Kira-kira 508,300 orang tinggal di Sandakan berdasarkan angka 2026.
SABAH
Sandakan
11 source-backed district metrics covering population, household and education data.
LOCAL DATA STORY · SABAH
What defines Sandakan 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
Sandakan 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, Sandakan berada di tempat #2 daripada 28 daerah Sabah yang mempunyai data.
Kalau isi rumah disusun daripada pendapatan paling rendah ke paling tinggi, titik tengahnya sekitar RM 5,314 sebulan pada 2024.
Secara purata, isi rumah membelanjakan sekitar RM 3,677 sebulan pada 2024.
Kadar kemiskinan yang diterbitkan untuk daerah ini ialah 15.2% pada 2024.
Perlu ingat
Angka datang daripada beberapa sumber dan tahun berbeza. Satu angka sahaja tidak menerangkan keseluruhan keadaan daerah.
WHERE IT SITS
Sandakan inside Sabah.
LOWHIGH
Population · 202627 districts with published valuesRANKED VIEWPopulation across Sabah
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
Sandakan at a glance.
Population2026
508,300people
Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM)Watch ↗Households2024
RM 5,314median monthly household income
Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM)Watch ↗Households2024
RM 3,677mean monthly household expenditure
Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM)Watch ↗Households2024
RM 6,648mean monthly household income
Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM)Ask ↗Households2024
15.2%households in poverty
Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM)Ask ↗Households2024
0.355household-income inequality
Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM)Ask ↗Education2025
49,239students
Ministry of Education MalaysiaWatch ↗Education2025
87institutions
Ministry of Education MalaysiaAsk ↗Education2025
13.3students per teacher
Ministry of Education MalaysiaWatch ↗Agriculture2017
7,123.5metric tonnes
Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security / Department of Agriculture / DOSMWatch ↗Health2022
400active public-sector hospital beds
MOHMinistry of Health MalaysiaWatch ↗
HOW IT'S MOVING
Sandakan through time.
PopulationPopulation
↗ +15.8%508,3002026
2020202120222023202420252026
+15.8% from 2020 to 2026
HouseholdsMedian household income
↗ +10.1%RM 5,3142024
20222024
+10.1% from 2022 to 2024
HouseholdsHousehold expenditure
↗ +10.9%RM 3,6772024
20222024
+10.9% from 2022 to 2024
HouseholdsPoverty rate
↘ -2.5 pp15.2%2024
20222024
-2.5 pp from 2022 to 2024
HealthPublic-sector hospital beds
→ 0%4002022
20152016201720182019202020212022
0% from 2015 to 2022
RANK THROUGH TIME
How Sandakan's position changed.
#2→#2
No rank change
2020 → 2026 · highest-value rank#5→#5
No rank change
2022 → 2024 · highest-value rank#7→#4
↑ 3 positions
2022 → 2024 · highest-value rank#19→#18
↑ 1 position
2022 → 2024 · highest-value rank#3→#3
No rank change
2015 → 2022 · highest-value rankWHAT STANDS OUT HERE?
Read Sandakan as a local data story.
01LOCAL SCALE
#2 by population in Sabah
The 2026 district estimate is 508,300, representing 13.5% of the population across the 28 published districts in this state source.
508,300 · 2026Watch source story →
02HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Above the state district median
Median monthly household income is RM 5,314 in 2024, RM 916 above the median across 28 published Sabah districts.
RM 5,314 · 2024Watch source story →
03POVERTY RATE
Below the state district median
The published poverty rate is 15.2% in 2024, 7.6 percentage points below the median across 28 published Sabah districts.
15.2% · 2024Ask about this →
04AGRICULTURE
Coconut leads recorded crop output
Coconut is the largest recorded crop species in the district, at 1,370.2 tonnes or 19.2% of recorded crop tonnage. Total crop production ranks #13 of 26 published districts in Sabah.
7,123.5 · 2017Watch source story →
05HEALTH CAPACITY
#3 by public-sector hospital beds
Sandakan has 400 active public-sector hospital beds in the 2022 source, ranking #3 of 24 published districts in Sabah. Absolute capacity is not adjusted for population or referral catchment.
400 · 2022Watch source story →
STATISTICAL PEERS
Districts most similar to Sandakan.
0187% similar
Tawau4 same-period metrics compared: population, income, spending, poverty.
0285% similar
Kota Kinabalu4 same-period metrics compared: population, income, spending, poverty.
0383% similar
Lahad Datu4 same-period metrics compared: population, income, spending, poverty.
POSITION INSIDE SABAH
How Sandakan ranks in the state.
Population#2
of 28 districts
508,300 · 2026Median household income#5
of 28 districts
RM 5,314 · 2024Household expenditure#4
of 28 districts
RM 3,677 · 2024Government-school enrolment#3
of 22 districts
49,239 · 2025Crop production#13
of 26 districts
7,123.5 · 2017Public-sector hospital beds#3
of 24 districts
400 · 2022HOUSEHOLD CONTEXT
Income, spending and vulnerability.
Median household incomeRM 5,3142024
Household expenditureRM 3,6772024
Mean household incomeRM 6,6482024
Poverty rate15.2%2024
Gini coefficient0.3552024
EDUCATION FOOTPRINT
Local government-school scale.
Government-school enrolment49,2392025
Public education institutions872025
Students per teacher13.32025
AGRICULTURAL SIGNATURE
Coconut
Total crop production7.1K t2017
Dominant crop groupIndustrial Crops2017
Dominant species output1.4K t2017
HEALTH CAPACITY
Public hospital infrastructure.
Active public-sector beds4002022
State rank#3of 24
EXPLORE THE STATE
Other districts in Sabah.
SabahKota Kinabalu
556.1Kpopulation
Open district →SabahTawau418.1Kpopulation
Open district →SabahLahad Datu251.1Kpopulation
Open district →SabahSemporna202.7Kpopulation
Open district →SabahPenampang165.5Kpopulation
Open district →SabahKinabatangan164.4Kpopulation
Open district →SabahKeningau157.4Kpopulation
Open district →SabahTuaran143.4Kpopulation
Open district →SabahPapar122.5Kpopulation
Open district →SabahKota Belud112Kpopulation
Open district →SabahKudat94.2Kpopulation
Open district →SabahBeluran90.9Kpopulation
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