Population: Malaysia, 2026

Dental Market Radar Editorial Team · Updated 2026-11-09 · Data as of 2026-07-01

Malaysia had a population of 34,389,400 in 2026, according to DOSM Population at national level 1970-2026. Basis: estimate.

Comparability A Confidence high

Cite this

Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) via data.gov.my / OpenDOSM. (2026). Population: Malaysia, as of 2026-07-01 [Data set]. Compiled by Dental Market Radar. https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/my/population/2026/

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Record

Value: 34,389,400 persons
Unit conversion: Stored value = quoted number × 1000 (thousand persons to persons). Declared by the data desk.
Unit: persons
As of: 2026-07-01
Accessed: 2026-11-09
Revision: 1
Confidence: high
Method: reported
Basis: estimate
Scope: estimate
Comparability: Comparability A A: same definition as the metric
Status: Latest record for this market and metric

Source quote

{"age": "overall", "sex": "both", "date": "2026-01-01", "ethnicity": "overall", "population": 34389.4}

Locator: data.gov.my catalogue population_malaysia, API row date=2026-01-01, age=overall, sex=both, ethnicity=overall (unit: thousands)

Local definition

Population at national level; non-census years are intercensal mid-year population estimates (cohort-component method); includes non-citizens

Source

Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) via data.gov.my / OpenDOSM: Population at national level 1970-2026 (population_malaysia). Registry entry: my-dosm-population.

Notes

DOSM via data.gov.my; value in thousands (34,389.4k). Dataset dates are YYYY-01-01 placeholders for annual data; catalogue text says mid-year estimates, so as_of set to 1 July. Includes 3,373.6k other non-citizens. World Bank SP.POP.TOTL (UN-based) gives a higher 35,557,673 for 2024.

Metric definition

Resident population (total) at the stated date All markets for this metric.

History

Current records on the same basis (estimate). A dashed line crosses a documented series break. The table below lists every record.

Current records for Population, Malaysia, newest first
Year	Value	Basis	As of	Comparability	Source	Series break
2026	34,389,400 persons	estimate	2026-07-01	Comparability A	Population at national level 1970-2026 (population_malaysia)
2024	34,052,100 persons	estimate	2024-07-01	Comparability A	Population at national level 1970-2026 (population_malaysia)

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