
| 34th | Central African Republic | 2.37% | -30.3% |
| 35th | Gibraltar | 2.36% | 6.8% |
| 36th | West Bank and Gaza | 2.33% | -1.3% |
| 37th | Equatorial Guinea | 2.29% | -4.6% |
| 38th | Vanuatu | 2.28% | 0.4% |
| 39th | Gambia, The | 2.25% | -1.1% |
| 40th | Senegal | 2.24% | -3.6% |
| 41st | Togo | 2.23% | -0.6% |
| 42nd | Liberia | 2.22% | 2.7% |
| 43rd | Guinea-Bissau | 2.20% | -0.4% |
| 44th | Burkina Faso | 2.18% | -2.9% |
| 45th | Iraq | 2.17% | 2.2% |
| 46th | Namibia | 2.14% | -4.3% |
| 47th | Rwanda | 2.13% | -0.3% |
| 48th | Afghanistan | 2.13% | -25.0% |
| 49th | Sierra Leone | 2.09% | -1.5% |
| 50th | Gabon | 2.09% | -3.2% |
| 51st | Nigeria | 2.07% | -0.5% |
| 52nd | Uzbekistan | 2.05% | 3.9% |
| 53rd | Israel | 2.03% | 60.8% |
| 54th | São Tomé and Principe | 2.03% | 1.5% |
| 55th | Kenya | 1.97% | 0.5% |
| 56th | Cayman Islands | 1.96% | 1.6% |
| 57th | Ireland | 1.95% | 23.8% |
| 58th | Belize | 1.92% | 33.5% |
| 59th | Eritrea | 1.92% | 3.3% |
| 60th | Comoros | 1.88% | -0.6% |
| 61st | Luxembourg | 1.86% | 17.8% |
| 62nd | Ghana | 1.85% | -1.6% |
| 63rd | Tajikistan | 1.84% | -4.1% |
| 64th | Armenia | 1.82% | -21.1% |
| 65th | Zimbabwe | 1.77% | -0.7% |
| 66th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 1.73% | -0.3% |
| 67th | Botswana | 1.72% | 5.3% |
| 68th | Honduras | 1.67% | -0.8% |
| 69th | Papua New Guinea | 1.66% | -7.0% |
| 70th | Turkmenistan | 1.65% | -5.5% |
| 71st | New Zealand | 1.64% | -1.9% |
| 72nd | Curaçao | 1.63% | 92.5% |
| 73rd | Kyrgyz Republic | 1.60% | -5.9% |
| 74th | Portugal | 1.60% | 45.7% |
| 75th | Czechia | 1.59% | 322.4% |
| 76th | United Kingdom | 1.59% | 48.8% |
| 77th | Guatemala | 1.56% | 1.1% |
| 78th | Andorra | 1.52% | 14.5% |
| 79th | Switzerland | 1.47% | 12.9% |
| 80th | Kiribati | 1.42% | -4.5% |
| 81st | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 1.42% | 3.6% |
| 82nd | Pakistan | 1.42% | -5.8% |
| 83rd | Lebanon | 1.41% | 150.8% |
| 84th | Nicaragua | 1.40% | 3.9% |
| 85th | Liechtenstein | 1.39% | -7.9% |
| 86th | Bangladesh | 1.37% | 12.9% |
| 87th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1.36% | -2.7% |
| 88th | Kazakhstan | 1.35% | 5.6% |
| 89th | Lithuania | 1.35% | 132.3% |
| 90th | Algeria | 1.34% | -4.2% |
| 91st | Spain | 1.33% | 30.1% |
| 92nd | Lao PDR | 1.32% | -2.6% |
| 93rd | Djibouti | 1.31% | -3.3% |
| 94th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 1.29% | 22.9% |
| 95th | New Caledonia | 1.25% | 31.8% |
| 96th | Panama | 1.25% | -1.2% |
| 97th | Norway | 1.22% | 28.4% |
| 98th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.20% | 854.5% |
| 99th | Malaysia | 1.18% | -3.0% |
| 100th | Paraguay | 1.17% | -5.4% |
| 101st | Cambodia | 1.15% | -6.0% |
| 102nd | South Africa | 1.14% | -8.5% |
| 103rd | British Virgin Islands | 1.14% | -8.3% |
| 104th | United States | 1.13% | 16.0% |
| 105th | Haiti | 1.12% | -3.4% |
| 106th | Estonia | 1.09% | 624.9% |
| 107th | Mongolia | 1.08% | -12.9% |
| 108th | Lesotho | 1.07% | -3.9% |
| 109th | Peru | 1.04% | -4.6% |
| 110th | Jordan | 1.04% | 4.8% |
| 111th | Guam | 1.00% | 31.7% |
| 112th | Morocco | 0.98% | 0.7% |
| 113th | Libya | 0.97% | -5.9% |
| 114th | Colombia | 0.95% | -11.6% |
| 115th | Netherlands | 0.93% | 43.4% |
| 116th | Eswatini | 0.92% | -7.2% |
| 117th | Cyprus | 0.91% | -7.4% |
| 118th | Belgium | 0.91% | 36.1% |
| 119th | Austria | 0.88% | 74.4% |
| 120th | Mexico | 0.88% | 2.3% |
| 121st | India | 0.84% | -5.6% |
| 122nd | Timor-Leste | 0.82% | -30.1% |
| 123rd | Indonesia | 0.81% | -0.3% |
| 124th | Suriname | 0.81% | -7.9% |
| 125th | Guyana | 0.80% | 40.8% |
| 126th | Dominican Republic | 0.79% | -6.3% |
| 127th | Denmark | 0.77% | 53.1% |
| 128th | Finland | 0.74% | 15.1% |
| 129th | Ecuador | 0.73% | -14.7% |
| 130th | Aruba | 0.73% | 23.8% |
| 131st | Nauru | 0.70% | 16.3% |
| 132nd | Fiji | 0.69% | 38.6% |
| 133rd | Brunei Darussalam | 0.69% | -16.1% |
| 134th | Seychelles | 0.67% | -48.5% |
| 135th | Cabo Verde | 0.67% | 38.6% |
| 136th | Myanmar | 0.67% | -0.2% |
| 137th | Bhutan | 0.67% | 2.9% |
| 138th | Philippines | 0.67% | -19.0% |
| 139th | El Salvador | 0.56% | 23.8% |
| 140th | Tunisia | 0.56% | -11.0% |
| 141st | Viet Nam | 0.53% | -15.6% |
| 142nd | Bahamas, The | 0.53% | 15.7% |
| 143rd | Croatia | 0.52% | 205.4% |
| 144th | Sudan | 0.51% | -37.5% |
| 145th | European Union | 0.49% | 64.7% |
| 146th | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.49% | -0.2% |
| 147th | Samoa | 0.47% | -25.4% |
| 148th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 0.40% | -14.8% |
| 149th | Chile | 0.40% | -26.3% |
| 150th | Costa Rica | 0.37% | -21.9% |
| 151st | Faroe Islands | 0.35% | -27.7% |
| 152nd | Iceland | 0.34% | 56.2% |
| 153rd | French Polynesia | 0.32% | 32.2% |
| 154th | Brazil | 0.32% | -21.1% |
| 155th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 0.30% | -2.1% |
| 156th | France | 0.28% | 7.7% |
| 157th | Sweden | 0.27% | -12.5% |
| 158th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 0.27% | 47.2% |
| 159th | Germany | 0.24% | -11.1% |
| 160th | Argentina | 0.24% | -30.1% |
| 161st | Channel Islands | 0.23% | -10.4% |
| 162nd | St. Lucia | 0.23% | -11.3% |
| 163rd | North Macedonia | 0.22% | 215.0% |
| 164th | Romania | 0.21% | 536.2% |
| 165th | Slovenia | 0.20% | -38.0% |
| 166th | Macao SAR, China | 0.17% | -85.8% |
| 167th | San Marino | 0.17% | -52.0% |
| 168th | Italy | 0.14% | 358.6% |
| 169th | Azerbaijan | 0.13% | -72.0% |
| 170th | Bulgaria | 0.13% | 261.9% |
| 171st | Türkiye | 0.10% | -55.0% |
| 172nd | Poland | 0.07% | 120.2% |
| 173rd | Grenada | 0.04% | -60.4% |
| 174th | Korea | 0.02% | -75.2% |
| 175th | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.00% | -102.5% |
| 176th | Greenland | -0.01% | 80.8% |
| 177th | Montenegro | -0.02% | -2,612.3% |
| 178th | Barbados | -0.03% | -171.8% |
| 179th | Isle of Man | -0.03% | -487.5% |
| 180th | Turks and Caicos Islands | -0.08% | -110.7% |
| 181st | Uruguay | -0.13% | -184.1% |
| 182nd | Jamaica | -0.13% | -484.6% |
| 183rd | Thailand | -0.14% | -186.7% |
| 184th | Slovak Republic | -0.19% | -115.0% |
| 185th | Greece | -0.20% | -853.8% |
| 186th | Puerto Rico (US) | -0.22% | -1,289.1% |
| 187th | Hungary | -0.23% | 26.6% |
| 188th | Palau | -0.24% | -34.6% |
| 189th | China | -0.26% | -108.9% |
| 190th | Georgia | -0.27% | 36.7% |
| 191st | Russian Federation | -0.28% | -39.8% |
| 192nd | Bermuda | -0.30% | -210.1% |
| 193rd | Latvia | -0.32% | 65.4% |
| 194th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.36% | 45.2% |
| 195th | Cuba | -0.44% | -21.0% |
| 196th | Dominica | -0.48% | -4.5% |
| 197th | Monaco | -0.49% | 41.3% |
| 198th | Japan | -0.52% | -18.7% |
| 199th | Virgin Islands (US) | -0.55% | -7.2% |
| 200th | Belarus | -0.58% | -15.9% |
| 201st | Tonga | -0.61% | -51.8% |
| 202nd | Maldives | -0.68% | -298.2% |
| 203rd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | -0.76% | -8.2% |
| 204th | Mauritius | -0.80% | -248.0% |
| 205th | Serbia | -0.90% | -61.5% |
| 206th | Nepal | -0.93% | -536.4% |
| 207th | Sri Lanka | -1.06% | -93.1% |
| 208th | Albania | -1.54% | 0.0% |
| 209th | Tuvalu | -1.79% | -2.7% |
| 210th | American Samoa | -2.03% | -26.9% |
| 211th | Northern Mariana Islands | -2.34% | -21.0% |
| 212th | Moldova | -3.18% | -39.4% |
| 213th | Marshall Islands | -3.38% | -0.9% |
| 214th | St. Martin (French part) | -3.68% | 28.7% |
| 215th | Ukraine | -5.13% | -1,622.8% |
| 216th | Kosovo | -7.00% | -29.8% |
FAQ
What was Malaysia's population growth in 2025?▾
Malaysia's population growth in 2025 was 1.18%. This ranked 99th globally.
How did Malaysia's population growth change in 2025?▾
Malaysia's population growth decreased by 3.0% in 2025 compared to 2024.
Which country had the highest population growth in 2025?▾
Oman had the highest population growth in 2025 at 8.51%.
What is the population growth of Malaysia in 2025?▾
The population growth of Malaysia in 2025 was 1.18%. This ranked 99th globally.
How does 2025 compare to 2024 for Malaysia's population growth?▾
Malaysia's population growth went from 1.22% in 2024 to 1.18% in 2025, a 3.0% decrease.
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