Largest Cities in Malaysia

83 cities with population over 100,000

Malaysia has 83 cities with a population over 100,000. The largest city is Kuala Lumpur with 1,453,975 people. The capital city is Kuala Lumpur.

Country Population

34.2M

Major Cities

Largest City

Kuala Lumpur

Capital

Kuala Lumpur

Top 10 Cities

Kuala Lumpur

1.5M

Johor Bahru

858,118

Kampung Baru Subang

833,571

Petaling Jaya

807,879

Ipoh

759,952

Shah Alam

740,750

Subang Jaya

708,296

Bukit Rahman Putra

607,000

Pelentong

583,640

Malacca

579,000

All Cities in Malaysia

Cities in Malaysia ranked by population
#	City	Population	% of Country
1	Kuala LumpurCapital	1,453,975	4.25%
2	Johor Bahru	858,118	2.51%
3	Kampung Baru Subang	833,571	2.44%
4	Petaling Jaya	807,879	2.36%
5	Ipoh	759,952	2.22%
6	Shah Alam	740,750	2.16%
7	Subang Jaya	708,296	2.07%
8	Bukit Rahman Putra	607,000	1.77%
9	Pelentong	583,640	1.70%
10	Malacca	579,000	1.69%
11	Iskandar Puteri	575,977	1.68%
12	Kota Bharu	568,900	1.66%
13	Kuantan	548,014	1.60%
14	Kota Kuala Muda	544,984	1.59%
15	Sungai Petani	544,851	1.59%
16	Selayang Baru Utara	542,409	1.58%
17	Pasir Gudang	534,659	1.56%
18	Mukim Pulai	505,661	1.48%
19	Kota Kinabalu	500,421	1.46%
20	Kampung Larkin Lama	500,000	1.46%
21	Kota Damansara	500,000	1.46%
22	Sandakan	439,050	1.28%
23	Kuala Terengganu	426,500	1.25%
24	Taman Petaling	423,062	1.24%
25	Alor Setar	417,800	1.22%
26	Kampung Kangkar Teberau	412,373	1.20%
27	Kuching	402,738	1.18%
28	Puchong	375,181	1.10%
29	Seremban	372,917	1.09%
30	Tawau	372,615	1.09%
31	Setapak	353,268	1.03%
32	Kluang	323,762	0.95%
33	Muar	314,776	0.92%
34	Miri	300,543	0.88%
35	Kapar	269,627	0.79%
36	Batu Caves	254,083	0.74%
37	Klang	240,016	0.70%
38	Kajang	236,240	0.69%
39	Teluk Intan	232,800	0.68%
40	Kampong Baharu Cheras Batu Sebelas	232,100	0.68%
41	Pasir Mas	230,424	0.67%
42	Paya Terubong	226,712	0.66%
43	Sungai Buloh	222,858	0.65%
44	Bandar Seri Alam	220,000	0.64%
45	Taiping	217,647	0.64%
46	Wangsa Maju	215,600	0.63%
47	Bukit Mertajam	212,329	0.62%
48	Sepang	212,050	0.62%
49	Bandar Sunway	200,000	0.58%
50	Bukit Jalil	200,000	0.58%
51	Bandar Utama	200,000	0.58%
52	Rawang	199,095	0.58%
53	Sibu	198,239	0.58%
54	Kuala Kubu Baharu	194,387	0.57%
55	Kulim	170,889	0.50%
56	Skudai	159,733	0.47%
57	George Town	158,336	0.46%
58	Batu Pahat	156,236	0.46%
59	Sitiawan	156,234	0.46%
60	Bintulu	151,617	0.44%
61	Setia Alam	150,000	0.44%
62	Bandar Tasik Puteri	150,000	0.44%
63	Bercham	150,000	0.44%
64	Bandar Bukit Raja	146,534	0.43%
65	Kampung Pasir Gudang Baru	145,639	0.43%
66	Kampung Sungai Glugur	145,600	0.43%
67	Masai	141,730	0.41%
68	Kampung Sungai Ara	140,849	0.41%
69	Pasir Puteh	137,400	0.40%
70	Cheras	135,823	0.40%
71	Tasek Glugor	135,786	0.40%
72	Bayan Lepas	130,455	0.38%
73	Seri Kembangan	130,252	0.38%
74	Ampang	126,285	0.37%
75	Titiwangsa	122,096	0.36%
76	Bukit Bintang	120,529	0.35%
77	Port Dickson	119,300	0.35%
78	Maran	111,056	0.32%
79	Butterworth	107,591	0.31%
80	Lahad Datu	105,622	0.31%
81	Kuala Krai	105,007	0.31%
82	Perling	101,263	0.30%
83	Ijok	100,899	0.29%

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