KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) — Malaysia’s population in the fourth quarter of 2022 was estimated at 33 million, up 1.3 percent as compared to 32.6 million in the fourth quarter of 2021, official data showed Thursday.
The total population comprised 30.4 million citizens, which accounts for 92 percent, and 2.6 million, or 8 percent non-citizens, the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) said in a statement.