Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 15+, total in Malaysia
Malaysia: Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 15+, total was 19,391 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 15+, total in Malaysia, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
The most recent figure for barro-lee: population in thousands, age 15+, total in Malaysia is 19,391, measured in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 27.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: population in thousands, age 15+, total in Malaysia peaked at 19,391 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 4,453, in 1960.
That places Malaysia 39th out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,784 | 4,453 | 5,114 | 2 |
| 1970s | 6,555 | 6,013 | 7,097 | 2 |
| 1980s | 8,982 | 8,352 | 9,613 | 2 |
| 1990s | 12,202 | 11,330 | 13,075 | 2 |
| 2000s | 16,186 | 15,236 | 17,135 | 2 |
| 2010s | 19,391 | 19,391 | 19,391 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Malaysia
More education data for Malaysia
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 21.3% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 70.7% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 90.4% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 273,792 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs mean years of schooling 1.54 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 90.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: population in thousands, age 15+, total in Malaysia?
- Barro-lee: population in thousands, age 15+, total in Malaysia was 19,391 in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: population in thousands, age 15+, total recorded in Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 19,391 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: population in thousands, age 15+, total recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,453 in 1960.
- How does Malaysia rank for barro-lee: population in thousands, age 15+, total?
- Malaysia ranks 39th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: population in thousands, age 15+, total rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malaysia data come from?
- The figures come from Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/, published as part of Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 15+, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Population in thousands, age 15+, total is the total population over age 15 in thousands estimated by Barro-Lee.