Malaysia's population rose from 20.9M in 1996 to 36M in 2025.
Malaysia · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
23 indicators · 23 with data
Malaysia's population growth fell from 2.5 % in 1996 to 1.2 % in 2025.
Malaysia's population density rose from 60.3 in 1994 to 106.9 in 2023.
Malaysia's population, female (% of total) fell from 48.8 % in 1996 to 47.7 % in 2025.
Malaysia's urbanisation rose from 57.2 % in 1996 to 77.4 % in 2025.
Malaysia's urban population rose from 11.9M in 1996 to 27.8M in 2025.
Malaysia's rural population fell from 8.92M in 1996 to 8.13M in 2025.
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- Fertilitydown −0.5 %144th of 217
- Birth rate, crudedown −0.4 %115th of 217
- Death rate, crudeup +2.2 %186th of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −4.1 %40th of 217
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- Median ageup +0.5 yrs110th of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.5 pts111th of 217
- Working age (15–64)up +0.2 pts21st of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.3 pts118th of 217
- Age dependency ratiodown −0.4 pts197th of 217
- Old-age dependency ratioup +0.4 pts120th of 217
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- Net migrationdown −4.7 %7th of 217
- Migrant stockdown −0.3 pts78th of 216
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- Refugees hostedup +1.9 %42nd of 178
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- Life expectancyup +0.2 yrs86th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +0.2 yrs92nd of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.2 yrs83rd of 217