What is the difference in population by world region between Australia and Malaysia?

882,400 people, with Malaysia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Malaysia?

318 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2100.

Where does this data come from?

HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population by world region. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Australia vs Malaysia: Population by world region

Australia

43.14 million people

in 2100

Malaysia

44.03 million people

in 2100

Australia rank

53rd

Malaysia rank

51st

Population by world region over time

Australia
Malaysia

How they compare

Malaysia currently reports 44.03 million people against 43.14 million people in Australia, a difference of 882,400 people.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 318 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Australia ahead.

Australia ranks 53rd and Malaysia ranks 51st of 238 countries.

Across the 48 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 20 and Malaysia in 28.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Australia	Malaysia	Difference	Ahead
1000s	314,851 people	200,000 people	114,851 people	Australia
1100s	315,026 people	239,200 people	75,826 people	Australia
1200s	315,290 people	278,400 people	36,890 people	Australia
1300s	315,685 people	317,600 people	1,915 people	Malaysia
1400s	316,277 people	356,800 people	40,523 people	Malaysia
1500s	317,166 people	396,000 people	78,834 people	Malaysia
1600s	318,500 people	495,000 people	176,500 people	Malaysia
1700s	314,500 people	594,000 people	279,500 people	Malaysia
1710s	314,500 people	614,600 people	300,100 people	Malaysia
1720s	314,500 people	635,200 people	320,700 people	Malaysia
1730s	314,500 people	655,800 people	341,300 people	Malaysia
1740s	314,500 people	676,400 people	361,900 people	Malaysia
1750s	314,500 people	697,000 people	382,500 people	Malaysia
1760s	314,500 people	717,600 people	403,100 people	Malaysia
1770s	314,667 people	738,200 people	423,533 people	Malaysia
1780s	315,087 people	758,800 people	443,713 people	Malaysia
1790s	316,556 people	779,400 people	462,844 people	Malaysia
1800s	225,070 people	287,000 people	61,930 people	Malaysia
1810s	290,865 people	287,119 people	3,746 people	Australia
1820s	331,661 people	315,797 people	15,865 people	Australia
1830s	369,690 people	386,874 people	17,184 people	Malaysia
1840s	499,291 people	474,645 people	24,646 people	Australia
1850s	888,154 people	579,559 people	308,595 people	Australia
1860s	1.51 million people	703,949 people	804,443 people	Australia
1870s	1.95 million people	912,479 people	1.03 million people	Australia
1880s	2.56 million people	1.27 million people	1.30 million people	Australia
1890s	3.35 million people	1.76 million people	1.58 million people	Australia
1900s	3.97 million people	2.36 million people	1.61 million people	Australia
1910s	4.73 million people	2.94 million people	1.80 million people	Australia
1920s	5.75 million people	3.62 million people	2.13 million people	Australia
1930s	6.62 million people	4.48 million people	2.14 million people	Australia
1940s	7.47 million people	5.42 million people	2.05 million people	Australia
1950s	9.12 million people	6.89 million people	2.23 million people	Australia
1960s	11.26 million people	8.95 million people	2.31 million people	Australia
1970s	13.72 million people	11.36 million people	2.36 million people	Australia
1980s	15.76 million people	15.07 million people	692,840 people	Australia
1990s	18.02 million people	20.11 million people	2.09 million people	Malaysia
2000s	20.30 million people	25.55 million people	5.25 million people	Malaysia
2010s	23.79 million people	31.01 million people	7.22 million people	Malaysia
2020s	26.84 million people	35.75 million people	8.90 million people	Malaysia
2030s	29.18 million people	39.61 million people	10.43 million people	Malaysia
2040s	31.33 million people	42.85 million people	11.53 million people	Malaysia
2050s	33.44 million people	45.09 million people	11.65 million people	Malaysia
2060s	35.48 million people	46.16 million people	10.68 million people	Malaysia
2070s	37.56 million people	46.33 million people	8.77 million people	Malaysia
2080s	39.66 million people	45.73 million people	6.06 million people	Malaysia
2090s	41.91 million people	44.66 million people	2.75 million people	Malaysia
2100s	43.14 million people	44.03 million people	882,400 people	Malaysia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population by world region, Australia or Malaysia?: Malaysia, at 44.03 million people against 43.14 million people in Australia as of 2100.
What is the difference in population by world region between Australia and Malaysia?: 882,400 people, with Malaysia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Malaysia?: 318 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2100.
How do Australia and Malaysia rank globally for population by world region?: Australia ranks 53rd and Malaysia ranks 51st of 238 countries.
Where does this data come from?: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population by world region. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator: Population by world region
Unit: people
Source: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 239 places, 69,174 data points, 1000–2100
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2100, based on data and estimates from different sources.