Demographics of Malaysia
Source | UN (World Population Prospects 2022) |
Date | 28 Mar 2024 |
There are 17.69 million males and 16.98 million females in Malaysia. The percentage of the male population is 51.04%, compared to 48.96% of the female population. Malaysia has 718k more males than females. The sex ratio in Malaysia in 2024 will be 104.229 males per 100 females. Malaysia is in the 209th position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.
Year | Population | Growth (%) |
---|---|---|
1950 | 5,972,876 | 2.37 |
1955 | 6,786,077 | 2.74 |
1960 | 7,833,782 | 3.02 |
1965 | 9,091,016 | 2.80 |
1970 | 10,306,508 | 2.40 |
1975 | 11,617,947 | 2.48 |
1980 | 13,215,707 | 2.63 |
1985 | 15,108,135 | 2.90 |
1990 | 17,517,054 | 2.86 |
1995 | 20,136,888 | 2.72 |
2000 | 22,945,150 | 2.60 |
2005 | 25,923,536 | 2.26 |
2010 | 28,717,731 | 1.60 |
2015 | 31,068,833 | 1.46 |
2020 | 33,199,993 | 1.18 |
2021 | 33,573,874 | 1.06 |
2022 | 33,938,221 | 1.10 |
2023 | 34,308,525 | 1.07 |
2024 | 34,671,895 | 1.04 |
- Population
- Growth
Year | Total | Crude(per 1000) | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Death | Birth | Crude death | Crude birth | |
1950 | 130,459 | 264,724 | 21.838 | 44.313 |
1955 | 106,240 | 303,591 | 15.638 | 44.688 |
1960 | 88,938 | 335,697 | 11.344 | 42.818 |
1965 | 75,120 | 342,488 | 8.257 | 37.647 |
1970 | 73,054 | 346,380 | 7.078 | 33.561 |
1975 | 70,988 | 374,846 | 6.105 | 32.238 |
1980 | 70,452 | 410,866 | 5.331 | 31.088 |
1985 | 72,387 | 459,108 | 4.799 | 30.435 |
1990 | 81,367 | 487,430 | 4.656 | 27.894 |
1995 | 90,295 | 543,628 | 4.494 | 27.057 |
2000 | 104,767 | 526,694 | 4.584 | 23.047 |
2005 | 116,415 | 456,802 | 4.516 | 17.722 |
2010 | 143,564 | 487,287 | 5.009 | 17.002 |
2015 | 158,136 | 530,604 | 5.096 | 17.101 |
2020 | 176,170 | 511,406 | 5.311 | 15.417 |
2021 | 202,436 | 511,313 | 6.034 | 15.240 |
2022 | 184,580 | 509,232 | 5.443 | 15.016 |
2023 | 189,309 | 507,266 | 5.522 | 14.796 |
2024 | 194,159 | 504,947 | 5.604 | 14.574 |
- Total
- Crude
Year | Population | Urban (%) | |
---|---|---|---|
Urban | Rural | ||
1950 | 1,244,023 | 4,865,892 | 20.361 |
1955 | 1,648,504 | 5,391,215 | 23.417 |
1960 | 2,169,592 | 5,987,514 | 26.598 |
1965 | 2,849,667 | 6,676,896 | 29.913 |
1970 | 3,614,368 | 7,189,610 | 33.454 |
1975 | 4,579,380 | 7,582,989 | 37.652 |
1980 | 5,801,245 | 7,996,880 | 42.044 |
1985 | 7,158,888 | 8,440,054 | 45.893 |
1990 | 8,981,973 | 9,056,348 | 49.794 |
1995 | 11,413,601 | 9,081,996 | 55.688 |
2000 | 14,369,654 | 8,815,954 | 61.977 |
2005 | 17,087,554 | 8,571,839 | 66.594 |
2010 | 19,934,949 | 8,177,340 | 70.912 |
2015 | 22,800,563 | 7,922,592 | 74.213 |
2020 | 25,361,963 | 7,507,360 | 77.160 |
2021 | 25,864,286 | 7,424,927 | 77.696 |
2022 | 26,366,660 | 7,344,151 | 78.214 |
2023 | 26,866,688 | 7,264,482 | 78.716 |
2024 | 27,360,379 | 7,185,014 | 79.201 |
- Population
- Urbanization
Age group | Male | Female | Total | M per 100 F | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Persons | Share (%) | ||||
00-04 | 1,309,262 | 1,230,114 | 2,539,376 | 7.32 | 106.434 |
05-09 | 1,350,319 | 1,266,710 | 2,617,030 | 7.55 | 106.600 |
10-14 | 1,312,541 | 1,231,728 | 2,544,269 | 7.34 | 106.561 |
15-19 | 1,339,696 | 1,272,187 | 2,611,883 | 7.53 | 105.307 |
20-24 | 1,431,340 | 1,351,437 | 2,782,776 | 8.03 | 105.912 |
25-29 | 1,491,603 | 1,421,198 | 2,912,801 | 8.40 | 104.954 |
30-34 | 1,558,475 | 1,493,148 | 3,051,622 | 8.80 | 104.375 |
35-39 | 1,556,735 | 1,458,883 | 3,015,618 | 8.70 | 106.707 |
40-44 | 1,402,012 | 1,268,071 | 2,670,083 | 7.70 | 110.563 |
45-49 | 1,128,882 | 1,036,707 | 2,165,589 | 6.25 | 108.891 |
50-54 | 953,017 | 928,450 | 1,881,467 | 5.43 | 102.646 |
55-59 | 838,595 | 832,548 | 1,671,143 | 4.82 | 100.726 |
60-64 | 701,186 | 707,120 | 1,408,305 | 4.06 | 99.161 |
65-69 | 540,038 | 569,000 | 1,109,039 | 3.20 | 94.910 |
70-74 | 370,564 | 410,748 | 781,312 | 2.25 | 90.217 |
75-79 | 226,398 | 260,345 | 486,743 | 1.40 | 86.961 |
80-84 | 118,916 | 144,494 | 263,410 | 0.76 | 82.298 |
85-89 | 48,801 | 66,385 | 115,187 | 0.33 | 73.512 |
90-94 | 13,514 | 21,744 | 35,259 | 0.10 | 62.150 |
95-99 | 2,639 | 5,077 | 7,715 | 0.02 | 51.980 |
100+ | 411 | 857 | 1,268 | 0.00 | 47.958 |
Total | 17,694,944 | 16,976,951 | 34,671,895 | 104.229 |
- Population pyramid
- Gender ratio