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PopulationRanked snapshot2024

POPULATION · BIRTHS · 2024

Who made up Malaysia's 414,918 registered live births in 2024?

Malay births accounted for 272,718 of Malaysia's 414,918 registered live births in 2024, followed by Other Bumiputera, Chinese, Indian and other/non-citizen births.

Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM)16 Oct 2025 · reports 2024 vital statistics
SHOW ME THE DATA2024 · registered live births
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PULSEKITA SNAPSHOT2024
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2024
1Malay272.7Kregistered live births
2Other Bumiputera52.0Kregistered live births
3Chinese44.9Kregistered live births
4Indian27.4Kregistered live births
5Others / non-citizens17.9Kregistered live births
Department of Statistics MalaysiaDepartment of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM)registered live births
SourceDepartment of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) ↗16 Oct 2025 · reports 2024 vital statisticsHIGH CONFIDENCE
Method & notes
IN BRIEF

Malay births formed roughly two-thirds of registered live births in 2024, while the Chinese share was 10.8 per cent.

METHOD & LIMITATIONS

How the numbers were calculated

PulseKita reproduces the 2024 ethnic-group counts in DOSM's Vital Statistics, Malaysia, 2025 release. The underlying birth data comes from JPN registration records. The published 'Others' grouping includes non-citizens in the cited infographic.

  • Malay births accounted for 65.7 per cent of registered live births in 2024.
  • Other Bumiputera accounted for 12.5 per cent, Chinese 10.8 per cent and Indian 6.6 per cent.
  • The remaining published category includes other groups and non-citizens.

Evidence trail

EVIDENCE CHAINtransformation inherited from methodology
  1. 1
    Declared sourceVital Statistics, Malaysia, 2025
  2. 2
    TransformationPulseKita reproduces the 2024 ethnic-group counts in DOSM's Vital Statistics, Malaysia, 2025 release. The underlying birth data comes from JPN registration records. The published 'Others' grouping includes non-citizens in the cited infographic.
  3. 3
    Published visualRanked snapshot

Source

HIGH CONFIDENCEofficial primary
COVERAGE2024
UNITregistered live births
SOURCEofficial publication
UPDATED16 Oct 2025 · reports 2024 vital statistics
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