Malaysia Urban Population 1960-2024

Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.
  • Malaysia urban population for 2023 was 27,006,299, a 1.74% increase from 2022.
  • Malaysia urban population for 2022 was 26,544,440, a 1.76% increase from 2021.
  • Malaysia urban population for 2021 was 26,085,557, a 1.83% increase from 2020.
  • Malaysia urban population for 2020 was 25,617,115, a 1.94% increase from 2019.
Data Source: World Bank

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China 910,895,447
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Russia 108,345,662
Mexico 104,796,621
Iran 68,892,205
Turkey 66,096,079
Colombia 42,894,219
South Africa 41,576,651
Thailand 38,491,230
Algeria 34,327,085
Iraq 32,580,810
Peru 27,111,853
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Ecuador 11,785,978
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Romania 10,418,360
Dominican Republic 9,570,242
Guatemala 9,346,539
Cuba 8,678,273
Belarus 7,409,732
Azerbaijan 5,822,506
Libya 5,621,338
Bulgaria 4,932,158
Lebanon 4,788,127
Paraguay 4,332,984
Costa Rica 4,306,402
Serbia 3,779,753
Turkmenistan 3,518,889
Gabon 2,217,982
Botswana 1,949,449
Albania 1,773,980
Armenia 1,770,650
Jamaica 1,621,241
Bosnia 1,614,061
Namibia 1,429,326
Equatorial Guinea 1,276,538
North Macedonia 1,077,748
Fiji 549,774
Mauritius 515,350
Montenegro 422,094
Suriname 413,897
Guyana 221,054
Maldives 218,678
Belize 191,477
St. Vincent and the Grenadines 56,307
Dominica 52,593
Grenada 46,762
Samoa 39,512
American Samoa 38,308
St. Lucia 34,558
Marshall Islands 33,121
Tonga 24,960
Nauru 12,780
Tuvalu 7,549
Malaysia Urban Population - Historical Data
Year Population % of Total Change
2023 27,006,299 78.72 1.73%
2022 26,544,440 78.21 1.74%
2021 26,085,557 77.70 1.81%
2020 25,617,115 77.16 1.92%
2019 25,130,176 76.61 1.99%
2018 24,635,110 76.04 2.09%
2017 24,124,786 75.45 2.22%
2016 23,594,371 74.84 2.30%
2015 23,057,113 74.21 2.36%
2014 22,519,314 73.58 2.44%
2013 21,977,315 72.93 2.49%
2012 21,436,918 72.28 2.54%
2011 20,898,466 71.61 2.59%
2010 20,364,317 70.91 2.95%
2009 19,773,206 70.08 3.20%
2008 19,150,609 69.23 3.35%
2007 18,520,504 68.36 3.47%
2006 17,889,347 67.48 3.56%
2005 17,263,520 66.59 3.66%
2004 16,642,423 65.69 3.77%
2003 16,026,190 64.78 3.88%
2002 15,416,400 63.86 3.99%
2001 14,813,423 62.92 4.08%
2000 14,220,716 61.98 4.56%
1999 13,587,168 60.74 4.60%
1998 12,976,400 59.50 4.75%
1997 12,374,884 58.24 4.87%
1996 11,786,345 56.97 4.98%
1995 11,213,830 55.69 5.10%
1994 10,656,646 54.40 5.19%
1993 10,117,305 53.11 5.25%
1992 9,599,428 51.81 5.21%
1991 9,112,513 50.58 4.37%
1990 8,722,442 49.79 4.46%
1989 8,341,912 49.01 4.56%
1988 7,970,153 48.23 4.65%
1987 7,607,707 47.45 4.66%
1986 7,261,420 46.67 4.62%
1985 6,933,576 45.89 4.53%
1984 6,626,381 45.12 4.45%
1983 6,338,170 44.35 4.39%
1982 6,065,949 43.57 4.37%
1981 5,806,596 42.81 4.40%
1980 5,556,412 42.04 4.74%
1979 5,299,097 41.16 4.78%
1978 5,051,551 40.27 4.83%
1977 4,813,156 39.39 4.80%
1976 4,587,644 38.52 4.76%
1975 4,374,389 37.65 4.77%
1974 4,170,669 36.79 4.77%
1973 3,976,364 35.94 4.75%
1972 3,791,800 35.10 4.73%
1971 3,616,467 34.27 4.77%
1970 3,447,939 33.45 4.60%
1969 3,293,089 32.73 4.63%
1968 3,144,095 32.01 4.71%
1967 2,999,576 31.30 4.82%
1966 2,858,487 30.60 4.99%
1965 2,719,396 29.91 5.15%
1964 2,582,918 29.23 5.28%
1963 2,450,091 28.56 5.37%
1962 2,322,041 27.90 5.41%
1961 2,199,658 27.24 5.42%
1960 2,083,629 26.60 %