Population Table: Administrative Districts
Data as of 2024Population at district level from 2020 to 2024, by sex, age group and ethnicity. The preview table shows data for the latest year only, but you may download the data in full.
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How is this data produced?
Values for 2020 are based on adjusted data from the Population Censuses conducted in that year. Values for all other years are intercensal mid-year population estimates. The intercensal estimates were generated using the cohort-component method, which estimates the latest year's population by taking the previous year's value, then adding births, subtracting deaths, and adding net migration. For a deeper understanding of the methodology, please refer to the Technical Notes.
What caveats I should bear in mind when using this data?
Values for breakdowns may be slightly different to totals when summed, due to rounding to one decimal place.
Publication(s) using this data
OpenDOSM features a dashboard on the population of Malaysia.
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Dataset description
Population at district level from 2020 to 2024, by sex, age group and ethnicity. The preview table shows data for the latest year only, but you may download the data in full.
Variable definitions
- Date
- State
- District
- Sex
- Age Group
- Ethnicity
- Population ('000)
Name in Dataset | Variable | Definition |
|---|---|---|
date (Date) | Date | The date in YYYY-MM-DD format, with MM-DD set to 01-01 as this is annual data |
state (Categorical) | State | One of 16 states |
district (Categorical) | District | One of 160 administrative districts, including the 4 states (Perlis and the 3 Federal Territories) which do not have subdivisions |
sex (Categorical) | Sex | Either both sexes ('both'), male ('male') or female ('female') |
age (Categorical) | Age Group | Either all age groups ('overall') or five-year age groups e.g. 0-4, 5-9, 10-14, etc. 85+ is the oldest category. |
ethnicity (Categorical) | Ethnicity | All ethnic groups ('overall'), Malay ('bumi_malay'), other Bumiputera ('bumi_other'), Chinese ('chinese'), Indian ('indian'), other citizens ('other_citizen'), or non-citizen residents ('other_noncitizen'). |
population (Float) | Population ('000) | Thousands of people ('000 people) |
Last updated:
31 Aug 2024, 12:00
Next update:
31 Aug 2025, 12:00
Data source(s)
- DOSM
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License
This data is made open under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). A copy of the license is available Here.
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Connect directly to the data with Python.
# If not already installed, do: pip install pandas fastparquet
import pandas as pd
URL_DATA = 'https://storage.dosm.gov.my/population/population_district.parquet'
df = pd.read_parquet(URL_DATA)
if 'date' in df.columns: df['date'] = pd.to_datetime(df['date'])
print(df)Sample OpenAPI query
The following code is an example of how to make an API query to retrieve the data catalogue mentioned above. You can use different programming languages by switching the code accordingly. For a complete guide on possible query parameters and syntax, please refer to the official Open API Documentation.
import requests
import pprint
url = "https://api.data.gov.my/data-catalogue?id=population_district&limit=3"
response_json = requests.get(url=url).json()
pprint.pprint(response_json)
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