Population
Malaysia's people in numbers — population, births, deaths, marriage and ageing, plus the identity and family records handled by JPN, religious offices and the Syariah court system.
People are more than a population count.
PulseKita separates demographic outcomes from administrative activity: births and deaths describe population change, while JPN, religious-office and court data describe how life events and legal records move through public institutions.
Birth and death trends are demographic outcomes. JPN identity, citizenship and adoption values here are counter transactions; marriage, religious-office and Syariah-court figures use their own administrative definitions.
Malaysia's people at a glance.
How Malaysia's population is changing.
Registered live births and the crude birth rate from 2000 through 2024.
02Registered deathsMalaysia's registered-death trend and crude death rate from 2015 through 2024.
03Births by ethnic groupThe published 2024 ethnic-group breakdown of Malaysia's registered live births.
04Births by districtWhich districts lead registered live births, based on the mother's usual residence.
05Population growthMalaysia's population through more than five decades of demographic change.
06Population timelineAnchor years from 1970 through the latest Malaysia population estimate.
07Fertility by stateHow total fertility rates differ across states and federal territories.
08Ageing by stateWhere the share of residents aged 65 and above is rising fastest.
09Death rates by stateRegistered deaths per 1,000 residents through the latest state series.
Marriage records move through different institutions.
Registered marriages ranked consistently by the bride's usual residence.
Open data story →The bride age distribution through time, with groom age groups kept separate for context.
Open data story →National registered marriages and divorces with Muslim and non-Muslim breakdowns.
Open data story →A sourced 2023 Perak snapshot showing Muslim family-event registrations.
Open data story →Mal, Syariah criminal, marriage and maintenance registrations in the 2020 national snapshot.
Open data story →JPN handles civil registration and identity functions. State Islamic religious administrations manage Muslim nikah, cerai and rujuk processes. Syariah courts handle judicial cases and related registrations. PulseKita keeps their definitions and source years visible instead of adding unlike counts together.
What moves through JPN's identity and status counters?
The full 2022 counter mix across identity, life-event and citizenship services.
Open data story →Monthly identity-card counter transactions, kept separate from cards issued or unique people.
Open data story →Monthly citizenship-related counter transactions without implying application or approval outcomes.
Open data story →Monthly adoption-related counter transactions, not completed adoptions or unique families.
Open data story →A narrow 2024 certificate-extract workload and customer-charter achievement snapshot.
Open data story →JPN's published 2022 figures count counter transactions. They do not tell us how many identity cards were issued, how many citizenship applications were approved, or how many adoptions were completed.