๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡พ Migration to & from Malaysia

Historic Net Migration for Malaysia (1950-2024)

Malaysia has seen an increase in net migrations since the 1950's.

Year Net Migration Overall Population +/-
1950 7,004 141,256
1951 3,528 150,464
1952 -1,130 158,502
1953 -7,599 165,114
1954 -9,189 175,619
1955 -11,592 185,748
1956 -13,396 196,145
1957 -15,133 206,023
1958 -20,992 209,139
1959 -13,371 225,368
1960 -10,446 236,311
1961 -8,340 245,735
1962 -7,589 253,092
1963 -8,107 257,171
1964 -10,677 255,980
1965 -13,158 254,202
1966 -20,869 244,247
1967 -22,724 239,444
1968 -25,763 239,000
1969 -26,779 241,752
1970 -25,428 247,896
1971 -33,070 244,202
1972 -28,251 253,922
1973 -25,703 268,168
1974 -22,142 276,878
1975 -15,218 288,642
1976 -13,508 295,625
1977 6,675 322,061
1978 5,914 327,876
1979 4,349 334,361
1980 6,622 347,031
1981 -1,768 350,743
1982 -716 362,127
1983 9,184 381,540
1984 24,296 405,644
1985 50,994 437,718
1986 72,169 463,492
1987 92,834 485,234
1988 101,477 497,792
1989 98,199 493,261
1990 94,487 500,563
1991 81,545 500,257
1992 88,349 518,230
1993 88,952 528,508
1994 100,207 548,744
1995 94,297 547,626
1996 102,218 556,699
1997 113,370 563,555
1998 119,482 559,174
1999 124,435 557,051
2000 174,011 595,940
2001 198,361 598,793
2002 224,999 601,064
2003 226,003 592,869
2004 244,359 594,802
2005 245,376 585,776
2006 251,101 585,978
2007 247,032 580,403
2008 217,538 562,981
2009 194,571 542,836
2010 114,491 458,218
2011 115,314 474,586
2012 113,421 477,571
2013 102,150 471,621
2014 94,785 471,681
2015 80,603 453,067
2016 97,737 462,104
2017 78,257 436,672
2018 60,604 410,259
2019 60,824 399,237
2020 57,483 392,710
2021 46,165 355,051
2022 48,997 373,645
2023 48,997 366,962
2024 48,997 359,779

How is Net Migrations calculated?

The difference between immigrants and emigrants makes up the net migrations of a country. If the net migration numbers for the year are positive and indicated above with green coloring. Then more people immigrated than emigrated to Malaysia for that year, equal to the number displayed.

Future Net Migration for Malaysia (2024-2100)

Malaysia will see a decrease of net migrations by the year 2100.

Year Net Migration Overall Population +/-
2024 48,997 359,779
2025 48,997 352,490
2026 48,997 345,334
2027 48,997 337,098
2028 48,997 327,909
2029 48,997 318,436
2030 48,997 309,034
2031 48,997 301,396
2032 48,997 290,367
2033 48,997 279,376
2034 48,997 267,878
2035 48,997 257,793
2036 48,997 247,750
2037 48,997 238,093
2038 48,997 228,513
2039 48,997 220,194
2040 48,997 212,027
2041 48,997 204,894
2042 48,997 195,706
2043 48,997 189,101
2044 48,997 182,452
2045 48,997 174,299
2046 48,997 168,112
2047 48,997 160,324
2048 48,997 154,442
2049 48,997 147,397
2050 48,997 140,466
2051 48,997 132,463
2052 48,997 125,336
2053 48,997 117,212
2054 48,997 110,136
2055 48,997 102,429
2056 48,997 93,910
2057 48,997 85,215
2058 48,997 76,459
2059 48,997 68,009
2060 48,997 59,359
2061 48,997 50,273
2062 48,997 42,043
2063 48,997 32,470
2064 48,997 23,349
2065 48,997 13,788
2066 48,997 3,752
2067 48,997 -5,262
2068 48,997 -15,371
2069 48,997 -24,392
2070 48,997 -32,592
2071 48,997 -41,030
2072 48,997 -46,556
2073 48,997 -53,262
2074 48,997 -60,754
2075 48,997 -67,974
2076 48,997 -73,322
2077 48,997 -77,734
2078 48,997 -82,864
2079 48,997 -85,940
2080 48,997 -90,744
2081 48,997 -93,288
2082 48,997 -94,688
2083 48,997 -95,897
2084 48,997 -99,616
2085 48,997 -100,696
2086 48,997 -101,103
2087 48,997 -102,363
2088 48,997 -104,292
2089 48,997 -105,038
2090 48,997 -104,161
2091 48,997 -104,739
2092 48,997 -106,190
2093 48,997 -105,614
2094 48,997 -104,553
2095 48,997 -105,494
2096 48,997 -106,442
2097 48,997 -106,801
2098 48,997 -106,183
2099 48,997 -106,173
2100 48,997 -106,535

Why is the chart for future net migrations mostly flat?

Predicting and projecting future movements of population is extremely hard. Especially, the further you move into the future. Thus, the scientist and data collectors of the United Nations tend to add a flat number when reasonable projections can't be made.

Causes of Migration

Causes of Immigration to Malaysia

Causes of Emigration from Malaysia

Common Questions

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Data Information

Data found on this page is based on the medium fertility variant of the United Nations Revision of World Population Prospects 2022.

Data Sources

The United Nations - Department of Economic and Social Affairs (Population Division)

UN Revision of World Population Prospects 2022

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