KUALA LUMPUR, July 31 — Malaysia’s total population now numbers 34.1 million, according to data from the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) in its Current Population Estimates 2024 released today.

The growth of 0.7 million people was in comparison to 33.4 million recorded for the same period last year.

Although the population has grown overall, the number of citizens are dipping in comparison to foreigners.

The department attributed the increase in the composition of non-citizens to the reopening of Malaysia’s borders on April 1, 2022 and the implementation of the Employment Recalibration Programme 2.0 in January 2023.

“The composition of citizens in 2024 decreased from 91.1 per cent (2023) to 90.0 per cent, while non-citizens increased to 10.0 per cent from 8.9 per cent over the same period,” the report said.

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