People & places
34.39m
people · population estimate
Hello, 34 million neighbours.
Citizens and non-citizen residents, counted together. A bigger picture of the place we call home.
2026 · DOSM↗
People & places · 2 min read
What share of residents live in Sabah, Sarawak and Labuan?
Shrink Malaysia to a group of 100. Roughly 19 live in these three places.
Data-Lah · Source data checked: 28 Sep 2026
18.6%of Malaysia’s resident population
2026 · DOSM
The short answer
The 2026 estimates for Sabah, Sarawak and Labuan add up to 6,407,900 residents. That is 18.6% of the national estimate.
What it means
The group-of-100 picture makes a percentage easier to imagine. Labuan is included here explicitly rather than quietly counted with Sabah.
How the number is read
(Sabah + Sarawak + Labuan) ÷ Malaysia × 100.