General info

Entity:
Malaysia
Capital:
Kuala Lumpur
Population (2009-07-01):
25,715,819 (CIA)
Area:
329,750 sq.km.
Country code:
my
Region:
South-eastern Asia

Malaysia

Administrative units

administrative unitscapitalarea (sq.km.)population
1991-18-14
census		population
2000-07-05
census
source: Department of Statistics, Malaysia.
note: the population figures for the main divisions are final, the figures for the subdivisions based on preliminary results of the Census held from 5-20 July, 2000.
note: Wilayah Persekutuan = Federal Territory, Negeri = State.
note: S.P. = Seberang Perai.
Negeri JohorJohor Bahru18,9872,162,3572,740,625
Negeri KedahAlor Setar9,4251,364,5041,649,756
Negeri KelantanKota Baharu15,0241,207,6841,313,014
Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala LumpurKuala Lumpur2431,226,7081,379,310
Wilayah Persekutuan LabuanVictoria92 76,067
Negeri MelakaMelaka1,652529,199635,791
Negeri PahangKuantan35,9651,081,1481,288,376
Negeri PerakIpoh21,0051,974,8932,051,236
Negeri PerlisKangar795190,182204,450
Negeri Pulau PinangGeorge Town1,0311,116,8011,313,449
Wilayah Persekutuan PutrajayaPutrajaya.. ..
State of SabahKota Kinabalu73,619 2,603,485
State of SarawakKuching124,449 2,071,506
Negeri SelangorShah Alam7,9602,413,5674,188,876
Negeri SembilanSeremban6,644722,017859,924
Negeri TerengganuKuala Terengganu12,955808,556898,825
total 329,84718,379,65523,274,690

Main cities

namepopulation
1991-08-14
census		population
2000-07-05
census
Kuala Lumpur1,145,0751,297,526
Ipoh382,633566,211
Klang (Kelang)243,698563,173
Petaling Jaya254,849438,084
Selayang..426,951
Subang Jaya..423,338
Johor Bahru328,646384,613
Melaka Bandararaya Bersejarah295,999369,222
Kota Kinabalu208,484354,153
Shah Alam101,733319,612
Kuantan198,356283,041
Kuala Terengganu228,654250,528
Seremban182,584246,441
Kota Bahru219,713233,673
Taiping183,165183,320
Georgetown219,376180,573
Kuching Utara147,729152,310
Ampang Jaya..126,459
Alor Setar125,026114,949
Tawau244,765..
Sandakan223,432..
Sibu126,384..
Seloyang Baru124,606..
source: Department of Statistics, Malaysia