Kira-kira 130,700 orang tinggal di Pekan berdasarkan angka 2026.
PAHANG
Pekan
11 source-backed district metrics covering population, household and education data.
LOCAL DATA STORY · PAHANG
What defines Pekan 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
Pekan 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, Pekan berada di tempat #3 daripada 11 daerah Pahang yang mempunyai data.
Kalau isi rumah disusun daripada pendapatan paling rendah ke paling tinggi, titik tengahnya sekitar RM 4,344 sebulan pada 2024.
Secara purata, isi rumah membelanjakan sekitar RM 3,799 sebulan pada 2024.
Kadar kemiskinan yang diterbitkan untuk daerah ini ialah 10.9% pada 2024.
Perlu ingat
Angka datang daripada beberapa sumber dan tahun berbeza. Satu angka sahaja tidak menerangkan keseluruhan keadaan daerah.
WHERE IT SITS
Pekan 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
Pekan at a glance.
Population2026
130,700people
Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM)Watch ↗Households2024
RM 4,344median monthly household income
Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM)Watch ↗Households2024
RM 3,799mean monthly household expenditure
Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM)Watch ↗Households2024
RM 5,098mean monthly household income
Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM)Ask ↗Households2024
10.9%households in poverty
Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM)Ask ↗Households2024
0.277household-income inequality
Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM)Ask ↗Education2025
22,345students
Ministry of Education MalaysiaWatch ↗Education2025
63institutions
Ministry of Education MalaysiaAsk ↗Education2025
10.5students per teacher
Ministry of Education MalaysiaWatch ↗Agriculture2017
7,847.8metric tonnes
Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security / Department of Agriculture / DOSMWatch ↗Health2022
110active public-sector hospital beds
MOHMinistry of Health MalaysiaWatch ↗
HOW IT'S MOVING
Pekan through time.
PopulationPopulation
↗ +7.8%130,7002026
2020202120222023202420252026
+7.8% from 2020 to 2026
HouseholdsMedian household income
↗ +7.2%RM 4,3442024
20222024
+7.2% from 2022 to 2024
HouseholdsHousehold expenditure
↗ +10.8%RM 3,7992024
20222024
+10.8% from 2022 to 2024
HouseholdsPoverty rate
↘ -0.7 pp10.9%2024
20222024
-0.7 pp from 2022 to 2024
HealthPublic-sector hospital beds
→ 0%1102022
20152016201720182019202020212022
0% from 2015 to 2022
RANK THROUGH TIME
How Pekan's position changed.
#3→#3
No rank change
2020 → 2026 · highest-value rank#9→#9
No rank change
2022 → 2024 · highest-value rank#10→#7
↑ 3 positions
2022 → 2024 · highest-value rank#2→#1
↑ 1 position
2022 → 2024 · highest-value rank#5→#5
No rank change
2015 → 2022 · highest-value rankWHAT STANDS OUT HERE?
Read Pekan as a local data story.
01LOCAL SCALE
#3 by population in Pahang
The 2026 district estimate is 130,700, representing 7.8% of the population across the 11 published districts in this state source.
130,700 · 2026Watch source story →
02HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Below the state district median
Median monthly household income is RM 4,344 in 2024, RM 251 below the median across 11 published Pahang districts.
RM 4,344 · 2024Watch source story →
03POVERTY RATE
Above the state district median
The published poverty rate is 10.9% in 2024, 3 percentage points above the median across 11 published Pahang districts.
10.9% · 2024Ask about this →
04AGRICULTURE
Pineapple leads recorded crop output
Pineapple is the largest recorded crop species in the district, at 1,656.3 tonnes or 21.1% of recorded crop tonnage. Total crop production ranks #9 of 11 published districts in Pahang.
7,847.8 · 2017Watch source story →
05HEALTH CAPACITY
#5 by public-sector hospital beds
Pekan has 110 active public-sector hospital beds in the 2022 source, ranking #5 of 11 published districts in Pahang. Absolute capacity is not adjusted for population or referral catchment.
110 · 2022Watch source story →
STATISTICAL PEERS
Districts most similar to Pekan.
0190% similar
Maran4 same-period metrics compared: population, income, spending, poverty.
0288% similar
Jerantut4 same-period metrics compared: population, income, spending, poverty.
0388% similar
Bera4 same-period metrics compared: population, income, spending, poverty.
POSITION INSIDE PAHANG
How Pekan ranks in the state.
Population#3
of 11 districts
130,700 · 2026Median household income#9
of 11 districts
RM 4,344 · 2024Household expenditure#7
of 11 districts
RM 3,799 · 2024Government-school enrolment#3
of 11 districts
22,345 · 2025Crop production#9
of 11 districts
7,847.8 · 2017Public-sector hospital beds#5
of 11 districts
110 · 2022HOUSEHOLD CONTEXT
Income, spending and vulnerability.
Median household incomeRM 4,3442024
Household expenditureRM 3,7992024
Mean household incomeRM 5,0982024
Poverty rate10.9%2024
Gini coefficient0.2772024
EDUCATION FOOTPRINT
Local government-school scale.
Government-school enrolment22,3452025
Public education institutions632025
Students per teacher10.52025
AGRICULTURAL SIGNATURE
Pineapple
Total crop production7.8K t2017
Dominant crop groupFruit2017
Dominant species output1.7K t2017
HEALTH CAPACITY
Public hospital infrastructure.
Active public-sector beds1102022
State rank#5of 11
EXPLORE THE STATE
Other districts in Pahang.
PahangKuantan
581.4Kpopulation
Open district →PahangTemerloh179.3Kpopulation
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