Malaysia - Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million

Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million

The value for Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million in Malaysia was 8,210,746 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 61 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 8,210,746 in 2021 and a minimum value of 343,527 in 1960.

Definition: Population in urban agglomerations of more than one million is the country's population living in metropolitan areas that in 2018 had a population of more than one million people.

Source: United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.

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Year Value
1960 343,527
1961 353,010
1962 362,768
1963 372,796
1964 383,116
1965 393,692
1966 404,576
1967 415,760
1968 427,269
1969 439,064
1970 451,201
1971 485,787
1972 524,721
1973 566,654
1974 612,004
1975 660,984
1976 713,959
1977 771,016
1978 832,722
1979 899,365
1980 971,445
1981 1,049,080
1982 1,133,039
1983 1,223,718
1984 1,321,794
1985 1,427,427
1986 1,541,666
1987 1,665,047
1988 1,798,493
1989 1,942,223
1990 2,097,661
1991 2,265,540
1992 2,427,445
1993 2,597,564
1994 2,779,865
1995 2,974,961
1996 3,184,046
1997 3,407,189
1998 3,646,311
1999 3,902,215
2000 4,176,469
2001 4,317,941
2002 4,462,708
2003 4,612,329
2004 4,767,182
2005 4,926,787
2006 5,091,967
2007 5,262,684
2008 5,439,373
2009 5,621,482
2010 5,809,953
2011 6,004,742
2012 6,206,062
2013 6,414,131
2014 6,629,176
2015 6,851,431
2016 7,081,137
2017 7,318,545
2018 7,563,912
2019 7,780,301
2020 7,996,830
2021 8,210,746

Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population)

Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population) in Malaysia was 25.05 as of 2021. Its highest value over the past 61 years was 25.05 in 2021, while its lowest value was 4.13 in 1966.

Definition: Population in urban agglomerations of more than one million is the percentage of a country's population living in metropolitan areas that in 2018 had a population of more than one million people.

Source: United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.

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Year Value
1960 4.21
1961 4.19
1962 4.17
1963 4.15
1964 4.14
1965 4.13
1966 4.13
1967 4.14
1968 4.15
1969 4.16
1970 4.18
1971 4.39
1972 4.63
1973 4.89
1974 5.16
1975 5.43
1976 5.73
1977 6.03
1978 6.35
1979 6.68
1980 7.04
1981 7.42
1982 7.83
1983 8.26
1984 8.70
1985 9.15
1986 9.61
1987 10.08
1988 10.57
1989 11.08
1990 11.63
1991 12.23
1992 12.77
1993 13.33
1994 13.91
1995 14.52
1996 15.15
1997 15.80
1998 16.49
1999 17.22
2000 18.01
2001 18.21
2002 18.43
2003 18.67
2004 18.92
2005 19.18
2006 19.43
2007 19.70
2008 19.97
2009 20.27
2010 20.60
2011 20.96
2012 21.35
2013 21.77
2014 22.20
2015 22.63
2016 23.08
2017 23.53
2018 23.99
2019 24.35
2020 24.71
2021 25.05

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization