List of districts in Malaysia by population

The following is a list of districts in Malaysia by population according to the latest national census, which was conducted in 2010.

West Malaysia

Federal Territory (Not District)

City-status District

Municipal-status District

Federal Territory/State	District Name	Capital/Largest settlement	Local Government	Population (2010^[1])	Area (km²)	Density
Federal Territory (Malaysia)
	—	Kuala Lumpur	Kuala Lumpur H	1674621	243	6,891.4
	—	Putrajaya	Putrajaya P	72413	49	1,477.8
Johor
	Batu Pahat District	Batu Pahat	Batu Pahat M Yong Peng D	417458	1873	222.9
	Johor Bahru District	Johor Bahru	Johor Bahru C Iskandar Puteri C Pasir Gudang C	1386569	1064	1,303.2
	Kluang District	Kluang	Kluang M Simpang Renggam D	298332	2865	104.1
	Kota Tinggi District	Kota Tinggi	Kota Tinggi D Pengerang M	193210	3489	55.4
	Kulai District	Kulai	Kulai M	251650	754	333.8
	Mersing District	Mersing	Mersing D	70894	2838	25.0
	Muar District	Muar	Muar M	247957	1354	183.1
	Pontian District	Pontian Kechil	Pontian M	155541	933	166.7
	Segamat District	Segamat	Segamat M Labis D	189820	2807	67.6
	Tangkak District	Tangkak	Tangkak D	136852	970	141.1
Kedah
	Baling District	Baling	Baling D	135646	1530	88.7
	Bandar Baharu District	Serdang	Bandar Baharu D	42341	271	156.2
	Kota Setar District	Alor Setar	Alor Setar C	366787	423	867.1
	Kuala Muda District	Sungai Petani	Sungai Petani M	456605	928	492.0
	Kubang Pasu District	Jitra	Kubang Pasu M	220740	946	233.3
	Kulim District	Kulim	Kulim M Kulim Hi-Tech Industrial Park LA	287694	765	376.1
	Langkawi District	Kuah	Langkawi M	94777	478	198.3
	Padang Terap District	Kuala Nerang	Padang Terap D	62896	1357	46.3
	Pendang District	Pendang	Pendang D	94962	629	151.0
	Pokok Sena District	Pokok Sena	Alor Setar C	49506	242	204.6
	Sik District	Sik	Sik D	67378	1636	41.2
	Yan District	Yan Besar	Yan D	68319	242	282.3
Kelantan
	Bachok District	Bachok	Bachok D	133152	264	504.4
	Gua Musang District	Gua Musang	Gua Musang D	90057	7980	11.3
	Jeli District	Jeli	Jeli D	40637	1280	31.7
	Kota Bharu District	Kota Bharu	Kota Bharu M Ketereh D	491237	409	1,201.1
	Kuala Krai District	Kuala Krai	Kuala Krai D Dabong D	109461	2329	47.0
	Machang District	Machang	Machang D	93087	546	170.5
	Pasir Mas District	Pasir Mas	Pasir Mas D	189292	614	308.3
	Pasir Puteh District	Pasir Puteh	Pasir Puteh D	117383	434	270.5
	Tanah Merah District	Tanah Merah	Tanah Merah D	121319	868	139.8
	Tumpat District	Tumpat	Tumpat D	153976	170	905.7
Melaka
	Alor Gajah District	Alor Gajah	Alor Gajah M Hang Tuah Jaya M	182666	660	276.8
	Central Melaka District	Melaka City	Melaka C Hang Tuah Jaya M	503127	314	1,602.3
	Jasin District	Jasin	Jasin M Hang Tuah Jaya M	135317	676	200.2
Negeri Sembilan
	Jelebu District	Kuala Klawang	Jelebu D	39200	1350	29.0
	Jempol District	Bandar Seri Jempol	Jempol M	116576	1491	78.2
	Kuala Pilah District	Kuala Pilah	Kuala Pilah D	66092	1090	60.6
	Port Dickson District	Port Dickson	Port Dickson M	115361	572	201.7
	Rembau District	Rembau	Rembau D	43011	415	103.6
	Seremban District	Seremban	Seremban C	555935	935	594.6
	Tampin District	Tampin	Tampin D	84889	879	96.6
Pahang
	Bentong District	Bentong	Bentong C	119817	1831	65.4
	Bera District	Bandar Bera	Bera D	97882	2214	44.2
	Cameron Highlands District	Tanah Rata	Cameron Highlands M	38471	712	54.0
	Jerantut District	Jerantut	Jerantut D	91096	7208	12.6
	Kuantan District	Kuantan	Kuantan C	461906	2960	156.0
	Lipis District	Kuala Lipis	Lipis D	89730	5168	17.4
	Maran District	Maran	Maran D	115424	1996	57.8
	Pekan District	Pekan	Pekan D	110633	3846	28.8
	Raub District	Raub	Raub D	95506	2268	42.1
	Rompin District	Kuala Rompin	Rompin D Tioman DA	114901	5735	20.0
	Temerloh District	Temerloh	Temerloh M	165451	2251	73.5
Penang
	Central Seberang Perai District	Bukit Mertajam	Seberang Perai C	371975	238	1,562.9
	North Seberang Perai District	Kepala Batas	Seberang Perai C	295979	267	1,108.5
	Northeast Penang Island District	George Town	Penang Island C	520242	124	4,195.5
	South Seberang Perai District	Sungai Jawi	Seberang Perai C	171045	242	706.8
	Southwest Penang Island District	Balik Pulau	Penang Island C	202142	175	1,155.1
Perak
	Bagan Datuk District	Bagan Datuk	Teluk Intan M	70300	951.52	73.9
	Batang Padang District	Tapah	Tapah D	123600	1794.18	68.9
	Hilir Perak District	Teluk Intan	Teluk Intan M	138270	792.07	174.6
	Hulu Perak District	Gerik	Gerik D Lenggong D Pengkalan Hulu D	91218	6560.43	13.9
	Kampar District	Kampar	Kampar D	98978	669.8	147.8
	Kerian District	Parit Buntar	Kerian D	179706	921.47	195.0
	Kinta District	Batu Gajah	Ipoh C Batu Gajah D	767794	1305	588.3
	Kuala Kangsar District	Kuala Kangsar	Kuala Kangsar M	159505	2563.61	62.2
	Larut, Matang and Selama District	Taiping	Taiping M Selama D	334073	2112.61	158.1
	Manjung District	Seri Manjung	Manjung M	232277	1113.58	208.6
	Muallim District	Tanjung Malim	Tanjong Malim D	69639	934.35	74.5
	Perak Tengah District	Seri Iskandar	Perak Tengah D	101128	1279.46	79.0
Perlis	—	Kangar	Kangar M	231541	821	282.0
Selangor
	Gombak District	Bandar Baru Selayang	Selayang M Ampang Jaya C	682226	650	1,049.6
	Hulu Langat District	Bandar Baru Bangi	Kajang M Ampang Jaya C	1156585	829	1,395.2
	Hulu Selangor District	Kuala Kubu Bharu	Hulu Selangor M	198132	1740	113.9
	Klang District	Klang	Klang M Shah Alam C	861189	627	1,373.5
	Kuala Langat District	Teluk Datok	Kuala Langat M	224648	858	261.8
	Kuala Selangor District	Kuala Selangor	Kuala Selangor M	209590	1195	175.4
	Petaling District	Subang	Petaling Jaya C Shah Alam C Subang Jaya C	1812633	484	3,745.1
	Sabak Bernam District	Sabak	Sabak Bernam D	105777	997	106.1
	Sepang District	Salak Tinggi	Sepang M	211361	600	352.3
Terengganu
	Besut District	Kampung Raja	Besut D	140952	1234	114.2
	Dungun District	Kuala Dungun	Dungun M	154932	2735	56.6
	Hulu Terengganu District	Kuala Berang	Hulu Terengganu D	72052	3875	18.6
	Kemaman District	Chukai	Kemaman M	171383	2536	67.6
	Kuala Nerus District	Kuala Nerus	Kuala Terengganu C	173800	399	435.6
	Kuala Terengganu District	Kuala Terengganu	Kuala Terengganu C	184600	210	879.0
	Marang District	Marang	Marang D	97857	667	146.7
	Setiu District	Bandar Permaisuri	Setiu D	55517	1304	42.6

East Malaysia

Federal Territory (Not District)

City-status District

Municipal-status District

Federal Territory/State	Division	Name	Capital	Council	Population (2010^[1])	Area (km²)	Density
Federal Territory (Malaysia)
Federal Territory (Malaysia)		Labuan	Victoria	Labuan C	86908	92	944.7
Sabah
	Interior	Beaufort District	Beaufort	Beaufort D	64350	1735	37.1
	Sandakan	Beluran District	Beluran	Beluran D	104484	8345	12.5
	Interior	Keningau District	Keningau	Keningau D	173103	3533	49.0
	West Coast	Kota Belud District	Kota Belud	Kota Belud D	91272	1386	65.9
	Sandakan	Kinabatangan District	Kinabatangan	Kinabatangan D	146987	8000	18.4
	West Coast	Kota Kinabalu District	Kota Kinabalu	Kota Kinabalu C	462963	350	1,322.8
	Kudat	Kota Marudu District	Kota Marudu	Kota Marudu D	66374	1917	34.6
	Interior	Kuala Penyu District	Kuala Penyu	Kuala Penyu D	18958	453	41.8
	Kudat	Kudat District	Kudat	Kudat D	83140	1287	64.6
	Tawau	Kunak District	Kunak	Kunak D	61094	1134	53.9
	Tawau	Lahad Datu District	Lahad Datu	Lahad Datu D	199830	6501	30.7
	Interior	Nabawan District	Nabawan	Nabawan D	31807	6089	5.2
	West Coast	Papar District	Papar	Papar D	124420	1234	100.8
	West Coast	Penampang District	Penampang	Penampang D	121934	466	261.7
	West Coast	Putatan District	Putatan	Putatan D	54733	29.7	1,842.9
	Kudat	Pitas District	Pitas	Pitas D	37808	1419	26.6
	West Coast	Ranau District	Ranau	Ranau D	94092	2978	31.6
	Sandakan	Sandakan District	Sandakan	Sandakan M	396290	2266	174.9
	Tawau	Semporna District	Semporna	Semporna D	133164	1145	116.3
	Interior	Sipitang District	Sipitang	Sipitang D	34862	2732.5	12.8
	Interior	Tambunan District	Tambunan	Tambunan D	35667	1347	26.5
	Tawau	Tawau District	Tawau	Tawau M	397673	6125	64.9
	Sandakan	Telupid District	Telupid	Telupid D
	Interior	Tenom District	Tenom	Tenom D	55553	2409	23.1
	Sandakan	Tongod District	Tongod	Kinabatangan D	35341	10052	3.5
	West Coast	Tuaran District	Tuaran	Tuaran D	102411	1165	87.9
Sarawak
	Betong	Betong District	Betong	Betong D	62131
		Kabong District	Kabong	Saratok D	—
		Pusa District	Pusa	Betong D	—
		Saratok District	Saratok	Saratok D	46094
	Bintulu
		Bintulu District	Bintulu	Bintulu DA	189146
		Tatau District	Tatau	Bintulu DA	30383
	Kapit	Belaga District	Belaga	Kapit D^[2]	36114
		Kapit District	Kapit	Kapit D	56053
		Song District	Song	Kapit D	20595
		Bukit Mabong District^[3]	Bukit Mabong	Kapit D	—
	Kuching	Bau District	Bau	Bau D	54246
		Kuching District	Kuching	Kuching North C Kuching South C Padawan M	617887
		Lundu District	Lundu	Lundu D	33413
	Limbang	Lawas District	Lawas	Lawas D	38385
	Limbang	Limbang District	Limbang	Limbang D	48186
	Miri	Beluru District	Beluru	Marudi D	—
		Marudi District	Marudi	Marudi D	64018
		Miri District	Miri	Subis D Miri C	300543
		Subis District	Subis	Subis D	—
		Telang Usan District	Subis	Subis D	—
	Mukah	Dalat District	Dalat	Dalat and Mukah D	19062
		Daro District	Daro	Matu and Daro D	30671
		Matu District	Matu	Matu and Daro D	17369
		Mukah District	Mukah	Dalat and Mukah D	42922
		Tanjung Manis District	Tanjung Manis	Matu and Daro D	—
	Samarahan
		Asajaya District	Asajaya	Kota Samarahan M	31874
		Samarahan District	Samarahan	Kota Samarahan M^[4]^[5]	87923
		Simunjan District	Simunjan	Simunjan D	39226
	Sarikei	Julau District	Julau	Meradong and Julau D	15816
		Meradong District	Meradong	Meradong and Julau D	29441
		Pakan District	Pakan	Meradong and Julau D	15480
		Sarikei District	Sarikei	Sarikei D	58021
	Serian^[6]	Serian District	Serian	Serian D	91599
	Serian^[6]	Tebedu District	Tebedu	Serian D	—
	Sibu	Kanowit District	Kanowit	Kanowit D	28954
		Sibu District	Sibu	Sibu D Sibu Rural D	247995
		Selangau District	Selangau	Sibu Rural D	22819
	Sri Aman	Lubok Antu District	Lubok Antu	Lubok Antu D	27984
	Sri Aman	Sri Aman District	Sri Aman	Sri Aman D	66790

Largest urban agglomerations

The following is a list of 10 largest urban agglomerations, metropolitan areas or conurbations, based on data from the 2010 National Census within district areas. Also included for comparison are the populations within the local governments which are fully or partially covered by the urban agglomerations.

Largest Urban Agglomerations by Population
Rank	Conurbation	Local government^[7]	Local government population	Total population (local government areas)	District^[8]	District population	Total population (districts)
1	Greater Kuala Lumpur/ Klang Valley	Kuala Lumpur City Hall	1,588,750	6,278,998	Kuala Lumpur	1,674,621	6,471,028
		Petaling Jaya City Council	613,977		Petaling	1,812,633
		Shah Alam City Council	541,306
		Subang Jaya City Council	708,296
		Klang Royal City Council	744,062		Klang	861,189
		Kajang Municipal Council	795,522		Ulu Langat	1,156,585
		Selayang Municipal Council	542,409		Gombak	682,226
		Ampang Jaya City Council	468,961		Gombak	682,226
		Sepang Municipal Council	207,354		Sepang	211,361
		Putrajaya Corporation	68,361		Putrajaya	72,413
2	Greater Penang	Penang Island City Council	708,127	2,412,616	Northeast Penang Island	520,202	2,473,462
		Penang Island City Council	708,127		Southwest Penang Island	202,142
		Seberang Perai City Council	818,197		North Seberang Perai	295,979
					Central Seberang Perai	371,975
					South Seberang Perai	171,045
		Sungai Petani Municipal Council	443,488		Kuala Muda	456,605
		Kulim Municipal Council	281,260		Kulim	287,694
		Bandar Baharu District Council	41,352		Bandar Baharu	47,628
		Kerian District Council	120,192		Kerian (partial)	120,192
3	Iskandar Malaysia	Johor Bahru City Council	497,067	1,313,527	Johor Bahru	1,072,712	1,359,327
		Iskandar Puteri City Council	529,074
		Pasir Gudang City Council	46,571
		Kulai Municipal Council	234,532		Kulai	251,650
		Pontian Municipal Council (south)	6,283		Pontian (partial)	34,965
4	Greater Kuching	Kuching North City Hall	165,642	804,380	Kuching	617,887	797,409
		Kuching South City Council	159,490
		Padawan Municipal Council	273,485
		Kota Samarahan Municipal Council	116,685		Samarahan	87,923
		Serian District Council	89,078		Serian	91,599
5	Ipoh	Ipoh City Council	657,892	737,861	Kinta (partial)	737,861	737,861
5	Ipoh	Batu Gajah District Council	79,969	737,861	Kinta (partial)	737,861	737,861
6	Greater Kota Kinabalu	Kota Kinabalu City Hall	452,058	628,725	Kota Kinabalu	462,963	644,740
		Kota Kinabalu City Hall	452,058		Putatan	55,864
		Penampang District Council	176,667		Penampang	125,913
7	Malacca	Historical Malacca City Council	484,885	484,885	Central Malacca	503,127	503,127
7	Malacca	Hang Tuah Jaya Municipal Council	484,885	484,885	Central Malacca	503,127	503,127
8	Kuantan	Kuantan City Council	427,515	427,515	Kuantan (partial)	427,515	427,515
9	Alor Setar	Alor Setar City Council	405,523	405,523	Kota Setar	366,787	416,293
9	Alor Setar	Alor Setar City Council	405,523	405,523	Pokok Sena	49,506	416,293
10	Kota Bharu	Kota Bharu Islamic City Municipal Council	314,964	314,964	Kota Bharu (partial)	314,964	314,964

References

^ ^a ^b "TABURAN PENDUDUK MENGIKUT PBT & MUKIM 2010". Department of Statistics, Malaysia. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
^ "Call for Belaga to have own district council". The Bprneo Post. 22 January 2016.
^ "Launch of Bukit Mabong, Tunoh, Kapit by the Chief Minister of Sarawak". Sarawak Regional Corridor Development Authority. 3 November 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
^ "It's Kota Samarahan Municipal Council effective today". 10 November 2016.
^ "Laman Web Rasmi Majlis Daerah Samarahan". www.mpks.sarawak.gov.my.
^ Samuel Aubrey (12 April 2015). "Serian now a division". The Borneo Post. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
^ "Population Distribution by Local Authority Areas and Mukims, 2010 (page 1 & 8)" (PDF). Department of Statistics, Malaysia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 February 2015. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
^ "Population Distribution and Basic Demographic Characteristics, 2010" (PDF). Department of Statistics, Malaysia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 May 2014. Retrieved 19 April 2012.

[2010census-1] "TABURAN PENDUDUK MENGIKUT PBT & MUKIM 2010". Department of Statistics, Malaysia. Retrieved 15 December 2017.

[2] "Call for Belaga to have own district council". The Bprneo Post. 22 January 2016.

[3] "Launch of Bukit Mabong, Tunoh, Kapit by the Chief Minister of Sarawak". Sarawak Regional Corridor Development Authority. 3 November 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2016.

[4] "It's Kota Samarahan Municipal Council effective today". 10 November 2016.

[5] "Laman Web Rasmi Majlis Daerah Samarahan". www.mpks.sarawak.gov.my.

[6] Samuel Aubrey (12 April 2015). "Serian now a division". The Borneo Post. Retrieved 15 May 2015.

[st1-7] "Population Distribution by Local Authority Areas and Mukims, 2010 (page 1 & 8)" (PDF). Department of Statistics, Malaysia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 February 2015. Retrieved 19 July 2013.

[taburan-8] "Population Distribution and Basic Demographic Characteristics, 2010" (PDF). Department of Statistics, Malaysia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 May 2014. Retrieved 19 April 2012.

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List of districts in Malaysia by population

Contents

West Malaysia

East Malaysia

Largest urban agglomerations

See also

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