Sabah

State in Malaysia

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Name	Status	Population Census 2000-07-05	Population Census 2010-07-06	Population Census 2020-07-07	Population Estimate 2023-07-01
Sabah	State	2,603,485	3,206,742	3,418,785	3,592,800
Beaufort	District	64,756	66,406	75,716	77,100	→
Beluran (Labuk-Sugut)	District	58,393	77,318	77,125	83,800	→
Kalabakan (← Tawau)	District	36,959	47,229	48,195	53,200	→
Keningau	District	155,069	177,735	150,927	156,000	→
Kinabatangan	District	96,986	150,327	143,112	149,000	→
Kota Belud	District	75,568	93,180	107,243	109,500	→
Kota Kinabalu	District	372,047	462,963	500,421	525,300	→
Kota Marudu	District	61,642	68,289	69,528	72,300	→
Kuala Penyu	District	17,228	19,426	23,710	24,200	→
Kudat	District	73,349	85,404	86,410	90,600	→
Kunak	District	52,271	62,851	68,893	76,100	→
Lahad Datu	District	166,011	206,861	229,138	241,200	→
Nabawan / Persiangan	District	25,285	32,309	28,349	30,100	→
Papar	District	92,451	128,434	150,667	154,600	→
Penampang	District	86,621	125,913	162,174	165,700	→
Pitas	District	33,910	38,764	36,660	37,900	→
Putatan (← Penampang)	District	50,381	55,864	68,811	70,200	→
Ranau	District	74,456	95,800	85,077	87,500	→
Sandakan	District	368,916	409,056	439,050	469,700	→
Semporna	District	114,989	137,868	166,587	186,000	→
Sipitang	District	30,653	35,764	37,828	39,300	→
Tambunan	District	29,294	36,297	31,573	32,700	→
Tawau	District	285,746	365,146	372,615	393,800	→
Telupid (← Beluran)	District	22,139	29,314	29,241	30,300	→
Tenom	District	48,353	56,597	51,328	52,900	→
Tongod	District	25,038	36,192	42,742	43,900	→
Tuaran	District	84,974	105,435	135,665	139,900	→
Malaysia	Federation	23,274,690	28,334,135	32,447,385	33,379,500

Source: Department of Statistics Malaysia.

Further information about the population structure:

Gender	Persons
Males	1,874,800
Females	1,718,000

Gender (E 2023)
Males	1,874,800
Females	1,718,000

Age Groups	Persons
0-14 years	874,500
15-64 years	2,501,500
65+ years	217,000

Age Groups (E 2023)
0-14 years	874,500
15-64 years	2,501,500
65+ years	217,000

Age Distribution	Males	Females
80+ years	15900	16400
70-79 years	45400	45100
60-69 years	96800	88700
50-59 years	130600	121200
40-49 years	210200	192100
30-39 years	322600	296800
20-29 years	403000	358600
10-19 years	349100	319700
0-9 years	301400	279400

Age Distribution (E 2023)
80+ years	32,300
70-79 years	90,500
60-69 years	185,500
50-59 years	251,800
40-49 years	402,300
30-39 years	619,400
20-29 years	761,600
10-19 years	668,800
0-9 years	580,800