KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) — Malaysia’s urbanization rate has increased from 28.4 percent in 1970 to 75.1 percent in 2020, official data showed on Friday.
This significant urban population rate is influenced by natural population increase, migration and demarcation, the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) said in a statement.
According to the DOSM, the urbanization rate of 50.7 percent began to