2007 Malaysian Population = 27.17 million

Thursday, 8 May 2008

Estimated Population in Malaysia for 2007 – 27.17 million. (93% citizens; 7% non-citizens)

Malaysian citizens comprise

Bumiputera – 66.4% (Indigenous)
Chinese - 24.9%
Indians - 7.5%
Others - 1.3%

“All states register the same trend, i.e. bumiputera being the biggest group except for Penang with bumiputera and Chinese almost at par i.e. 44.2 per cent and 44.8 respectively .

Selangor registers the highest population, i.e. 4.96 million (18.3%) followed by Johore 3.24 million (11.9%) and Sabah 3.06 million (11.3%). States with less than one million population are Negri Sembilan (0.98 million), Malacca (0.74 million), Perlis (0.23 million) and Federal Territory Labuan (0.09 million).

(From Parliament Q & A) - excerpt from Lim Kit Siang Blog