Population ages 20-24, female in Malaysia

Malaysia: Population ages 20-24, female was 1.49 million in 2025. ▲ Rising

Latest (2025)
1.49 million
Change on year
up 1.1%
World rank
38th
of 215 countries
All-time high
1.49 million
in 2025
All-time low
342,237
in 1960
Years of data
66
1960–2025

Population ages 20-24, female in Malaysia, 1960–2025

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Source: World Bank staff estimates using the World Bank's total population and age/sex distributions of the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects.

Analysis

The most recent figure for population ages 20-24, female in Malaysia is 1.49 million, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 66 years on record.

That represents a change of up 1.1% on the previous year and up 7.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, population ages 20-24, female in Malaysia peaked at 1.49 million in 2025 and was at its lowest, 342,237, in 1960.

Malaysia ranks 38th of 215 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 66 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 356,310 342,237 400,333 10
1970s 537,549 425,584 637,384 10
1980s 743,387 659,578 802,472 10
1990s 885,680 814,594 936,035 10
2000s 1.15 million 946,103 1.36 million 10
2010s 1.38 million 1.37 million 1.40 million 10
2020s 1.44 million 1.39 million 1.49 million 6

Countries ranked near Malaysia

  1. 35 Mozambique 1.66 million compare
  2. 36 Ghana 1.58 million compare
  3. 37 Madagascar 1.53 million compare
  4. 39 Nepal 1.48 million compare
  5. 40 Italy 1.47 million compare
  6. 41 Algeria 1.46 million compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is population ages 20-24, female in Malaysia?
Population ages 20-24, female in Malaysia was 1.49 million in 2025, according to World Bank staff estimates using the World Bank's total population and age/sex distributions of the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects.
What is the highest population ages 20-24, female recorded in Malaysia?
The highest recorded value was 1.49 million in 2025.
What is the lowest population ages 20-24, female recorded in Malaysia?
The lowest recorded value was 342,237 in 1960.
How does Malaysia rank for population ages 20-24, female?
Malaysia ranks 38th out of 215 countries with data for 2025.
Is population ages 20-24, female rising or falling in Malaysia?
Over the last ten years it is up 7.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Malaysia data come from?
The figures come from World Bank staff estimates using the World Bank's total population and age/sex distributions of the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects, published as part of Population ages 20-24, female. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Population ages 20-24, female
Source
World Bank staff estimates using the World Bank's total population and age/sex distributions of the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
260 places, 17,130 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Female population between the ages 20 to 24.