WORLD POPULATION DAY 2021

“Rights and Choices are the Answer: Whether Baby Boom or Bust, the Solution Lies in
Prioritizing the Reproductive Health and Rights of All People”
World Fertility and Family Planning 1 TFR in ASEAN, 2019 Malaysian Population at Glance 2
Timor Leste 3.9
6.0
a
Total Population Population by Sex
Laos 2.6
Total Fertility Rate (TFR)
World Cambodia 2.5
Africa
4.4 Asia Philippines 2.5 16.8 15.9
Europe
Latin America and the Carribbean Indonesia 2.3 Million Million
3.3
3.8 Northern America
Oceania Myanmar 2.1 (51.5%) (48.5%)
3.2
3.2 Vietnam 2.1
2.5 2.5
Brunei 1.8 32.7 Million
2.3 2.4

2.0 2.0
2.2
2.0 Malaysia 1.8
1.9
1.7 1.8 Thailand 1.5
1.7
1.6
1.7 Population by Age Group Urban Population
Singapore 1.2
22.8 Million
(69.7%)
1990 2019 2030 25.0 Million
a. Live births per woman over a lifetime Percentage of 7.6 Million
(77.0%)
Contraceptive (23.3%)
2.3 Million
Percentage of Contraceptive 1990
2019 Prevalence (7.0%)
Prevalence (any method), Median b 2030

62.6 62.4 63
(any method)
54.8
56.1 56.8
58
60.4
in ASEAN, 2019, 0-14
years
15-64
years
65 years
and above

48.5 49
50.3 50.6
48.9 49.2 50 Median 1
42.4
Vietnam 56.8 Family Planning Practises among Married Women
42.1
39.8

Thailand 47.9 Aged 15-49 Years in Malaysia, 2014 3

34

29.4
Indonesia 44.4
Cambodia 41.1 Contraceptive Prevalance in Malaysia, 1974-2014
15.5
Singapore 39.2
Laos 38.2 54.8% 53.0%
52.2%
Africa Asia Europe Latin America Northern Oceania
Philippines 34.8 52.2%
World 36.0% women are
and the Carribbean America Malaysia 33.1 currently using
b. Percentage among all women of reproductive age (15-49 years old) Myanmar 32.3 family planning
Timor Leste 14.2 1974 1984 1994 2004 2014

Published: 11 July 2021

Source: For more information:
1) World Fertility and Family Planning 2020: Highlights, United Nations Department of Population and Family Research Division
Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division;
2) Current Population Estimates, 2020, Department of Statistics; and NATIONAL POPULATION AND FAMILY DEVELOPMENT BOARD
3) Fifth Malaysian Population and Family Survey, 2014, National Population and Family MINISTRY OF WOMEN,
FAMILY AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
(Ministry of Women, Familly and Community Development)
Development Board.