Homo sapiens; growth slowing toward a projected peak
Asia · South-Eastern Asia
Malaysia is recorded at 35.56m people in 2024, with total annual change of +426,863 under the WPP medium variant.
Malaysia observed 2023 population pyramid, grouped into five broad age bands from WPP single-age male and female arrays.
Population identity: births minus deaths plus net migration equals total change within the Record tolerance.
| Births | 439,568 |
|---|---|
| Deaths | -187,483 |
| Natural change | +252,085 |
| Net migration | +174,770 |
| Total change | +426,863 |
Change from 2024 to the WPP medium-variant 2100 endpoint.
| This year | +426,863 |
|---|---|
| Since peak | -10,832,829 since 2072 |
| Projected 2100 | 44.03m |
Current-rate extrapolation, not a forecast; WPP medium-variant projections remain the page baseline.
foreign-born; working-age share is not published in IMS 2024.
No reviewed Layer 2 dispatch is attached to this country record.
WPP single-age population by sex, rendered as 5-year pyramid bands from the 101-bin canonical arrays.
Malaysia 2023 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 7.83m, ages 15-64 24.68m, ages 65+ 2.62m.
Malaysia 2050 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 7.16m, ages 15-64 29.68m, ages 65+ 7.45m.
Malaysia 2100 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 5.87m, ages 15-64 24.87m, ages 65+ 13.28m.
Stage since 2013.
First year deaths exceed births, if reached in the series.
Potential support ratio: ages 15-64 per person aged 65+. Working-age peak: 2047.
Generated 2026-06-26. Last observed year: 2023.
| Year | Population | Change | Births | Deaths | TFR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 35.56m | 426,863 | 439.6k | 187.5k | 1.54 |
| 2030 | 37.96m | 388,331 | 448.9k | 221.3k | 1.51 |
| 2050 | 44.29m | 221,751 | 442.8k | 350.2k | 1.53 |
| 2080 | 46.12m | -75,327 | 408.2k | 548.2k | 1.56 |
| 2100 | 44.03m | -122,533 | 378.2k | 556.2k | 1.56 |