PAHANG

Bentong

11 source-backed district metrics covering population, household and education data.

LOCAL DATA STORY · PAHANG

What defines Bentong right now?

Four comparable district measures open the story. Each keeps its own source period because local datasets are not all updated in the same year.

RINGKASNYA

Bentong dalam angka utama.

Ringkasan ini menghimpunkan angka utama daerah yang telah diterbitkan. Carta di bawah menunjukkan butiran dan perubahan mengikut tempoh.

01

Kira-kira 118,700 orang tinggal di Bentong berdasarkan angka 2026.

02

Dari segi jumlah penduduk, Bentong berada di tempat #5 daripada 11 daerah Pahang yang mempunyai data.

03

Kalau isi rumah disusun daripada pendapatan paling rendah ke paling tinggi, titik tengahnya sekitar RM 5,015 sebulan pada 2024.

04

Secara purata, isi rumah membelanjakan sekitar RM 4,631 sebulan pada 2024.

05

Kadar kemiskinan yang diterbitkan untuk daerah ini ialah 2% pada 2024.

Perlu ingat

Angka datang daripada beberapa sumber dan tahun berbeza. Satu angka sahaja tidak menerangkan keseluruhan keadaan daerah.

WHERE IT SITS

Bentong inside Pahang.

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MAP BYPopulation
Bentong · 118,700 people · 2026Cameron Highlands · 44,900 people · 2026Jerantut · 100,700 people · 2026Kuantan · 581,400 people · 2026Lipis · 104,400 people · 2026Pekan · 130,700 people · 2026Raub · 99,300 people · 2026Temerloh · 179,300 people · 2026Rompin · 104,900 people · 2026Maran · 120,700 people · 2026Bera · 101,400 people · 2026
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Population · 202611 districts with published values
RANKED VIEWPopulation across Pahang
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RANK MOVEMENTPopulation · first to latest published period
Rank #1 means highest numeric value, not necessarily the best outcome.

LATEST AVAILABLE VALUES

Bentong at a glance.

Each card keeps its own source period visible. District datasets are not all updated in the same year.

RANK THROUGH TIME

How Bentong's position changed.

Rank #1 means the highest published numeric value among districts with data in that period; it does not mean “best.”

WHAT STANDS OUT HERE?

Read Bentong as a local data story.

Derived only from published district values and same-period peer comparisons.
01LOCAL SCALE

#5 by population in Pahang

The 2026 district estimate is 118,700, representing 7% of the population across the 11 published districts in this state source.

118,700 · 2026Watch source story →
02HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Above the state district median

Median monthly household income is RM 5,015 in 2024, RM 420 above the median across 11 published Pahang districts.

RM 5,015 · 2024Watch source story →
03POVERTY RATE

Below the state district median

The published poverty rate is 2% in 2024, 5.9 percentage points below the median across 11 published Pahang districts.

2% · 2024Ask about this →
04AGRICULTURE

Mustard leads recorded crop output

Mustard is the largest recorded crop species in the district, at 10,594.7 tonnes or 15.4% of recorded crop tonnage. Total crop production ranks #3 of 11 published districts in Pahang.

68,640.2 · 2017Watch source story →
05HEALTH CAPACITY

#4 by public-sector hospital beds

Bentong has 152 active public-sector hospital beds in the 2022 source, ranking #4 of 11 published districts in Pahang. Absolute capacity is not adjusted for population or referral catchment.

152 · 2022Watch source story →

STATISTICAL PEERS

Districts most similar to Bentong.

Similarity uses shared same-period population, income, spending and poverty values.

POSITION INSIDE PAHANG

How Bentong ranks in the state.

Rankings use only districts with a published value for the same metric and period.
Population#5

of 11 districts

118,700 · 2026
Median household income#3

of 11 districts

RM 5,015 · 2024
Household expenditure#4

of 11 districts

RM 4,631 · 2024
Government-school enrolment#6

of 11 districts

17,409 · 2025
Crop production#3

of 11 districts

68,640.2 · 2017
Public-sector hospital beds#4

of 11 districts

152 · 2022

HOUSEHOLD CONTEXT

Income, spending and vulnerability.

Median household incomeRM 5,0152024
Household expenditureRM 4,6312024
Mean household incomeRM 6,2782024
Poverty rate2%2024
Gini coefficient0.2862024

EDUCATION FOOTPRINT

Local government-school scale.

Government-school enrolment17,4092025
Public education institutions562025
Students per teacher9.42025

AGRICULTURAL SIGNATURE

Mustard

Total crop production68.6K t2017
Dominant crop groupVegetable2017
Dominant species output10.6K t2017
Watch district crop story →

EXPLORE THE STATE

Other districts in Pahang.

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Source discipline

Population comes from DOSM administrative-district estimates, household indicators from district HIES, education from Ministry of Education district tables, crop production from MAFS/DOA/DOSM, and public hospital capacity from Ministry of Health records. PulseKita does not fill missing district values by estimation.

Data tahun semasa · 2026