People & places
7.45m
people in Selangor
Selangor is in a league of its own.
Compare all 13 states and three federal territories, using the same year and units.
2026 · DOSM↗
People & places · 2 min read
How many people live in Malaysia?
Citizens and non-citizen residents, counted together. A bigger picture of the place we call home.
Data-Lah · Source data checked: 28 Sep 2026
34.39mpeople · population estimate
2026 · DOSM
The short answer
Malaysia’s 2026 population estimate is 34,389,400 people. We round that to 34.39 million for the headline.
What it means
This is the total resident population across all ages, both sexes and all ethnic groups. It includes non-citizen residents.
How the number is read
Published population in thousands × 1,000 = people.