Population 35,977,838
people· 2025
Published observation
Over time Full published history Malaysia 2025 · 35.98M
0 8.99M 17.99M 26.98M 35.98M 1960 1993 2025 1960: 7,956,197 1961: 8,164,443 1962: 8,380,172 1963: 8,602,160 1964: 8,828,406 1965: 9,056,408 1966: 9,284,688 1967: 9,507,099 1968: 9,725,281 1969: 9,947,597 1970: 10,178,802 1971: 10,423,453 1972: 10,676,835 1973: 10,935,621 1974: 11,200,906 1975: 11,471,914 1976: 11,750,097 1977: 12,035,713 1978: 12,328,157 1979: 12,627,862 1980: 12,983,363 1981: 13,399,203 1982: 13,832,798 1983: 14,285,907 1984: 14,759,009 1985: 15,252,258 1986: 15,760,419 1987: 16,276,737 1988: 16,796,605 1989: 17,314,997 1990: 17,833,171 1991: 18,342,464 1992: 18,834,572 1993: 19,322,664 1994: 19,820,446 1995: 20,330,599 1996: 20,850,087 1997: 21,375,218 1998: 21,906,713 1999: 22,435,531 2000: 22,967,816 2001: 23,526,538 2002: 24,102,477 2003: 24,679,602 2004: 25,256,772 2005: 25,836,071 2006: 26,417,909 2007: 26,998,389 2008: 27,570,059 2009: 28,124,778 2010: 28,655,776 2011: 29,162,039 2012: 29,662,831 2013: 30,174,265 2014: 30,696,137 2015: 31,232,798 2016: 31,789,685 2017: 32,355,644 2018: 32,910,967 2019: 33,440,596 2020: 33,889,558 2021: 34,282,399 2022: 34,695,493 2023: 35,126,298 2024: 35,557,673 2025: 35,977,838 Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.
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