Number of people in Malaysia grows to 32.7 million, says chief statistician
The growth rate of citizens remained stable at 1.1% with the population increasing from 29.4 million in 2019 to 29.7 million this year. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, July 15, 2020.
MALAYSIA’S population in 2020 is estimated at 32.7 million as compared to 32.5 million in 2019 with an annual growth rate of 0.4%, reports Current Population Estimates, Malaysia, 2020 in its publication. Commenting on the publication, Chief Statistician Dr Mohd Uzir Mahidin said the decline of the population growth rate was attributed to the decrease in the number of non-citizens from 3.1 million in 2019 to 3 million this year.
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