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Malaysia: Population in the largest city

32.32percent · 2025+8.2% since 2015

Population in largest city is the percentage of a country's urban population living in that country's largest metropolitan area. Annual figures for Malaysia from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202532.323
202432.233
202332.109
202231.941
202131.719
202031.441
201931.089
201830.823
201730.469
201630.159
201529.871
201429.592
201329.325
201229.071
201128.829
201028.612
200928.454
200828.37
200728.347
200628.379
200528.455
200428.57
200328.719
200228.905
200129.124
200029.343
199928.569
199827.871
199727.247
199626.683
199526.166
199425.694
199325.255
199224.851
199124.462
199023.989
198923.646
198823.402
198723.236
198623.13
198523.052
198422.97
198322.839
198222.633
198122.314
198021.851
197921.214
197820.494
197719.776
197619.065
197518.356
197417.658
197316.975
197216.307
197115.654
197015.064
196915.171
196815.27
196715.369
196615.484
196515.623
196415.778
196315.95
196216.139
196116.343
196016.564

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by United Nations. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Population in the largest city. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-population-in-the-largest-city (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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