Sarawak

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
Sarawak	State	2,071,506	2,471,140	2,453,677	2,509,500
Asajaya	District	29,012	31,874	33,606	34,500	→
Bau	District	43,190	54,246	52,643	53,500	→
Belaga	District	23,611	36,114	22,502	22,900	→
Beluru (← Marudi)	District	...	28,288	28,695	28,300	→
Betong	District	...	40,828	36,303	36,800	→
Bintulu	District	...	162,936	178,646	186,600	→
Bukit Mabong (← Kapit)	District	...	17,726	10,155	10,500	→
Dalat	District	17,325	19,062	21,147	21,800	→
Daro	District	...	20,446	19,477	20,100	→
Julau	District	17,642	15,816	15,333	15,500	→
Kabong (← Saratok)	District	...	19,553	18,404	18,800	→
Kanowit	District	27,982	28,954	24,700	24,800	→
Kapit	District	58,430	38,327	36,030	36,700	→
Kuching	District	509,374	617,887	609,205	621,700	→
Lawas	District	33,603	38,385	36,604	37,800	→
Limbang	District	40,959	48,186	45,061	46,200	→
Lubok Antu	District	28,537	27,984	24,573	24,600	→
Lundu	District	28,070	33,413	33,479	34,400	→
Maradong (Meradong)	District	27,535	29,441	20,299	20,700	→
Marudi	District	73,922	18,571	18,838	18,900	→
Matu	District	15,530	17,369	16,316	16,700	→
Miri	District	228,231	244,306	248,877	255,100	→
Mukah	District	30,606	42,922	42,275	43,000	→
Pakan (← Julau)	District	15,026	15,480	15,462	15,600	→
Pusa (← Betong)	District	...	21,303	19,557	20,000	→
Samarahan	District	48,068	87,923	128,284	134,600	→
Saratok	District	...	26,541	23,105	23,300	→
Sarikei	District	49,818	58,021	44,039	44,700	→
Sebauh (← Bintulu)	District	...	26,210	29,606	31,900	→
Selangau (← Mukah)	District	22,760	22,819	19,844	20,300	→
Serian	District	82,042	67,051	85,345	87,000	→
Sibu	District	213,522	247,995	248,064	254,000	→
Simunjan	District	38,098	39,226	36,211	37,000	→
Song	District	19,806	20,595	9,961	10,200	→
Sri Aman	District	54,300	66,790	61,238	61,200	→
Subis (← Miri)	District	...	56,237	57,289	57,100	→
Tanjung Manis (← Daro)	District	...	10,225	7,946	8,000	→
Tatau	District	23,943	30,383	31,920	32,300	→
Tebedu (← Serian)	District	...	24,548	25,232	25,400	→
Telang Usan (← Marudi)	District	...	17,159	17,406	17,400	→
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	1,297,200
Females	1,212,400

Gender (E 2023)
Males	1,297,200
Females	1,212,400

Age Groups	Persons
0-14 years	512,200
15-64 years	1,790,000
65+ years	207,400

Age Groups (E 2023)
0-14 years	512,200
15-64 years	1,790,000
65+ years	207,400

Age Distribution	Males	Females
80+ years	12600	16200
70-79 years	45900	48700
60-69 years	98000	98300
50-59 years	137500	136000
40-49 years	168200	158900
30-39 years	226300	198000
20-29 years	234300	208400
10-19 years	209200	192100
0-9 years	165300	155700

Age Distribution (E 2023)
80+ years	28,800
70-79 years	94,600
60-69 years	196,300
50-59 years	273,500
40-49 years	327,100
30-39 years	424,300
20-29 years	442,700
10-19 years	401,300
0-9 years	321,000