Malaysia Urban Population
Malaysia urban population data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 77.39%.
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Interpretation
Malaysia recorded 77.39% for Urban Population in 2025, the latest available observation in this dataset.
Compared with 2024, the indicator increased by 0.48 percentage points, from 76.92% to 77.39%.
The latest observation is above the average of the last 10 available observations (75.48%).
Across the five latest available observations (2021–2025), the pattern is predominantly upward.
Within the last 10 available observations, the low was 73.86% in 2016 and the high was 77.39% in 2025.