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title: "Malaysia — capital, area, population and currency"
description: "Malaysia: capital Kuala Lumpur (national); Putrajaya (administrative), area 329,847 km², population 35,977,838 (2025), currency Malaysian ringgit. Languages, time zo"
url: https://atoneplace.net/country/malaysia/
site: "At One Place"
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# Malaysia

**Malaysia: Capital Kuala Lumpur (national); Putrajaya (administrative)**

329,847 km² · 35,977,838 people (2025) · Malaysian ringgit

Split between the Malay Peninsula and northern Borneo, separated by about 640 km of the South China Sea. Mount Kinabalu on Borneo is 4,095 m and still rising a few millimetres a year. The rainforest here is estimated at 130 million years old, among the oldest on Earth.

## The facts

- **Capital:** Kuala Lumpur (national); Putrajaya (administrative)
- **Area:** 329,847 km² — 127,355 sq mi
- **Population:** 35,977,838 (2025)
- **Density:** 109.1 people per km²
- **Currency:** Malaysian ringgit (MYR, RM)
- **Official languages:** English, Malay
- **Time zone:** UTC+08:00
- **Calling code:** +60
- **Drives on the:** left
- **ISO codes:** MY · MYS
- **Continent:** Asia

## How it compares

- **By area:** 67 of 200
- **By population:** 45 of 200

> Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.

## Countries of a similar size

| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Finland | 338,145 | 5,646,436 |
| Vietnam | 331,210 | 101,598,527 |
| Malaysia ← | 329,847 | 35,977,838 |
| Norway | 323,802 | 5,610,870 |
| Ivory Coast | 322,463 | 32,711,547 |

## Common questions

### What is the capital of Malaysia?

Kuala Lumpur (national); Putrajaya (administrative)

### What currency does Malaysia use?

The Malaysian ringgit (MYR).

### How big is Malaysia?

329,847 km², or 127,355 square miles — 67 of 200 by area.

### Which side of the road does Malaysia drive on?

The left.

## Related pages

- [Finland](https://atoneplace.net/country/finland/)
- [Vietnam](https://atoneplace.net/country/vietnam/)
- [Norway](https://atoneplace.net/country/norway/)
- [Ivory Coast](https://atoneplace.net/country/ivory-coast/)
- [India](https://atoneplace.net/country/india/)
- [China](https://atoneplace.net/country/china/)
- [Indonesia](https://atoneplace.net/country/indonesia/)
- [Pakistan](https://atoneplace.net/country/pakistan/)
- [Bangladesh](https://atoneplace.net/country/bangladesh/)
- [Japan](https://atoneplace.net/country/japan/)
- [Philippines](https://atoneplace.net/country/philippines/)
- [Vietnam](https://atoneplace.net/country/vietnam/)

## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]