Population of Malaysia (2025)

Malaysia population

34,741,806

Births this year: 5,144,180 Births today 229
Deaths this year 1,352,336 Deaths today 60

Malaysia Population by Religions(2010 est)

Region Name Percents Number
Muslim (official) 61.3% 18,972,327 people
Buddhist 19.8% 6,128,092 people
Christian 9.2% 2,847,397 people
Hindu 6.3% 1,949,848 people
Confucianism, Taoism, other traditional Chinese religions 1.3% 402,350 people
other 0.4% 123,800 people
none 0.8% 247,600 people
unspecified 1% 309,500 people

Malaysia Population by Ethnic groups (2010 est)

Ethnic groups Name Percents Number
Malay 50.1% 15,505,931 people
Chinese 22.6% 6,994,691 people
indigenous 11.8% 3,652,096 people
Indian 6.7% 2,073,647 people
other 0.7% 216,650 people
non-citizens 8.2% 2,537,897 people

Malaysia population by Age group

Age Both Sexes Population Male Population Female Population Both Sexes (%) Male (%) Female (%) Sex ratio (female/male)
Total 34,333,554 16,954,644 17,378,910 100 100 100 97.6
00-04 2,630,078 1,351,757 1,278,321 7.7 8 7.4 105.7
05-09 2,603,522 1,337,745 1,265,777 7.6 7.9 7.3 105.7
10-14 2,483,218 1,275,350 1,207,868 7.2 7.5 7 105.6
15-19 2,354,791 1,149,247 1,205,544 6.9 6.8 6.9 95.3
20-24 2,687,286 1,298,616 1,388,670 7.8 7.7 8 93.5
25-29 2,849,262 1,379,814 1,469,448 8.3 8.1 8.5 93.9
30-34 2,968,105 1,466,253 1,501,852 8.6 8.6 8.6 97.6
35-39 2,952,560 1,496,570 1,455,990 8.6 8.8 8.4 102.8
40-44 2,759,294 1,369,594 1,389,700 8 8.1 8 98.6
45-49 2,132,672 1,066,341 1,066,331 6.2 6.3 6.1 100
50-54 1,878,348 942,042 936,306 5.5 5.6 5.4 100.6
55-59 1,681,212 811,251 869,961 4.9 4.8 5 93.3
60-64 1,457,683 674,037 783,646 4.2 4 4.5 86
65-69 1,161,718 533,794 627,924 3.4 3.1 3.6 85
70-74 813,935 368,890 445,045 2.4 2.2 2.6 82.9
75-79 524,136 238,375 285,761 1.5 1.4 1.6 83.4
80-84 247,745 115,712 132,033 0.7 0.7 0.8 87.6
85-89 111,372 57,007 54,365 0.3 0.3 0.3 104.9
90-94 30,767 18,377 12,390 0.1 0.1 0.1 148.3
95-99 5,325 3,506 1,819 0 0 0 192.7
100+ 525 366 159 0 0 0 230.2

Malaysia Age structure and Population pyramid

Malaysia Age structure and Population pyramid

Malaysia Sex ratio

Malaysia Sex ratio

Malaysia Dependency ratios

Chart working age in Malaysia

Malaysia Population (1950 - 2025)

Year Population Yearly %
Change		 Yearly
Change		 Sex ratio Density
(P/Km²)
2024 33,953,170 1.16 387,874 97.61 103.34
2023 33,565,296 1.19 393,685 97.66 102.16
2022 33,171,611 1.21 397,415 97.72 100.96
2021 32,774,196 1.23 399,722 97.77 99.75
2020 32,374,474 1.25 401,057 97.84 98.54
2019 31,973,417 1.28 402,841 97.90 97.32
2018 31,570,576 1.30 406,399 97.98 96.09
2017 31,164,177 1.34 412,575 98.06 94.85
2016 30,751,602 1.39 420,595 98.13 93.60
2015 30,331,007 1.43 429,010 98.17 92.32
2014 29,901,997 1.48 436,625 98.18 91.01
2013 29,465,372 1.53 443,432 98.17 89.68
2012 29,021,940 1.57 448,970 98.19 88.33
2011 28,572,970 1.61 453,470 98.29 86.97
2010 28,119,500 1.66 458,483 98.54 85.59
2005 25,796,124 10.14 2,375,373 101.52 78.52
2000 23,420,751 13.01 2,695,377 103.46 71.29
1995 20,725,374 13.81 2,514,277 103.28 63.08
1990 18,211,097 15.52 2,446,757 103.10 55.43
1985 15,764,340 13.96 1,930,601 101.71 47.98
1980 13,833,739 12.36 1,521,957 101.55 42.11
1975 12,311,782 12.86 1,403,148 101.51 37.47
1970 10,908,634 13.99 1,338,850 102.11 33.20
1965 9,569,784 17.26 1,408,809 103.05 29.13
1960 8,160,975 16.32 1,144,878 103.47 24.84
1955 7,016,097 14.83 906,190 104.10 21.35
1950 6,109,907 106.03 18.60
Chart population Malaysia Population (1950 - 2025)