Kuala Terengganu has a population of 426,500, making it the 22nd largest place we list in Malaysia. It is in Terengganu.
Kuala Terengganu holds 1.2% of Malaysia's 36,385,115 people. Kuala Lumpur, the largest place we list there, is 3.4 times its size. Twenty years earlier the World Gazetteer recorded 285,065, a rise of 50%.
The 2005 figure comes from the World Gazetteer archive restored on this site. The two sources may draw the settlement's boundary differently, so treat the change as indicative rather than exact. Why figures differ.
Nearby in size
| Place | Region | Population |
|---|---|---|
| Kampung Larkin Lama | Johor | 500,000 |
| Kota Damansara | Selangor | 500,000 |
| Sandakan | Sabah | 439,050 |
| Taman Petaling | Kuala Lumpur | 423,062 |
| Alor Setar | Kedah | 417,800 |
| Kampung Kangkar Teberau | Johor | 412,373 |
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 UN World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant) where the UN lists the country separately; the handful it reports under a parent state keep a GeoNames figure and are marked as such. Sources & method.