What is population, age 8, male in Malaysia?

Population, age 8, male in Malaysia was 281,978 in 2015, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.

What is the highest population, age 8, male recorded in Malaysia?

The highest recorded value was 282,347 in 2012.

What is the lowest population, age 8, male recorded in Malaysia?

The lowest recorded value was 230,759 in 1990.

How does Malaysia rank for population, age 8, male?

Malaysia ranks 47th out of 191 countries with data for 2015.

Is population, age 8, male rising or falling in Malaysia?

Over the last ten years it is up 3.6%. 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 8, male. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Population, age 8, male in Malaysia

Name: Population, age 8, male in Malaysia
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

Malaysia: Population, age 8, male was 281,978 in 2015. ▲ Rising

Latest (2015)

281,978

Change on year

down 0.1%

World rank

47th

of 191 countries

All-time high

282,347

in 2012

All-time low

230,759

in 1990

Years of data

1990–2015

Population, age 8, male in Malaysia, 1990–2015

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.

Analysis

In 2015, population, age 8, male in Malaysia stood at 281,978.

That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and up 3.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, population, age 8, male in Malaysia peaked at 282,347 in 2012 and was at its lowest, 230,759, in 1990.

Malaysia ranks 47th of 191 countries on this measure, 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	249,943	230,759	266,465	10
2000s	273,118	268,877	279,715	10
2010s	281,995	281,168	282,347	6

Countries ranked near Malaysia

44 Niger 286,912 compare
45 Peru 286,105 compare
46 Italy 284,156 compare
48 Cote d'Ivoire 276,117 compare
49 Cameroon 274,673 compare
50 Syria 266,745 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 8, male in Malaysia?: Population, age 8, male in Malaysia was 281,978 in 2015, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest population, age 8, male recorded in Malaysia?: The highest recorded value was 282,347 in 2012.
What is the lowest population, age 8, male recorded in Malaysia?: The lowest recorded value was 230,759 in 1990.
How does Malaysia rank for population, age 8, male?: Malaysia ranks 47th out of 191 countries with data for 2015.
Is population, age 8, male rising or falling in Malaysia?: Over the last ten years it is up 3.6%. 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 8, male. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Population, age 8, 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 8, male refers to the male population at the specified age.