Population of cities in Malaysia 2026

Malaysia cities population

Code	City	Population		Share (%)	Rank		Change
Code	City	2025	2026	Share (%)	Malaysia	World	Population	(%)
Kual	Kuala Lumpur	8,443,731	8,565,445	23.8	1	41	121,714	1.44
Joho	Johor Bahru	1,695,838	1,713,260	4.76	2	289	17,422	1.03
Ipoh	Ipoh	823,097	831,599	2.31	3	637	8,502	1.03
Kota	Kota Kinabalu	789,885	800,493	2.22	4	668	10,608	1.34
Geor	George Town	765,884	769,761	2.14	5	697	3,877	0.51
Kuch	Kuching	586,880	593,455	1.65	6	929	6,575	1.12
Mala	Malacca City	555,703	563,080	1.57	7	985	7,377	1.33
Buki	Bukit Mertajam	517,326	521,208	1.45	8	1071	3,882	0.75
Kota	Kota Bharu	460,445	466,911	1.30	9	1208	6,466	1.40
Sere	Seremban	434,530	442,015	1.23	10	1271	7,485	1.72
Sand	Sandakan	400,980	406,297	1.13	11	1412	5,317	1.33
Kuan	Kuantan	373,353	380,832	1.06	12	1513	7,479	2.00
Tawa	Tawau	375,573	379,074	1.05	13	1519	3,501	0.93
Kual	Kuala Terengganu	326,615	341,474	0.949	14	1699	14,859	4.55
Sung	Sungai Petani	310,566	312,145	0.868	15	1857	1,579	0.51
Alor	Alor Setar	264,051	265,784	0.739	16	2223	1,733	0.66
Taip	Taiping	222,522	223,576	0.621	17	2661	1,054	0.47
Kuli	Kulim	207,980	208,981	0.581	18	2892	1,001	0.48
Rawa	Rawang	193,810	197,529	0.549	19	3070	3,719	1.92
Sibu	Sibu	189,927	191,566	0.532	20	3177	1,639	0.86
Kula	Kulai	164,961	172,199	0.479	21	3565	7,238	4.39
Klua	Kluang	162,807	164,781	0.458	22	3712	1,974	1.21
Batu	Batu Pahat	154,683	155,853	0.433	23	3943	1,170	0.76
Kamp	Kampong Pulau Melayu	150,819	152,314	0.423	24	4034	1,495	0.99
Muar	Muar	131,389	133,113	0.370	25	4635	1,724	1.31
Laha	Lahad Datu	120,676	122,888	0.342	26	5057	2,212	1.83
Putr	Putrajaya	112,672	116,089	0.323	27	5363	3,417	3.03
Bint	Bintulu	113,441	114,358	0.318	28	5461	917	0.81

Source	UN (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)
Date	10 Apr 2026