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Malaysia: cities by population

Malaysia has a population of 31,528,585, with Kuala Lumpur as its capital. The 50 largest of its 729 recorded towns and cities, ranked.

Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are GeoNames country data. Sources & method.

#	Place	Region	Population
1	Kuala Lumpur	Kuala Lumpur	1,453,975
2	Johor Bahru	Johor	858,118
3	Kampung Baru Subang	Selangor	833,571
4	Petaling Jaya	Selangor	807,879
5	Ipoh	Perak	759,952
6	Shah Alam	Selangor	740,750
7	Bukit Rahman Putra	Selangor	607,000
8	Pelentong	Johor	583,640
9	Malacca	Melaka	579,000
10	Iskandar Puteri	Johor	575,977
11	Kota Bharu	Kelantan	568,900
12	Kuantan	Pahang	548,014
13	Kota Kuala Muda	Kedah	544,984
14	Sungai Petani	Kedah	544,851
15	Selayang Baru Utara	Selangor	542,409
16	Pasir Gudang	Johor	534,659
17	Mukim Pulai	Johor	505,661
18	Kota Kinabalu	Sabah	500,421
19	Kampung Larkin Lama	Johor	500,000
20	Kota Damansara	Selangor	500,000
21	Sandakan	Sabah	439,050
22	Kuala Terengganu	Terengganu	426,500
23	Taman Petaling	Kuala Lumpur	423,062
24	Alor Setar	Kedah	417,800
25	Kampung Kangkar Teberau	Johor	412,373
26	Kuching	Sarawak	402,738
27	Puchong	Selangor	375,181
28	Seremban	Negeri Sembilan	372,917
29	Tawau	Sabah	372,615
30	Setapak	Selangor	353,268
31	Kluang	Johor	323,762
32	Muar	Johor	314,776
33	Miri	Sarawak	300,543
34	Kapar	Selangor	269,627
35	Batu Caves	Selangor	254,083
36	Klang	Selangor	240,016
37	Kajang	Selangor	236,240
38	Teluk Intan	Perak	232,800
39	Pasir Mas	Kelantan	230,424
40	Paya Terubong	Penang	226,712
41	Sungai Buloh	Selangor	222,858
42	Bandar Seri Alam	Johor	220,000
43	Taiping	Perak	217,647
44	Wangsa Maju	Kuala Lumpur	215,600
45	Bukit Mertajam	Penang	212,329
46	Sepang	Selangor	212,050
47	Bandar Utama	Kuala Lumpur	200,000
48	Bukit Jalil	Kuala Lumpur	200,000
49	Rawang	Selangor	199,095
50	Sibu	Sarawak	198,239

Twenty years earlier: Malaysia in the 2005 World Gazetteer — population then 26,500,699.