Demographics of Malaysia

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	04 Nov 2021

As of 2021, the population of Malaysia is projected at 32.78 million, up by 1.27% compared with 32.37 million in 2020. Malaysia is ranked 45th in terms of population and 88th in terms of population growth rate.

There are 0.53 million births in Malaysia in 2021. That is 1,457 per day, which is ranked 54th. The crude birth rate is 16.23 per 1000 people. There are 0.17 million deaths in Malaysia in 2021. That is 479 per day, which is ranked 57th. The crude death rate is 5.34 per 1000 people.

3.69 million people are living in urban areas, which is 77.7% of Malaysia population. Malaysia is ranked 76th in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Malaysia in 2021 is 105.61 males per 100 females. There are 16.83 million males and 15.94 million females in Malaysia. The percentage of female population is 48.64% compare to 51.36% male population. Malaysia has 0.89 million more males than females. Malaysia is at 185th position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

Malaysia population

Year	Population	Growth (%)
1950	6,109,902	-
1955	7,038,910	2.96
1960	8,156,342	3.11
1965	9,526,558	2.95
1970	10,804,131	2.41
1975	12,162,189	2.45
1980	13,798,094	2.51
1985	15,598,924	2.68
1990	18,029,824	2.86
1995	20,487,604	2.55
2000	23,194,252	2.35
2005	25,690,615	1.98
2010	28,208,028	1.71
2015	30,270,965	1.35
2016	30,684,652	1.37
2017	31,104,655	1.37
2018	31,528,033	1.36
2019	31,949,789	1.34
2020	32,365,998	1.3
2021	32,776,195	1.27

Total
Crude

Malaysia death and birth rate

Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	99,602	273,005	15.97	43.81
1955	92,478	304,129	13.09	43.13
1960	86,003	350,688	10.48	42.69
1965	80,563	367,714	8.47	38.81
1970	77,713	366,390	7.17	33.84
1975	78,711	389,735	6.44	31.93
1980	80,224	432,420	5.81	31.31
1985	82,617	472,182	5.26	30.09
1990	87,359	506,349	4.85	28.10
1995	95,220	538,606	4.63	26.18
2000	104,783	507,714	4.53	21.98
2005	116,289	468,116	4.52	18.16
2010	130,728	485,918	4.65	17.26
2015	147,729	516,103	4.88	17.02
2020	169,951	531,804	5.25	16.43
2021	174,884	531,772	5.34	16.23

Population
Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Malaysia

Year	Population		Urbanization
Year	Urban	Rural	growth rate (%)	Urban (%)
1950	103,560	4,865,892	-	20.361
1955	127,621	5,391,215	5.83	23.417
1960	158,848	5,987,514	5.63	26.598
1965	199,188	6,676,896	5.34	29.913
1970	278,646	7,189,610	4.68	33.454
1975	404,986	7,582,989	4.84	37.652
1980	557,771	7,996,880	4.72	42.044
1985	732,861	8,440,054	4.44	45.893
1990	1,090,992	9,056,348	4.51	49.794
1995	1,314,278	9,081,996	4.97	55.688
2000	1,662,050	8,815,954	4.42	61.977
2005	1,962,982	8,571,839	3.32	66.594
2010	2,357,581	8,177,340	3.05	70.912
2015	2,866,700	7,922,592	2.52	74.213
2020	3,534,836	7,507,360	2.01	77.160
2021	3,691,081	7,424,927	1.98	77.696

Population pyramid
Gender ratio

Malaysia population by Age Group (2011)

Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	1,363,219	1,285,803	2,649,022	8.08	106.021
05-09	1,306,411	1,230,096	2,536,507	7.74	106.204
10-14	1,255,318	1,185,082	2,440,400	7.45	105.927
15-19	1,354,946	1,272,823	2,627,769	8.02	106.452
20-24	1,465,772	1,379,264	2,845,036	8.68	106.272
25-29	1,493,667	1,413,119	2,906,786	8.87	105.700
30-34	1,513,803	1,425,704	2,939,507	8.97	106.179
35-39	1,472,912	1,330,590	2,803,502	8.55	110.696
40-44	1,161,384	1,034,677	2,196,061	6.70	112.246
45-49	992,121	927,800	1,919,921	5.86	106.933
50-54	856,197	851,730	1,707,927	5.21	100.524
55-59	772,838	728,548	1,501,386	4.58	106.079
60-64	638,848	623,160	1,262,008	3.85	102.517
65-69	477,419	486,961	964,380	2.94	98.041
70-74	330,926	359,098	690,024	2.11	92.155
75-79	187,269	207,106	394,375	1.20	90.422
80-84	112,050	122,394	234,444	0.72	91.549
85-89	55,337	56,947	112,284	0.34	97.173
90-94	18,878	17,027	35,905	0.11	110.871
95-99	4,718	3,019	7,737	0.02	156.277
100+	951	263	1,214	0.00	361.597
Total	16,834,984	15,941,211	32,776,195		105.607