KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 1 (NNN-BERNAMA) – Malaysia’s total population this year is estimated at 34.1 million, marking a growth of 1.9 percent, as compared to 33.4 million last year, the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) said, yesterday.
The DOSM said in a statement that, the population of citizens increased from 30.4 million in 2023 to 30.7 million in 2024, with the growth rate decreasing from 0.8 percent to 0.7 percent.
Similarly, non-citizens showed the same trend with a slower growth rate of 13.6 percent in 2024, as compared to 17.1 percent in 2023.
The composition of citizens in 2024 decreased from 91.1 percent in 2023, to 90 percent, while non-citizens increased to 10 percent from 8.9 percent, over the same period.
The number of males exceeded females at 17.9 million and 16.2 million, respectively, resulting in a sex ratio of 111 males for every 100 females.
The composition of the population aged 15-64 years (working age) increased to 70.1 percent from 69.9 percent in 2023. The percentage of the population aged 65 years and over increased to 7.7 percent from 7.4 percent for the same period.
Meanwhile, the composition of the population aged 0-14 years in 2024 decreased from 22.7 percent in 2023 to 22.2 percent.– NNN-BERNAMA
