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🇲🇾 Malaysia

Overview

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3MYS
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2MY
UN M49 numeric458
IOC codeMAS
Official nameMalaysia
Native name(s)eng: official: Malaysia; common: Malaysia; msa: official: مليسيا; common: مليسيا
Alt spellingsMY
Statusofficially-assigned
IndependentYes
UN memberYes

Geography

RegionAsia
SubregionSouth-Eastern Asia
UN regional groupAsia and the Pacific Group
CapitalKuala Lumpur
Area (km²)330,803
Lat / Lng2.5000, 112.5000
LandlockedNo
Borders (ISO3)BRN, IDN, THA
Top-level domain.my
Calling coderoot: +6; suffixes: 0

Demographics

Population (World Bank)35,977,838 (2025)
Life expectancy (years, World Bank)76.821 (2024)
Languageseng: English; msa: Malay
Demonymseng: f: Malaysian; m: Malaysian; fra: f: Malaisienne; m: Malaisien
Population time-series (UN WPP)74

Economy

GDP (current USD)472,193,128,644.597 (2025)
GDP per capita (current USD)13,124.555 (2025)
Unemployment rate (%)3.764 (2025)
CurrenciesMYR: name: Malaysian ringgit; symbol: RM

Population by year (UN WPP)

74 yearly data points — click to expand
YearPopulation
19506,098,283
19516,257,417
19526,422,846
19536,593,943
19546,772,378
19556,959,963
19567,156,626
19577,362,822
19587,562,878
19597,755,786
19607,956,197
19618,164,443
19628,380,172
19638,602,160
19648,828,406
19659,056,408
19669,284,688
19679,507,099
19689,725,281
19699,947,597
197010,178,802
197110,423,453
197210,676,835
197310,935,621
197411,200,906
197511,471,914
197611,750,097
197712,035,713
197812,328,157
197912,627,862
198012,983,363
198113,399,203
198213,832,798
198314,285,907
198414,759,009
198515,252,258
198615,760,419
198716,276,737
198816,796,605
198917,314,997
199017,833,171
199118,342,464
199218,834,572
199319,322,664
199419,820,446
199520,330,599
199620,850,087
199721,375,218
199821,906,713
199922,435,531
200022,967,816
200123,526,538
200224,102,477
200324,679,602
200425,256,772
200525,836,071
200626,417,909
200726,998,389
200827,570,059
200928,124,778
201028,655,776
201129,162,039
201229,662,831
201330,174,265
201430,696,137
201531,232,798
201631,789,685
201732,355,644
201832,910,967
201933,440,596
202033,889,558
202134,282,399
202234,695,493
202335,126,298

Full raw record (JSON)

JSON
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