Kira-kira 257,100 orang tinggal di Sibu berdasarkan angka 2026.
SARAWAK
Sibu
11 source-backed district metrics covering population, household and education data.
LOCAL DATA STORY · SARAWAK
What defines Sibu 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
Sibu 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, Sibu berada di tempat #3 daripada 45 daerah Sarawak yang mempunyai data.
Kalau isi rumah disusun daripada pendapatan paling rendah ke paling tinggi, titik tengahnya sekitar RM 5,737 sebulan pada 2024.
Secara purata, isi rumah membelanjakan sekitar RM 4,490 sebulan pada 2024.
Kadar kemiskinan yang diterbitkan untuk daerah ini ialah 6.3% pada 2024.
Perlu ingat
Angka datang daripada beberapa sumber dan tahun berbeza. Satu angka sahaja tidak menerangkan keseluruhan keadaan daerah.
WHERE IT SITS
Sibu inside Sarawak.
LOWHIGH
Population · 202639 districts with published valuesRANKED VIEWPopulation across Sarawak
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
Sibu at a glance.
Population2026
257,100people
Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM)Watch ↗Households2024
RM 5,737median monthly household income
Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM)Watch ↗Households2024
RM 4,490mean monthly household expenditure
Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM)Watch ↗Households2024
RM 6,842mean monthly household income
Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM)Ask ↗Households2024
6.3%households in poverty
Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM)Ask ↗Households2024
0.32household-income inequality
Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM)Ask ↗Education2025
43,710students
Ministry of Education MalaysiaWatch ↗Education2025
137institutions
Ministry of Education MalaysiaAsk ↗Education2025
10.5students per teacher
Ministry of Education MalaysiaWatch ↗Agriculture2017
7,333.6metric tonnes
Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security / Department of Agriculture / DOSMWatch ↗Health2022
662active public-sector hospital beds
MOHMinistry of Health MalaysiaWatch ↗
HOW IT'S MOVING
Sibu through time.
PopulationPopulation
↗ +3.6%257,1002026
2020202120222023202420252026
+3.6% from 2020 to 2026
HouseholdsMedian household income
↗ +9.3%RM 5,7372024
20222024
+9.3% from 2022 to 2024
HouseholdsHousehold expenditure
↗ +2.8%RM 4,4902024
20222024
+2.8% from 2022 to 2024
HouseholdsPoverty rate
↘ -3.9 pp6.3%2024
20222024
-3.9 pp from 2022 to 2024
HealthPublic-sector hospital beds
↗ +6.8%6622022
20152016201720182019202020212022
+6.8% from 2015 to 2022
RANK THROUGH TIME
How Sibu's position changed.
#3→#3
No rank change
2020 → 2026 · highest-value rank#5→#5
No rank change
2022 → 2024 · highest-value rank#4→#5
↓ 1 position
2022 → 2024 · highest-value rank#26→#33
↓ 7 positions
2022 → 2024 · highest-value rank#2→#2
No rank change
2015 → 2022 · highest-value rankWHAT STANDS OUT HERE?
Read Sibu as a local data story.
01LOCAL SCALE
#3 by population in Sarawak
The 2026 district estimate is 257,100, representing 10.1% of the population across the 45 published districts in this state source.
257,100 · 2026Watch source story →
02HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Above the state district median
Median monthly household income is RM 5,737 in 2024, RM 1,760 above the median across 45 published Sarawak districts.
RM 5,737 · 2024Watch source story →
03POVERTY RATE
Below the state district median
The published poverty rate is 6.3% in 2024, 5 percentage points below the median across 45 published Sarawak districts.
6.3% · 2024Ask about this →
04AGRICULTURE
Pineapple leads recorded crop output
Pineapple is the largest recorded crop species in the district, at 1,833.6 tonnes or 25% of recorded crop tonnage. Total crop production ranks #15 of 41 published districts in Sarawak.
7,333.6 · 2017Watch source story →
05HEALTH CAPACITY
#2 by public-sector hospital beds
Sibu has 662 active public-sector hospital beds in the 2022 source, ranking #2 of 39 published districts in Sarawak. Absolute capacity is not adjusted for population or referral catchment.
662 · 2022Watch source story →
STATISTICAL PEERS
Districts most similar to Sibu.
0186% similar
Miri4 same-period metrics compared: population, income, spending, poverty.
0282% similar
Samarahan4 same-period metrics compared: population, income, spending, poverty.
0374% similar
Kuching4 same-period metrics compared: population, income, spending, poverty.
POSITION INSIDE SARAWAK
How Sibu ranks in the state.
Population#3
of 45 districts
257,100 · 2026Median household income#5
of 45 districts
RM 5,737 · 2024Household expenditure#5
of 45 districts
RM 4,490 · 2024Government-school enrolment#3
of 27 districts
43,710 · 2025Crop production#15
of 41 districts
7,333.6 · 2017Public-sector hospital beds#2
of 39 districts
662 · 2022HOUSEHOLD CONTEXT
Income, spending and vulnerability.
Median household incomeRM 5,7372024
Household expenditureRM 4,4902024
Mean household incomeRM 6,8422024
Poverty rate6.3%2024
Gini coefficient0.322024
EDUCATION FOOTPRINT
Local government-school scale.
Government-school enrolment43,7102025
Public education institutions1372025
Students per teacher10.52025
AGRICULTURAL SIGNATURE
Pineapple
Total crop production7.3K t2017
Dominant crop groupFruit2017
Dominant species output1.8K t2017
HEALTH CAPACITY
Public hospital infrastructure.
Active public-sector beds6622022
State rank#2of 39
EXPLORE THE STATE
Other districts in Sarawak.
SarawakKuching
628.6Kpopulation
Open district →SarawakMiri259Kpopulation
Open district →SarawakBintulu189.3Kpopulation
Open district →SarawakSamarahan137.2Kpopulation
Open district →SarawakSerian56.7Kpopulation
Open district →SarawakSubis55.8Kpopulation
Open district →SarawakBau54.2Kpopulation
Open district →SarawakLimbang46.8Kpopulation
Open district →SarawakSarikei45.3Kpopulation
Open district →SarawakSri Aman43.1Kpopulation
Open district →SarawakMukah43Kpopulation
Open district →SarawakLawas38.6Kpopulation
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