List of cities and towns in Malaysia by population

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The following is a list of urban areas in Malaysia by population. Only the fifty most populated areas are listed here. Part of this list was compiled by The World Gazetteer. ^[1]

Cities are listed in bold.

[edit] Population

Ranking	Town/City	Population 1980	Population 1991	Population 2000	Population 2009
1	Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia	919,611	1,145,075	1,297,526	1,809,699
2	Johor Bahru,Johor	246,395	442,252	630 603	1,370,738
3	Subang Jaya,Selangor		78,494	423,338	1,321,672
4	Klang,Selangor	192,081	368,228	631,676	1,055,207
5	Ampang Jaya,Selangor		287,823	475,253	756,309
6	Ipoh,Perak	293,849	468,765	574,041	710,798
7	Kuching,Sarawak	72,555	277,346	423,763	658,562
8	Shah Alam,Selangor		158,103	319,612	617,149
9	Kota Kinabalu,Sabah	55,997	160,122	305,382	579,304
10	Kota Bharu,Kelantan	167,872	334,604	352,714	577,301
11	Petaling Jaya,Selangor	207,805	351,719	428,562	543,415
12	Tebrau,Johor		21,697	160,028	525,351
13	Cheras,Selangor		51,131	177,521	515,961
14	Sandakan,Sabah	70,423	157,184	275,375	479,121
15	Malacca Town,Malacca	107,494	162,873	349,518	455,301
16	Kajang,Selangor	29,301	99,914	207,322	428,131
17	Seremban,Negeri Sembilan	132,911	193,009	290,999	419,536
18	Kuantan,Pahang	131,547	201,272	289,395	407,778
19	Kuala Terengganu,Terengganu	180,296	228,659	255,109	396,433
20	Tawau,Sabah	43,200	124,683	213,903	373,914
21	Miri,Sarawak	52,125	102,969	167,535	269,380
22	Sungai Petani,Kedah	45,343	117,734	174,609	260,374
23	Selayang Baru,Selangor		134,535	187,733	253,921
24	Bukit Mertajam,Pulau Pinang	28,675	122,044	165,422	235,319
25	Skudai,Johor	4,555	19,725	93,405	227,955
26	Georgetown,Pulau Pinang	448,241	372,453	286,573	223,501
27	Alor Star,Kedah	69,435	165,113	186,524	223,199
28	Kulim,Kedah	26,817	58,374	117,454	214,885
29	Taiping,Perak	146,002	186,791	199,332	214,481
30	Sibu,Sarawak	85,231	133,471	166,322	209,616
31	Pasir Gudang,Johor		28,220	89,317	204,983
32	Bintulu,Sarawak	8,712	52,021	102,761	189,695
33	Kluang,Johor	50,315	98,837	134,882	187,368
34	Rawang,Selangor	3,427	23,790	65,769	178,500
35	Bukit Indah,Johor			43,326	175,326
36	Batu Pahat,Johor	64,727	84,538	123,237	175,146
37	Chukai,Terengganu	15,964	43,875	62,875	163,330
38	Gelugor,Pulau Pinang		54,849	98,748	161,236
39	Sungai Ara,Pulau Pinang	723	68,547	112,293	156,603
40	Taman Greenwood,Selangor	12,796	41,768	79,711	146,057
41	Muar,Johor	65,151	70,637	102,273	142,326
42	Lahad Datu,Sabah	14,938	45,084	74,601	127,407
43	Sitiawan,Perak	21,965	58,773	95,922	126,723
44	Ayer Itam,Perak	33,550	79,176	95,895	121,655
45	Semenyih,Selangor	9,018	15,106	45,088	120,445
46	Keningau,Sabah	3,938	16,065	43,870	113,433
47	Butterworth,Pulau Pinang	77,982	94,231	99,227	105,437
48	Port Dickson,Negeri Sembilan	24,389	47,962	69,175	100,466
49	Senai,Johor	6,397	18,633	45,483	100,326
50	Ulu Tiram,Johor	6,071	22,277	49,829	97,402

[edit] See also

• Cities of Malaysia
• List of capitals in Malaysia

[edit] References