Population by state
Published by Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) · Government
Also known as: Jumlah penduduk mengikut negeri · population state · state population · penduduk negeri
About this resource
Population counts for Malaysia broken down by state and administrative district, with annual series suitable for comparing states or tracking growth over time.
What we have not verified
- The licence has not been recorded
- The update frequency has not been recorded
We record what we have confirmed and leave the rest blank rather than guessing.
Get this data
- JSON API APINo credentials needed
https://api.data.gov.my/data-catalogue?id=population_state
Requires the query parameter id=population_state.
- Explore in the data catalogue Explorer
https://open.dosm.gov.my/data-catalogue
- API documentation API docs
https://developer.data.gov.my/
- Population dashboard Landing page
https://open.dosm.gov.my/dashboard/population
Directory notes
Verified 2026-10-04: dashboard and API endpoint both respond. Update frequency and temporal coverage are deliberately left unrecorded because they were not confirmed on the resource page.
Related resources
- Consumer Price Index (headline) — Department of Statistics Malaysia