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Top 20 most populous cities · 🇲🇾 Malaysia

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Updated 3 h ago · population (people)

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Kelantan Malacca Negeri Sembilan Pahang Penang Perak Sabah Sarawak Selangor

Why these 20

City population from Wikidata's preferred figure (usually the latest census or official estimate). City limits differ a lot between countries, so compare within a country first.

1

Kuala Lumpur

federal territory and capital city of Malaysia

9,000,280
2

Klang

town in Selangor, Malaysia

878,000
3

Ipoh

state capital of Perak, Malaysia

866,772
4

George Town

capital city of the Malaysian state of Penang

794,313
5

Subang Jaya

city in Selangor, Malaysia

708,296
6

Petaling Jaya

city in Malaysia

638,516
7

Kuantan

state capital of Pahang, Malaysia

607,778
8

Shah Alam

state capital of Selangor, Malaysia

584,340
9

Kota Bharu

state capital of Kelantan, Malaysia

491,237
10

Malacca

state capital of Malacca, Malaysia

455,300
11

Kota Kinabalu

capital of Sabah, Malaysia

452,058
12

Seremban

city and state capital in Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia

419,536
13

Sandakan

city in Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia

396,290
14

Kuching

capital of Sarawak, Malaysia

325,132

How it is measured

Wikidata: cities and big cities with 300,000 people or more.

References

Wikidata query: cities by population, Wikidata (CC0). Checked 2026-10-19 19:22 UTC.

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