Population ages 20-24, male in Malaysia

Malaysia: Population ages 20-24, male was 1.65 million in 2025. ▲ Rising

Latest (2025)
1.65 million
Change on year
up 0.4%
World rank
36th
of 215 countries
All-time high
1.65 million
in 2025
All-time low
333,060
in 1965
Years of data
66
1960–2025

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

500.0k1.0M1.5M196019922025

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

Malaysia recorded 1.65 million for population ages 20-24, male in 2025. That is the highest value across all 66 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 3.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, population ages 20-24, male in Malaysia peaked at 1.65 million in 2025 and was at its lowest, 333,060, in 1965.

Malaysia ranks 36th 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 346,509 333,060 378,373 10
1970s 524,536 405,251 620,735 10
1980s 748,853 644,209 819,788 10
1990s 909,369 831,492 968,137 10
2000s 1.25 million 988,123 1.49 million 10
2010s 1.58 million 1.52 million 1.64 million 10
2020s 1.64 million 1.63 million 1.65 million 6

Countries ranked near Malaysia

  1. 33 Argentina 1.77 million compare
  2. 34 Angola 1.68 million compare
  3. 35 Saudi Arabia 1.65 million compare
  4. 37 Mozambique 1.63 million compare
  5. 38 Ghana 1.60 million compare
  6. 39 Italy 1.57 million compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is population ages 20-24, male in Malaysia?
Population ages 20-24, male in Malaysia was 1.65 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, male recorded in Malaysia?
The highest recorded value was 1.65 million in 2025.
What is the lowest population ages 20-24, male recorded in Malaysia?
The lowest recorded value was 333,060 in 1965.
How does Malaysia rank for population ages 20-24, male?
Malaysia ranks 36th out of 215 countries with data for 2025.
Is population ages 20-24, male rising or falling in Malaysia?
Over the last ten years it is up 3.5%. 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, male. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Population ages 20-24, male
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

Male population between the ages 20 to 24.