What is population, age 5, male in Malaysia?

Population, age 5, male in Malaysia was 280,123 in 2015, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.

What is the highest population, age 5, male recorded in Malaysia?

The highest recorded value was 285,583 in 2011.

What is the lowest population, age 5, male recorded in Malaysia?

The lowest recorded value was 249,330 in 1990.

How does Malaysia rank for population, age 5, male?

Malaysia ranks 48th out of 191 countries with data for 2015.

Is population, age 5, male rising or falling in Malaysia?

Over the last ten years it is up 2.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Malaysia data come from?

The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Population, age 5, male. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Population, age 5, male in Malaysia

Name: Population, age 5, male in Malaysia
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

Malaysia: Population, age 5, male was 280,123 in 2015. ▲ Rising

Latest (2015)

280,123

Change on year

down 0.4%

World rank

48th

of 191 countries

All-time high

285,583

in 2011

All-time low

249,330

in 1990

Years of data

1990–2015

Population, age 5, male in Malaysia, 1990–2015

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.

Analysis

Malaysia recorded 280,123 for population, age 5, male in 2015.

The figure is down 0.4% on the previous year and up 2.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, population, age 5, male in Malaysia peaked at 285,583 in 2011 and was at its lowest, 249,330, in 1990.

That places Malaysia 48th out of 191 countries with data for 2015, putting it in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1990s	260,946	249,330	272,880	10
2000s	276,595	273,462	284,011	10
2010s	283,333	280,123	285,583	6

Countries ranked near Malaysia

45 Peru 292,699 compare
46 Burkina Faso 290,214 compare
47 Cote d'Ivoire 287,644 compare
49 Cameroon 279,942 compare
50 Italy 275,697 compare
51 Syria 274,787 compare

See the full ranking of 191 places →

More education data for Malaysia

Duration of pre-primary education 2 years (2025)
Official entrance age to pre-primary education 4 years (2025)
Population ages 0-14 21.3% (2025)
Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
Population ages 15-64 70.7% (2025)
School enrollment, primary 90.4% (2024)
Primary education, teachers 273,792 (2024)
Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.54 live births per woman (2024)
School enrollment, primary, female 90.4% (2024)

All data for Malaysia →

Frequently asked questions

What is population, age 5, male in Malaysia?: Population, age 5, male in Malaysia was 280,123 in 2015, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest population, age 5, male recorded in Malaysia?: The highest recorded value was 285,583 in 2011.
What is the lowest population, age 5, male recorded in Malaysia?: The lowest recorded value was 249,330 in 1990.
How does Malaysia rank for population, age 5, male?: Malaysia ranks 48th out of 191 countries with data for 2015.
Is population, age 5, male rising or falling in Malaysia?: Over the last ten years it is up 2.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Malaysia data come from?: The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Population, age 5, male. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Population, age 5, male
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 191 places, 4,786 data points, 1990–2015
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Population, age 5, male refers to the male population at the specified age.