Kira-kira 581,400 orang tinggal di Kuantan berdasarkan angka 2026.
PAHANG
Kuantan
11 source-backed district metrics covering population, household and education data.
LOCAL DATA STORY · PAHANG
What defines Kuantan 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
Kuantan dalam angka utama.
Ringkasan ini menghimpunkan angka utama daerah yang telah diterbitkan. Carta di bawah menunjukkan butiran dan perubahan mengikut tempoh.
Dari segi jumlah penduduk, Kuantan berada di tempat #1 daripada 11 daerah Pahang yang mempunyai data.
Kalau isi rumah disusun daripada pendapatan paling rendah ke paling tinggi, titik tengahnya sekitar RM 5,520 sebulan pada 2024.
Secara purata, isi rumah membelanjakan sekitar RM 4,969 sebulan pada 2024.
Kadar kemiskinan yang diterbitkan untuk daerah ini ialah 3.7% pada 2024.
Perlu ingat
Angka datang daripada beberapa sumber dan tahun berbeza. Satu angka sahaja tidak menerangkan keseluruhan keadaan daerah.
WHERE IT SITS
Kuantan inside Pahang.
LOWHIGH
Population · 202611 districts with published valuesRANKED VIEWPopulation across Pahang
2026 · click a district to locate itRANK MOVEMENTPopulation · first to latest published period
Rank #1 means highest numeric value, not necessarily the best outcome.LATEST AVAILABLE VALUES
Kuantan at a glance.
Population2026
581,400people
Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM)Watch ↗Households2024
RM 5,520median monthly household income
Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM)Watch ↗Households2024
RM 4,969mean monthly household expenditure
Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM)Watch ↗Households2024
RM 7,008mean monthly household income
Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM)Ask ↗Households2024
3.7%households in poverty
Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM)Ask ↗Households2024
0.332household-income inequality
Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM)Ask ↗Education2025
91,499students
Ministry of Education MalaysiaWatch ↗Education2025
135institutions
Ministry of Education MalaysiaAsk ↗Education2025
12.8students per teacher
Ministry of Education MalaysiaWatch ↗Agriculture2017
25,659.9metric tonnes
Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security / Department of Agriculture / DOSMWatch ↗Health2022
1,176active public-sector hospital beds
MOHMinistry of Health MalaysiaWatch ↗
HOW IT'S MOVING
Kuantan through time.
PopulationPopulation
↗ +6.1%581,4002026
2020202120222023202420252026
+6.1% from 2020 to 2026
HouseholdsMedian household income
↘ -6.9%RM 5,5202024
20222024
-6.9% from 2022 to 2024
HouseholdsHousehold expenditure
↗ +5.2%RM 4,9692024
20222024
+5.2% from 2022 to 2024
HouseholdsPoverty rate
↘ -0.4 pp3.7%2024
20222024
-0.4 pp from 2022 to 2024
HealthPublic-sector hospital beds
↗ +48.3%1,1762022
20152016201720182019202020212022
+48.3% from 2015 to 2022
RANK THROUGH TIME
How Kuantan's position changed.
#1→#1
No rank change
2020 → 2026 · highest-value rank#1→#2
↓ 1 position
2022 → 2024 · highest-value rank#1→#1
No rank change
2022 → 2024 · highest-value rank#8→#9
↓ 1 position
2022 → 2024 · highest-value rank#1→#1
No rank change
2015 → 2022 · highest-value rankWHAT STANDS OUT HERE?
Read Kuantan as a local data story.
01LOCAL SCALE
#1 by population in Pahang
The 2026 district estimate is 581,400, representing 34.5% of the population across the 11 published districts in this state source.
581,400 · 2026Watch source story →
02HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Above the state district median
Median monthly household income is RM 5,520 in 2024, RM 925 above the median across 11 published Pahang districts.
RM 5,520 · 2024Watch source story →
03POVERTY RATE
Below the state district median
The published poverty rate is 3.7% in 2024, 4.2 percentage points below the median across 11 published Pahang districts.
3.7% · 2024Ask about this →
04AGRICULTURE
Coconut leads recorded crop output
Coconut is the largest recorded crop species in the district, at 4,905.4 tonnes or 19.1% of recorded crop tonnage. Total crop production ranks #5 of 11 published districts in Pahang.
25,659.9 · 2017Watch source story →
05HEALTH CAPACITY
#1 by public-sector hospital beds
Kuantan has 1,176 active public-sector hospital beds in the 2022 source, ranking #1 of 11 published districts in Pahang. Absolute capacity is not adjusted for population or referral catchment.
1,176 · 2022Watch source story →
STATISTICAL PEERS
Districts most similar to Kuantan.
0171% similar
Raub4 same-period metrics compared: population, income, spending, poverty.
0268% similar
Cameron Highlands4 same-period metrics compared: population, income, spending, poverty.
0365% similar
Bentong4 same-period metrics compared: population, income, spending, poverty.
POSITION INSIDE PAHANG
How Kuantan ranks in the state.
Population#1
of 11 districts
581,400 · 2026Median household income#2
of 11 districts
RM 5,520 · 2024Household expenditure#1
of 11 districts
RM 4,969 · 2024Government-school enrolment#1
of 11 districts
91,499 · 2025Crop production#5
of 11 districts
25,659.9 · 2017Public-sector hospital beds#1
of 11 districts
1,176 · 2022HOUSEHOLD CONTEXT
Income, spending and vulnerability.
Median household incomeRM 5,5202024
Household expenditureRM 4,9692024
Mean household incomeRM 7,0082024
Poverty rate3.7%2024
Gini coefficient0.3322024
EDUCATION FOOTPRINT
Local government-school scale.
Government-school enrolment91,4992025
Public education institutions1352025
Students per teacher12.82025
AGRICULTURAL SIGNATURE
Coconut
Total crop production25.7K t2017
Dominant crop groupIndustrial Crops2017
Dominant species output4.9K t2017
HEALTH CAPACITY
Public hospital infrastructure.
Active public-sector beds1,1762022
State rank#1of 11
EXPLORE THE STATE
Other districts in Pahang.
PahangTemerloh
179.3Kpopulation
Open district →PahangPekan130.7Kpopulation
Open district →PahangMaran120.7Kpopulation
Open district →PahangBentong118.7Kpopulation
Open district →PahangRompin104.9Kpopulation
Open district →PahangLipis104.4Kpopulation
Open district →PahangBera101.4Kpopulation
Open district →PahangJerantut100.7Kpopulation
Open district →PahangRaub99.3Kpopulation
Open district →PahangCameron Highlands44.9Kpopulation
Open district →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