# Population in Malaysia

Population in Malaysia was 35.98 million in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `population`
- Place id: `my`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Resident population. Spain and the EU: 1 January, with Spanish figures from the official municipal register (Padrón). United States: Census Bureau population estimates for 1 July. Other countries and the World: World Bank mid-year estimates, which count all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
- Note: For Denmark, Statistics Denmark counts the registered resident population on 1 January. Greenland and the Faroe Islands are excluded. The annual series selects the first-quarter reference date from FOLK1A. The World Bank series exists for every country, so use it (through compare) to rank countries on one basis.
- Source: World Bank, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/population/malaysia
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/population/malaysia.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=population&place=my

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