Malaysia
Population 2026
36,385,116
Overview
- Yearly change
- +1.13%
- Density
- 111 per km²
- Land area
- 328,550 km²
- Capital
- Kuala Lumpur
- Currency
- Ringgit (MYR)
- Official languages
- MS-MY, EN, ZH, TA
- Urban population
- 77.4%
- Continent
- AS
Demographics
- Births
- 440,4012026
- Deaths
- 198,3232026
- Birth rate
- 12.4per 1,000
- Death rate
- 5.3per 1,000
- Fertility rate
- 1.54
- Life expectancy
- 76.8At birth, years
- Median age
- 31.4
- Net migration
- 166,615
Age distribution
- 0–1421.3%
- 15–6470.7%
- 65+8.0%
Population by year
Economy
- GDP
- $472B
- GDP per capita
- $13.1K
- GDP growth
- +5.2%
- Inflation
- 1.4%
- Unemployment
- 3.8%
- Exports
- $335B
- Imports
- $309B
- Tourism receipts
- 1.6%% of exports
Economic output by sector (% of GDP)
- Agriculture8.2%
- Industry35.7%
- Manufacturing22.1%
- Services54.8%
Employment by sector (%)
- Agriculture9.2%
- Industry26.0%
- Services64.9%
Largest cities
| # | City | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kuala LumpurKuala Lumpur | 1,453,9752026 |
| 2 | Johor BahruJohor | 858,1182026 |
| 3 | Kampung Baru SubangSelangor | 833,5712026 |
| 4 | Petaling JayaSelangor | 807,8792025 |
| 5 | IpohPerak | 759,9522026 |
| 6 | Shah AlamSelangor | 740,7502022 |
| 7 | Bukit Rahman PutraSelangor | 607,0002026 |
| 8 | PelentongJohor | 583,6402026 |
| 9 | MalaccaMelaka | 579,0002026 |
| 10 | Iskandar PuteriJohor | 575,9772026 |
Populated place as listed by GeoNames. Not a metropolitan-area figure.
Historical statistics
| Year | Population | Births | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 36,385,116 | 440K | 198K |
| 2020 | 33,889,554 | 454K | 171K |
| 2010 | 28,655,772 | 484K | 124K |
| 2000 | 22,967,817 | 519K | 102K |
| 1990 | 17,833,179 | 468K | 83.0K |
| 1980 | 12,983,365 | 399K | 71.6K |
| 1970 | 10,178,802 | 343K | 73.9K |
| 1960 | 7,956,201 | 341K | 90.1K |
| 1950 | 6,098,285 | 273K | 124K |