China News Service, July 16, according to Malaysia’s Sin Chew Daily, the Director of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) Mohamed Uzl revealed that Malaysia’s population in 2020 is about 32.7 million, compared with 32.5 million last year People, an increase of 0.4%.
He said that the reason for the decline in Malaysia’s population growth rate this year is that the non-citizen population fell from 3.1 million in 2019 to 3 million. He believes that this change and the current new coronary pneumonia epidemic and the government’s implementation of action control orders have closed the country. The border. "my country's citizen growth rate has remained stable at 1.1%, and the citizen population has increased from 29.4 million in 2019 to 29.7 million."
Mohammad Uzir issued a statement on the 15th that the Malaysian Statistics Bureau released the "Malaysia Current Population Estimation Report" on the 15th and published Malaysia's population data for 2019 and 2020. This is based on the 2010 census, The population data is estimated based on the records of the National Registration Bureau, the Immigration Bureau, the Ministry of Higher Education and the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR).
He mentioned that the Malay population ratio in Malaysia has increased by 0.3% this year, accounting for 69.6% of the total population, while the Chinese population ratio has dropped from 22.8% to 22.6%. The Indian population ratio and other population ratios are 6.8% and 1 respectively %.
He added that the Putrajaya Federal Territory has the highest annual population growth rate of 6%, and the most populous states are Selangor (20%), Sabah (12%) and Johor (11.6%). On the contrary, The lowest population state is Putrajaya and Labuan Federal Territory, which is 0.3%.
He said that in 2020, there were more men than women in Malaysia, namely 16.8 million men and 1590 women, with a sex ratio of 106 men per 100 women.
He said that the child and adolescent population (0 to 14 years old) and the working population (15 to 64 years old) both showed signs of decline. Conversely, the elderly population (over 65 years old) showed signs of increase. This year’s median age in Malaysia It also increased from 28.9 years last year to 29.2 years old.
"The population of children and adolescents has dropped from 23.5% in 2019 to 23.3%; the working population (15 to 64 years old) has also dropped from 69.8% in 2019 to 69.7%; and the population of senior citizens has increased from 6.7% to 7%. "
He believes that the reason for the decline in the labor force is mainly due to the decrease in the number of non-citizens, mainly foreign workers.
He pointed out that according to the national senior citizen policy, once the age of 60 years and over reaches 15% of the population will enter the aging population, and this year's population of 60 years and over accounted for 10.7% (3.5 million people), compared with 10.3% last year (3.4 million people) An increase of 0.4%.
He also predicted that Malaysia will enter an ageing population in 2030, when the population aged 60 and over will reach 15.3%.
Malaysia’s current population in 2020:
Total population: 32.7 million
Annual population growth rate: 0.4%
2019:
29.4 million citizens
3.1 million non-citizens
2020:
29.7 million citizens
3 million non-citizens
race:
2019:
Malay: 69.3%
Chinese: 22.8%
Indian: 6.9%
Others: 1%
2020:
Malay: 69.6%
Chinese: 22.6%
Indian: 6.8%
Others: 1%
gender:
Gender ratio: 106 males per 100 females
2019:
16.8 million men (51.5%)
15.7 million women (48.5%)
2020:
16.8 million men (51.5%)
15.9 million women (48.5%)