Malaysia Population

Current and historical population data for Malaysia, including latest value (35.56 m), trend, international ranking, comparison and source notes.
COUNTRY: Malaysia
UNIT: people
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: partial
UPDATED: 2026-06-05T19:59:08+02:00
Economy Data Rating
Malaysia · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
BBB
74 / 100
Stable economy
Fiscal stability 15.8 / 25
Macroeconomic stability 19.9 / 20
External stability 13.2 / 15
Financial robustness 8.4 / 15
Structural stability 0.6 / 10
Future capacity 7.6 / 10
Demographic capacity 4.5 / 5
Method: Economy Data 7-pillar stability model with structural financial robustness adjustment. This is a transparent Economy Data heuristic, not an official sovereign credit rating. Data coverage: 90% of weighted inputs available.
Time range: 1960–2024 19602024
1960 2024
Selected year: 2024 · Value: n/a 2024

Malaysia · total population by country.

1960–2024
35.56 m people
35.13 m people
33.53 m people
33 selected year
max 8 6 4 2 0
1960 1973 1986 1999 2012 2024
population rate reference line

Countries by population

full ranking
Country Rate Class
India 1.45 bn high
China 1.41 bn high
United States 340.11 m high
Indonesia 283.49 m high
Pakistan 251.27 m high
Nigeria 232.68 m medium
Brazil 212 m medium
Bangladesh 173.56 m medium

Interpretation

short note

This social and demographic indicator helps place economic development in population context.

Values should be interpreted together with country context, time range, source coverage and related macroeconomic indicators.

Production version: show source, timestamp and fallback status here.

Comparison

latest
Japan 123.98 m
China 1.41 bn
India 1.45 bn
United States 340.11 m
Germany 83.52 m

Related indicators

internal links
GDP per Capita NY.GDP.PCAP.CD
Nominal GDP NY.GDP.MKTP.CD
Urban Population SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS
Life Expectancy SP.DYN.LE00.IN
Fertility Rate SP.DYN.TFRT.IN

Source layer

planned

Production version should display source, timestamp and fallback status here.

Provider: worldbank · Indicator code: SP.POP.TOTL

Cache: partial · Updated: 2026-06-05T19:59:08+02:00

Malaysia Snapshot

country profile
Population 35.56 m
GDP 422.23 bn
Debt/GDP 64.57%
Inflation 1.83%
Unemployment 3.76%
Currency n/a
Region Asia
Income group Upper middle income

Malaysia Population: data context and use

This page is part of the Economy Data indicator system. It provides structured country-level economic data, historical series, rankings and comparison views for researchers, students, journalists and decision makers. The page combines indicator metadata, country context, latest available values, ranking information and source notes.

The selected indicator is Population for Malaysia. The data are designed for quick comparison across countries and for deeper interpretation together with related macroeconomic indicators such as GDP growth, government debt, unemployment, current account balance, exports, imports, population and inequality.

Keyphrase synonyms: malaysia population rate, population data malaysia, malaysia population statistics, malaysia people.