Editing Demographics of Malaysia (section)

===Population distribution by states and territories===

Source: National Census 2000,<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.statistics.gov.my/english/frameset_census.php?file=pressdemo |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051230004433/http://www.statistics.gov.my/english/frameset_census.php?file=pressdemo |archive-date=30 December 2005 |title=Population And Housing Census 2000 |work=Department of Statistics Malaysia}}</ref> Department of Statistics Malaysia.
[[File:Malaya PBT population (2020 census) wiki.svg|thumb|373x373px|Population in Peninsular Malaysia by local authority (2020 census){{fact|date=October 2022}}]]

====In 2000====

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: right;"
! [[States of Malaysia|State]]
! Population
! Area (km<sup>2</sup>)
! Pop. density
! Urban pop.
! [[Bumiputra]]
! Chinese
! Indian
|-
! style="text-align:left;" |Johor
| 2,740,625
| 18,987
| 144
| {{percentage bar|width=70|65.2}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|57.1}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|35.4}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|6.9}}
|-
! style="text-align:left;" |Kedah
| 1,649,756
| 9,425
| 175
| {{percentage bar|width=70|39.3}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|76.6}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|14.9}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|7.1}}
|-
! style="text-align:left;" |Kelantan
| 1,313,014
| 15,024
| 87
| {{percentage bar|width=70|34.2}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|95.0}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|3.8}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|0.3}}
|-
! style="text-align:left;" |Malacca
| 635,791
| 1,652
| 385
| {{percentage bar|width=70|67.2}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|62.8}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|30.1}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|6.5}}
|-
! style="text-align:left;" |Negeri Sembilan
| 859,924
| 6,644
| 129
| {{percentage bar|width=70|53.4}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|57.9}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|25.6}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|16.0}}
|-
! style="text-align:left;" |Pahang
| 1,288,376
| 35,965
| 36
| {{percentage bar|width=70|42.0}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|76.8}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|17.7}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|5.0}}
|-
! style="text-align:left;" |Penang
| 1,313,449
| 1,031
| 1274
| {{percentage bar|width=70|80.1}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|42.5}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|46.5}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|10.6}}
|-
! style="text-align:left;" |Perak
| 2,051,236
| 21,005
| 98
| {{percentage bar|width=70|58.7}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|54.7}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|32.0}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|13.0}}
|-
! style="text-align:left;" |Perlis
| 204,450
| 795
| 257
| {{percentage bar|width=70|34.3}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|85.5}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|10.3}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|1.3}}
|-
! style="text-align:left;" |Selangor
| 4,188,876
| 7,960
| 526
| {{percentage bar|width=70|87.6}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|53.5}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|30.7}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|14.6}}
|-
! style="text-align:left;" |Terengganu
| 898,825
| 12,955
| 69
| {{percentage bar|width=70|48.7}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|96.8}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|2.8}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|0.2}}
|-
! style="text-align:left;" |Sabah
| 2,603,485
| 73,619
| 35
| {{percentage bar|width=70|48.0}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|80.5}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|13.2}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|0.5}}
|-
! style="text-align:left;" | Sarawak
| 2,071,506
| 124,450
| 17
| {{percentage bar|width=70|48.1}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|72.9}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|26.7}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|0.2}}
|-
! style="text-align:left;" |FT Kuala Lumpur
| 1,379,310
| 243
| 5676
| {{percentage bar|width=70|100.0}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|43.6}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|43.5}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|11.4}}
|-
! style="text-align:left;" |FT Labuan
| 76,067
| 92
| 827
| {{percentage bar|width=70|77.7}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|79.6}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|15.8}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|1.3}}
|-
! style="text-align:left;" |FT Putrajaya
| 45,000
| 148
| 304
| {{percentage bar|width=70|100.0}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|94.8}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|1.8}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|2.7}}
|}[[File:Distribution of population in Malaya vintage map (1945).png|500px|Visual distribution of races in Malaya (1945)|thumb]]
* Putrajaya data is for 2004.
* Population estimates are rounded to the nearest hundred.

====In 2010====

Source: National Census 2010,<ref name="2010 census">{{cite web|url=http://www.statistics.gov.my/portal/download_Population/files/census2010/Taburan_Penduduk_dan_Ciri-ciri_Asas_Demografi.pdf|title= 2010 Population and Housing Census of Malaysia|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130205104835/http://www.statistics.gov.my/portal/download_Population/files/census2010/Taburan_Penduduk_dan_Ciri-ciri_Asas_Demografi.pdf |archive-date=5 February 2013 |publisher=Department of Statistics, Malaysia |page=11}}</ref> Department of Statistics Malaysia
{| class="toccolours sortable" border="1" cellpadding="3" style="border-collapse:collapse; text-align: right;"
|-
! style="text-align:center;"|[[States of Malaysia|State]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.statistics.gov.my/portal/index.php?option=com_content&id=1215&Itemid=89&lang=bm |title=Department of Statistics Malaysia |work=statistics.gov.my |access-date=2 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705070416/https://www.statistics.gov.my/portal/index.php?option=com_content&id=1215&Itemid=89&lang=bm |archive-date=5 July 2015  }}</ref>!! Population !! Area (km<sup>2</sup>) !! Pop. density !! Urban pop.(%) !! [[Bumiputra]] (%) !! Chinese (%) !! Indian (%)
|-
! style="text-align:left;"|Johor
| 3,348,283 || 18,987 || 174
| {{percentage bar|width=70|71.9}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|58.9}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|33.6}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|7.1}}
|-
! style="text-align:left;"|Kedah
| 1,890,098 || 9,425 || 199
| {{percentage bar|width=70|64.6}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|77.9}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|13.6}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|7.3}}
|-
! style="text-align:left;"|Kelantan
| 1,459,994 || 15,024 || 97
| {{percentage bar|width=70|42.4}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|95.7}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|3.4}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|0.3}}
|-
! style="text-align:left;"|Malacca
| 788,706 || 1,652 || 470
| {{percentage bar|width=70|86.5}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|66.9}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|26.4}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|6.2}}
|-
! style="text-align:left;"|Negeri Sembilan
| 997,071 || 6,644 || 150
| {{percentage bar|width=70|66.5}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|61.3}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|23.2}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|15.2}}
|-
! style="text-align:left;"|Pahang
| 1,443,365 || 35,965 || 40
| {{percentage bar|width=70|50.5}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|79.0}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|16.2}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|4.4}}
|-
! style="text-align:left;"|Penang
| 1,520,143 || 1,031 || 1,500
| {{percentage bar|width=70|90.8}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|43.6}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|45.6}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|10.4}}
|-
! style="text-align:left;"|Perak
| 2,258,428 || 21,005 || 110
| {{percentage bar|width=70|69.7}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|57.0}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|30.4}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|12.2}}
|-
! style="text-align:left;"|Perlis
| 227,025 || 795 || 280
| {{percentage bar|width=70|51.4}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|88.4}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|8.0}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|1.2}}
|-
! style="text-align:left;"|Selangor
| 5,411,324 || 7,960 || 670
| {{percentage bar|width=70|91.4}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|57.1}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|28.6}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|13.5}}
|-
! style="text-align:left;"|Terengganu
| 1,015,776 || 12,955 || 69
| {{percentage bar|width=70|59.1}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|97.0}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|2.6}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|0.2}}
|-
! style="text-align:left;"|Sabah
| 3,117,405 || 73,619 || 42
| {{percentage bar|width=70|54.0}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|84.8}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|12.8}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|0.3}}
|-
! style="text-align:left;"| Sarawak
| 2,420,009 || 124,450 || 19
| {{percentage bar|width=70|53.8}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|74.8}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|24.5}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|0.3}}
|-
! style="text-align:left;"|FT Kuala Lumpur
| 1,627,172 || 243 || 6,891
| {{percentage bar|width=70|100.0}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|45.9}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|43.2}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|10.3}}
|-
! style="text-align:left;"|FT Labuan
| 86,908 || 92 || 950
| {{percentage bar|width=70|82.3}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|83.7}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|13.4}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|0.9}}
|-
! style="text-align:left;"|FT Putrajaya
| 67,964|| 148 || 1,400
| {{percentage bar|width=70|100.0}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|98.0}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|0.7}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|1.2}}
|}

====In 2020====

Source: National Census 2020,<ref name="2020 census"/> Department of Statistics Malaysia
{| class="toccolours sortable" border="1" cellpadding="3" style="border-collapse:collapse; text-align: right;"
|-
! style="text-align:center;"|[[States of Malaysia|State]]<ref name="2020 census">{{cite web |url=https://tableau.dosm.gov.my/t/BPPD-BahagianperangkaanpendudukdanDemografi/views/MyCenDashEnglish/STATE?%3Adisplay_count=n&%3Aembed=y&%3AisGuestRedirectFromVizportal=y&%3Aorigin=viz_share_link&%3AshowAppBanner=false&%3AshowVizHome=n |title=Census Dashboard |publisher=Department of Statistics, Malaysia |access-date=21 February 2023 |archive-date=12 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221112144615/https://tableau.dosm.gov.my/t/BPPD-BahagianperangkaanpendudukdanDemografi/views/MyCenDashEnglish/STATE?:display_count=n&:embed=y&:isGuestRedirectFromVizportal=y&:origin=viz_share_link&:showAppBanner=false&:showVizHome=n |url-status=dead }}</ref>!! Population !! Area (km<sup>2</sup>) !! Pop. density !! Urban pop.(%) !! [[Bumiputra]] (%) !! Chinese (%) !! Indian (%)
|-
! style="text-align:left;"|Johor
| 4,009,670 || 18,987 || 210
| {{percentage bar|width=70|77.4}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|60.1}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|32.8}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|6.6}}
|-
! style="text-align:left;"|Kedah
| 2,131,427|| 9,425 || 225
| {{percentage bar|width=70|67.3}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|80.1}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|12.3}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|6.3}}
|-
! style="text-align:left;"|Kelantan
| 1,792,501 || 15,024 || 119
| {{percentage bar|width=70|44.1}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|96.6}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|2.5}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|0.3}}
|-
! style="text-align:left;"|Malacca
| 998,428 || 1,652 || 604
| {{percentage bar|width=70|90.9}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|71.7}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|22.1}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|5.6}}
|-
! style="text-align:left;"|Negeri Sembilan
| 1,199,974 || 6,644 || 180
| {{percentage bar|width=70|69.3}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|63.3}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|21.9}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|14.3}}
|-
! style="text-align:left;"|Pahang
| 1,591,295 || 35,965 || 44
| {{percentage bar|width=70|52.8}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|81.0}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|14.7}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|3.7}}
|-
! style="text-align:left;"|Penang
| 1,740,405 || 1,031 || 1,686
| {{percentage bar|width=70|92.5}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|44.7}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|44.9}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|9.7}}
|-
! style="text-align:left;"|Perak
| 2,496,041 || 21,005 || 119
| {{percentage bar|width=70|72.0}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|60.9}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|27.2}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|11.5}}
|-
! style="text-align:left;"|Perlis
| 284,885 || 795 || 348
| {{percentage bar|width=70|53.8}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|88.8}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|7.4}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|1.8}}
|-
! style="text-align:left;"|Selangor
| 6,994,423 || 7,960 || 882
| {{percentage bar|width=70|95.8}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|60.6}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|27.3}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|11.3}}
|-
! style="text-align:left;"|Terengganu
| 1,149,440 || 12,955 || 89
| {{percentage bar|width=70|64.2}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|97.6}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|2.1}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|0.2}}
|-
! style="text-align:left;"|Sabah
| 3,418,785 || 73,619 || 46
| {{percentage bar|width=70|54.7}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|88.7}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|9.5}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|0.2}}
|-
! style="text-align:left;"| Sarawak
| 2,453,677 || 124,450 || 20
| {{percentage bar|width=70|57.0}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|75.7}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|23.8}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|0.2}}
|-
! style="text-align:left;"|FT Kuala Lumpur
| 1,982,112 || 243 || 8,157
| {{percentage bar|width=70|100.0}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|47.7}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|41.6}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|10.0}}
|-
! style="text-align:left;"|FT Labuan
| 95,120 || 92 || 1038
| {{percentage bar|width=70|88.9}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|86.2}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|11.7}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|1.1}}
|-
! style="text-align:left;"|FT Putrajaya
| 109,202|| 49 || 2,215
| {{percentage bar|width=70|100.0}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|97.9}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|0.6}}
| {{percentage bar|width=70|1.2}}
|}