| Source | UN (World Population Prospects 2022) |
| Date | 26 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | |