Bangladesh vs Malaysia: Population growth rate

Bangladesh

1.2%

in 2023

Malaysia

1.2%

in 2023

Bangladesh rank

101st

Malaysia rank

98th

Population growth rate over time

Malaysia currently reports 1.2% against 1.2% in Bangladesh, a difference of 0.0%.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Malaysia ahead.

Globally, Bangladesh ranks 101st and Malaysia ranks 98th of 236 countries.

Indicator: Population growth rate
Unit: %
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

The annual rate at which the population is growing, expressed as a percentage.