Malaysia - Population density

Population density (people per sq. km of land area)

The value for Population density (people per sq. km of land area) in Malaysia was 98.51 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 59 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 98.51 in 2020 and a minimum value of 25.62 in 1961.

Definition: Population density is midyear population divided by land area in square kilometers. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of their country of origin. Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization and World Bank population estimates.

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Year Value
1961 25.62
1962 26.46
1963 27.31
1964 28.17
1965 29.00
1966 29.80
1967 30.58
1968 31.34
1969 32.11
1970 32.88
1971 33.67
1972 34.47
1973 35.28
1974 36.13
1975 37.02
1976 37.95
1977 38.93
1978 39.94
1979 40.97
1980 42.00
1981 43.02
1982 44.05
1983 45.11
1984 46.24
1985 47.48
1986 48.83
1987 50.29
1988 51.81
1989 53.35
1990 54.88
1991 56.37
1992 57.84
1993 59.31
1994 60.81
1995 62.36
1996 63.97
1997 65.63
1998 67.31
1999 68.97
2000 70.60
2001 72.16
2002 73.68
2003 75.18
2004 76.67
2005 78.19
2006 79.75
2007 81.33
2008 82.90
2009 84.42
2010 85.86
2011 87.20
2012 88.47
2013 89.69
2014 90.90
2015 92.14
2016 93.39
2017 94.67
2018 95.96
2019 97.24
2020 98.51

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization