Malaysia's population estimated at 32.7m in 2020

Malaysia's population in 2020 was estimated at 32.7 million compared to 32.5 million in 2019 with an annual growth rate of 0.4 percent, reported Current Population Estimates, Malaysia, 2020 in its publication.

Commenting on the publication, chief statistician Mohd Uzir Mahidin said a decline of population growth rate was attributed to the decrease in the number of non-citizens from 3.1 million in 2019 to 3.0 million this year.

“This is in line with the...