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Malaysia

Country

Member state of the United Nations.[1]

Capital
Population
35,977,838 in 2025[3]
Other published figures
  • 34,231,700in 2025[4]
Land area
328,550 km²[5]
Total area
330,803 km²[6] land and water
Official language
Currency
Land borders
Indonesia, Thailand, Brunei[10]
Coast
Yes[10]
Continent
Official name

Parts of Malaysia

Loading 16 places.

Through time

Population over time[3]
1960202536M

7,956,197 in 1960, 35,977,838 in 2025

Show as a table
YearPopulation
19607,956,197
19618,164,443
19628,380,172
19638,602,160
19648,828,406
19659,056,408
19669,284,688
19679,507,099
19689,725,281
19699,947,597
197010,178,802
197110,423,453
197210,676,835
197310,935,621
197411,200,906
197511,471,914
197611,750,097
197712,035,713
197812,328,157
197912,627,862
198012,983,363
198113,399,203
198213,832,798
198314,285,907
198414,759,009
198515,252,258
198615,760,419
198716,276,737
198816,796,605
198917,314,997
199017,833,171
199118,342,464
199218,834,572
199319,322,664
199419,820,446
199520,330,599
199620,850,087
199721,375,218
199821,906,713
199922,435,531
200022,967,816
200123,526,538
200224,102,477
200324,679,602
200425,256,772
200525,836,071
200626,417,909
200726,998,389
200827,570,059
200928,124,778
201028,655,776
201129,162,039
201229,662,831
201330,174,265
201430,696,137
201531,232,798
201631,789,685
201732,355,644
201832,910,967
201933,440,596
202033,889,558
202134,282,399
202234,695,493
202335,126,298
202435,557,673
202535,977,838

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Codes

ISO alpha-2
MY[12]
ISO alpha-3
MYS[13]
ISO numeric
458[14]

Changes to this page's data

No changes recorded since the dataset of 5 November 2026.

Sources

  1. United Nations: Member States (checked 2026-11-05) Published directly by the source.
  2. Wikidata: Malaysia (Q833), capital: Kuala Lumpur (revision 2562601540) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  3. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  4. Wikidata: Malaysia (Q833), population (revision 2562601540) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  5. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Land area (sq. km) (AG.LND.TOTL.K2) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  6. Wikidata: Malaysia (Q833), area (revision 2562601540) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  7. Wikidata: Malaysia (Q833), official language: Malay (revision 2562601540) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
    • Cites: Constitution of Malaysia
  8. Wikidata: Malaysia (Q833), currency: Malaysian ringgit (revision 2562601540) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  9. Wikidata: Malaysia (Q833), continent: Asia (revision 2562601540) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  10. Natural Earth: Admin 0 countries, 1:50m (revision v5.1.2) Published directly by the source.
  11. Wikidata: Malaysia (Q833), official name (revision 2562601540) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  12. Wikidata: Malaysia (Q833), ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code (revision 2562601540) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  13. Wikidata: Malaysia (Q833), ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code (revision 2562601540) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  14. Wikidata: Malaysia (Q833), ISO 3166-1 numeric code (revision 2562601540) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.

Flag image: Flag of Malaysia.svg, Public domain, MapGrid (old version SKopp , Zscout370 and Ranking Update ), via Wikimedia Commons.