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How many babies are born in Malaysia?

440 thousand babies born in Malaysia in 2026. That is 0.33% of all births worldwide, and the 59th largest of any country. UN projection

2024–2100 uses the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario, based on assumptions about fertility, mortality and migration. These are projections, not observed births or guaranteed outcomes. Uncertainty increases further into the future; this site does not display prediction intervals.

Births in Malaysia: history and projections

1K10K100K 1 CE1000150018002100
Annual births, logarithmic scale. Shading marks modelled years before 1800; the dashed line marks UN projections from 2024.
Every figure refers to the area inside Malaysia’s present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form. See how borders are handled.
Year Estimated births Population Per 1,000 Evidence
1 CE ~310 ~7K 44.3 Modelled estimate
1000 ~8.2K ~200K 41.2 Modelled estimate
1500 ~16K ~400K 41.5 Modelled estimate
1800 ~11K ~287K 38.3 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~80.2K ~2.09M 38.3 Historical reconstruction
1950 273K 6.1M 44.7 UN estimate
2000 519K 23M 22.6 UN estimate
2023 436K 35.1M 12.4 UN estimate
2026 440K 36.4M 12.1 UN projection
2050 443K 44.3M 10.0 UN projection
2075 417K 46.4M 9.0 UN projection
2100 378K 44M 8.6 UN projection

What the numbers show

The highest annual births in Malaysia among estimates through 2023 were in 1996, at about 544K. That is roughly 1,748 times the estimated ~311 births a year in 1 CE.

At 1.52 children per woman, fertility in Malaysia is below the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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How many babies are born in Malaysia each year?

An estimated 440 thousand babies are born in Malaysia in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection. That is about 1,210 a day and 0.33% of all births worldwide.

What is the birth rate in Malaysia?

Malaysia has an estimated 12.1 births per 1,000 people in 2026, and a total fertility rate of 1.52 children per woman.

Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario. UN estimates cover 1950–2023; projections cover 2024–2100. Earlier years come from Gapminder’s reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.