Malaysia - Population Density 2021
104.3
+1.2 from 2020
Malaysia's population density was 104.3 in 2021, increased +1.2 from 103.1 in 2020. This was the 114th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2021▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Greenland | 0.1 | 0.5% |
| 2nd | Mongolia | 2.2 | 1.7% |
| 3rd | Australia | 3.3 | 0.1% |
| 4th | Namibia | 3.4 | 3.0% |
| 5th | Iceland | 3.7 | 1.7% |
| 6th | Suriname | 3.8 | 0.9% |
| 7th | Guyana | 3.9 | 1.0% |
| 8th | Libya | 4.1 | 1.3% |
| 9th | Botswana | 4.2 | 1.5% |
| 10th | Canada | 4.4 | 2.6% |
| 11th | Mauritania | 4.6 | 2.9% |
| 12th | Kazakhstan | 7.3 | 1.3% |
| 13th | Central African Republic | 8.2 | 1.7% |
| 14th | Russian Federation | 8.8 | -0.3% |
| 15th | Gabon | 9.2 | 2.3% |
| 16th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 11.0 | 1.0% |
| 17th | Chad | 14.2 | 3.5% |
| 18th | Saudi Arabia | 14.3 | -2.4% |
| 19th | Oman | 14.5 | -0.5% |
| 20th | Norway | 14.8 | 0.5% |
| 21st | Turkmenistan | 15.1 | 2.0% |
| 22nd | New Caledonia | 15.6 | 0.4% |
| 23rd | Argentina | 16.6 | 0.3% |
| 24th | Paraguay | 16.8 | 1.2% |
| 25th | South Sudan | 17.2 | 1.6% |
| 26th | Congo, Republic of | 17.3 | 2.4% |
| 27th | Belize | 17.3 | 1.2% |
| 28th | Finland | 18.2 | 0.2% |
| 29th | Mali | 18.3 | 3.1% |
| 30th | Algeria | 18.8 | 1.6% |
| 31st | New Zealand | 19.3 | 0.2% |
| 32nd | Niger | 19.3 | 3.3% |
| 33rd | Uruguay | 19.4 | -0.1% |
| 34th | Bhutan | 20.3 | 0.7% |
| 35th | Papua New Guinea | 22.1 | 2.0% |
| 36th | Brazil | 25.1 | 0.4% |
| 37th | Vanuatu | 25.1 | 2.3% |
| 38th | Sweden | 25.6 | 0.6% |
| 39th | Sudan | 25.7 | 2.7% |
| 40th | Peru | 25.9 | 1.0% |
| 41st | Chile | 26.2 | 0.4% |
| 42nd | Zambia | 26.4 | 2.9% |
| 43rd | Solomon Islands | 27.2 | 2.4% |
| 44th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 27.5 | 3.7% |
| 45th | Eritrea | 27.6 | 1.7% |
| 46th | Angola | 27.7 | 3.2% |
| 47th | Latvia | 30.3 | -0.8% |
| 48th | Estonia | 31.1 | 0.1% |
| 49th | Lao PDR | 32.3 | 1.5% |
| 50th | Kyrgyz Republic | 35.7 | 1.9% |
| 51st | United States | 36.3 | 0.2% |
| 52nd | Palau | 38.7 | -0.1% |
| 53rd | Faroe Islands | 38.9 | 1.1% |
| 54th | Bahamas, The | 39.6 | 0.1% |
| 55th | Mozambique | 40.3 | 3.0% |
| 56th | Zimbabwe | 40.8 | 1.7% |
| 57th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 43.7 | 3.3% |
| 58th | Lithuania | 44.9 | -0.1% |
| 59th | Belarus | 45.8 | -0.8% |
| 60th | Colombia | 46.1 | 1.1% |
| 61st | Montenegro | 46.5 | -0.2% |
| 62nd | Turks and Caicos Islands | 47.6 | 1.9% |
| 63rd | Djibouti | 48.4 | 1.5% |
| 64th | Fiji | 50.2 | 0.2% |
| 65th | South Africa | 50.7 | 1.6% |
| 66th | Madagascar | 51.0 | 2.5% |
| 67th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 54.5 | 0.8% |
| 68th | Liberia | 54.6 | 2.1% |
| 69th | Nicaragua | 55.2 | 1.2% |
| 70th | Guinea | 55.8 | 2.5% |
| 71st | Cameroon | 56.9 | 2.7% |
| 72nd | Panama | 58.6 | 1.2% |
| 73rd | Bulgaria | 59.9 | -0.7% |
| 74th | Afghanistan | 61.3 | 2.4% |
| 75th | Equatorial Guinea | 62.7 | 2.5% |
| 76th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 63.4 | -1.7% |
| 77th | Georgia | 64.9 | -0.4% |
| 78th | Mexico | 65.7 | 0.7% |
| 79th | Croatia | 69.3 | -0.9% |
| 80th | Eswatini | 70.2 | 1.2% |
| 81st | Yemen, Republic of | 70.3 | 2.8% |
| 82nd | Tanzania | 70.9 | 3.0% |
| 83rd | Ecuador | 71.2 | 0.8% |
| 84th | Tajikistan | 71.8 | 2.2% |
| 85th | North Macedonia | 72.8 | -1.0% |
| 86th | Guinea-Bissau | 73.2 | 2.3% |
| 87th | Ireland | 74.2 | 1.4% |
| 88th | Lesotho | 74.5 | 1.2% |
| 89th | Ukraine | 76.5 | -0.9% |
| 90th | Samoa | 76.9 | 0.9% |
| 91st | Tunisia | 77.6 | 0.6% |
| 92nd | Uzbekistan | 77.7 | 2.0% |
| 93rd | Burkina Faso | 80.4 | 2.4% |
| 94th | French Polynesia | 80.6 | 0.2% |
| 95th | Serbia | 81.3 | -0.9% |
| 96th | Myanmar | 81.8 | 0.7% |
| 97th | Greece | 82.0 | -1.2% |
| 98th | Morocco | 82.8 | 1.0% |
| 99th | Romania | 83.1 | -0.7% |
| 100th | Brunei Darussalam | 85.7 | 1.0% |
| 101st | Senegal | 89.4 | 2.6% |
| 102nd | Dominica | 89.6 | -0.5% |
| 103rd | Moldova | 90.4 | -1.5% |
| 104th | Timor-Leste | 90.8 | 1.8% |
| 105th | Albania | 90.9 | -1.5% |
| 106th | Kenya | 91.6 | 1.9% |
| 107th | Honduras | 92.0 | 1.7% |
| 108th | Côte d'Ivoire | 93.2 | 2.5% |
| 109th | Spain | 94.9 | 0.1% |
| 110th | Cambodia | 96.2 | 1.5% |
| 111th | Costa Rica | 99.1 | 0.5% |
| 112th | Iraq | 99.2 | 2.3% |
| 113th | Northern Mariana Islands | 102.1 | -1.2% |
| 114th | Malaysia | 104.3 | 1.2% |
| 115th | Slovenia | 104.7 | 0.3% |
| 116th | Armenia | 105.1 | 0.0% |
| 117th | Hungary | 105.5 | -0.4% |
| 118th | Cuba | 107.1 | -0.5% |
| 119th | Austria | 108.5 | 0.4% |
| 120th | Türkiye | 109.3 | 0.9% |
| 121st | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 111.5 | 1.5% |
| 122nd | European Union | 111.6 | -0.1% |
| 123rd | Sierra Leone | 112.1 | 2.3% |
| 124th | Portugal | 113.1 | 0.6% |
| 125th | Slovak Republic | 113.3 | -0.2% |
| 126th | Syrian Arab Republic | 117.8 | 2.8% |
| 127th | Benin | 119.0 | 2.6% |
| 128th | Poland | 120.8 | -1.4% |
| 129th | Azerbaijan | 122.7 | 0.4% |
| 130th | Jordan | 124.6 | 1.9% |
| 131st | France | 125.9 | 0.4% |
| 132nd | Cabo Verde | 128.2 | 0.4% |
| 133rd | United Arab Emirates | 134.8 | 1.9% |
| 134th | Czechia | 136.1 | -1.8% |
| 135th | Thailand | 140.4 | 0.1% |
| 136th | Cyprus | 142.6 | 1.2% |
| 137th | Ghana | 142.9 | 2.0% |
| 138th | Indonesia | 146.2 | -0.1% |
| 139th | Denmark | 146.4 | 0.4% |
| 140th | Tonga | 146.5 | -0.2% |
| 141st | Isle of Man | 147.6 | 0.0% |
| 142nd | China | 150.4 | 0.1% |
| 143rd | Kiribati | 158.5 | 1.8% |
| 144th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 159.5 | 0.6% |
| 145th | Togo | 163.2 | 2.4% |
| 146th | Guatemala | 164.2 | 1.4% |
| 147th | Andorra | 166.7 | 1.3% |
| 148th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 179.9 | -0.2% |
| 149th | Italy | 200.0 | -0.5% |
| 150th | Nepal | 205.6 | 1.8% |
| 151st | Antigua and Barbuda | 209.9 | 0.5% |
| 152nd | Malawi | 212.6 | 2.6% |
| 153rd | Seychelles | 215.8 | 0.8% |
| 154th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 217.9 | 0.4% |
| 155th | Qatar | 218.0 | -10.4% |
| 156th | Switzerland | 220.3 | 0.8% |
| 157th | Uganda | 229.0 | 3.3% |
| 158th | Marshall Islands | 229.8 | -3.1% |
| 159th | Dominican Republic | 230.8 | 1.0% |
| 160th | São Tomé and Principe | 231.2 | 2.1% |
| 161st | Germany | 238.1 | 0.0% |
| 162nd | Nigeria | 239.9 | 2.1% |
| 163rd | Kuwait | 244.7 | -0.9% |
| 164th | Liechtenstein | 244.9 | 0.7% |
| 165th | American Samoa | 246.1 | -1.1% |
| 166th | Luxembourg | 248.6 | 1.5% |
| 167th | British Virgin Islands | 252.1 | 1.8% |
| 168th | Gambia, The | 254.5 | 2.4% |
| 169th | Jamaica | 262.0 | 0.2% |
| 170th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 263.7 | -0.7% |
| 171st | Trinidad and Tobago | 266.6 | 0.1% |
| 172nd | United Kingdom | 276.9 | 0.4% |
| 173rd | Cayman Islands | 292.1 | 2.1% |
| 174th | St. Lucia | 292.7 | 0.2% |
| 175th | El Salvador | 301.9 | 0.3% |
| 176th | Virgin Islands (US) | 302.5 | -0.4% |
| 177th | Guam | 303.2 | 1.0% |
| 178th | Pakistan | 310.7 | 1.9% |
| 179th | Viet Nam | 315.7 | 0.9% |
| 180th | Tuvalu | 339.8 | -2.0% |
| 181st | Grenada | 343.2 | 0.3% |
| 182nd | Japan | 344.8 | -0.5% |
| 183rd | Curaçao | 346.7 | -1.0% |
| 184th | Sri Lanka | 358.2 | 1.1% |
| 185th | Puerto Rico (US) | 367.8 | -0.6% |
| 186th | Philippines | 379.3 | 0.9% |
| 187th | Belgium | 379.9 | 0.4% |
| 188th | Haiti | 412.7 | 1.2% |
| 189th | Israel | 433.1 | 1.7% |
| 190th | Comoros | 439.6 | 2.0% |
| 191st | India | 475.7 | 0.8% |
| 192nd | Burundi | 504.9 | 2.8% |
| 193rd | Netherlands | 520.7 | 0.5% |
| 194th | Korea | 530.4 | -0.1% |
| 195th | Rwanda | 541.4 | 2.2% |
| 196th | Lebanon | 559.0 | 0.3% |
| 197th | San Marino | 570.9 | -1.5% |
| 198th | Nauru | 585.5 | 0.6% |
| 199th | Aruba | 598.3 | -0.8% |
| 200th | St. Martin (French part) | 599.2 | -5.7% |
| 201st | Mauritius | 634.1 | 0.0% |
| 202nd | Barbados | 656.2 | 0.2% |
| 203rd | West Bank and Gaza | 817.1 | 2.4% |
| 204th | Channel Islands | 842.1 | 0.3% |
| 205th | Bermuda | 1,197.2 | 0.4% |
| 206th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1,222.7 | 1.4% |
| 207th | Bangladesh | 1,288.0 | 0.8% |
| 208th | Malta | 1,619.2 | 0.5% |
| 209th | Maldives | 1,720.5 | 2.8% |
| 210th | Bahrain | 1,904.3 | 1.5% |
| 211th | Gibraltar | 3,685.8 | 1.9% |
| 212th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 7,060.1 | -0.9% |
| 213th | Singapore | 7,595.5 | -4.1% |
| 214th | Monaco | 18,487.0 | -1.5% |
| 215th | Macao SAR, China | 20,681.8 | -0.7% |
FAQ
What was Malaysia's population density in 2021?▾
Malaysia's population density in 2021 was 104.3. This ranked 114th globally.
How did Malaysia's population density change in 2021?▾
Malaysia's population density increased by 1.2% in 2021 compared to 2020.
Which country had the highest population density in 2021?▾
Macao SAR, China had the highest population density in 2021 at 20,681.8.
What is the population density of Malaysia in 2021?▾
The population density of Malaysia in 2021 was 104.3. This ranked 114th globally.
How does 2021 compare to 2020 for Malaysia's population density?▾
Malaysia's population density went from 103.1 in 2020 to 104.3 in 2021, a 1.2% increase.
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