Malaysia: 1.60 children per woman in 2024, fewer than ever since 1950
It was 6.43 children per woman in 1950. About 2.1 keeps each generation the same size.
Source: UN World Population Prospects 1998–2024; national statisticsOpen on the chart →
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- Malaysia: in 2020–2023 net migration was higher than all 12 UN projections assumed
- Malaysia: eighth-graders scored 108 points lower in maths in 2023 than in 1999
- Malaysia: the DOSM 2013 projection expected a non-citizen population of 2.54M for 2025; the outcome was 3.38M
- Malaysia: the DOSM 2016 projection expected a population of 36.45M for 2026; the outcome was 34.39M
- Malaysia: the UN's 2019 projection did not expect fertility this low even by 2100
- Malaysia: 415k babies were born in 2024, 6% fewer than the UN expected that same year