Malaysia vs Peru: Urban population

Malaysia
27.84 million
in 2025
Peru
29.60 million
in 2025
Malaysia rank
35th
Peru rank
33rd

Urban population over time

  • Malaysia
  • Peru
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How they compare

Peru currently reports 29.60 million against 27.84 million in Malaysia, a difference of 1.75 million.

That makes Peru's figure about 1.1 times Malaysia's.

Across all 66 years both countries report, Peru has been ahead every year.

Globally, Malaysia ranks 35th and Peru ranks 33rd of 215 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Urban population
Source
World Urbanization Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
264 places, 17,394 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.