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Malaysia vs Senegal: Population by world region

Malaysia
44.03 million people
in 2100
Senegal
47.01 million people
in 2100
Malaysia rank
51st
Senegal rank
49th

Population by world region over time

  • Malaysia
  • Senegal
010.0M20.0M30.0M40.0M50.0M100015502100

How they compare

Senegal currently reports 47.01 million people against 44.03 million people in Malaysia, a difference of 2.99 million people.

That makes Senegal's figure about 1.1 times Malaysia's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 318 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Malaysia ahead.

Malaysia ranks 51st and Senegal ranks 49th of 238 countries.

Across the 48 decades both report, Malaysia averaged higher in 38 and Senegal in 10.

Head to head by decade

Decade Malaysia Senegal Difference Ahead
1000s 200,000 people 121,508 people 78,492 people Malaysia
1100s 239,200 people 151,885 people 87,315 people Malaysia
1200s 278,400 people 189,856 people 88,544 people Malaysia
1300s 317,600 people 237,320 people 80,280 people Malaysia
1400s 356,800 people 296,650 people 60,150 people Malaysia
1500s 396,000 people 370,813 people 25,187 people Malaysia
1600s 495,000 people 463,516 people 31,484 people Malaysia
1700s 594,000 people 579,396 people 14,604 people Malaysia
1710s 614,600 people 587,622 people 26,978 people Malaysia
1720s 635,200 people 596,319 people 38,881 people Malaysia
1730s 655,800 people 605,533 people 50,267 people Malaysia
1740s 676,400 people 615,323 people 61,077 people Malaysia
1750s 697,000 people 625,752 people 71,248 people Malaysia
1760s 717,600 people 636,897 people 80,703 people Malaysia
1770s 738,200 people 648,850 people 89,350 people Malaysia
1780s 758,800 people 661,717 people 97,083 people Malaysia
1790s 779,400 people 675,627 people 103,773 people Malaysia
1800s 287,000 people 1.01 million people 722,890 people Senegal
1810s 287,119 people 1.01 million people 722,716 people Senegal
1820s 315,797 people 997,563 people 681,767 people Senegal
1830s 386,874 people 971,318 people 584,444 people Senegal
1840s 474,645 people 945,719 people 471,074 people Senegal
1850s 579,559 people 956,409 people 376,850 people Senegal
1860s 703,949 people 1.02 million people 316,589 people Senegal
1870s 912,479 people 1.12 million people 203,937 people Senegal
1880s 1.27 million people 1.23 million people 38,508 people Malaysia
1890s 1.76 million people 1.33 million people 435,297 people Malaysia
1900s 2.36 million people 1.42 million people 936,732 people Malaysia
1910s 2.94 million people 1.51 million people 1.43 million people Malaysia
1920s 3.62 million people 1.67 million people 1.95 million people Malaysia
1930s 4.48 million people 1.93 million people 2.55 million people Malaysia
1940s 5.42 million people 2.26 million people 3.16 million people Malaysia
1950s 6.89 million people 2.88 million people 4.01 million people Malaysia
1960s 8.95 million people 3.81 million people 5.13 million people Malaysia
1970s 11.36 million people 5.09 million people 6.27 million people Malaysia
1980s 15.07 million people 6.63 million people 8.44 million people Malaysia
1990s 20.11 million people 8.73 million people 11.38 million people Malaysia
2000s 25.55 million people 11.12 million people 14.42 million people Malaysia
2010s 31.01 million people 14.41 million people 16.59 million people Malaysia
2020s 35.75 million people 18.73 million people 17.01 million people Malaysia
2030s 39.61 million people 23.25 million people 16.37 million people Malaysia
2040s 42.85 million people 27.86 million people 14.99 million people Malaysia
2050s 45.09 million people 32.38 million people 12.70 million people Malaysia
2060s 46.16 million people 36.71 million people 9.45 million people Malaysia
2070s 46.33 million people 40.52 million people 5.81 million people Malaysia
2080s 45.73 million people 43.61 million people 2.12 million people Malaysia
2090s 44.66 million people 45.98 million people 1.32 million people Senegal
2100s 44.03 million people 47.01 million people 2.99 million people Senegal

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population by world region, Malaysia or Senegal?
Senegal, at 47.01 million people against 44.03 million people in Malaysia as of 2100.
What is the difference in population by world region between Malaysia and Senegal?
2.99 million people, with Senegal ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malaysia and Senegal?
318 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2100.
How do Malaysia and Senegal rank globally for population by world region?
Malaysia ranks 51st and Senegal ranks 49th 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

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