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People > Urban and rural Stats: compare key data on Malaysia & South Korea

Definitions

  • Female rural population: Total number of females living in rural areas by country.
  • Female urban population: Total number of females living in urban areas by country.
  • Females living in cities proper: Total number of females living in cities proper. The UN definition for city proper varies for each country but usually refers to a locality with legal boundaries, some form of local government and does not include its outlying suburbs and districts. Numbers only include cities proper with a population over 100,000.
  • Females living in cities proper per thousand people: Total number of females living in cities proper. The UN definition for city proper varies for each country but usually refers to a locality with legal boundaries, some form of local government and does not include its outlying suburbs and districts. Numbers only include cities proper with a population over 100,000. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Male rural population: Total number of males living in rural areas by country.
  • Male rural population per thousand people: Total number of males living in rural areas by country. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Male urban population: Total number of males living in urban areas by country.
  • Male urban population per thousand people: Total number of males living in urban areas by country. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Males living in cities proper: Total number of males living in cities proper. The UN definition for city proper varies for each country but usually refers to a locality with legal boundaries, some form of local government and does not include its outlying suburbs and districts. Numbers only include cities proper with a population over 100,000.
  • Males living in cities proper per thousand people: Total number of males living in cities proper. The UN definition for city proper varies for each country but usually refers to a locality with legal boundaries, some form of local government and does not include its outlying suburbs and districts. Numbers only include cities proper with a population over 100,000. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Population living in cities proper: Each city population by sex, city and city type.
  • Rural population: Total population living in rural areas by country.
  • Rural population per thousand people: Total population living in rural areas by country. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Urban population: Total population living in urban areas by country.
  • Urban population per thousand people: Total population living in urban areas by country. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Female urban population per thousand people: Total number of females living in urban areas by country. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Female rural population per thousand people: Total number of females living in rural areas by country. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
STAT Malaysia South Korea HISTORY
Female rural population 3.95 million
Ranked 25th.
4.66 million
Ranked 12th. 18% more than Malaysia

Female urban population 9.83 million
Ranked 18th.
20.5 million
Ranked 2nd. 2 times more than Malaysia

Females living in cities proper 56,853
Ranked 40th.
507,766
Ranked 5th. 9 times more than Malaysia

Females living in cities proper per thousand people 2.01
Ranked 45th.
10.55
Ranked 22nd. 5 times more than Malaysia

Male rural population 4.26 million
Ranked 25th.
4.79 million
Ranked 12th. 12% more than Malaysia

Male rural population per thousand people 150.8
Ranked 47th. 57% more than South Korea
95.86
Ranked 22nd.

Male urban population 10.3 million
Ranked 18th.
20.39 million
Ranked 2nd. 98% more than Malaysia

Male urban population per thousand people 364.22
Ranked 18th.
407.85
Ranked 5th. 12% more than Malaysia

Males living in cities proper 56,956
Ranked 37th.
541,411
Ranked 5th. 10 times more than Malaysia

Males living in cities proper per thousand people 2.01
Ranked 45th.
11.25
Ranked 22nd. 6 times more than Malaysia

Population living in cities proper 7.33 million
Ranked 14th.
22.25 million
Ranked 5th. 3 times more than Malaysia

Rural population 8.21 million
Ranked 28th.
9.45 million
Ranked 15th. 15% more than Malaysia

Rural population per thousand people 290.32
Ranked 57th. 54% more than South Korea
189.04
Ranked 25th.

Urban population 20.12 million
Ranked 20th.
40.89 million
Ranked 3rd. 2 times more than Malaysia

Urban population per thousand people 711.74
Ranked 27th.
817.79
Ranked 7th. 15% more than Malaysia

Female urban population per thousand people 347.51
Ranked 30th.
409.94
Ranked 4th. 18% more than Malaysia

Female rural population per thousand people 139.53
Ranked 51st. 50% more than South Korea
93.18
Ranked 22nd.

SOURCES: United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.

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