Malaysia's population in the fourth quarter of 2023 was estimated at 33.7 million, an increase of 2 percent as compared to the fourth quarter of 2022, official data showed Wednesday.
The Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) said in a statement that the increase was contributed by the positive natural increase of citizens and higher non-citizens population.
According to the DOSM, the total population comprised 30.5 million (90.6 percent) citizens and 3.2 million (9.4 percent) non-citizens.
Male population increased to 17.7 million from 17.2 million in the fourth quarter of 2022 and females rose to 16 million from 15.8 million in the same period.
The population aged 0-14 years old (young age) remained unchanged at 7.6 million in the fourth quarter of 2023 as compared to the previous year.
Meanwhile, the composition of the population aged 15-64 years (working age) increased to 23.6 million from 23.1 million in the fourth quarter of 2022.
Similarly, the composition of the population aged 65 years and over (old age) increased to 2.5 million from 2.4 million during the same period.
The number of live births recorded a decrease of 1.1 percent to 112,767 births as compared to 114,067 births in the fourth quarter of 2022.
Meanwhile, a total of 48,250 deaths were recorded in the fourth quarter of 2023, decreasing 4.2 percent as compared to 50,374 deaths in the fourth quarter of 2022.
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