Population during each prime minister's tenure

Every prime minister since 1991, ranked by how population changed from their first day in office. Politare shows what happened during a tenure; it does not claim the office-holder caused it.

#	Prime minister	In office	Total	Per year	Chart
1	Najib Razak	3 Apr 2009 – 10 May 2018	+16.2% 2008 → 2017	+1.7%/yr
2	Abdullah Ahmad Badawi	31 Oct 2003 – 3 Apr 2009	+10.1% 2003 → 2008	+1.9%/yr
3	Anwar Ibrahim	24 Nov 2022 – now	+5.2% 2022 → 2026	+1.3%/yr

Sorted by total, highest first. Every row is indexed to the last count complete before the first day in office ("from" marks a start that had to move because that count had no data, or because the period cut it); Levels are per cent changes, rates are differences in %; "per year" compounds levels and divides rates. Tenures with under 12 months, or under three observations, are left out. millions · Department of Statistics Malaysia (OpenDOSM, data.gov.my), current population estimates (population_malaysia), citizens and non-citizens · Malaysia data · as of Sep 2026.